Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Texas governor signs bill allowing concealed handguns without permit
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - The governor of Texas has signed into law a bill allowing people to carry concealed handguns without any permit, joining 20 other states that already have suc...
Jun 17, 2021
Militant groups could pose threat to U.S. in two years from Afghanistan -Pentagon leaders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. military leaders said on Thursday that international militant groups like al Qaeda could pose a threat from Afghanistan to the U.S. homeland and American allies in two y...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. House backs repeal of 2002 war authorization in bid to end ‘forever wars’
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday backed the repeal of the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force that allowed the war in Iraq, as lawm...
Jun 17, 2021
Biden to sign Juneteenth bill, creating holiday marking U.S. slavery’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a bill into law on Thursday afternoon to make June 19 a federal holiday commemorating the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans. The...
Jun 17, 2021
Reactions to U.S. Supreme Court rejection of Republican challenge to Obamacare law
(Reuters) - Politicians and others with a stake in the expanded healthcare policy known as Obamacare reacted to a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Thursday rejecting a Republican Party challenge: RON KL...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. Senate’s Schumer to convene group of Democrats working with Republicans on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would convene on Thursday a group of Democrats who are working with Republicans to discuss possible bipartisan legislation on i...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rules for Catholic group in LGBT rights dispute
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court embraced religious rights over LGBT rights on Thursday by ruling in favor of a Catholic Church-affiliated agency that sued after Philade...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rules for Nestle, Cargill over slavery lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit accusing Cargill Inc and a Nestle SA subsidiary of knowingly helping perpetuate slavery at Ivory Coast cocoa farms, but si...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Republican challenge to Obamacare law
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican bid that had been backed by former President Donald Trump's administration to invalidate the Obamacar...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. urges ‘very substantial’ prison term for Michael Avenatti over Nike extortion
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The once high-flying California lawyer Michael Avenatti deserves a "very substantial" prison sentence for trying to extort millions of dollars from Nike Inc, U...
Jun 17, 2021
