Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Washington subway to delay return of many railcars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington subway system said on Thursday that it plans to delay the return of trains like the one that derailed in October by another 90 days. The D.C.-area subway system, ...
Jan 13, 2022
Alec Baldwin will turn over cellphone in probe of movie set shooting -lawyer
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for Alec Baldwin on Thursday said the actor would hand over his cellphone as part of a probe into the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the movie...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden vaccine-or-test policy for large businesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden's pandemic-related vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses at a time of escalating COVID-19 infections...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Democrats slam Cruz Nord Stream 2 sanctions bill ahead of vote
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was set on Thursday to vote on a bill to slap sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline sponsored by Republican Senator Ted Cru...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. charges far-right militia leader with seditious conspiracy in Capitol riot
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The founder of the far-right militia group Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, and 10 other people have been criminally charged with seditious conspirac...
Jan 13, 2022
Republican Party threatens to boycott U.S. presidential debate commission
(Reuters) - The U.S. Republican Party on Thursday said its future presidential candidates might not participate in debates run by the Commission on Presidential Debates due to concerns about fairness,...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Senator Sinema defends filibuster, despite Biden’s plea to reform it
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema on Thursday called the Senate's procedural rule known as a filibuster https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-senat...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. housing agency nominee Thompson says will ‘defer’ to Congress on Fannie, Freddie conservatorship
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee to run the agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Thursday said she would defer to Congress on whether to release the two home financing giants from ...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. voting-rights bill passes in the House, but Senate prospects remain unclear
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic bill intended to protect voting rights passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, though its chances were unclear in the narrowly divi...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Capitol Police arrest Michigan woman with guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a Michigan woman who was illegally parked in front of their headquarters with a loaded shotgun and three other weapons, police said on Thursday...
Jan 13, 2022
