Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Biden lauds Republican Powell’s ‘independence,’ including from Trump, in nomination
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden cited unprecedented pressure that former President Donald Trump directed at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as one r...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. senators urge funds to help election workers amid ‘unacceptable’ threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of a Senate committee on Monday urged the Federal Election Assistance Commission to help election officials around the country tap federal money to strengthen securi...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. envoy returns from Ethiopia as Washington urges end to conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman returned from Ethiopia over the weekend following meetings with senior Ethiopian government officials and African Union...
Nov 22, 2021
No injuries reported in fire in Manhattan building under construction
(Reuters) -No injuries have been reported from a fire in a high-rise building under construction near Times Square in Manhattan, the Fire Department of New York said in a statement on Monday. Unconfir...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. judge lets Ghislaine Maxwell call ‘false memories’ expert to testify at trial
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has granted British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell permission to call a psychologist who specializes in how memories can become distorted over time to testify at her...
Nov 22, 2021
U.N. expert decries “gerrymandering” in parts of U.S. that denies minority voting rights
GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights expert said on Monday that electoral measures in some parts of the United States including Texas may undermine democracy by depriving millions of peopl...
Nov 22, 2021
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen freed after 3-year confinement
By Carlo Allegri NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, the onetime personal lawyer and fixer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, walked out of federal court a free man on Monday at the end of his th...
Nov 22, 2021
American Airlines, JetBlue ask court to throw out U.S. antitrust suit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Airlines and JetBlue Airways Corp asked a U.S. judge on Monday to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice Department and six states over the company's "Northe...
Nov 22, 2021
Bezos donates $100 million to Obama foundation in honor of congressman John Lewis
(Reuters) - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to the Obama Foundation in honor of Congressman John Lewis, a hero of the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s who died last year, the...
Nov 22, 2021
Progressives frustrated as White House punts on regulation chief
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While Wall Street banks cheered the renomination of U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome Powell on Monday, Democratic progressives were left frustrat...
Nov 22, 2021
