Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
Biden scrambles to limit damage to credibility from Afghanistan
By Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Joe Biden appeared in the White House East Room on July 8 to stress that the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan was proceeding a...
Aug 17, 2021
Texas Governor Abbott tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday and is isolating and receiving a monoclonal antibody treatment, his office said. Abbott, a Republican who has s...
Aug 17, 2021
Biden approval drops to lowest level this year after Taliban takeover
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's approval rating dropped by 7 percentage points and hit its lowest level so far as the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed over the weekend in an upheav...
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. lawmakers set hearing to probe events in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress, including many of President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats, said on Tuesday they were increasingly frustrated with events in Afghanistan, and they vo...
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. Senator Cornyn deletes erroneous Taiwan tweet blasted by Chinese media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator John Cornyn has deleted a tweet in which he said wrongly that the United States currently has 30,000 troops stationed in Chinese-claimed Taiwan, a claim ...
Aug 17, 2021
Rubio wants Biden to block TikTok after Chinese government takes stake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to block short-form video app TikTok in the United States after China took an ownership stake in a key su...
Aug 17, 2021
House Democrats tee up second voting-rights measure
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats said Tuesday they would seek to advance another voting rights measure in the House of Representatives with the hopes of breaking a Senate logjam...
Aug 17, 2021
Judge questions Fox News bid to shake Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion election lawsuit
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday appeared skeptical of an effort by Fox Corp to dismiss a $2.7 billion lawsuit alleging Fox News hosts and guests made defamatory claims about the...
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. Democrats ride trains, buses to spotlight spending push
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats are riding buses and trains and holding roundtable discussions this summer as they make the case that a government spending blitz backed by Pres...
Aug 17, 2021
As murders surge, Democrats find a new message: Fund the police
By James Oliphant and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last summer, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser played a high-profile role in the protests sweeping America over police killings of Black suspects...
Aug 17, 2021
