Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Democratic U.S. senators push for coronavirus aid to nonprofits
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Democratic U.S. senators said Tuesday they are pushing for financial assistance for nonprofits struggling to provide food, shelter and other aid to American...
May 05, 2020
Trump denies U.S. role in what Venezuela says was ‘mercenary’ incursion
By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied any involvement by the U.S. government in what Venezuelan officials have called a failed armed incu...
May 05, 2020
Fauci to testify before U.S. Senate, not House, on virus response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said top health official Anthony Fauci would appear next week before a panel in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate examining the country's c...
May 05, 2020
Senators question Trump pick for top U.S. spy in ‘different’ hearing
By Patricia Zengerle and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators from both parties questioned on Tuesday whether President Donald Trump's nominee to lead U.S. intelligence would act indepe...
May 05, 2020
Trump to visit factory making masks after researchers double U.S. coronavirus death projection
By Susan Heavey and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday will travel far beyond the Washington area for the first time in weeks to visit Arizona, one of dozens of U.S....
May 05, 2020
Trump flying to Arizona to visit mask factory on trip with political overtones
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump makes a rare trip out of Washington on Tuesday to tour a mask production plant in Arizona, visiting a state he hopes to win in the November ...
May 05, 2020
Trump says U.S. will report virus origins, gives no timeline
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump urged China on Tuesday to be transparent with what it knows about the origin of the coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan, China, and has w...
May 05, 2020
U.S. Treasury to start distributing $4.8 billion in pandemic funds to tribal governments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department will begin distributing $4.8 billion in pandemic relief funds to Native American tribal governments in all U.S. states, the Treasury and Interior De...
May 05, 2020
Connecticut closing schools for remainder of academic year: governor
(Reuters) - Connecticut's schools will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year due to the novel coronavirus, Governor Ned Lamont said on Tuesday, following similar moves by the nearby sta...
May 05, 2020
German court ruling ties ECB’s hands – now and in the future
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A landmark German court ruling will tie the European Central Bank's hands in fighting current and future crises even if rate-setters eventu...
May 05, 2020
