Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Neither Santa nor Grinch: Biden promises stocked shelves for Christmas
By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden promised on Wednesday that rising prices and goods shortages will ease somewhat even as the United States approaches the...
Dec 01, 2021
U.S. reports first case of Omicron variant
(Reuters) - The United States identified a first case of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in California, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday For days, U.S. health ...
Dec 01, 2021
Alec Baldwin says he didn’t pull trigger of gun in fatal movie set shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin says in an upcoming TV interview that he did not pull the trigger of the gun that fired a live bullet and killed a cinematographer on the set of the movie "Rust," ...
Dec 01, 2021
Georgia man pleads guilty to attacking police during U.S. Capitol riot
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Georgia man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attacking a police officer during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot by supporters of Donald Trump trying to overturn hi...
Dec 01, 2021
U.S. House Transportation chair DeFazio will not seek re-election – sources
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chair Peter DeFazio will not seek re-election in 2022, two sources briefed on the matter said. A formal...
Dec 01, 2021
U.S. Catholic bishops encourage government search for boarding school graves
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Two influential U.S. Roman Catholic Church bishops are encouraging their peers to cooperate with a federal investigation into abuses committed within the former Native Ameri...
Dec 01, 2021
Some Republicans in U.S. Congress try to close government over vaccine mandates
By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers' efforts to keep the U.S. government operating hit a stumbling block on Wednesday as a group of hard-line Republicans threatene...
Dec 01, 2021
Schumer sees “good progress” in talks to avoid U.S. gov’t shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that talks with his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell to avoid a government shutdown were making "good progress,...
Dec 01, 2021
Massachusetts’ Republican governor, Baker, will not seek third term
By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a popular Republican leader in a Democratic stronghold, said on Wednesday he will not seek a third term in 2022. Baker, a for...
Dec 01, 2021
U.S. Senate panel advances Biden’s pick Bedoya for FTC
By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted on Wednesday to advance law professor and privacy advocate Alvaro Bedoya's nomination to the U.S. Fe...
Dec 01, 2021
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