Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Texas Democratic lawmakers flee state to thwart voting restrictions
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - Dozens of Democratic lawmakers left Texas on Monday as part of an orchestrated move to derail their Republican colleagues' efforts to pass new voting restrictions and other ...
Jul 12, 2021
U.S. starts review for national Medicare coverage policy for Biogen’s Aduhelm
(Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday started a review process for national Medicare coverage of Biogen Inc's Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, that was recently approved by the country's health regulato...
Jul 12, 2021
Aging population to hit U.S. economy like a ‘ton of bricks’ – U.S. commerce secretary
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden does not yet have enough support from fellow Democrats to secure $400 billion in spending for at-home care for the elderly and disabled that...
Jul 12, 2021
Biden to call efforts to restrict voting ‘authoritarian’ in speech -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will call efforts to strip the right to vote from some Americans "authoritarian" in a speech on Tuesday, the White House said on Monday. Biden "will lay out t...
Jul 12, 2021
Factbox: Eight quotes by and about former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Edwin Edwards, the corruption-tainted, quick-witted former governor of Louisiana who served four terms until he went to prison in 2002, died on Monday at age 93. He was known...
Jul 12, 2021
Judge blasts ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell over lawsuit to overturn U.S. election
By Jan Wolfe and David Thomas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday appeared likely to reprimand Sidney Powell, a former campaign lawyer for Donald Trump, and other attorneys over a lawsuit th...
Jul 12, 2021
Death toll from Florida condo collapse death toll rises to 94
(Reuters) - The death toll from the partial collapse of a condominium near Miami rose by four to 94 on Monday, with 22 people still unaccounted for as workers continued to sift through the rubble of t...
Jul 12, 2021
Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards is dead at 93
(Reuters) -Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards died on Monday at the age of 93, the current governor, John Bel Edwards, said in a statement. "Edwin was a larger than life figure known for his wit ...
Jul 12, 2021
Yellen urges EU to back global tax deal, keep fiscal support
By David Lawder BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged European Union countries on Monday to sign on to a global deal to revamp corporate taxation, keep fiscal support through ...
Jul 12, 2021
‘Wither away and die:’ U.S. Pacific Northwest heat wave bakes wheat, fruit crops
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) - An unprecedented heat wave and ongoing drought in the U.S. Pacific Northwest is damaging white wheat coveted by Asian buyers and forcing fruit farm workers to ha...
Jul 12, 2021
