Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Potential Biden Supreme Court pick Leondra Kruger known as moderate in California
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Before she turned to law and became one of the youngest justices ever appointed to the California Supreme Court, Leondra Kruger had journalism in her blood. Kruger, conside...
Jan 26, 2022
Former public defender Jackson among possible Biden Supreme Court picks
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal judge seen as a potential U.S. Supreme Court nominee for President Joe Biden, could make history as the first Black woman jus...
Jan 26, 2022
U.S. charges man with selling gun used in synagogue hostage crisis
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has filed criminal charges against a man for allegedly selling the gun that another man later used to take hostages at a synagogue i...
Jan 26, 2022
Factbox-Historic firsts on the diversifying U.S. Supreme Court
(Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's pending retirement https://www.reuters.com/world/us/liberal-us-supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-retire-media-reports-2022-01-26 gives Presid...
Jan 26, 2022
U.S. plans surprise inspections to protect communities burdened by pollution
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Wednesday announced a program of surprise pollution checks at petrochemical plants and other facilities under a Biden administration ...
Jan 26, 2022
Most U.S. local governments opt to join $26 billion opioid settlement
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. cities and counties have embraced a proposed settlement worth up to $26 billion resolving lawsuits alleging three large drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson ...
Jan 26, 2022
U.S. Senate Democrats plan to move swiftly on Biden Supreme Court pick
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats who control the U.S. Senate plan to move President Joe Biden's upcoming nomination of a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer ...
Jan 26, 2022
Instant View: FOMC reaffirms March for taper end, and, maybe, rate hike
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday signaled it is likely to raise U.S. interest rates in March and reaffirmed plans to end its bond purchases that month before launching a significa...
Jan 26, 2022
U.S. Justice Breyer fortified abortion rights, doubted death penalty
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has authored pivotal rulings bolstering abortion rights and safeguarding a landmark healthcare law while questioning...
Jan 26, 2022
Biden’s nominee to replace Justice Breyer to receive ‘prompt’ Senate hearing – Schumer
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee to replace Liberal Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court will receive a "prompt hearing" and will be considered and confirmed by the full Senate wi...
Jan 26, 2022
