Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump says U.S. may be getting to top of coronavirus curve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States might be getting to the top of the "curve" of the coronavirus outbreak and reiterated that he wants to get the...
Apr 07, 2020
Trump says 110,000 ventilators will be added in coming weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the federal government had 8,675 ventilators in a national stockpile available to states who need them while another 110,000 are...
Apr 07, 2020
Pulitzer prizes to be announced two weeks late as journalists cover pandemic
(Reuters) - The Pulitzer Prizes for 2020 will be announced two weeks later than scheduled as journalists who serve on the board that awards them cover the coronavirus pandemic, a spokeswoman said on T...
Apr 07, 2020
House panel asks Trump’s acting spy chief to explain spate of firings
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House Intelligence Committee chairman on Tuesday called on U.S. President Donald Trump's acting spy chief to explain the removals and resignations of top ...
Apr 07, 2020
Pentagon chief accepts acting Navy Secretary’s resignation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that he had accepted Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly's resignation. "This morning I accepted Secretary Modly's resignation. ...
Apr 07, 2020
CDC removes unusual guidance to doctors about drug favored by Trump
By Aram Roston and Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed from its website highly unusual guidance informing doctors on how to prescribe h...
Apr 07, 2020
U.S. appeals court allows abortion curbs in Texas during coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ruled that Texas can enforce limits on the ability of women to obtain abortions as part of the state's policy requiring the postponement of non-u...
Apr 07, 2020
Acting Navy secretary offers to resign over handling of carrier crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has offered his resignation after coming under fire for his handling of a crisis involving the captain of a coronavirus-stricken aircraft...
Apr 07, 2020
U.S. deports 400 migrant children under new coronavirus rules
By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. immigration officials have rapidly deported nearly 400 migrant children intercepted at the U.S.-Mexico border in the past two week...
Apr 07, 2020
House chairman wants Navy leader’s removal, despite apology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee reiterated his call on Tuesday for the removal of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, despite Modly's ...
Apr 07, 2020
