Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S., Turkish presidential advisers discuss defense relationship, disagreements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top advisers to U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Wednesday about a range of issues including how to resolve disagreements, the White House ...
Oct 27, 2021
Manchin says everyone in U.S. should pay ‘patriotic tax’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said on Wednesday that people in the United States should pay a "patriotic tax" of 15% if they ended up with zero tax liability. Manchin, speaking...
Oct 27, 2021
Coronavirus infections at U.S. meat plants far higher than previous estimates -House subcommittee
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -Cases and deaths from COVID-19 among workers at the leading U.S. meatpacking plants were three times as high as previously estimated, according to a report by the House Sele...
Oct 27, 2021
Questions swirl in Alec Baldwin shooting case ahead of sheriff’s update
By Lisa Richwine SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - Almost a week after actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a crew member on a Western movie set in New Mexico, local authorities will speak publicl...
Oct 27, 2021
Biden’s pick to lead commodities regulator to face Congressional scrutiny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's pick to head the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will lay out his plans to lead the agency tasked with overseeing derivatives markets...
Oct 27, 2021
Big Oil hearing to kick off U.S. probe into climate disinformation -lawmaker
By Timothy Gardner and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Congressional hearing this week into whether oil companies misled the public about climate change marks the start of a broad probe tha...
Oct 27, 2021
In summit with SE Asia, Japan champions open seas, Australia defends AUKUS pact
By Ain Bandial BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday stressed to Southeast Asian leaders his country's strong opposition to challenges to a free and open m...
Oct 27, 2021
Caravan of hundreds of migrants press north across Mexico
By Jose Torres and Lizbeth Diaz HUIXTLA, Mexico (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants from Central America and the Caribbean trekked across Mexico on Wednesday, the latest in a series of caravans that have...
Oct 27, 2021
Slavery-era Georgia law is key defense argument in trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing
By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - A pivotal defense argument of the three white men on trial in Georgia for killing Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, is that they were trying to make a citizen...
Oct 27, 2021
Assange case back in court for U.S. extradition appeal
LONDON (Reuters) - Lawyers for the United States will launch a fresh attempt on Wednesday to have Julian Assange extradited from Britain, arguing that concerns around the WikiLeaks founder's mental he...
Oct 27, 2021
