Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive-White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy planning to step down -sources
By Jarrett Renshaw and Jeff Mason (Reuters) -White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy is planning to step down from her post, according to two sources familiar with the deliberations, likely ending a...
Apr 14, 2022
New York State backs long-term Canadian hydropower project
(Reuters) - New York State on Thursday approved a multi-billion-dollar, long-term project by Montreal-based public utility Hydro-Quebec to deliver hydropower to parts of New York City. Hydro-Quebec sa...
Apr 14, 2022
U.S. lawmakers say they have ‘serious concerns’ about face-scan contractor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have opened an investigation into the identity verification contractor ID.me, saying that they have "serious concerns" about the e...
Apr 14, 2022
Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue to block Kentucky’s abortion restrictions
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Abortion providers including Planned Parenthood on Thursday sued to block a sweeping new Kentucky law that forces them to stop offering the procedure until they can meet cer...
Apr 14, 2022
Republican Party withdraws from U.S. commission on presidential debates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates, saying the group that has run the debates for decades wa...
Apr 14, 2022
Biden says U.S. deciding on sending envoy to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday that top U.S. officials are deciding soon whether to send a senior official to Kyiv in a show of support for Ukraine. "We'll be making that ...
Apr 14, 2022
Florida governor signs 15-week abortion ban into law
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a restriction the U.S. Supreme Court could soon declare to be ...
Apr 14, 2022
Trump ally Devin Nunes loses CNN defamation appeal
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court said Devin Nunes, the former California congressman and an ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, cannot revive his defamation law...
Apr 14, 2022
Trump says he ‘probably’ wouldn’t return to Twitter if Musk reinstated his account
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elon Musk's takeover bid for Twitter has prompted speculation that he would restore Donald Trump's account if he succeeds in purchasing the social-media platfo...
Apr 14, 2022
White House launches diversity action plan for government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House released an action plan on Thursday aimed at advancing racial and gender equity across the federal government to improve diversity. The strategy is aimed at work...
Apr 14, 2022
