Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Biden ramps up fight against drug traffickers with China, Brazil sanctions, executive orders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden signed two new executive orders to fight transnational criminal organizations and drug trafficking networks, and sanctioned Chinese companies and Brazil...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. airlines warn 5G wireless could cause havoc with flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. air carriers on Wednesday warned that AT&T and Verizon's planned use of spectrum for 5G wireless services could be highly disruptive to U.S. air travel and cost air p...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. Muslim advocacy group fires Ohio chapter director for alleged spying
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest U.S. Muslim advocacy organization, has fired the head of its Ohio chapter after alleging that he shared confide...
Dec 15, 2021
Harvard professor didn’t lie about China ties, lawyer says at U.S. trial
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A lawyer for a Harvard University professor charged with concealing his ties to a China-run recruitment program accused U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday of "inventing s...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden and Manchin at odds in Build Back Better negotiations – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's negotiations with moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin over a $1.75 trillion domestic investment bill have been going poorly with the two "far apar...
Dec 15, 2021
Majority of U.S. Senate backs $770 billion defense bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday backed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, sending the $770 billion bill to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature....
Dec 15, 2021
Court revives U.S. COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare in 26 states
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 26 states by partially lifting an injunction that a...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden says ex-Trump aide Meadows deserves to be held in contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he believed Mark Meadows, chief of staff to his predecessor Donald Trump, deserves to be held in contempt of Congress for his refusal ...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden visits tornado-stricken Kentucky bringing federal aid, empathy
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden flew to Kentucky on Wednesday to survey the areas hardest hit by one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recent U.S. history, a system t...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden says coming close on social spending bill, hopes to get it done this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he and lawmakers are coming close to an agreement on his social spending and climate agenda and he hopes to get it done this year. (Re...
Dec 15, 2021
