Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden ‘encouraged, optimistic’ after update on gun talks – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden was "optimistic" about bipartisan efforts to move forward on gun-violence legislation after receiving a briefing from Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Tues...
Jun 07, 2022
Yellen says IRS ‘under siege’, needs $80 billion to beef up tax work
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday urged Congress to approve $80 billion in funding for the Internal Revenue Service to help the agency reduce a hu...
Jun 07, 2022
Biden meets briefly with actor Matthew McConaughey to discuss guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden met briefly with actor Matthew McConaughey on Tuesday and discussed gun responsibility measures, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. "He is ...
Jun 07, 2022
Woman tells jury Cosby forced her to perform sex act
By Lisa Richwine SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Reuters) - A woman who accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion in the mid-1970s took the witness stand on Tuesday in a civil lawsuit...
Jun 07, 2022
U.S. House panel probes Trump’s accounting of foreign gifts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives' Oversight Committee said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation into what it called former President Donald Trump's failure to account for ...
Jun 07, 2022
Brazil’s Bolsonaro casts doubt on Biden’s 2020 election win ahead of meeting him
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday cast doubt on the 2020 election victory of U.S. President Joe Biden, just two days before they are due to meet for the first time du...
Jun 07, 2022
Comics feature U.S. Supreme Court’s newest women appointees
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the latest to join the pantheon of TidalWave Comics' "Female Force" series, followed by the latest appointee to th...
Jun 07, 2022
U.S. FTC launches inquiry into drug middlemen
(Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it will launch an inquiry into the prescription drug middleman industry, sending compulsory orders to six pharmacy benefit managers for records...
Jun 07, 2022
Three Missouri inmates escape from jail after cutting holes in ceiling
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Three inmates at a Missouri county jail were on the run on Tuesday after cutting holes in the plaster ceiling of their cells last week and crawling to a maintenance door that...
Jun 07, 2022
Tesla challenges powers of California agency behind race bias lawsuit
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Tesla Inc filed a complaint on Tuesday accusing a California civil rights agency that is suing the electric car maker for race discrimination of rushing to file lawsuits ...
Jun 07, 2022
