Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden infrastructure plan includes $18 billion for Veterans Affairs, far more needed -lawmaker
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan includes $18 billion to upgrade and replace aging Veterans Affairs hospitals, but the agency needs five times that muc...
Apr 15, 2021
Appeals court upholds Canada-U.S. asylum-seeker agreement
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian appeals court on Thursday upheld a Canada-U.S. agreement to turn back asylum seekers, overturning a lower court ruling, siding with the federal go...
Apr 15, 2021
Fauci says he believes J&J vaccine will ‘get back on track soon’
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease doctor, hopes U.S. regulators will make a quick decision to lift a pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and ge...
Apr 15, 2021
Congress eyes two-track approach to Biden’s $2.3T infrastructure pitch
By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans said on Thursday they would consider an infrastructure bill about one-third the size of U.S. President Joe Biden's $2.3 tri...
Apr 15, 2021
Washington state passes bill with goal to phase out gasoline cars
(Reuters) - Washington state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday setting a target to stop sales of gasoline-fueled vehicles there beginning in 2030, five years sooner than California. The target is no...
Apr 15, 2021
Former U.S. Vice President Pence received heart pacemaker, full recovery expected -spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence received a heart pacemaker device during a routine surgery on Wednesday and is expected to fully recover, a spokesman said on Thursday. Pen...
Apr 15, 2021
White House says infrastructure package could be passed in smaller pieces
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure package could be passed by Congress in smaller pieces, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday, citing agreemen...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. administers 198.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 198,317,040 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 255,400,665 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Apr 15, 2021
New York approves Con Edison’s proposed $800 million power line projects
(Reuters) - New York state utility regulators on Thursday approved Consolidated Edison Co of New York Inc's (Con Edison) request to recover costs for three transmission projects in its New York City s...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. has ability to keep eye on any resurgence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said that the United States has the ability to keep an eye on any resurgence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan without keeping a military footprint there a ...
Apr 15, 2021
