Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. trade chief Tai vows to use new USMCA trade pact to address Mexican labor issues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday that she will use the new factory-specific labor enforcement provisions of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade to...
May 12, 2021
U.S. completes Jones Act assessments, ready to review waiver requests – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department has completed its assessment of what ships are available to carry petroleum products from the Gulf to the Eastern Seaboard and is ready to rev...
May 12, 2021
Far-flung U.S. citizens clamour for vaccines from embassies
By Kay Johnson and Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Americans living abroad are asking Washington to send surplus coronavirus shots to overseas embassies so they can get a vaccine in countries whe...
May 12, 2021
Amid pandemic, U.S. Justice Clarence Thomas has a question or two
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the U.S. Supreme Court heard its first-ever oral argument by teleconference rather than in person as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
May 12, 2021
Explainer: Should my teen get the COVID-19 vaccine?
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12, widening the country's inoculation...
May 12, 2021
Biden to host Republican leaders McConnell, McCarthy in bid for common ground
By Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will hold his first White House meeting with top Republican leaders from Congress on Wednesday in an effort to find common ...
May 12, 2021
Liz Cheney vote: U.S. House Republicans reach watershed over Trump
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday whether to eject Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, from her leadership pos...
May 12, 2021
‘She’s a hero’: Liz Cheney down but not out in Wyoming after crossing Trump
By Nathan Layne and David Morgan LARAMIE, Wyo. (Reuters) - When lifelong Wyoming Republican Tage Benson and Democrat Chamois Andersen met for the first time at the Owl in the Attic antiques store in L...
May 12, 2021
U.S. considering Jones Act waiver after pipeline hack – Transportation Department
By Doina Chiacu and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it was evaluating a temporary waiver of the Jones Act to ensure sufficient gasoline suppl...
May 11, 2021
On eve of expected ouster, Cheney slams Republican colleagues for backing Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, speaking on the House floor on Tuesday, a day before her expected ouster from a Republican leadership post, chastised her party colleagues for no...
May 11, 2021
