Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Democrats launch bill allowing existing nuclear plants tax credit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Democrats in the U.S. Senate introduced a bill on Thursday that would allow some existing nuclear power plants to receive a tax credit equal to an incentive already given t...
Jun 24, 2021
U.S. House targets ‘predatory lenders’, votes to repeal Trump banking rule
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to repeal a contentious banking rule introduced during former President Donald Trump's administration that De...
Jun 24, 2021
Factbox-What’s in the U.S. Senate’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday embraced a bipartisan Senate deal https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-meet-with-bipartisan-senators-discuss-infrastructure-plan-2021-06-2...
Jun 24, 2021
Biden backers sue ‘Trump Train’ members, police over campaign bus incident
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Several people who were traveling last October on a campaign bus for Democratic President Joe Biden that was surrounded by supporters of Republican former President Donald Tru...
Jun 24, 2021
Election Day should be a ‘day off’ U.S. President Joe Biden says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Election Day should be a holiday for workers in the United States, President Joe Biden said Thursday. "If I had my way, and I think it is really important, every Election Day wo...
Jun 24, 2021
U.S. administers 320.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 320,687,205 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 379,248,700 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Jun 24, 2021
A plurality of Americans would strike down Mississippi abortion ban
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - A plurality of Americans believe that abortion should be legal up until the fetus is capable of living on its own, and they remain largely supportive of abortion rig...
Jun 24, 2021
U.S. Labor Board prosecutor hopes to bulk up staffing, budget as gig worker scrutiny grows
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top prosecutor at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the U.S. agency that investigates unfair labor practices, is pushing for a bigger budget and mor...
Jun 24, 2021
Marilyn Monroe statue returns to Palm Springs, to cheers and jeers
By Norma Galeana (Reuters) - Marilyn Monroe is back in Palm Springs, California, in a big way - but not everyone is thrilled. A 26-ft (7.9-m) tall statue of the Hollywood icon in her famous billowing ...
Jun 24, 2021
Biden heads to North Carolina to tout vaccines as U.S. injections slow
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden heads to North Carolina on Thursday to encourage people to get their COVID-19 vaccinations as the rate of inoculations slows despite a nat...
Jun 24, 2021
