Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. port’s supply chain fix challenge: selling 24/7 shifts
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Port of Los Angeles is beginning the hard work of convincing terminal operators, importers, warehouses owners and trucking firms to embrace moving more ca...
Oct 14, 2021
White House says Biden has yet to make a decision about new FDA commissioner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday that U.S. President Joe Biden has yet to make a final decision on who to nominate to lead the Food and Drug administration...
Oct 14, 2021
Exclusive: Senator Cotton delays vote on Biden’s pick for powerful China job at Commerce
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Tom Cotton is holding up a vote to confirm Alan Estevez as the U.S. Commerce Department's undersecretary for industry an...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. Treasury says states tapping federal COVID-19 relief funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury says initial reporting showed that U.S. states have appropriated or budgeted 45% of the federal COVID-19 relief funds they had on hand as of July 31, with a gr...
Oct 14, 2021
US State Department defends handling of ‘Havana Syndrome’
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department on Thursday defended its handling of so-called Havana Syndrome health complaints, after a bipartisan group of U.S. senators said they were co...
Oct 14, 2021
Explainer-What’s at stake for Trump allies facing ‘contempt of Congress’?
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol is pursuing contempt of Congress charges against Steve Bannon, a longtime adv...
Oct 14, 2021
Harvard, world’s wealthiest university, sees endowment soar to $53.2 billion
BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University, already the wealthiest in the world, said on Thursday that its endowment made a 34% gain and swelled to $53.2 billion in the fiscal year that ended in June. Inve...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. will oppose U.N. human rights council’s ‘disproportionate’ attention on Israel -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has concerns with the United Nations Human Rights Council and will oppose its "disproportionate" attention on Israel, State Department spokesman Ned Price told...
Oct 14, 2021
Former California police chief seeks to defend himself in Jan 6 riot case
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former California police chief linked to a right-wing militia who faces felony charges related to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot on Thursday asked a federal ju...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. congressional panel probing Jan 6 Capitol riot sets Bannon contempt vote date
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives select committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol said on Thursday it would convene a business meeting on Tuesday to vote on ad...
Oct 14, 2021
