Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday tapped Indeed.com chief economist Jed Kolko and New York City planning official Marisa Lago for top economic posts at the U.S. Commerce Department,...

(Reuters) - The Houston Ship Channel on Monday halted inbound and outbound transit activity head of Tropical Storm Nicholas, a port official said. Nicholas on Monday was making its way towards the sou...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden nominated privacy advocate Alvaro Bedoya, the founding director of Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology, to be a commissioner on the U.S. Federal ...

By Elizabeth Culliford and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has dismissed a claim that Twitter Inc violated election laws when it prohibited users from posting links to a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A newly-crafted election reform bill will be put to a vote in the U.S. Senate as soon as next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday, despite strong oppositio...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Illinois Senate approved a wide-ranging energy bill on Monday that is designed to keep three Exelon Corp nuclear power plants operating. The bill, which Illinois Governor J....

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden plans to nominate New York City's director of city planning for a key U.S. Commerce Department trade role along with nominees for nine ot...

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Abortion rights advocates on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide - a 1973 landmark i...

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - JBS USA on Monday halted production at a Nebraska beef plant that slaughters about 5% of U.S. cattle due to a fire, but said the company expects to resume operation...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Capitol Police on Monday said in a statement it has approved plan to erect temporary fencing around the U.S. Capitol ahead of a Sept. 18 rally by supporters of the hund...