Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. House Transportation chair DeFazio will not seek re-election – sources
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chair Peter DeFazio will not seek re-election in 2022, two sources briefed on the matter said. A formal...
Dec 01, 2021
U.S. Catholic bishops encourage government search for boarding school graves
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Two influential U.S. Roman Catholic Church bishops are encouraging their peers to cooperate with a federal investigation into abuses committed within the former Native Ameri...
Dec 01, 2021
Some Republicans in U.S. Congress try to close government over vaccine mandates
By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers' efforts to keep the U.S. government operating hit a stumbling block on Wednesday as a group of hard-line Republicans threatene...
Dec 01, 2021
Schumer sees “good progress” in talks to avoid U.S. gov’t shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that talks with his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell to avoid a government shutdown were making "good progress,...
Dec 01, 2021
Massachusetts’ Republican governor, Baker, will not seek third term
By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a popular Republican leader in a Democratic stronghold, said on Wednesday he will not seek a third term in 2022. Baker, a for...
Dec 01, 2021
U.S. Senate panel advances Biden’s pick Bedoya for FTC
By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted on Wednesday to advance law professor and privacy advocate Alvaro Bedoya's nomination to the U.S. Fe...
Dec 01, 2021
Biden administration turns focus to space as rivals China, Russia loom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday laid out a new strategy for responsible civil, commercial and national security-related use of space amid growing commercial interests and ...
Dec 01, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. CDC to collect Southern Africa passengers data
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. public health officials issued a directive requiring airlines to disclose passenger names and other information about those who have recently been in ei...
Dec 01, 2021
U.S. Congress will pass voting rights bills, Stacey Abrams says
By Katanga Johnson and Merdie Nzanga (Reuters) - Democratic politician Stacey Abrams is bullish that the U.S. Congress will pass two key bills to protect voting rights - even though her party has alre...
Dec 01, 2021
White House says DOJ will defend government’s authority to promote vaccine requirement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wedesday the U.S. Department of Justice "will vigorously defend" the government's authority to promote its vaccine requirement in federal contracting. Co...
Dec 01, 2021
