Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Archegos owner Hwang, former CFO Halligan charged with fraud
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Federal prosecutors have charged Archegos Capital Management owner Bill Hwang and the family office's former chief financial officer, Patrick Halligan, with racketeering and f...
Apr 27, 2022
As U.S. abortion access wanes, this doctor travels to fill a void
By Gabriella Borter BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) - Inside Planned Parenthood's Birmingham, Alabama, clinic, a quiet space with few windows and stock photos of the city lining the walls, a woman tapped h...
Apr 27, 2022
Congress poised to subject U.S. judges to more financial disclosure
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A bipartisan bill that would subject U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges to tougher disclosure requirements for their financial holdings and stock trades is expe...
Apr 27, 2022
Biden, Clintons to lead tributes to deceased Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lead tributes on Wednesday to Madeleine Albright, the first w...
Apr 27, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court hears Oklahoma tribal dispute in Breyer’s last case
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, in Justice Stephen Breyer's last scheduled oral argument before retirement, is set to consider limiting the scope of its ...
Apr 27, 2022
SpaceX launches ‘Crew 4’ astronauts on flight to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX launched four more astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA on Wednesday, including a medical doctor t...
Apr 27, 2022
U.S. Capitol riot panel to hold public hearings in June, chairman says
By Patricia Zengerle and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress's official probe into the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters plans to hold public hearings in...
Apr 26, 2022
Identity check contractor ID.me fires dozens on fraud team as Congress probes
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) -A major U.S. government contractor of identity verification technology that is under investigation by Congress has fired 39 employees over the past week for i...
Apr 26, 2022
Sanders calls on Biden to cut Amazon out of U.S. federal contracts
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday called for President Joe Biden to issue an executive order to cut off federal contracts to Amazon.com Inc until the e-co...
Apr 26, 2022
Republican McCarthy feared GOP members would incite more violence after Jan. 6 – NYT
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. House Republican Kevin McCarthy told colleagues he feared members of his party, including Representatives Matt Gaetz and Mo Brooks, would put other l...
Apr 26, 2022
