Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden administration eyes cybersecurity funding after attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is intensifying its focus on cybersecurity spending after a wave of massive attacks, proposing new funding in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomwa...
May 18, 2021
Study finds Asians largely ‘invisible’ in Hollywood’s top films
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Aside from action star Dwayne Johnson's hit movies, Hollywood's most popular films have rarely featured Asians or Pacific Islanders in leading roles on the big...
May 18, 2021
Service sector activity surged at record pace in May, NY Fed survey finds
(Reuters) - The service sector in the New York region saw business activity rise at a "record-setting pace" in early May, according to a survey of business leaders released by the Federal Reserve Bank...
May 18, 2021
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen says tax hike, infrastructure plan will boost profits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen defended President Joe Biden's $2.2 trillion infrastructure corporate tax hike plans on Tuesday, telling the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that t...
May 18, 2021
U.S. housing starts drop sharply in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilding fell more than expected in April, likely pulled down by soaring prices for lumber and other materials, but construction remains supported by an acute shortage ...
May 18, 2021
Biden seeks to expand legal assistance for lower income people
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will sign a presidential memo aimed at boosting public defenders and civil legal aid providers in a bid to help people with lower incomes have better represe...
May 18, 2021
Strippers are back on the job but COVID rules are hurting their pay
By Brittany Hosea-Small SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When California stripper Brittney, 26, walked into San Francisco's reopened Gold Club stripping venue again in April after a year, she was confronted ...
May 18, 2021
U.S. House Democrats seek approval of commission probing Jan. 6 Capitol riot
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation creating a 9/11-style commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by former President Donald Trump's supporters will take...
May 18, 2021
Analysis: Supreme Court jumps into U.S. culture wars with abortion, gun cases
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court has placed itself back on the frontlines of the U.S. culture wars by taking up major cases on abortion and guns, with right...
May 18, 2021
Biden to pitch his $174 billion electric vehicle plan in Michigan
By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will make the case for his $174 billion electric vehicle plan on Tuesday, calling for government grants for new battery ...
May 18, 2021
