Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Spotify’s plan to add advisory to COVID podcasts is a positive step – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Spotify's plan to add a content advisory to any discussion of COVID-19 on its platform is a positive step, but tech platforms should do more to prevent the spread of misinformati...
Feb 01, 2022
Former Senator Doug Jones to serve as ‘sherpa’ for Biden’s Supreme Court pick -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones will serve as a "sherpa," or guide, for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee's confirmation process in the Senate, according to a source fa...
Feb 01, 2022
Biden says he wants Senate’s advice and consent on Supreme Court pick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he wants his candidate to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to have courtesy, respect and a judicial philosophy...
Feb 01, 2022
Confederate symbols falling faster as U.S. wakes up to past wrongs – report
By Julio Cesar-Chavez and Dan Fastenberg RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - A year after George Floyd's murder sparked the toppling of Confederate statues, the United States continues removing segregationist s...
Feb 01, 2022
Pfizer submits data seeking U.S. approval of COVID vaccine for young kids -Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc on Tuesday began submitting data to federal regulators as part of the process to win U.S. approval of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under age 5, Bloomberg reporte...
Feb 01, 2022
Republican U.S. lawmakers funnel money to colleagues who crossed Trump
By Jason Lange and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - Republican U.S. lawmakers donated more than $380,000 last year to the campaigns of eight colleagues who Donald Trump is trying to drive from office, prio...
Feb 01, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court contender Jackson backs unions in first ruling
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A judge seen as a leading contender to be nominated by President Joe Biden to the U.S. Supreme Court penned her first ruling as an appeals court judge on Tuesday, striki...
Feb 01, 2022
U.S. judge approves direct election of UAW officers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers (UAW) will directly elect officers after members voted in a referendum that was required as part of a 2020 Justice Department settlement to resolve a cor...
Feb 01, 2022
Purdue Pharma judge extends Sacklers’ litigation shield to Feb 17
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge extended on Tuesday a legal shield protecting the Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma from lawsuits to Feb. 17 as they try to reach a deal with several U.S. states to settl...
Feb 01, 2022
Trump directly involved in plans to seize voting machines -reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Then-President Donald Trump was directly involved in efforts to use national security agencies to seize voting machines after his 2020 election loss, pressing his lawyer to make...
Feb 01, 2022
