Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Congress boosts funding for Boeing jet fighters, ships in defense bill
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers sought to increase aircraft and Navy ship purchases in an effort to field a robust military and send a signal to Russia and China in a massive annua...
Dec 07, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. SEC’s internal watchdog kept his job despite “serious misconduct” finding-documents
By Sarah N. Lynch and Chris Prentice (Reuters) - As the inspector general at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Carl Hoecker leads investigations into wrongdoing by agency staff. In one case...
Dec 07, 2021
Factbox-COVID-19 and the U.S. courts: challenges to Biden vaccine rules
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Courts have recently blocked many of the Biden administration's rules and regulations aimed at increasing U.S. vaccination against COVID-19, which has killed more than 780,000 ...
Dec 07, 2021
FTC settles with Vyera over Daraprim, Shkreli litigation to go on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement agreement with Vyera Pharmaceuticals over allegations it sought to block generic versions of its drug Daraprim, they s...
Dec 07, 2021
Florida to feed starving manatees in rare conservation move
By Julio-Cesar Chavez (Reuters) - Starving manatees will soon be fed by hand in Florida, a rare wildfire intervention to save the marine mammals whose natural food is vanishing from the effects of pol...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. Congress includes $300 million for Ukraine, addresses China in massive defense bill
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers included a range of efforts to push back against Russia and China in a massive annual defense bill released on Tuesday, including $300 million...
Dec 07, 2021
Fauci says early evidence points to Omicron being more transmissible but less severe
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Preliminary evidence indicates that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus likely has a higher degree of transmissibility but is less severe...
Dec 07, 2021
Senate confirms Rosenworcel to new term on U.S. FCC
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 68-31 on Tuesday to confirm Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel to a new five-year term with the telecom regula...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. House bill introduced containing expedited procedure to raise debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill was introduced Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives to speed up passage of a debt ceiling increase by circumventing procedural delays in the Senate. The legislati...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for federal contractors
(Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge in issued nationwide injunction against a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate on federal contractors and subcontractors for the duration of the litiga...
Dec 07, 2021
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