Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pelosi says she hopes U.S. Congress can pass China competition bill by July 4
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she hoped the Congress can pass the legislation authorizing hundreds of billions of dollars to boost the coun...
May 19, 2022
Abbott baby formula plant in Michigan on track to reopen in 1-2 weeks
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are on track to reopen the company's Sturgis, Michigan, baby formula manufactu...
May 19, 2022
Barr, Biden’s pick for Fed regulation role, to be quizzed by Senate
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Barr, the second person nominated by Democratic President Joe Biden to be the Federal Reserve's Wall Street cop, will appear before the Senate on Thurs...
May 19, 2022
U.S. advisory panel to weigh in on COVID boosters for children
By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) - An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is meeting on Thursday to discuss whether to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boo...
May 19, 2022
Friendly fire: Redistricting forces incumbent-versus-incumbent midterm battles across U.S
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Lucy McBath has been a rising Democratic star since 2018, when she ended 40 years of Republican dominance in a suburban Atlanta seat. Congresswoman Carolyn...
May 19, 2022
Teen charged with mass murder in Buffalo, N.Y., due back in court
By Tyler Clifford BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - The teenager accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, was due back in court on Thu...
May 19, 2022
‘I mean Ukraine’: Former U.S. president George Bush calls Iraq invasion ‘unjustified’
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George W. Bush mistakenly described the invasion of Iraq as "brutal" and "unjustified" before correcting himself to say he meant to refer...
May 18, 2022
U.S. Senate confirms Biden’s pick for ambassador to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed career diplomat Bridget Brink to be ambassador to Ukraine, a critical post that has been vacant for three years. Brink was confirmed by un...
May 18, 2022
With rakes and bulldozers, New Mexico battles ‘beast’ wildfire
By Andrew Hay PLACITA, N.M. (Reuters) - Raking up dead grass and bulldozing a 20-mile-long fuel break, locals and fire crews in New Mexico on Wednesday fought to stop the devastating march northward o...
May 18, 2022
Biden invokes Defense Production Act to increase infant formula supply
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden took steps on Wednesday to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States, invoking the Defense Production Act to help manufacturers obtain the i...
May 18, 2022
