Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Bipartisan lawmakers readying alternative to Biden infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are working on an alternative to President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that would cost roughly half as muc...
Apr 27, 2021
Britney Spears to address LA court in June about her conservatorship
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Pop star Britney Spears will personally address the Los Angeles court dealing with her long-running conservatorship in June, a judge agreed on Tuesday. Spears, 39, has been unde...
Apr 27, 2021
U.S. Republicans say ‘not so fast’ on restoring FTC power to claw back ill-gotten gains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans at a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives to discuss restoring the Federal Trade Commission's ability to claw back ill-gotten gains from companies deemed dec...
Apr 27, 2021
Biden to meet with former President Carter in Georgia on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will meet with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Georgia, on Thursday, the White House sai...
Apr 27, 2021
Biden nominates former DOJ official to lead civil division: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Javier Guzman for assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Civil Division, the White House said on Tuesday. Guzman, who ...
Apr 27, 2021
Former Obama White House adviser charged in $218,000 theft from charter schools
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former White House education adviser under President Barack Obama was arrested on Tuesday and charged with stealing about $218,000 from a charter school netw...
Apr 27, 2021
Senate confirms McCabe as deputy EPA administrator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Janet McCabe as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who will play a key role in implementing the Biden admin...
Apr 27, 2021
White House considering intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is considering options for maximizing global production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines at the lowest cost, including backing a...
Apr 27, 2021
Board of Texas grid operator ERCOT elects Brad Jones as interim president, CEO
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Brad Jones has been elected interim president and chief executive officer of the Texas grid operator ERCOT, its board said on Tuesday, filling the gap left by the previous...
Apr 27, 2021
Biden to nominate Texas sheriff and Trump critic to lead immigration enforcement agency
By Ted Hesson and Mimi Dwyer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate a Texas sheriff who criticized Trump-era immigration raids to lead the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
Apr 27, 2021
