Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Majority Leader Schumer says Senate will pass debt limit increase ‘soon’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he looks forward to passing the debt limit increase "soon," after a "good conversation" with Republ...
Nov 30, 2021
Biden expected to tap former Obama official as top arms buyer – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to nominate on Tuesday a former Obama official who oversaw the acquisition of the F-35 fighter, the troubled KC-46 tanker and the B-21 steal...
Nov 30, 2021
Trump to ask court to keep records away from U.S. Capitol riot panel
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's lawyers on Tuesday are set to ask a U.S. appeals court to keep records about his conversations and actions before and during the dea...
Nov 30, 2021
‘Jobs of future’ in focus as Biden visits Minnesota technical college
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, racing to stay ahead of a new COVID-19 variant and rising inflation, travels to Minnesota on Tuesday to highlight the benefits of his ...
Nov 30, 2021
Explainer-What are the charges in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex abuse trial?
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite accused of recruiting and grooming girls for deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein to abuse, got underway on Monday...
Nov 30, 2021
Jury selection to begin in trial of ex-Minnesota officer who shot Daunte Wright
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Jury selection is set to begin on Tuesday in the manslaughter trial of a white former Minnesota police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black man w...
Nov 30, 2021
Maxwell sex abuse trial to resume with Epstein pilot’s testimony
By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal sex abuse trial was set to enter its second day on Tuesday, with prosecutors expected to question a longtime pilot of ...
Nov 30, 2021
Nine Democrats call for release of jailed lawyer who took on Chevron
(Reuters) - Nine U.S. House Democrats have asked the Justice Department to release American environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who spent decades battling Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadori...
Nov 30, 2021
Pentagon releases few details after months-long review on global posture
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nearly 10-month Pentagon review released on Monday provided few details on the future of the military's global posture but said that President Joe Biden's administration would...
Nov 29, 2021
U.S. Senate blocks annual defense bill amid Republican objections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Monday not to move ahead with the National Defense Authorization Act amid objections from Republicans and some of the chamber's most liberal Democrats, ...
Nov 29, 2021
