Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. autoworkers will continue to wear masks on job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Detroit's Big Three automakers and the United Auto Workers union said Wednesday they will continue to require workers to wear masks pending new guidelines from a U.S. agency. Th...
May 19, 2021
Explainer: Citizen Trump faces mounting legal woes
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's legal woes escalated this week, as New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that a civil probe into the former president's family business h...
May 19, 2021
Protests planned as North Carolina officers who killed Andrew Brown keep jobs
(Reuters) - Protesters planned to boycott businesses on Wednesday after North Carolina's Pasquotank County chief prosecutor declined to bring charges against the sheriff's deputies who killed a Black ...
May 19, 2021
Texas governor signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban, exposing abortion providers to lawsuits
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) -Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into law a "fetal heartbeat" abortion bill that bans the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy and grant...
May 19, 2021
U.S. House Republicans propose $400 billion for highway projects
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans on the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday proposed $400 billion to fund highway, transit and ...
May 19, 2021
Emergent BioSolutions plans as early as July to correct problems that ruined COVID-19 shots – U.S. House memo
(Reuters) - Emergent BioSolutions Inc told U.S. regulators it aims as soon as July to correct the problems at its manufacturing facility that ruined millions of COVID-19 vaccine shots, according to a ...
May 19, 2021
Readout of Fed meeting may highlight potential policy dilemma
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will release a readout of its April policy meeting, an event already overrun by data showing disappointing jobs growth and a...
May 19, 2021
Radio Free Europe sues Russia at European court over ‘foreign agent’ action
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) filed a legal case at the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday to challenge the "foreign agent" label imposed on it ...
May 19, 2021
Steel industry groups urge Biden to keep tariffs in place after EU truce
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. steel industry groups and the United Steelworkers union on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to keep in place the steel tariffs imposed three years ago, saying that lifti...
May 19, 2021
Biden’s Supreme Court commission to meet as abortion debate reignites
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's commission to study potential changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including expanding the number of justices as some liberal activists have urged, is s...
May 19, 2021
