Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Small explosion and fire at Hoover Dam quickly extinguished
(Reuters) - Local firefighters responded to a fire at Hoover Dam on Tuesday but the blaze was quickly extinguished before Boulder City Fire Department arrived on scene, the Nevada city said on Faceboo...
Jul 19, 2022
Exclusive-Biden to issue climate executive orders Wednesday -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will issue executive orders on Wednesday aimed at addressing the climate crisis, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. "Don't be...
Jul 19, 2022
Ohio’s top court tosses Republican-drawn congressional map for second time
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the state's congressional map used in May's primary elections, concluding it illegally disfavors Democrats, and ordered lawmakers...
Jul 19, 2022
U.S. archives seeks details on missing Jan.6-related texts -letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Archives has asked the U.S. Secret Service for information regarding its agents' missing Jan. 6-related text messages amid reports of potentially unauthorized delet...
Jul 19, 2022
By raft and on foot, migrants cross Rio Grande from Mexico to Texas
EAGLE PASS, Texas (Reuters) - Beneath a blazing sun, a record number of migrants seeking to enter the United States are crossing the Mexican border. Some wade or swim through the waters of the Rio Gra...
Jul 19, 2022
U.S. prosecutors seek broader powers to seize Russian oligarchs’ assets
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking broader authority from Congress to seize Russian oligarchs' assets as a means to pressure Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, a top prosecutor sa...
Jul 19, 2022
U.S. President Biden to deliver remarks on climate crisis Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to discuss ways to tackle the climate crisis during a trip to Somerset, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, the White House said. Two U.S. Senate Democra...
Jul 19, 2022
Barr sworn in as Fed’s top Wall Street regulator
(Reuters) - Michael Barr was sworn in on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve's new vice chair of supervision, the Fed said in a statement, filling the seven-member Fed Board of Governors last open seat a w...
Jul 19, 2022
U.S. House poised to pass bill protecting marriage equality
By Rose Horowitch and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday was expected to pass legislation protecting gay marriage rights, after the Supreme Court's dec...
Jul 19, 2022
U.S. Jan. 6 committee chair has COVID; Thursday hearing will proceed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Bennie Thompson, chairman of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, said on Tuesday he has contracted COVID-19 but that ...
Jul 19, 2022
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