Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Democrats scramble to protect abortion rights in liberal U.S. states
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - In New York, lawmakers have introduced a bill to expand funding for abortion care. California legislators will soon vote on measures aimed at increas...
May 11, 2022
Biden moves to revitalise U.S. sentencing panel, nominates first Black chair
By Nate Raymond and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated seven new members to the hobbled U.S. Sentencing Commission, restoring hope among criminal justice reform advocate...
May 11, 2022
Arkansas sues drugmakers, pharmacy benefit managers over insulin costs
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Arkansas's attorney general on Wednesday accused drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of colluding to drive up the price of insulin drugs, the latest in a series of ...
May 11, 2022
U.S. Senate ends debate on FTC nominee Bedoya, with help from VP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to limit debate on privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya's nomination to be a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, moving the Democrat one ste...
May 11, 2022
Largest U.S. wildfire threatens New Mexico town, ski resort
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Strong winds drove the largest U.S. wildfire toward a New Mexico ski resort and the 1,000-year-old community of Taos on Wednesday. As people evacuated, flames raced through p...
May 11, 2022
Trump must pay $110,000 fine, meet other conditions to purge contempt, judge says
By Karen Freifeld and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump must pay a $110,000 fine to the New York state attorney and meet other conditions to purge a contempt of court or...
May 11, 2022
U.S. House to hold hearing on infant formula shortage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers plan to hold a hearing this month on the ongoing shortages of infant formula, the House Energy and Commerce Committee said in a statement on Wednesday. The panel,...
May 11, 2022
White House condemns killing of Al Jazeera reporter
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of Al Jazeera reporter and Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh and called for an investigation into her ...
May 11, 2022
Interior Dept investigation finds burial sites at 53 Indian boarding schools
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - An Interior Department investigation into the dark history of Indian boarding schools has found "marked or unmarked burial sites" at some 53 schools, Secretary Deb Haaland s...
May 11, 2022
U.S. Senate panel advances bill to help FTC fight deception, fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday sent to the Senate floor a Democratic-backed bill that would allow the Federal Trade Commission to force deceptive companies to return money to victi...
May 11, 2022
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