Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Sources: Most of U.S. House wants Trump to shift Iran tactics at U.N.
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 90% of U.S. House of Representatives members have signed a letter urging the Trump administration to change the way it is dealing with the United Nat...
Apr 30, 2020
California closes Orange County beaches where crowds defied coronavirus guidelines
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday said he had ordered beaches in Orange County in the southern part of the state to close, after crowds defied public health g...
Apr 30, 2020
Pandemic delays prison for Hot Pockets heir, ex-Pimco CEO in college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - An heir to a microwave snack fortune and a former chief executive of investment firm Pimco cannot use the coronavirus pandemic as a reason to avoid prison time for c...
Apr 30, 2020
CDC reports 1,031,659 coronavirus cases, 60,057 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 1,031,659 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 26,512 cases from its previous count, and said the number ...
Apr 30, 2020
Trump fires new volley in war of words with Biden over China
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Tim Reid (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's re-election campaign plans to roll out a new advertisement targeting Democratic opponent Joe Biden's record on China in must-win s...
Apr 30, 2020
Special Report: FDA’s lax rules on coronavirus blood tests open U.S. market to dubious vendors
By Caroline Humer, Joseph Tanfani and Roxanne Liu (Reuters) - As the coronavirus pandemic engulfed the United States, Joe Shia, a consultant to Chinese medical companies, said he was bombarded with in...
Apr 30, 2020
Pelosi defends Biden as he faces calls to address sexual assault accusation
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday gave a forceful defense of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe ...
Apr 30, 2020
Many Trump nominations already were stalled. The pandemic has made it worse
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By now, David Tryon had expected to be a two-year veteran at the Small Business Administration, an agency at the heart of the U.S. government's coronavirus ...
Apr 30, 2020
FBI head helped Facebook defend encryption he’s now fighting
By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON - (Reuters) - Christopher Wray, prior to becoming FBI director, argued on behalf of Facebook Inc in defense of encrypted communications as the company...
Apr 30, 2020
Hundreds protest in Michigan as governor seeks to extend emergency powers
By Michael Martina and Seth Herald DETROIT/LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered at Michigan's state Capitol in Lansing on Thursday to protest Governor Gretchen Whitmer's request ...
Apr 30, 2020
