Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. committed to WTO and wants it to succeed, trade rep Tai says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday affirmed the Biden administration's commitment to the World Trade Organization (WTO), saying that reforms were poss...
Oct 14, 2021
Big Tech to face another bipartisan antitrust bill
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech pla...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. lawmakers press for action on maritime sexual assault allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Transportation Department to take action to address persistent allegations of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment made by midshipme...
Oct 13, 2021
Maine can bar religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate, judge rules
By Tom Hals (Reuters) -A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that Maine can bar religious exemptions to its requirement that healthcare workers in the state get vaccinated against COVID-19, a day after a ju...
Oct 13, 2021
U.S. House panel subpoenas former Justice official in Capitol riot probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A congressional panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it has issued a subpoena seeking testimony and records from Jeffrey Clark, a form...
Oct 13, 2021
U.S. administers 404.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 404,371,247 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 489,254,145 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Oct 13, 2021
Firefighting crews battle wildfire that threatens Reagan ranch in California
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - California firefighters are taking advantage of a break in strong winds on Wednesday afternoon to get aircraft aloft and dump retardant on a fast-moving wildfire that is wit...
Oct 13, 2021
Union Pacific to comply with COVID vaccine deadline for U.S. workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Union Pacific Corp said on Wednesday it will require its 31,000 U.S. employees to be vaccinated under President Joe Biden's executive order requiring that federal contractors ma...
Oct 13, 2021
White House heeded pressure to reopen Canada border -U.S. lawmaker
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman from New York said on Wednesday that political pressure had persuaded the White House to end a historic 19-month closure of its land borde...
Oct 13, 2021
Mixing COVID-19 booster shots safe, says NIH study
(Reuters) - Mixing booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized in the United States was found to be safe in adults, a study by the National Institutes of Health showed on Wednesday. (Repor...
Oct 13, 2021
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