Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. House panel to vote on pre-school, child care and tuition-free community college
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Publicly funded pre-school, child care subsidies and two years of tuition-free community college are on the agenda this week, when a U.S. House of Representati...
Sep 08, 2021
Some Afghans evacuated from Kabul struggle to find help in U.S.
By Merdie Nzanga ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - After Fahima, 30, stepped off a plane at Dulles international airport in Virginia on Aug. 26th, she asked an immigration official what would happen to her ...
Sep 08, 2021
Go-to lawyer for U.S. Capitol riot defendants re-emerges after illness
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A lawyer who disappeared from public view while representing 17 defendants facing charges related to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot reemerged on Wednesday, telling a j...
Sep 08, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police says ‘robust security’ planned for Sept 18 rally
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Capitol Police on Wednesday said it is enacting strong security measures ahead of a Sept. 18 rally in which supporters of former President Donald Trump int...
Sep 08, 2021
Yellen urges states to speed up rental assistance funds, avert evictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday urged state and local governments to act swiftly to expedite emergency rental assistance funds to renters and landlords in need...
Sep 08, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court to resume in-person oral arguments
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started when its new session begins in October, the na...
Sep 08, 2021
U.S. job openings rise to record 10.9 million in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings raced to a new record high in July, suggesting that last month's sharp slowdown in hiring was due to employers being unable to find workers rather than weak de...
Sep 08, 2021
Yellen renews pressure on Congress to address U.S. debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday again urged Congress to tackle the nation's debt ceiling, saying it was unclear how long Treasury's efforts to temporarily finan...
Sep 08, 2021
Solar energy can account for 40% of U.S. electricity by 2035- DOE report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Wednesday released a report showing that the U.S. can get 40% of its electricity from solar energy by 2035 - a significant ramp up from its current sh...
Sep 08, 2021
Prosecution may not call star witness in 1st trial in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - One key face could be missing from the first trial beginning this week in the U.S. college admissions scandal that ensnared dozens of wealthy corporate executives an...
Sep 08, 2021
