Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
IRS chief says increase in enforcement budget would boost tax collection
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service could return about $5 to $7 of increased tax collection for every additional dollar that its enforcement budget is increased, IRS Co...
Mar 18, 2021
Fed Chair Powell to give speech on Monday, testify Tuesday and Wednesday
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak Monday at a Bank for International Settlements conference on innovation in the digital age, the U.S. central bank sa...
Mar 18, 2021
Texas Lt. Governor urges governor to roll back storm power pricing
(Reuters) - Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick on Thursday called for Governor Greg Abbott to use his emergency powers to roll back high storm power pricing that has roiled the state's electricity ...
Mar 18, 2021
Biden says 65% of people 65 or older have received at least one COVID vaccine shot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday said 65% of Americans who are 65 years and older have received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. Biden also said his administration will mee...
Mar 18, 2021
U.S. safety agency reviewing 23 Tesla crashes; three from recent weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. auto safety agency disclosed on Thursday it has opened 25 investigations into crashes of Tesla vehicles, including three crashes in recent weeks, and 23 remain active. ...
Mar 18, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Burns to be CIA director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed veteran diplomat William Burns on Thursday to become President Joe Biden's Central Intelligence Agency director. The Senate voted by unanimous consent, wi...
Mar 18, 2021
10th juror seated at Minneapolis ex-police officer’s trial in George Floyd’s death
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - A 10th juror was seated on Thursday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer facing murder charges over his arrest of George Floyd, a process ...
Mar 18, 2021
Biden restores climate change page to EPA website, reversing Trump
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency restored a page containing key climate change information to its public website on Thursday, four years after the T...
Mar 18, 2021
Altice reaches $72 million settlement with New York over response to Tropical Storm Isaias
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Altice has reached a nearly $72 million settlement to resolve New York state claims the phone and cable TV provider failed to adequately prepare for and respond to Tropical Storm ...
Mar 18, 2021
U.S. corporate reformers face more fights to get proxy votes
By Ross Kerber and Jody Godoy BOSTON / NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. corporations are fighting harder this year to keep activist shareholder proposals off the ballot at their annual meetings, partly becau...
Mar 18, 2021
