Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Israel bans travel to U.S. over Omicron concerns – official statement
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Monday banned its citizens from travelling to the United States without special permission, citing concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. A statement...
Dec 20, 2021
Biden electric vehicle push hits setback in U.S Senate
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bid by the White House to dramatically boost electric vehicle tax credits hit a major roadblock on Sunday when a key Senate Democrat said he would not supp...
Dec 19, 2021
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Sunday she had tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. The Massachusetts Democrat, 72, said on Twitter she is vaccinated...
Dec 19, 2021
Sanders says there should be vote on Build Back Better despite Manchin rejection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Bernie Sanders said in a CNN interview on Sunday he thinks there should still be a vote on the Build Back Better bill, despite rejection of the $1.75 trillion domestic i...
Dec 19, 2021
Manchin says he is a ‘no’ on Biden’s domestic investment bill
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is key to President Joe Biden's hopes of passing a $1.75 trillion domestic investment bill, said on Sunday he would...
Dec 19, 2021
COVID Omicron variant “raging through the world,” traveling increases risk -Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Sunday the easily transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus is "raging through the world" as he urged Americans to ge...
Dec 19, 2021
CNN closes U.S. offices to most workers as COVID-19 cases spike
(Reuters) - CNN is closing its U.S. offices to nonessential employees as COVID-19 cases increase, the network's chief media correspondent, Brian Stelter, tweeted on Saturday. CNN offices will be close...
Dec 18, 2021
U.S. senator gets vote on Nord Stream 2 sanctions, in deal over envoy approvals
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz will get a vote in January on his bill to slap sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline in a deal struck with Democrats i...
Dec 18, 2021
Citations over U.S. vaccine mandate could begin in early January
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal agency on Saturday said it could start issuing citations to companies as soon as Jan. 10 for failure to comply with a nationwide mandate that they ...
Dec 18, 2021
Jury may weigh whether Ghislaine Maxwell avoided knowledge of Epstein’s acts, judge says
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial may weigh whether the British socialite "consciously avoided" knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged encounters with t...
Dec 18, 2021
