Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump to release ‘flexible’ guidelines to reopen economy: White House official
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will release new guidelines on Thursday evening on reopening the U.S. economy, backed by medical experts on his coronavirus task for...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. lawmakers argue over coronavirus response as small business program runs out
By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers argued Thursday about what the next coronavirus rescue package should include as a program to help small businesses ran out of ...
Apr 16, 2020
Michigan governor needs to revise her coronavirus lockdown order: state chamber head
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer needs to revise the recent extension to her stay-at-home order or risk doing serious harm to the state's economy, including potent...
Apr 16, 2020
Coronavirus spurs new clash between Big Oil and Big Corn over U.S. biofuels
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fuel demand meltdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak in the United States has started up a new fight between the oil and agriculture industries over the na...
Apr 16, 2020
U.N. warns economic downturn could kill hundreds of thousands of children in 2020
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of children could die this year due to the global economic downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and tens of millions more c...
Apr 16, 2020
Seven governors in U.S. Midwest to work together to reopen their economies
DETROIT (Reuters) - Governors in seven U.S. Midwest states said they will work in close coordination to reopen the economy in their regions. The governors for Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ill...
Apr 16, 2020
Americans are spending coronavirus checks on rent and groceries
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - When Jessica Rosner saw the $1,200 coronavirus relief payment from the U.S. government was deposited into her bank account Wednesday morning, the furloughed behavioral th...
Apr 16, 2020
G7 seeks WHO review and reform, commits to coordinated virus response: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders from the G7 group of industrialized nations on Thursday called for a review and reform process at the World Health Organization and agreed to ensure a coordinated global...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. officials run into dead ends in rush to find masks amid pandemic
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The office of U.S. congressman Adam Kinzinger reached out to the White House last month with an urgent request: a business in his district in Illinois had located ...
Apr 16, 2020
Hand-holding in the pandemic: Wealth managers grapple with new reality
By Echo Wang, Sumeet Chatterjee and Simon Jessop NEW YORK/HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - During the early days of March, Jill Fopiano was having trouble sleeping, waking up at 3 o'clock in the morning, ...
Apr 16, 2020
