Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Labor Department submits initial text of Biden’s vaccine mandate to the White House
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department on Tuesday submitted to the White House the initial text of President Joe Biden's plan to require private-sector workers to be vaccinat...
Oct 13, 2021
U.S. to open border with Canada starting in early November -Buffalo News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will open its border with Canada to vaccinated Canadians starting in early November, the Buffalo News reported on Tuesday. The Buffalo News said the Biden admi...
Oct 12, 2021
U.S. Jan. 6 panel to advance contempt charges if subpoenas not followed -Cheney
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol will move criminal contempt charges against those who do not comply with i...
Oct 12, 2021
Debt limit hike headed to passage in U.S. House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to pass legislation raising the Treasury Department's borrowing limit to $28.9 trillion, averting a debt default...
Oct 12, 2021
Toddler with COVID-19 home from the hospital
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Adrian James, an Illinois toddler who just days ago was attached to a ventilator at a hospital as he fought a severe case of COVID-19, is home, his mother said Tuesday....
Oct 12, 2021
U.S. administers 403.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 403,576,826 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 488,178,975 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Oct 12, 2021
Former Wake Forest coach’s U.S. college scandal charges could be dropped in deal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former women's volleyball coach at Wake Forest University accused of participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud and bribery scheme has struck a deal wit...
Oct 12, 2021
Rebuffing Texas governor, American Airlines, Southwest stand by vaccine mandate
By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Sanjana Shivdas CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rebuffing the Texas governor, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday they would comply with U.S. President Joe Biden's e...
Oct 12, 2021
More than 100 U.S. lawmakers urge Pelosi to back union EV tax credit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 100 U.S. House lawmakers on Tuesday urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep a $4,500 tax credit incentive for union-built electric vehicles (EV) in a massive spending bill....
Oct 12, 2021
New York must allow religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate, judge rules
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that New York state cannot impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on healthcare workers without allowing for religious exemption requests. The decision...
Oct 12, 2021
