Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Maxwell’s defense seeks difficult balance in attacking accusers
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - As Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers cross-examine her accusers, they face the difficult task of casting doubt on their credibility without seeming too aggressive toward women...
Dec 08, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Biden’s border chief amid record migrant arrests
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved an Arizona police chief as the top border official in a near party-line vote, as President Joe Biden deals with record migrant ...
Dec 07, 2021
Omarova withdraws nomination to lead U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
By Pete Schroeder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saule Omarova has withdrawn her nomination to lead a top banking regulator, the White House announced Tuesday, after facing opposition from R...
Dec 07, 2021
New Mexico to join nationwide opioid settlement with drug distributors
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - New Mexico has agreed to join a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $21 billion resolving claims that the three largest U.S. drug distributors helped fuel a deadly o...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. EPA proposes biofuel mandate cuts, a boost to pandemic-hit refiners
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed scaling back the amount of biofuels that U.S. oil refiners were required to blend into their fu...
Dec 07, 2021
Biden to pick more Fed policymakers this month, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden plans to put forward more nominees for open positions on the U.S. Federal Reserve Board by the end of the month, the White House said on Tuesday. "We hope to...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. Congress boosts funding for Boeing jet fighters, ships in defense bill
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers sought to increase aircraft and Navy ship purchases in an effort to field a robust military and send a signal to Russia and China in a massive annua...
Dec 07, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. SEC’s internal watchdog kept his job despite “serious misconduct” finding-documents
By Sarah N. Lynch and Chris Prentice (Reuters) - As the inspector general at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Carl Hoecker leads investigations into wrongdoing by agency staff. In one case...
Dec 07, 2021
Factbox-COVID-19 and the U.S. courts: challenges to Biden vaccine rules
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Courts have recently blocked many of the Biden administration's rules and regulations aimed at increasing U.S. vaccination against COVID-19, which has killed more than 780,000 ...
Dec 07, 2021
FTC settles with Vyera over Daraprim, Shkreli litigation to go on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement agreement with Vyera Pharmaceuticals over allegations it sought to block generic versions of its drug Daraprim, they s...
Dec 07, 2021
