Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. climate credibility on the line as Biden heads to COP26
By Jeff Mason and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden wants to show the U.N. climate conference in Scotland that the United States is back in the fight against global warming. B...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen sets ambitious Europe agenda: taxes, pandemics, climate
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON/ROME (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will use her third trip to Europe to push a slew of White House global economic priorities on corpora...
Oct 28, 2021
Delta variant likely slammed brakes on U.S. economic growth in third quarter
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely grew at its slowest pace in more than a year in the third quarter as COVID-19 infections flared up, further straining global supply cha...
Oct 27, 2021
Biden likely to delay his departure to Europe by a few hours – reports
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is likely to delay his departure to Europe by a few hours as he is expected to attend the House Democratic Caucus meeting on Thursday morning, CNN and NBC News rep...
Oct 27, 2021
Explainer – Who faces legal liability in ‘Rust’ shooting case?
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Lawsuits seeking to assign civil liability in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins would be most likely to name the "Rust" crew member who inspected the...
Oct 27, 2021
U.S. Democrats battle over paid family leave in Biden agenda
By David Morgan (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats struggled on Wednesday to keep paid family leave in President Joe Biden's emerging social and climate-change legislation, saying negotiations would co...
Oct 27, 2021
Head of New York City firefighters union says members ‘insulted’ by vaccine mandate
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of the New York City firefighters union said on Wednesday he had instructed unvaccinated members to keep working, even though they feel "insulted" by Mayor Bill de Blasio...
Oct 27, 2021
White House signals flexibility over Dec. 8 vaccine deadline for businesses
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said on Wednesday the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccination deadline will not require immediat...
Oct 27, 2021
Explainer-Democratic ‘billionaires tax’ proposal likely to face legal challenges
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - The proposal by U.S. Senate Democrats to tax billionaires https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-democrat-unveils-billionaires-tax-biden-agenda-2021-10-27' tradeable asset...
Oct 27, 2021
Starbucks to hike U.S. employee pay to attract workers during labor crunch
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - With U.S. restaurants nationwide struggling to find enough waiters and cashiers to serve customers, Starbucks Corp on Wednesday said it will give pay raises to work...
Oct 27, 2021
