Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Justice Dept defends efforts to step up monitoring threats to school boards
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Tuesday defended a new initiative to combat a rise in threats and harassment targeting public school boards and teachers...
Oct 05, 2021
Schumer sets U.S. debt ceiling vote for Wednesday as tensions rise
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate will vote on Wednesday on a Democratic-backed measure to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling, a key lawmaker said on Tuesday, as partisan brinkmanship in Co...
Oct 05, 2021
Treasury warns Arizona it can’t use federal funds to undermine school mask requirements
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told Arizona's governor on Tuesday that his state could not use federal funds to pay for programs aimed at undermining fa...
Oct 05, 2021
Explainer-Why is it so hard to clean up an offshore oil spill?
By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil spills into ocean waters, subject to winds and tides and spreading swiftly over wide areas, are difficult to clean up. The 3,000-barrel weekend spill o...
Oct 05, 2021
U.S. Justice Department renews inquiry into FBI’s failures in Larry Nassar probe
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has launched a fresh inquiry into the FBI's botched handling of its sex abuse investigation into disgraced former USA Gymnastics doc...
Oct 05, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police investigating suspicious vehicle outside Supreme Court
By Jan Wolfe and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Capitol Police said they were investigating a suspicious vehicle in front of the U.S. Supreme Court where the nine justices were hearing ora...
Oct 05, 2021
U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to cap on state and local tax deductions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected efforts by four Democratic-leaning U.S. states to overturn former Republican President Donald Trump's decision to limit federal deducti...
Oct 05, 2021
Treasury’s Yellen: ‘Up to the president’ to decide on Fed chief appointment
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday declined to say whether she would support a reappointment of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a second term, saying it's up to Presid...
Oct 05, 2021
U.S. NIH director Francis Collins to step down by year-end
(Reuters) - Francis Collins, the director of U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), said on Tuesday https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/francis-collins-step-down-director-national-institu...
Oct 05, 2021
Rapid COVID-19 tests increasingly scarce, pricey as demand from employers jumps
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Surging demand for COVID-19 tests from U.S. employers has exacerbated a nationwide shortage of rapid tests in recent weeks and is driving up costs for state and local tes...
Oct 05, 2021
