Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden says his upcoming budget proposal will include some higher taxes
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that his upcoming March 9 budget proposal to Congress will include some higher taxes, including on billionaires. Biden sai...
Feb 28, 2023
Tennessee governor will sign bills restricting drag, transgender youth treatment
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said he would sign into law bills that passed the legislature last week banning gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth and restricti...
Feb 28, 2023
McConnell calls for higher US defense spending over the next year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called on Congress on Tuesday to increase defense spending in the coming year to confront what he termed growing threats from Russi...
Feb 28, 2023
U.S. EPA chief revisits Ohio derailment site as Republicans blast Biden
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -The U.S Environmental Protection Agency chief on Tuesday postponed a trip to Africa to make a third visit the site of an Ohio train derailment and toxic spill, while President...
Feb 28, 2023
Explainer-What’s the latest on Biden’s U.S. student loan forgiveness?
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to forgive federal student loans, first announced in August, was blocked by two legal challenges. It is being scrutinized by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, c...
Feb 28, 2023
FDA neurosciences chief Billy Dunn to leave immediately, analysts raise concern
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration neurosciences head Billy Dunn will retire from his role effective immediately, the health regulator told Reuters on Tuesday. Wall Street analysts said...
Feb 28, 2023
Biden taps ‘wage theft’ opponent Julie Su as labor secretary
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Labor Department Deputy Secretary Julie Su to head the agency after current Secretary Marty Walsh departs next month...
Feb 28, 2023
US farm agency should make robust changes to ensure equity -report
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. farm agency should make extensive changes to ensure racial and gender equity in its programs, found a report commissioned by the Biden administration an...
Feb 28, 2023
Sandy Hook families get approval to dig into Alex Jones’s finances
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday allowed victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre to retain a forensic financial investigator to dig into the finances of bankrupt right...
Feb 28, 2023
US Labor Dept axes Trump-era expansion of exemptions from anti-bias laws
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday withdrew a rule adopted in the last days of the administration of former Republican President Donald Trump that had expanded a re...
Feb 28, 2023
