Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Philadelphia sees $40 million in possible costs from Trump ally’s election probe
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Philadelphia could face $40 million in costs to replace voting machines if forced to comply with a "forensic investigation" into the 2020 election launched by a Republican ...
Jul 12, 2021
Commerce Secretary Raimondo pushing to lift tough U.S. travel restrictions
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Monday she is pressing for the easing of coronavirus restrictions that bar much of the world from traveling to the...
Jul 12, 2021
Texas Democratic lawmakers flee state to thwart voting restrictions
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - Dozens of Democratic lawmakers left Texas on Monday as part of an orchestrated move to derail their Republican colleagues' efforts to pass new voting restrictions and other ...
Jul 12, 2021
U.S. starts review for national Medicare coverage policy for Biogen’s Aduhelm
(Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday started a review process for national Medicare coverage of Biogen Inc's Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, that was recently approved by the country's health regulato...
Jul 12, 2021
Aging population to hit U.S. economy like a ‘ton of bricks’ – U.S. commerce secretary
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden does not yet have enough support from fellow Democrats to secure $400 billion in spending for at-home care for the elderly and disabled that...
Jul 12, 2021
Biden to call efforts to restrict voting ‘authoritarian’ in speech -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will call efforts to strip the right to vote from some Americans "authoritarian" in a speech on Tuesday, the White House said on Monday. Biden "will lay out t...
Jul 12, 2021
Factbox: Eight quotes by and about former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Edwin Edwards, the corruption-tainted, quick-witted former governor of Louisiana who served four terms until he went to prison in 2002, died on Monday at age 93. He was known...
Jul 12, 2021
Judge blasts ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell over lawsuit to overturn U.S. election
By Jan Wolfe and David Thomas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday appeared likely to reprimand Sidney Powell, a former campaign lawyer for Donald Trump, and other attorneys over a lawsuit th...
Jul 12, 2021
Death toll from Florida condo collapse death toll rises to 94
(Reuters) - The death toll from the partial collapse of a condominium near Miami rose by four to 94 on Monday, with 22 people still unaccounted for as workers continued to sift through the rubble of t...
Jul 12, 2021
Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards is dead at 93
(Reuters) -Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards died on Monday at the age of 93, the current governor, John Bel Edwards, said in a statement. "Edwin was a larger than life figure known for his wit ...
Jul 12, 2021
