Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. judge blocks $4 billion debt relief program for minority farmers
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a part of the Biden administration's federal stimulus relief package that forgave agricultural debts to farmers of color. A white farm...
Jun 24, 2021
Biden to meet with bipartisan senators to discuss infrastructure plan
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will meet with a bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday to discuss their proposed framework for an infrastructure bill as he looks ...
Jun 24, 2021
Biden nominates Cindy McCain to U.N. post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Cindy McCain, widow of the late Republican Senator John McCain, to be U.S. representative to the United Nations agencies for food and ...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. administers 319.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 319,872,053 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures ar...
Jun 23, 2021
‘What planet’ are they on? Judge blasts Republicans for downplaying attack on U.S. Capitol
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday harshly criticized Republican lawmakers for downplaying the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, questioning "what planet" they are livi...
Jun 23, 2021
Top U.S. general hits back at right-wing uproar over racism teachings
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' top military officer on Wednesday hit back against a growing conservative movement opposed to teaching certain theories about racism at educat...
Jun 23, 2021
Defying ‘defund police’ calls, Democrat Adams leads NYC mayor’s race
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - For months, as New York City faced a growing spate of shootings, mayoral candidate Eric Adams delivered the same line at one campaign event after another: "The prerequisite fo...
Jun 23, 2021
‘Historic’ heat wave takes aim at Pacific Northwest
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Pacific Northwest could experience a historic heat wave in the coming days that has the potential to shatter long-standing temperature records, strain ...
Jun 23, 2021
NIH begins clinical trial testing COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women
By Dania Nadeem (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday it had begun a study to evaluate the immune responses generated by COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant or postpartu...
Jun 23, 2021
FBI Director Wray urges companies stop paying ransoms to hackers
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Chris Wray on Wednesday pleaded with public companies and other hacking victims to avoid paying ransom, saying he fears it will only embolden cybe...
Jun 23, 2021
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