Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
NASA’s science chief Zurbuchen to step down by year’s end
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's science chief who oversaw some of the U.S. space agency's ambitious endeavors including the successful deployment of the James Webb Spa...
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Energy permitting bill to be attached to stop-gap spending bill -U.S. Senate leader Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill aimed at updating federal permitting of energy pipelines and other facilities will be attached to a temporary spending bill that must be enacted before Sept. 30, U.S. Sen...
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U.S. Senate Republican Lindsey Graham unveils abortion bill ahead of midterms
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham proposed new national restrictions on abortion on Tuesday, two months before the Nov. 8 midterm elections in which the abo...
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Explainer-How the U.S. drug pricing law affects Medicare and its members
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden last month signed the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act, authorizing the federal government to negotiate prices on some prescript...
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U.S. lawmakers ask National Archives for accounting of Trump records
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel on Tuesday sought an urgent review by the U.S. National Archives after agency staff members acknowledged that they did not know if all pres...
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Key U.S. poverty rate fell to record low in 2021, Census Bureau says
(Reuters) - A key measure of how many Americans lived in poverty in 2021 fell to a record low thanks to federal government payments and other measures aimed at supporting households through the COVID-...
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Biden says it will take more time to lower inflation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said it will take more time to curb inflation even as Tuesday's consumer price data for August showed "more progress in bringing global inflation down i...
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White House making new push to avert potential rail shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is making a new effort Tuesday to press railroads and unions to reach a deal to avoid a shutdown of the U.S. rail system, a government official told Reuters. Pre...
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Ex-U.S. military housing manager handed two years probation for fraud
By M.B. Pell (Reuters) - A former manager for one of the U.S. military's largest private landlords whose disclosures helped unearth widespread fraud was sentenced to two years probation for helping th...
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Amid a U.S. teacher shortage, Florida turns to military veterans
By Maria Alejandra Cardona and Daniel Trotta MIAMI (Reuters) - So many Florida teachers have abandoned their profession in recent years that the state is inviting military veterans with no prior teach...
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