Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Grassley blocks nominees over Trump’s inspector general firings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley on Thursday said he was blocking two of Donald Trump's nominees in response to the president's firing of two inspector generals, citing th...
Jun 04, 2020
U.S. health department asks labs to add demographic data to COVID-19 results
(Reuters) - U.S. laboratories testing patients for COVID-19 are required to report data such as a patient's age and ethnicity along with test results, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...
Jun 04, 2020
Pelosi says increased military in Washington is ‘alarming’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The increased presence of U.S. military and federal law enforcement, including unidentified officers, in Washington is "alarming," U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursd...
Jun 04, 2020
New York’s Cuomo, concerned about COVID-19 spread, asks protesters to get tested
By Peter Szekely and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said several days and nights of demonstrations in the state after the killing of George Floyd coul...
Jun 04, 2020
U.S. to revise Chinese passenger airline ban: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department plans to issue a revised order in the coming days that is likely to allow some Chinese passenger airline flights to continue, government and a...
Jun 04, 2020
Protesters should ‘highly consider’ getting COVID-19 tests, U.S. official says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Protesters particularly in cities that have struggled to control the novel coronavirus should "highly consider" getting tested for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, a top...
Jun 04, 2020
Exclusive: Pompeo to urge stock exchanges globally to tighten rules for Chinese companies
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set warn American investors on Thursday against 'fraudulent' accounting practices of China-based companies, and suggest t...
Jun 04, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,842,101 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 1,842,101 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 14,676 cases from its previous count, and said that th...
Jun 04, 2020
Chinese and Iranian hackers targeted Biden and Trump campaigns: Google
By Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State-backed hackers from China and Iran have recently targeted the email accounts of staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaigns of Joe Biden and Do...
Jun 04, 2020
Washington mayor says out-of-state troops should leave U.S. capital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The mayor of Washington on Thursday called for the withdrawal from the U.S. capital of military units sent from other states to deal with protests against police brutality and r...
Jun 04, 2020
