Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Biden seeks to extend protections from eviction amid COVID-19 spike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday to extend the eviction moratorium to protect renters and their families amid a deadly rise in coronavirus infections, the Whi...
Jul 29, 2021
U.S. refusal to defend lawmaker in Capitol riot a signal to Trump -experts
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's refusal to defend a Republican congressman accused in a civil lawsuit of helping to incite the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol could...
Jul 29, 2021
U.S. expected to keep border expulsions policy as Delta variant cases surge
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is expected to delay a partial rollback of a controversial migrant expulsion policy, according to three people familiar with the matter, citing f...
Jul 29, 2021
Pennsylvania Republican blasts election audit, rebukes fraud claims
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania has come out against his colleagues' "forensic" audit of the 2020 election, becoming the party's first statewide official to publicly ...
Jul 29, 2021
Analysis-Biden’s COVID-19 strategy thwarted by anti-vaxxers, Delta variant
By Jeff Mason and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Joe Biden entered office, his administration made clear it intended to fight the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on getting the ...
Jul 29, 2021
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Alaska Peninsula- USGS
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 earthquake has struck the Alaska Peninsula, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said late on Wednesday. The quake was at a depth of 35 km, USGS added. (Reporti...
Jul 29, 2021
J&J contractor plans to resume COVID-19 vaccine production at Baltimore plant – WSJ
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson contractor Emergent Biosolutions Inc plans to resume COVID-19 vaccine production at its Baltimore plant after getting approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Jul 28, 2021
Biden to ask federal workers Thursday to get vaccinated or face testing -source
By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday is expected to announce that about two million civilian federal workers will need to be vaccinated agai...
Jul 28, 2021
Judge revokes pre-trial release of former Virginia cop facing Jan 6 charges
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered pre-trial detention of a former Virginia police officer who had 34 firearms on order at a gun dealership months after his ...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S. Senate approves union lawyers to NLRB, giving Democrats control
By Daniel Wiessner and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed union lawyers Gwynne Wilcox and David Prouty to seats on the National Labor Relations Board, pavin...
Jul 28, 2021
