Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Rail union BMWED members reject contract deal with U.S. railroads
(Reuters) - A union representing employees who build and maintain tracks said on Monday its members rejected the tentative contract deal with a committee representing major U.S. freight railroads. The...
Oct 10, 2022
Factbox-Latest on ratification status of U.S. railroad unions to avert strike
(Reuters) - Major U.S. railroads and unions representing 115,000 workers reached a tentative deal last week and averted a potential strike that could have stalled almost 30% of U.S. cargo shipments by...
Oct 10, 2022
Trump-tied SPAC delays vote after falling short on shareholder support
By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) - The blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with former U.S. President Donald Trump's social media company postponed on Monday its shareholder vote to Nov. ...
Oct 10, 2022
Inflation, early shopping to slow U.S. online holiday spending – report
By Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Aatrayee Chatterjee (Reuters) - U.S. online holiday sales are expected to rise this year at their slowest pace since at least 2015, according to a report, as shoppers feel ...
Oct 10, 2022
U.S. banks cut donations to federal candidates, up Democrats’ share ahead of mid-terms
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banks are giving far less to federal candidates this election cycle and increasing the proportion they are handing to Democrats as they rethink their poli...
Oct 10, 2022
U.S. Congress could be in for bruising debt-ceiling fight after midterms
By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If Republicans win control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November's midterm elections, they expect to use a powerful and potentially ...
Oct 10, 2022
Pork industry takes fight over California law to U.S. Supreme Court
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday in an industry challenge to the constitutionality of a California animal welfare law in a case that co...
Oct 10, 2022
California’s drought withers tomatoes, pushing grocery prices higher
By Nathan Frandino, Christopher Walljasper and Aude Guerrucci FIREBAUGH, Calif. (Reuters) - A lack of rain and snow in central California and restricted water supplies from the Colorado River in the s...
Oct 10, 2022
Two shot outside New York Congressman Lee Zeldin’s home
(Reuters) - Two people were shot on Sunday outside the home of New York congressman and Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, who has made addressing crime and violence a key point o...
Oct 09, 2022
Haiti activists rally at White House seeking end of U.S. support for Henry
By Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) - Activists on Sunday rallied at the White House to call on the Biden administration to end support for the government of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, as the Caribb...
Oct 09, 2022
