Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Senate democrats release discussion draft to federally legalize cannabis
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and two other top democratic senators on Wednesday released a discussion draft of a bill that aims to make cannabis legal on a federal level. Whil...
Jul 14, 2021
‘Marry me?’ – A Champs Elysees proposal moments before France’s July 14 parade
PARIS (Reuters) - A French trainee soldier on Wednesday proposed to his partner on the Champs Elysees in Paris shortly before President Emmanuel Macron rode down the boulevard in a military jeep durin...
Jul 14, 2021
‘Mom guilt’: Texas Democrats face hurdles in flight to fight voter law
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - In a bid to thwart legislation she fears will make it harder to vote, Erin Zwiener left Texas with dozens of her fellow Democratic state lawmakers - and one young companion....
Jul 14, 2021
U.S. State Department invites U.N. racism investigators to visit U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has invited U.N. experts who investigate racism and minority issues to conduct an official visit to the United States, Secretary of State Antony Blinke...
Jul 13, 2021
U.S. Senate Budget panel Democrats reach agreement on $3.5 trillion infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee reached an agreement on a $3.5 trillion infrastructure investment plan that they aim to include in a budget resolution to be debate...
Jul 13, 2021
Demonstrators block traffic in Miami area to support Cuban protesters
MIAMI (Reuters) - Demonstrators waving Cuban flags and calling for change on the Communist-run island blocked a major highway and staged other protests in the Miami area on Tuesday in support of the w...
Jul 13, 2021
In setback to Trump ally, Pennsylvania county will not comply with vote probe
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - One of the three Pennsylvania counties asked to provide access to voting machines for a Republican lawmaker's probe of the 2020 election has decided it cannot comply due to...
Jul 13, 2021
U.S. charges Iranian nationals with kidnapping
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four Iranian nationals were charged in an indictment unsealed in a New York court on Tuesday with conspiring to kidnap a U.S.-based journalist, the U.S. Justice Department said ...
Jul 13, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats rush to outline massive infrastructure bill
By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House officials were scheduled to huddle with Democratic senators later on Tuesday to try to set the outlines of a potentially multitri...
Jul 13, 2021
Biden nominates ex-Senator Flake as ambassador to Turkey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Republican former U.S. Senator Jeff Flake as ambassador to Turkey. "Given the strategic importance of the United States' relationship wi...
Jul 13, 2021
