Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Analysis: Prosecutors face tough test in trial of U.S. teenage protest shooter Rittenhouse
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - One of those fatally shot by Kyle Rittenhouse threw a plastic shopping bag containing socks and a deodorant stick at him before appearing to try and grab his rifle. Another...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. panel approves Big Tech critic to head Justice Department Antitrust Division
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved on a voice vote the nomination of Google critic Jonathan Kanter, the third of three progressives named to top U.S. antitrust posts, t...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. Justice Dept. toughens policies toward white collar crime
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday detailed a series of policy changes aimed at rooting out repeat corporate misconduct and prioritizing individual prosecutions, signaling ...
Oct 28, 2021
Biden says he believes he has enough votes to pass spending bills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said he thinks he has enough lawmakers on board to pass his Build Back Better agenda, including progressive Democrats who have been pushing ...
Oct 28, 2021
Factbox: What’s in Biden and Senate Democrats’ new $1.75 trillion spending framework
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will present an updated agreement on a social and climate spending plan on Thursday morning to Congress and voters. The White House says the plan has th...
Oct 28, 2021
Sudanese general ignored U.S. warning as army rolled out coup plan
By Khalid Abdelaziz, Nafisa Eltahir and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Hours before Sudan's army seized power and dissolved its government, a senior U.S. envoy warned the country's top general not t...
Oct 28, 2021
Leading progressive lawmaker says need to see text on Biden spending plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progressive U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal said she needed to see what was in the spending bill before House progressives could back it and that her understanding was the p...
Oct 28, 2021
Biden to urge Democrats to back new $1.75 trillion spending framework
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will urge Democrats in Congress to back a new $1.75 trillion framework for economic and climate change spending, and is confident he will win their back...
Oct 28, 2021
Paid family leave appears to be out of Biden spending plan – Hoyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Paid family leave appears to be out of the agreement on President Joe Biden's spending plan, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Thursday. "Well, it appears to be but ... ...
Oct 28, 2021
Exclusive: EU suspends funding to WHO programmes in Congo after sex scandal
By Stephanie Nebehay and Francesco Guarascio GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization's programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to c...
Oct 28, 2021
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