Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
COVID-19 ‘boosters-for-all’ discussion moves to CDC
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - More U.S. adults could be eligible for a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine if a panel of experts meets as planned on Friday and recommends that a third round of the shot...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. House to vote on Biden’s $1.75 trillion bill after hours-long delay
By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social and climate spending bill on Friday after an hours-l...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. awards nearly $1 billion in infrastructure grants
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said Friday it was awarding nearly $1 billion in infrastructure grants as the Biden administration prepares to dramaticall...
Nov 19, 2021
Biden to get routine physical on Friday -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will receive a routine health exam on Friday morning, one day ahead of his 79th birthday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. Biden will receive his...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. Thanksgiving dinner cost jumps with inflation on the menu, though deals remain
By Tom Polansek and Christopher Walljasper CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thanksgiving dinner will cost U.S. consumers an average of 14% more this year in the biggest annual increase in 31 years, the American Fa...
Nov 19, 2021
Factbox: Timeline of the Ahmaud Arbery case
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Ahmaud Arbery was a 25-year-old Black man running through a mostly white neighborhood on Feb. 23, 2020, when he was chased by three white men in two trucks, and shot and kill...
Nov 19, 2021
Jury in Rittenhouse murder trial to deliberate for fourth day
By Nathan Layne KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Jurors in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will resume deliberations for a fourth day on Friday on whether to convict or acquit the teenager, wh...
Nov 19, 2021
Analysis: Biden’s effort to expand childcare could hit roadblock in Republican states
By Jason Lange and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social-policy bill offers hundreds of billions of dollars to subsidize child care and expand pre-kindergart...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. House delays vote on Build Back Better bill until later Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives early on Friday put off an anticipated vote on passage of President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social programs and climate change investment bi...
Nov 18, 2021
Factbox-Rival estimates on the cost of Biden’s $1.75 trillion social spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives were pushing ahead on Thursday with a vote on President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion domestic spending bill, after a lengthy wait on...
Nov 18, 2021
