Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S imposes sanctions on Turkey over Russian defense system buy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Turkey's Presidency of defense Industries, its president and three employees, a Treasury web site showed on Monday, to punish Ankara over ...
Dec 14, 2020
26 U.S. states, territories plan to use Nat’l Guard to assist in COVID-19 vaccine distribution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Governors in more than two dozen U.S. States and territories are planning on using the National Guard in some capacity for COVID-19 vaccine distribution at this point, the Guard...
Dec 14, 2020
U.S. lawmakers urge Trump administration to extension tariff exclusions for PPE
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 75 lawmakers is urging the Trump administration to extend exclusions from import tariffs on medical products imported from China, includin...
Dec 14, 2020
Exclusive: Two Sacklers behind OxyContin maker to appear before U.S. House panel – congressional memo
By Mike Spector (Reuters) - Two Sackler family members who previously served on the board of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP have agreed to appear before a U.S. House of Representatives committee exa...
Dec 14, 2020
Nevada’s six electors vote for Democrat Joe Biden for president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nevada's six electors voted for Democrat Joe Biden for president on Monday, confirming the president-elect's victory in the state in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Biden's...
Dec 14, 2020
Trump faces Dec. 23 deadline to veto – or sign – massive NDAA defense bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has until Dec. 23 to decide whether to veto the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act or allow the annual measure setting policy for the De...
Dec 14, 2020
No Iran deal without freeing detained U.S. citizens, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No agreement should ever be struck with Iran without its freeing all unjustly detained U.S. citizens, a senior U.S. official said on Monday as Washington blacklisted two Iranian...
Dec 14, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid to revive Kansas voting restriction
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Kansas to revive a restrictive Republican-backed law that required documentation of citizenship for...
Dec 14, 2020
First COVID-19 vaccines to be administered in the U.S. with more doses on the way
By Lisa Lambert and Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Select hospitals will administer the first innoculations in the United States of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside trial on Monda...
Dec 14, 2020
Wall St headed higher as travel stocks rally on vaccine roll-out
By Ambar Warrick and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set for a strong open on Monday as travel stocks surged on the launch of a nationwide COVID-19 vaccine campaign, while...
Dec 14, 2020
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