Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Senate votes to move forward with Bedoya’s FTC confirmation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to break a deadlock over the nomination of privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to join the Federal Trade Commission, narrowly approving an effort to ...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. charges nine over 2020 blockade of reproductive health clinic
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday announced it has criminally charged nine defendants, after they allegedly conspired in 2020 to storm a Washington, D.C...
Mar 30, 2022
Biden says decision coming soon on COVID curbs at border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday a decision will come soon on whether to lift Title 42, the COVID-19 health order that keeps most migrants from seeking asylum in the U...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. planning to end COVID-era order blocking migrants at Mexico border by May 23
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is planning to end a COVID-era order blocking asylum seekers and other migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border by May 23, a U.S. official told Reuters....
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. CDC eliminates warnings against cruise travel
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday dropped its warnings against cruise travel. (Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnat...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. House expected to vote on contempt recommendations for former Trump aides next week -Hoyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Democrat, said on Wednesday he expected the House to vote next week on "contempt of Congress" charges against Peter ...
Mar 30, 2022
Lawyers for Infowars host, Sandy Hook school shooting families head back to court
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - A day after Sandy Hook families rejected conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' offer to settle a defamation lawsuit, attorneys for both sides headed back to court on Wednesda...
Mar 30, 2022
Planned Parenthood asks Idaho top court to block six-week abortion ban
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood on Wednesday asked Idaho's top court to declare that a recently enacted six-week abortion ban modeled on a Texas law that empowers private citizens to su...
Mar 30, 2022
Maryland lawmakers pass measure expanding abortion access
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Maryland lawmakers have passed a bill to increase and protect abortion access in the state, a proactive move as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to overturn or wea...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. prosecutors accuse alleged ISIS ‘Beatle’ of ‘brutal hostage-taking’
By Jan Wolfe ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - A former British national accused of engaging in "brutal hostage-taking" as an alleged member of an Islamic State cell nicknamed "the Beatles" appeared in a U....
Mar 30, 2022
