Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Senate votes to raise debt ceiling, averting catastrophic default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to raise the U.S. federal borrowing authority by $480 billion and avoid possible catastrophic debt defaults later this month drew enough support in the Senate on Thu...
Oct 07, 2021
Biden to restore boundaries of two Utah national monuments -Utah governor
(Reuters) - Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Thursday said the Biden Administration will restore the boundaries of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, rolling back former Pres...
Oct 07, 2021
19 states seek new review of 10-year U.S. Postal reform plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The state attorneys general of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday filed an administrative complaint over U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's 10-year strategic ...
Oct 07, 2021
Texas abortion provider resumes services after judge blocks near-total ban
By Julia Harte and Maria Caspani (Reuters) - A day after a federal judge blocked Texas' near-total abortion ban, at least one provider in the state said it had resumed services on Thursday for patient...
Oct 07, 2021
Former envoy denounces U.S. deportations to Haiti
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. special envoy to Haiti who blasted the Biden administration as he resigned last month over the deportations of hundreds of migrants told U.S. ...
Oct 07, 2021
Biden says U.S. will ‘deal’ with violence on airplanes
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he had instructed the Justice Department to "deal" with the rising number of violent incidents onboard airplanes, m...
Oct 07, 2021
Man who smoked pot in Capitol on Jan. 6 pleads guilty to disorderly conduct
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man from Glens Falls, New York, who prosecutors said smoked marijuana inside of the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, pleaded guilty on Thursday to entering an...
Oct 07, 2021
U.S. House panel probing Jan. 6 Capitol riot issues more subpoenas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol said on Thursday it had issued more subpoenas seeking testimony and record...
Oct 07, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. Democrats court Manchin with two-part climate plan -sources
By Jarrett Renshaw and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats are close to finalizing a plan supported by U.S. Senator Joe Manchin that would boost tax credits for power plants that capture ...
Oct 07, 2021
U.S. charges former Taliban commander with killing U.S. troops in 2008
(Reuters) - A former Taliban commander has been charged with killing U.S. troops in 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice said, adding that a federal grand jury in New York unsealed the indictment on T...
Oct 07, 2021
