Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Vice President Harris tests positive for COVID-19 -spokesperson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, a spokesperson said in a statement. Harris has exhibited no symptoms and has not been a close contact ...
Apr 26, 2022
French actor Vincent Lindon to head jury of next Cannes Film Festival
PARIS (Reuters) - French actor Vincent Lindon will preside over the Cannes Film Festival's 75th anniversary edition, with a lineup that includes Tom Cruise's Top Gun sequel and an Elvis biopic by Baz ...
Apr 26, 2022
Blinken to address U.S. national security strategy related to China in coming weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he will address in the coming weeks a U.S. national security strategy to deal with the emergence of China as a great power. "I ...
Apr 26, 2022
Citigroup CEO: covering employee travel costs for abortions not statement on ‘sensitive issue’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Chief Executive Jane Fraser said Tuesday that the bank's policy of reimbursing employee travel to get reproductive healthcare services, including abortions, is not inten...
Apr 26, 2022
Harvard sets up $100 million endowment fund for slavery reparations
By Michela Moscufo (Reuters) - Harvard University is setting aside $100 million for an endowment fund and other measures to close the educational, social and economic gaps that are legacies of slavery...
Apr 26, 2022
Fed nominees near finish line in Senate confirmation
By David Morgan (Reuters) - Lael Brainard, one of President Joe Biden's nominees to the Federal Reserve, is poised to become the U.S. central bank's next vice chair later on Tuesday with three others ...
Apr 26, 2022
Biden White House braces for staff shakeup as midterms approach
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A slow-rolling staff shakeup is under way at the White House as President Joe Biden girds for battle in the November midterm elections, where he hopes to help h...
Apr 26, 2022
U.S. consumer watchdog chief to push competition, scrutinize Big Tech
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will promote industry competition and scrutinize the outsized influence Big Tech firms have in the market...
Apr 26, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court weighs ‘remain in Mexico’ immigration dispute
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to consider President Joe Biden's bid to rescind a hardline immigration policy begun under his predecessor Donald Trump ...
Apr 26, 2022
Biden’s first pardons ease punishment for non-violent drug crimes
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will issue the first pardons of his term on Tuesday, part of a series of steps aimed at shoring up his record on crime and racial ju...
Apr 26, 2022
