Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Senate panel approves Powell renomination as Fed chair
(Reuters) - A key Senate panel late Wednesday gave its stamp of approval to President Joe Biden's renomination of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and two other nominees to the Fed Board but were d...
Mar 16, 2022
U.S. appeals court temporarily restores Biden measure for calculating climate risks
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed the Biden administration to continue using Obama-era values for calculating the cost of climate change in government decisions, pending its app...
Mar 16, 2022
U.S. will see ‘meaningful’ autonomous vehicle policy in 2020s -U.S. Transportation Secretary
By Tina Bellon AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said federal policy on autonomous vehicles will undergo "meaningful" developments in the coming years...
Mar 16, 2022
U.S. lets Ukrainians fleeing war into United States from Mexico
By Daina Beth Solomon and Dasha Afanasieva TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - At the U.S. border with Mexico, American officials are allowing Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion of their homeland to ente...
Mar 16, 2022
Texas official quizzes financial companies on fossil fuel investments
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has questioned 19 financial companies to clarify their investment policies on fossil fuels, his office said on Wednesday, showing the breadth o...
Mar 16, 2022
U.S. to pay $127.5 million to resolve claims over 2018 Parkland school shooting
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it had settled the 40 civil cases arising out of the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in P...
Mar 16, 2022
U.S. Navy officer who purchased guns for Chinese national sent to prison
(Reuters) - A U.S. Navy flight officer convicted last year of lying about his purchase of two pistols for a Chinese national was sentenced on Wednesday to four years in prison. Fin Yang, a 37-year-old...
Mar 16, 2022
CNN ex-host Chris Cuomo seeks $125 million, alleging wrongful termination
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Former CNN primetime host Chris Cuomo filed a request for arbitration on Wednesday, seeking $125 million in damages for alleged wrongful termination. The network fired ...
Mar 16, 2022
VP Harris’s top press aide leaves for the Defense Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris's deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh is headed to the Department of Defense, according to an internal email that lists staff changes in her office...
Mar 16, 2022
Judge orders Justice Dept to hand over certain internal legal records to ex-Trump adviser Bannon
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered the Justice Department to provide former President Donald Trump's adviser Steve Bannon access to certain sensitive internal l...
Mar 16, 2022
