Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
FDA approves Incyte’s eczema cream
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Incyte Corp's cream Opzelura for treating inflammatory skin condition atopic dermatitis, commonly called eczema, in adolescents and...
Sep 21, 2021
U.S. House Democrats advance abortion rights bill, Senate passage unlikely
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives advanced a bill on Tuesday that would protect the right to abortion and annul some new restrictions passed by Republican-controlle...
Sep 21, 2021
Biden to tap intelligence expert Corless for Treasury terrorism post
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Shannon Corless, a career intelligence expert, as assistant secretary of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the Trea...
Sep 21, 2021
U.S. debt limit is not a partisan issue, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration will continue to argue that the U.S. debt limit is not a partisan issue and push Republicans and Democrats to vote to raise it, White House ...
Sep 21, 2021
Former wunderkind Massachusetts mayor gets six years in prison
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Massachusetts mayor first elected at age 23 was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison after being convicted in May of defrauding investors in a smartp...
Sep 21, 2021
Judge sets May for possible trial of ‘Proud Boys’ facing Jan 6 riot charges
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday set May 18 as a tentative date for the start of a trial of four men allegedly affiliated with the "Proud Boys" movement on charges s...
Sep 21, 2021
U.S. Senate may vote soon on Chopra’s move to CFPB
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told lawmakers on Tuesday that he will begin the process of bringing Rohit Chopra's nomination to lead the Consumer Financial Protectio...
Sep 21, 2021
Internal U.S. watchdog faults FBI on how it notifies victims in child sex abuse materials cases
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department's internal watchdog on Tuesday faulted the FBI for flaws in how it notifies child victims when their images are discovered during federa...
Sep 21, 2021
Second woman accuses Leon Black of rape; Black’s rep calls claim ‘complete fiction’
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A second woman has accused former Apollo Global Management Inc Chief Executive Leon Black of rape, saying he attacked her in the late financier Jeffrey Epstein...
Sep 21, 2021
Explainer-What ‘critical race theory’ means and why it’s igniting debate
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - "Critical race theory," a once-obscure academic concept, has become a fixture in the fierce U.S. debate over how to teach children about the country's history and race ...
Sep 21, 2021
