Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Window closing for deal in U.S. Congress to protect ‘Dreamer’ immigrants
By Ted Hesson and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over 200 advocates from around the United States converged on Capitol Hill this week with an 11th-hour mission: persuade lawmakers to provide cit...
Dec 15, 2022
Biden administration offers U.S. households more free COVID-19 tests for winter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. households can order four free at-home COVID-19 tests from the government website COVIDTests.gov beginning on Thursday as part of the Biden administration's efforts to tack...
Dec 15, 2022
California approves $2.9 billion investment to double car chargers in state
(Reuters) - The California Energy Commission on Wednesday approved a $2.9 billion investment plan to accelerate the state's 2025 electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen refueling goals. The invest...
Dec 14, 2022
U.S. House passes one-week government funding bill, sends to Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a stopgap one-week funding bill, a move intended to give lawmakers more time to pass a bill to fully fund the federal gov...
Dec 14, 2022
Puerto Rican independence bill goes to U.S. House vote on Thursday
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Puerto Ricans could move a step closer to a referendum on whether the island should become a U.S. state, an independent country or have another type of govern...
Dec 14, 2022
Police testify about attack on U.S. House Speaker Pelosi’s husband
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A San Francisco police officer testified on Wednesday that he witnessed the attack on U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband when the suspect attack...
Dec 14, 2022
Boston student arrested after threatening pro-China democracy activist
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday a Chinese citizen attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston stalked and harassed an activist who posted fliers supporting d...
Dec 14, 2022
LGBT nightclub massacre survivors tell U.S. Congress: ‘We are being slaughtered’
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Survivors of mass shootings targeting U.S. LGBT nightclubs detailed the violence they endured and criticized inflammatory political rhetoric in a congressional h...
Dec 14, 2022
North Dakota, Iowa join other U.S. states in banning TikTok from state-owned devices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Dakota and Iowa have joined a growing number of U.S. states in banning the Chinese-owned short-video-sharing app TikTok from state-owned devices, citing national security ...
Dec 14, 2022
Texas sought gender change data on drivers licenses, report says
(Reuters) - The Texas Attorney General's office requested data on the number of Texans who in recent years had switched their gender on drivers licenses and other state documents, the Washington Post ...
Dec 14, 2022
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