Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Fed scrambled to make sense of Trump’s 2016 election, transcripts show
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The election of Donald Trump threw Federal Reserve officials into a scramble to determine what it meant for the American economy, the world, and the U.S. cen...
Jan 14, 2022
Republican U.S. Rep Katko, who voted to impeach Trump, will not seek re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative John Katko, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Cap...
Jan 14, 2022
As Omicron fuels surge, U.S. students stage walkouts to protest in-person classes
By Tim McLaughlin and Tyler Clifford BOSTON (Reuters) - Students in Boston and Chicago planned walkouts on Friday to pressure officials to switch to remote learning, as a surge in COVID-19 cases fuele...
Jan 14, 2022
U.S. prosecutors recommend dropping China charges against MIT professor: source
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors have recommended that the U.S. Justice Department drop charges against a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor accused of concealing his ties t...
Jan 14, 2022
Ohio Supreme Court strikes down new congressional map as Republican gerrymander
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday struck down the state's new congressional map for illegally favoring Republicans over Democrats and ordered lawmakers to redraw the lines. The ...
Jan 14, 2022
Burned by COVID supply crunch, hospitals invest in U.S. mask-making
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two days before Christmas, a cargo ship left Mumbai with a mask-making machine bound for Illinois-based OSF HealthCare, which will use the equipment to make i...
Jan 14, 2022
U.S. Treasury threatens to claw back Arizona funds over anti-masking school grants
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Friday said it told Arizona officials the state's proposed COVID-19 education assistance programs targeted at schools without mask mandates ...
Jan 14, 2022
CDC is not communicating with teachers on COVID safety, unions say
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not been communicating well enough with educators, teachers unions say, as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit...
Jan 14, 2022
U.S. retail sales tumble in December amid shortages
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales dropped by the most in 10 months in December, weighed down by shortages and spiraling COVID-19 infections, which could temper expectations th...
Jan 14, 2022
Founder of far-right Oath Keepers to face seditious conspiracy charges in court
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, Stewart Rhodes, is due in a federal court in Plano, Texas, on Friday to face seditious conspiracy c...
Jan 14, 2022
