Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - House Republicans are weighing whether to join Democrats in getting back into "earmarks" - the practice of loading spending bills with legislators' pet projects - and a ...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly approved legislation to expand protections for labor union organizing and collective bargaining, at a time...

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration voiced strong support on Tuesday for its nominee to become the Pentagon's top policy adviser, who is a p...

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Roger Mudd, the longtime CBS News political correspondent whose 1979 interview with Edward Kennedy is credited with helping derail the Democratic senator's presidential cam...

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Arkansas will ban all abortions except in medical emergencies as of August under legislation signed by Governor Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday, a measure that will be the na...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to advance President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, clearing the way for the measure to be considered on Wedn...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House Judiciary panel focused on antitrust will hear from three witnesses on Friday who represent a range of news organizations with concerns about how big tech platforms like...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury will work to quickly distribute $350 billion in aid to state and local governments from President Joe Biden's coronavirus stimulus bill, Treasury Secretary Jan...

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man appointed to the U.S. State Department during the Trump administration will remain in jail while he awaits trial on charges that he took part in the deadly st...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly a third of U.S. households receiving unemployment benefits are struggling to cover routine expenses such as food, housing and medical treatment, according a survey publis...