Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Senate blocks bid to curb surveillance of Americans’ internet habits
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate narrowly blocked an amendment on Wednesday that would have prevented law enforcement from collecting information on Americans' internet habi...
May 13, 2020
Trump says he was surprised at Fauci’s warning on reopening economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was surprised by a warning this week from top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci about the dangers of reopening the ec...
May 13, 2020
Where coronavirus cases are rising in the United States
By Chris Canipe and Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Nearly all 50 U.S. states have begun to allow some businesses to reopen and residents to move more freely, but only 14 states have met the federal governm...
May 13, 2020
Pentagon awards $134 million for medical supplies for U.S. nursing homes
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it has awarded a $134 million contract to buy protective eyewear, gloves, gowns, and masks for medical personnel at over 15,000 U.S....
May 13, 2020
Nine U.S. states sue EPA for easing environmental enforcement amid pandemic
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine states on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for relaxing a range of companies' compliance and monitoring requi...
May 13, 2020
U.S. March, April job losses revised higher
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy lost a record 20.537 million jobs in April and not 20.5 million as reported last Friday, according to revised data published by the Labor Department this week. ...
May 13, 2020
Trump to tap ex-Glaxo executive, U.S. general to spearhead coronavirus vaccine effort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is expected to tap a former GlaxoSmithKline executive and a U.S. general to spearhead the government's effort at developing a coronavirus vaccine on an ac...
May 13, 2020
U.S. senators ask Trump spy chief nominee to clarify testimony on torture
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee wrote to President Donald Trump's nominee for the top U.S. intelligence job on Wednesday seeking clarification of his views...
May 13, 2020
U.S. governors call for less partisanship, more aid to fight pandemic
By Maria Caspani and Doina Chiacu NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Governors from both major political parties on Wednesday urged lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to cast aside partisanship and deliver r...
May 13, 2020
Companies explore suburbs as social distancing complicates return to NYC
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a mass return to offices looking like wishful thinking in New York and other cities even as businesses start to reopen as the coronavirus outbreak is containe...
May 13, 2020
