Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. FTC won’t ‘back down’ over Chamber of Commerce criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Friday it would not change course despite criticism from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce about a series of actions spearheaded by FT...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. looking to broaden access to COVID-19 antiviral pills – WSJ
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is looking at ways to broaden access to potential COVID-19 antiviral pills when supply increases in the coming months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, ...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. consumers ditching digital claims in post-pandemic insurance world
By David French NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumers are starting to ditch digital channels as the COVID pandemic eases and to revert to in-person ways to file insurance claims, a senior executive at Zurich...
Nov 19, 2021
Explainer: What is the U.S. Senate’s ‘budget reconciliation’ process?
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed President Joe Biden's ambitious $1.75 trillion social policy and climate bill, the action moves to the Se...
Nov 19, 2021
Factbox: Highlights of the Arbery murder trial
(Reuters) - Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed while, prosecutors say, the 25-year-old Black man was on a Sunday run in a mostly white neighborhood about 2 miles (3.2 km) from his mother's house near c...
Nov 19, 2021
Factbox: What’s in Biden’s $1.75 trillion ‘Build Back Better’ package?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social policy and climate package, sending it back to the Senate wh...
Nov 19, 2021
Majority of U.S. House votes for Biden’s $1.75 trillion bill; voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act on Friday morning, as voting continued on the bill. ...
Nov 19, 2021
Biden to transfer power to Harris during colonoscopy on Friday – White House
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday for the period during which he will be under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy he will un...
Nov 19, 2021
Biden will not nominate Ron Bloom to new term on Postal Board — sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will not nominate United States Postal Board of Governors chairman Ron Bloom to serve a new term, which will force him to leave the board next month, sources...
Nov 19, 2021
FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine booster for U.S. adults
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized booster doses of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine for all adults, a move aimed at addressing waning protection among...
Nov 19, 2021
