Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
FBI returns electronic devices to former Trump attorney Giuliani -lawyer
By Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) - FBI agents recently returned the cell phones and other electronic devices they had seized from Donald Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani, in a possible sign the invest...
Aug 03, 2022
U.S. Justice to seek to dismiss Texas lawsuit against guidance on emergency care law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department plans to file a motion to dismiss a Texas lawsuit challenging guidance from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department on an emergency care law kn...
Aug 03, 2022
Biden to nominate former Florida mayor to serve on U.S. safety board -official
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden plans to nominate the former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, to serve on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the independent...
Aug 03, 2022
Planned Parenthood seeks to block Idaho’s near-total abortion ban
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood on Wednesday urged Idaho's top court to stop a state law criminalizing nearly all abortions from taking effect later this month, arguing that it would...
Aug 03, 2022
U.S. Senate climate, drug bill would lower deficit, Congressional Budget Office says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday it has estimated that a $430 billion drugs, energy and tax bill proposed by Senate Democrats would result in a net decrease in ...
Aug 03, 2022
White House frustrated as Washington mayor seeks troops to help handle migrants
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of migrants bused to Washington in recent months by Republican governors of states on the U.S.-Mexico border have caused tensions between the White House...
Aug 03, 2022
U.S. proposes new consumer protection rules for airline passengers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed new rules to strengthen airline passenger protection rules and require airlines to provide vouchers that do not expire w...
Aug 03, 2022
As waters recede, Kentucky begins recovery from devastating floods
By Aleksandra Michalska HINDMAN, Ky. (Reuters) - Hundreds of National Guard have fanned out across eastern Kentucky to help residents displaced this week by severe flooding that swept away homes and v...
Aug 03, 2022
Biden still testing positive for COVID, his doctor says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive again for COVID-19 on Wednesday, his physician Kevin O'Connor said in a memo released by the White House, adding that the test was taken...
Aug 03, 2022
Exclusive-Coach Hammon, once a star in Russia, urges Putin to free Brittney Griner
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top coach for U.S. women's pro basketball who once represented Russia at the Olympics has made a plea for Russian President Vladimir Putin to "do the right thin...
Aug 03, 2022
