Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Biden to tout program likened to universal basic income for kids
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 35 million American families are set to receive their first monthly payout from the U.S. government in an expanded income-support program that President Joe Biden on Thursd...
Jul 15, 2021
McConnell says all U.S. Senate Republicans will vote no on $3.5 trln budget bill: Fox News interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday all Republicans in the chamber will vote no on a potential $3.5 trillion budget bill Democrats are working on. "Ther...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. launches online hub to help ransomware victims
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday unveiled an online hub for the victims of ransomware attacks, saying it will make it easier for companies and municipalities to...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. Senate’s Schumer says setting up first floor vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill for Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday he would set up an initial procedural floor vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill for next Wednesda...
Jul 15, 2021
Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises to 97
(Reuters) - The death toll in the partial collapse of a residential building near Miami has risen by two to 97 as the number of people unaccounted for in the disaster dropped to eight, officials said....
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court’s Breyer says he has not decided on retirement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, at 82 the oldest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, said he has not decided whether to retire, telling CNN in an interview published on Thursday h...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. surgeon general warns over COVID-19 misinformation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy raised the alarm on Thursday over a growing wave of misinformation about COVID-19 and related vaccines that threatens efforts to quell the pand...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. to announce plan for restoring protections to Tongass National Forest: New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is set to announce a plan on Thursday to fully restore environmental protections to the Tongass National Forest in Alaska that were removed ...
Jul 15, 2021
Russian prosecutor seeks six-year suspended sentence for U.S. investor Calvey
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian state prosecutor asked a court on Thursday to hand U.S. investor Michael Calvey a six-year suspended jail sentence, the RIA news agency reported. Calvey, founder of privat...
Jul 15, 2021
Many Americans embrace falsehoods about critical race theory
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Critical race theory, a once-obscure academic concept that has sparked school board protests and classroom bans in some states, is largely misunderstood among the ge...
Jul 15, 2021
