Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive: Venezuela Socialists, opposition leaders begin secret talks amid pandemic – sources
By Corina Pons and Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) - Allies of both Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his bitter foe, opposition leader Juan Guaido, have secretly begun exploratory talks as conce...
Apr 21, 2020
United Auto Workers union to endorse Biden for president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union will announce on Tuesday it is endorsing Joe Biden for president in the 2020 election, a union spokesman confirmed to Reuters. U.S. President Donal...
Apr 21, 2020
Former UCLA soccer coach to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former men's soccer coach at the University of California, Los Angeles has agreed to plead guilty and admit that he accepted $200,000 in bribes to facilitate the a...
Apr 21, 2020
New York governor says to ‘tell the truth’ in meeting with Trump, focus on testing
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he planned to "tell the truth" in his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday about the coronavirus crisis and will ask for the federal gove...
Apr 21, 2020
Top U.S. House Republican confirms deal reached on small business loan bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday that a deal had been reached to replenish funding for an emergency program that extends loans to small bu...
Apr 21, 2020
U.S. House leader recommends remote work, amid coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. House of Representatives Democrat recommended measures on Tuesday to allow members to vote and do committee work remotely, even when they are back in Washington, to c...
Apr 21, 2020
U.S. existing home sales tumble in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home sales dropped by the most in nearly 4-1/2 years in March as extraordinary measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus brought buyer traffic to a virtual st...
Apr 21, 2020
Trump calls for plan to give money to U.S. oil and gas industry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump called on the federal government to come up with a way to pay out the U.S. oil and gas industry on Tuesday, the day after crude oil prices hit a hist...
Apr 21, 2020
America’s hip-hop community takes on coronavirus
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. hip-hop community is using its bullhorn to bring awareness and money to the battle against the coronavirus as data shows that African-Americans are dying...
Apr 21, 2020
U.S. coronavirus response deepens divide as Trump suspends immigration
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus took an even sharper political turn on Tuesday after he seized upon the crisis in a controversial move ...
Apr 21, 2020
