Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden lead unchanged at 9 points after chaotic presidential debate: Reuters poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden maintains a 9-point lead over President Donald Trump after their combative first debate, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling that shows most Americ...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. Olympic reform bill approved by Congress, awaits Trump signature
(Reuters) - Legislation that will trigger a massive overhaul of the U.S. Olympic system offering athletes greater protection and more input into decision making was unanimously passed by the House of ...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. House Democrats want FAA to release 737 MAX safety review documents
By David Shepardson and Eric M. Johnson WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two key House of Representatives Democrats on Thursday urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to release all documents r...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. EPA removes requirement for curbing toxic air pollutants
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, October 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday reversed a Clinton administration-era policy that required major U.S. sources of hazardous a...
Oct 01, 2020
CIA, NSA chiefs opposed release of unverified Russia intelligence to Republican lawmaker: sources
By Jonathan Landay and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA and National Security Agency directors opposed U.S. spy chief John Ratcliffe's decision to declassify and send to a top Republican ...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. Treasury warns cyber insurers payments to hackers may violate sanctions
By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - Cyber insurers and other financial institutions that facilitate payments to hackers to end cyberattacks risk running afoul of sanctions rules, the U.S. Treasury Departmen...
Oct 01, 2020
Trump’s Supreme Court nominee advocated overturning legalized abortion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett in 2006 signed on to an advertisement in an Indiana newspaper calling for the landmark 1973 ruling that leg...
Oct 01, 2020
Amazon discloses virus count: 19,000, or 1.44%, of U.S. frontline workforce
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said more than 19,000 of its U.S. frontline workers contracted the coronavirus this year, or 1.44% of the total, a disclosure long sought by la...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. oil producers on pace for most bankruptcies since last oil downturn
By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Arathy S Nair NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oasis Petroleum Inc and Lonestar Resources US Inc's bankruptcy filings are the latest in a slew of restructurings that put oil-and-gas pr...
Oct 01, 2020
Coal baron Murray seeks U.S. benefits to treat his black lung disease – report
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. coal baron Robert Murray, whose company Murray Energy filed for bankruptcy last year, has applied for federal benefits to treat his black lung disease ...
Oct 01, 2020
