Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price will step down this month after more than two years and take up a new position reporting to Secretary of State Antony...

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Connecticut on Tuesday sued four gun companies it accused of violating state law by advertising and selling components that can be used to build so-called "ghost guns" w...

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of farmers and climate activists rallied in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to call for significant climate provisions in the farm spending bill Congress h...

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A U.S. Department of Justice official on Tuesday urged a panel to swiftly comply with a congressional directive to increase prison sentences for so-called straw purchasers ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has opened a special investigation into Norfolk Southern's safety practices and culture after recent derailments of its trains, the...

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the oldest member of Congress, has been released from the hospital after being treated for shingles, she said on Tue...

By Gabriella Borter and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Republican lawmakers in Florida filed bills on Tuesday to outlaw most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a ban that would severely undercut access to ...

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ben Savage, who starred in the 1990s sitcom "Boy Meets World," is running for U.S. Congress in a Los Angeles-area district, aiming at a seat being vacated by ...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Tuesday he will vote against confirming Gigi Sohn as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC...

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. prosecutor on Tuesday urged a New York jury to sentence the man who killed eight people in a 2017 attack on a Manhattan bike path to death, arguing his allegia...