Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden, Democrats shred spending, tax plans to get a deal done
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - For months, U.S. President Joe Biden and Democrats touted a $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan as a transformational piece of legislation that would reshape the world'...
Oct 21, 2021
Texas urges U.S. Supreme Court to maintain state’s abortion ban
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Texas on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to keep in place a state law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion while it defends the Republican-backed measure against...
Oct 21, 2021
Minnesota ex-officer resentenced to 57 months in prison for Australian woman’s shooting death
(Reuters) -A Minnesota judge on Thursday sentenced former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor to 57 months in prison, the maximum penalty possible, for fatally shooting an Australian woman after s...
Oct 21, 2021
U.S. holds three tests to advance hypersonic weapon programs, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy and Army tested hypersonic weapon component prototypes on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, calling the three tests successful. (Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington,...
Oct 21, 2021
D.C. jail under civil rights review, Attorney General says
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday said the Justice Department is reviewing conditions at the local jail in Washington, D.C., after a federal ju...
Oct 21, 2021
Trump strikes SPAC deal for new social media platform, shares soar
(Reuters) - Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp rose 80% on Thursday after the publicly listed shell company said it would merge with a business owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump to cre...
Oct 21, 2021
India among 11 ‘countries of concern’ on climate change for U.S. spy agencies
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghanistan, India and Pakistan were among 11 countries singled out by U.S. intelligence agencies on Thursday as being "highly vulnerable" in terms of their ab...
Oct 21, 2021
Manchin: lawmakers close to a top-line number for U.S. spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Wednesday he believed Democratic lawmakers were getting close to agreeing on a top-line figure for spending legislation that contains some of Pre...
Oct 21, 2021
U.S. blocking imports of tomatoes from Mexican farm over forced labor allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Thursday it will bar imports of fresh tomatoes produced by the farm Agropecuarios Tom S.A. de C.V., and Horticola S.A de C.V., and ...
Oct 21, 2021
U.S. FAA proposes minimum rest periods for flight attendants between shifts
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it was proposing to require flight attendants receive at least 10 hours of rest time between shifts af...
Oct 21, 2021
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