Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Two Georgia election workers sue far-right website over false fraud allegations
By Peter Eisler (Reuters) - Two Georgia election workers targeted by former U.S. President Donald Trump in a vote-rigging conspiracy theory have sued a far-right website that trumpeted the false story...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. to restart Trump-era border program forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico
By Dave Graham and Ted Hesson (Reuters) - The Biden administration will restart a controversial Trump-era border program that forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for U.S. immigration hearings, in ...
Dec 02, 2021
As shutdown looms, U.S. lawmakers agree on funding government through Feb. 18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have reached agreement to fund federal agencies until Feb. 18, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro said on Thursday, as they sc...
Dec 02, 2021
White House asks government to buy more from small disadvantaged businesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday unveiled plans to ask federal agencies to direct at least 11% of contract dollars spent to disadvantaged small businesses next year, up from an avera...
Dec 02, 2021
Factbox-COVID-19 and the U.S. courts: challenges to Biden vaccine rules
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Courts have recently blocked some of the Biden administration's rules and regulations aimed at increasing U.S. vaccination against COVID-19, which has killed more than 750,000 ...
Dec 02, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell sex abuse trial enters fourth day after first accuser testifies
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial was set to enter its fourth day on Thursday, following emotional testimony from a woman who accused the British socialite of setti...
Dec 02, 2021
New York kicks off festive season with lighting of tree
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crowds returned to New York City's Midtown Manhattan late on Wednesday for the 89th annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, officially kicking off the holiday se...
Dec 02, 2021
Victory for Duchess Meghan as UK tabloid court appeal dismissed
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -A British court dismissed an appeal by a tabloid paper against a ruling that it had breached the privacy of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, by printing parts of a ha...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. to require private health insurance companies cover at-home COVID-19 tests
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will require private health insurance companies to reimburse customers for the cost of over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 tests under new measur...
Dec 02, 2021
Alec Baldwin to give his account of fatal ‘Rust’ shooting
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin's first public account of the fatal shooting on the set of his movie "Rust" will be broadcast on Thursday, about six weeks after a gun he was usin...
Dec 02, 2021
