Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
White House says Biden is finalizing details of American Family Plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday that President Biden is continuing to meet with his policy team to finalize details of the American Family Plan, the next ...
Apr 22, 2021
Biden to propose hike in capital gains taxes to pay for more child care – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will propose plans next week to hike taxes on the wealthy to fund major investments in child care, universal pre-kindergarten education, and paid leave ...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. administers 218.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 218,947,643 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country and distributed 282,183,915 doses as of Thursday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. seeks to conserve more farmland as crop prices climb
By Tom Polansek and Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Biden administration hopes to convince farmers to set aside four million more of acres of land for conservation this year by raising paymen...
Apr 22, 2021
Republicans unveil $568 billion infrastructure package to counter Biden’s $2.3 trillion plan
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday proposed a $568 billion, five-year infrastructure package as a counter offer to President Joe Biden's sweeping $2.3 trillion p...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. to double public climate finance to developing countries by 2024
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday said it will boost public climate finance to help poor countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate, ...
Apr 22, 2021
New York City sues Exxon, BP, Shell in state court over climate change
(Reuters) - New York City is suing three major oil companies and the top industry trade group in state court after a federal appeals court this month rejected its effort to hold the companies liable t...
Apr 22, 2021
Senate Republicans ready $568 billion infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday plan to unveil a $568 billion infrastructure plan in response to President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion proposal, according to photos of present...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. SEC names former prosecutor Alex Oh as head of enforcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday named former federal prosecutor Alex Oh as its new head of enforcement, the first woman of color to lead the divisi...
Apr 22, 2021
A climate change challenge in Louisiana: Escape the danger while retaining community
By Brad Brooks SCHRIEVER, La. (Reuters) - Howard Brunet bounds out of his red pickup truck and across bulldozed sugar cane fields, taking a look at the wetlands of his Native American tribe's new home...
Apr 22, 2021
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