Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Court revives U.S. COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare in 26 states
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 26 states by partially lifting an injunction that a...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden says ex-Trump aide Meadows deserves to be held in contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he believed Mark Meadows, chief of staff to his predecessor Donald Trump, deserves to be held in contempt of Congress for his refusal ...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden visits tornado-stricken Kentucky bringing federal aid, empathy
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden flew to Kentucky on Wednesday to survey the areas hardest hit by one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recent U.S. history, a system t...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden says coming close on social spending bill, hopes to get it done this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he and lawmakers are coming close to an agreement on his social spending and climate agenda and he hopes to get it done this year. (Re...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. alarmed by potential deployment of Russia-backed group in Mali – State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is alarmed by a possible deployment of Russia-backed Wagner Group forces in Mali, saying the move will destabilize the region further, a State Department spoke...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden’s $1.75 trillion social spending bill faces critical year-end test
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Having averted an embarrassing government shutdown and potentially catastrophic default this month, Democrats in the U.S. Congress now move on to the even harde...
Dec 15, 2021
Explainer-Economy closes in on Fed’s framework goals. How will policymakers react?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate is coming down, inflation is rising, and the Federal Reserve is preparing for faster rate increases than thought likely earlier th...
Dec 15, 2021
Derek Chauvin expected to change plea to guilty in George Floyd civil rights case
(Reuters) - White former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday in a federal court in Minnesota to charges that he violated George Floyd's civil rights durin...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. airlines to defend $54 billion COVID-19 government lifeline
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines Wednesday will defend a $54 billion COVID-19 government lifeline even as they face operational challenges and work to speed hiring to add...
Dec 15, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers to focus her defense on ‘memory, manipulation and money’
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys will likely focus on portraying the British socialite's accusers as untrustworthy and motivated by money when they start presenting thei...
Dec 15, 2021
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