Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
US State Department defends handling of ‘Havana Syndrome’
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department on Thursday defended its handling of so-called Havana Syndrome health complaints, after a bipartisan group of U.S. senators said they were co...
Oct 14, 2021
Explainer-What’s at stake for Trump allies facing ‘contempt of Congress’?
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol is pursuing contempt of Congress charges against Steve Bannon, a longtime adv...
Oct 14, 2021
Harvard, world’s wealthiest university, sees endowment soar to $53.2 billion
BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University, already the wealthiest in the world, said on Thursday that its endowment made a 34% gain and swelled to $53.2 billion in the fiscal year that ended in June. Inve...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. will oppose U.N. human rights council’s ‘disproportionate’ attention on Israel -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has concerns with the United Nations Human Rights Council and will oppose its "disproportionate" attention on Israel, State Department spokesman Ned Price told...
Oct 14, 2021
Former California police chief seeks to defend himself in Jan 6 riot case
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former California police chief linked to a right-wing militia who faces felony charges related to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot on Thursday asked a federal ju...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. congressional panel probing Jan 6 Capitol riot sets Bannon contempt vote date
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives select committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol said on Thursday it would convene a business meeting on Tuesday to vote on ad...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. Senator Manchin promises to block mining royalty plan
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin has promised to block a proposed royalty for minerals extracted on federal land from advancing in the U.S. Senate's version of the hotly debated...
Oct 14, 2021
Key Democrat rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure-source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a key moderate, told fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives this week that she will not vote for a multitrillion-dollar package that is a ...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. elected back to U.N. Human Rights Council after Trump era
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday elected the United States to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, more than three years after the Trump administr...
Oct 14, 2021
Congressional Republican opposition to Biden to harden as election nears
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the 2022 congressional elections less than 13 months away, President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies could face a bigger challenge retaining control of ...
Oct 14, 2021
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