Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Republican senators vow to thwart any Iran deal if Biden skips congressional review
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 33 Republican senators warned U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday that they would work to thwart implementation of any new Iran nuclear agreement if h...
Feb 07, 2022
Ex-Bank of America lawyer loses appeal of conviction for assault of Hong Kong policeman
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - An American lawyer convicted of assaulting a plain-clothes Hong Kong police officer during anti-government protests in 2019 lost his appeal on Tuesday and was take...
Feb 07, 2022
Biden science adviser Lander resigns after workplace complaints- report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Eric Lander, a top science adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, resigned on Monday after reports that he bullied and demeaned staffers, according to The Washington Post. (Repor...
Feb 07, 2022
Judge orders U.S. to pay more than $230 million to Texas church shooting victims
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered the U.S. government to pay slightly more than $230 million to survivors and family members of victims of a 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church ...
Feb 07, 2022
U.S. House to vote to provide Postal Service with $50 billion in relief
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Tuesday on a bipartisan reform bill aiming to help Postal Service (USPS) save about $50 billion over a de...
Feb 07, 2022
U.S. warns of extremism after Texas synagogue attack, bomb threats in colleges
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The United States faces heightened threats from extremist groups domestic and foreign, underscored by last month's hostage standoff crisis in a Texas synagogue and bomb t...
Feb 07, 2022
Chicago banker gets year in prison for bribing Trump campaign official
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - The former head of a Chicago bank was sentenced on Monday to a year and a day in prison for approving millions of dollars in risky loans in exchange for a post in the Trump a...
Feb 07, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court lets Alabama use electoral map faulted for racial bias
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let Alabama use a Republican-backed map of the state's U.S. congressional districts that a lower court found likely discriminates against Bl...
Feb 07, 2022
Newsmax counter-sues Smartmatic, widening fight over U.S. election fraud claims
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Right-wing U.S. television network Newsmax Media Inc on Monday countersued Smartmatic Corp, an election security firm that says it was defamed by Newsmax's coverage...
Feb 07, 2022
U.S. House panel to hold oversight hearing on Washington subway system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House panel will hold a hearing on Wednesday on the Washington subway system that has faced reduced service following a train derailment in October and other challenges. ...
Feb 07, 2022
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