Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump administration can cut drug subsidies to hospitals: U.S. court
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled the Trump administration had the authority to reduce subsidies Medicare pays certain hospitals to obtain discounted pharmaceuti...
Jul 31, 2020
In Portland, some Black activists frustrated with white protesters
By Deborah Bloom PORTLAND (Reuters) - A small group of Black teenage girls carrying megaphones stood in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Portland near midnight on Thursday facing a largely ...
Jul 31, 2020
Senate Democrats want to grill Homeland Security over Portland protest surveillance
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All seven Democrats on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday wrote to the Department of Homeland Security requesting details on its agents conductin...
Jul 31, 2020
U.S. chemical safety watchdog to proceed, with only one board member
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board, which has only one board member instead of the usual five, was to meet on Friday despite efforts by President Donald Trump to wind dow...
Jul 31, 2020
Florida declares emergency on coast as Hurricane Isaias barrels toward state
By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday declared a state of emergency for counties on the Atlantic coast with Hurricane Isaias expected to hit the state as early ...
Jul 31, 2020
Coronavirus child care pinch in U.S. poses threat to economic gains of working women
By Jonnelle Marte and Rachel Dissell CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Most days, Zora Pannell works from her dining room table, sitting in front of her computer, turning off the video on Zoom calls to nurse her ...
Jul 31, 2020
Trump still supports Pentagon nominee after confirmation hearing canceled: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump still supports Anthony Tata, his pick for undersecretary of defense for policy, despite the abrupt cancellation of Thursday's Senate confirmation hearing ...
Jul 31, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. proposes house arrest for ‘most dreaded’ Taliban prisoners, to end stalemate
By Rupam Jain, Charlotte Greenfield and Jonathan Landay MUMBAI/ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has proposed that hundreds of Taliban prisoners be transferred to house arrest in a su...
Jul 31, 2020
First Amendment group files new suit against Trump over blocked Twitter users
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group on Friday filed a new suit against U.S. President Donald Trump demanding he unblock additional Twitter users from viewing his account. Trump lost a prior lawsuit in May ...
Jul 31, 2020
U.S. imposes human rights sanctions on Chinese company, individuals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed human rights sanctions on a Chinese company on Friday, targeting the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC, along with two ind...
Jul 31, 2020
