Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
As Ida-hit Port Fourchon rebuilds, disappearing wetlands threaten its future
By Liz Hampton PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana (Reuters) - On Louisiana's south coast, in a key port servicing the U.S. offshore oil industry, a huge shipyard sits idle and in tatters. Where parts of the nin...
Oct 14, 2021
Anti-Trump Republicans to back vulnerable Democratic lawmakers in 2022 congressional races
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of anti-Trump Republicans on Thursday will endorse a slate of Democratic lawmakers facing tough races in next year's midterm elections, in a bid to stop the...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. supply chain too snarled for Biden Christmas fix, experts say
By Nandita Bose and Lisa Baertlein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is pushing to ease supply shortages and tame rising prices in time for Christmas, but unsnarling U.S. supply lines could t...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. pastors, advocacy groups mobilize against COVID-19 vaccine mandates
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - From the outside, First Harvest Ministries in Waveland, Mississippi, could almost be mistaken for a storage shed were it not for the steeple. From the modest building however, ...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. committed to WTO and wants it to succeed, trade rep Tai says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday affirmed the Biden administration's commitment to the World Trade Organization (WTO), saying that reforms were poss...
Oct 14, 2021
Big Tech to face another bipartisan antitrust bill
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech pla...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. lawmakers press for action on maritime sexual assault allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Transportation Department to take action to address persistent allegations of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment made by midshipme...
Oct 13, 2021
Maine can bar religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate, judge rules
By Tom Hals (Reuters) -A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that Maine can bar religious exemptions to its requirement that healthcare workers in the state get vaccinated against COVID-19, a day after a ju...
Oct 13, 2021
U.S. House panel subpoenas former Justice official in Capitol riot probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A congressional panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it has issued a subpoena seeking testimony and records from Jeffrey Clark, a form...
Oct 13, 2021
U.S. administers 404.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 404,371,247 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 489,254,145 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Oct 13, 2021
