Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pentagon resumes rare earths funding program after review
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense has resumed funding for two projects to process rare earth minerals for military weapons after a review found the grants are in the best i...
Jul 21, 2020
U.S. House passes $740 billion defense bill, fight with Trump looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, a $740 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that President Don...
Jul 21, 2020
Trump: Americans should wear a mask when they cannot keep social distance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, in a shift in rhetoric on facial coverings, encouraged Americans on Tuesday to wear a mask if they cannot maintain social distance from people around the...
Jul 21, 2020
Trump’s legal authority to deploy agents to U.S. cities may be limited, experts say
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to send federal agents to major cities controlled by Democrats may be difficult to defend in court, some legal experts said. Armed ...
Jul 21, 2020
U.S. House speaker Pelosi says Republican $1 trillion coronavirus aid proposal not enough
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the $1 trillion Republicans say they are considering as the size of a coronavirus aid package would not be ...
Jul 21, 2020
Tension, infighting roil Trump White House as coronavirus strategy sputters
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Differences over how to fight the coronavirus pandemic have sparked infighting and tension within the White House, hampering its response as the death toll mounts ...
Jul 21, 2020
S&P 500 turns positive for 2020, but most stocks are missing the party
By April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 U.S. stock index is now positive for the year, yet most of its components have sat out the rally. After a steep, months-long climb, the index...
Jul 21, 2020
U.S. Homeland Security confirms three units sent paramilitary officers to Portland
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection arm confirmed on Tuesday it has deployed officers from three paramilitary-style units ...
Jul 21, 2020
Trump threatens defense bill veto over Confederate names, Afghan policy
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to veto this year's National Defense Authorization Act, objecting to plans to strip Confederate names from mili...
Jul 21, 2020
California coronavirus cases top 400,000, soon to over take New York as worst-hit state
By Anurag Maan and Shaina Ahluwalia (Reuters) - California on Tuesday became the second U.S. state after New York to report more than 400,000 COVID-19 cases, according to a Reuters tally of county dat...
Jul 21, 2020
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