Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

By Ann Saphir and David Lawder (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday said U.S. banks look healthy enough to be allowed to pay dividends and repurchase stock, an updated view that re...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A delegation of senior Biden administration aides has postponed a trip to Guatemala because of heightened activity by the Pacaya volcano, the Central American country's fore...

(Reuters) - California's power utilities have asked state officials to reduce the amount of money homeowners make selling excess electricity from rooftop solar panels into the grid, a proposal that co...

By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday blasted a sweeping election reform bill passed by the Democrat-led House of Representatives earlier this mon...

By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - The United States crossed 30 million coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as states accelerate the vaccination process by lowering age limits. Healt...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nomination of Colin Kahl to be the Pentagon's top policy adviser narrowly survived a Senate committee vote on Wednesday, but the tie v...

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices returned to the contentious issue of police powers on Wednesday as they grappled with whether to make it easier for officers to enter a home wit...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden sees it as vital to take steps via executive actions and legislation to promote gun control, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday, in...

(Reuters) - A U.S. consumer advocacy group has filed a complaint against food and beverage major Kraft Heinz Co for disparaging healthy foods including broccoli, salmon and tofu in its advertisements ...

(Reuters) - Wyoming on Wednesday sued the Biden administration over its pause on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands. The state, a top U.S. oil and gas producer, asked a federal court to stop the...