Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Big U.S. oil drillers have federal permits to mute effect of any Biden ban
By Jennifer Hiller and Nichola Groom (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's promised ban on new oil and gas drilling on federal lands would take years to shut off production from top shale drillers be...
Jan 21, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims decline moderately
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits decreased modestly last week as the COVID-19 pandemic tears through the nation, raising the risk of a s...
Jan 21, 2021
U.S. envoy Kerry says climate change measures must be stepped up
MILAN (Reuters) - U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry said on Thursday measures to tackle climate change needed to be ramped up significantly and achieving net zero global carbon emissions by 2050 w...
Jan 21, 2021
Futures edge higher ahead of weekly jobless claims data
By Devik Jain and Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday as investors counted on more pandemic relief and speedy vaccine rollouts under the new Biden administration ...
Jan 21, 2021
Vice President Harris’s uncle in India says will visit U.S. after vaccination
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Kamala Harris's Indian uncle plans to visit the United States to congratulate her once he receives a COVID-19 vaccine, he said on Thursday, after his niece became the first woman...
Jan 21, 2021
Still separated: COVID-19 order keeps families apart after Biden lifts ‘Muslim ban’
By Kristina Cooke and Mimi Dwyer LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - On Tuesday night, on the eve of President Joe Biden's inauguration, Mania Darbani's mother called her from Iran. She was ecstatic that Biden wo...
Jan 21, 2021
Yellen’s call to ‘act big’ reflects long re-think on big government debt
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen's confirmation hearing Tuesday she nodded to the need for the federal debt to be put on a "sustainable" pat...
Jan 21, 2021
Explainer: With no self-pardon in hand, private citizen Trump faces uncertain legal future
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Donald Trump issued a list of pardons during his final hours as U.S. president but did not include himself, his children, or personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, even though adviser...
Jan 21, 2021
U.S. must improve infrastructure: Biden transportation nominee
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee to head the U.S. Transportation Department will tell a U.S. Senate panel on Thursday the United States must improve its infrast...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden to tackle coronavirus pandemic on first full day in White House
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will launch an array of initiatives on Thursday to rein in the raging coronavirus pandemic, tackling his top priority on...
Jan 21, 2021
