Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Justice Department drops probe of John Bolton’s book
By Jan Wolfe and Eric Beech WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has closed its criminal investigation into whether a book by John Bolton about his time as President Donald Trump's nation...
Jun 16, 2021
How COVID and shadow docket exploded SCOTUS’ scope of religious freedom
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Though the temporary local, state and federal policies put in place to fight the COVID-19 pandemic may be expiring, they have left an indelible mark on the legal landsca...
Jun 16, 2021
Factbox-Republicans erect voting barriers in politically crucial U.S. states
By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers in a number of politically significant states have passed a wave of new voting requirements and limits this year, saying the measures are nee...
Jun 16, 2021
U.S. reopens asylum access for victims of domestic violence, gang violence
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. attorney general on Wednesday rescinded a Trump-era decision that made it harder for victims of domestic violence and gang violence to win asylum, the lat...
Jun 16, 2021
Explainer-U.S. Senate’s reconciliation process: it’s not the way it sounds
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats are discussing using reconciliation, an arcane Senate procedural tool, to enact President Joe Biden's ambitious infrastructure plans, going beyo...
Jun 16, 2021
U.S. administers 312.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 312,915,170 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 375,186,675 doses in the country as of Wednesday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Jun 16, 2021
U.S. judge orders ‘Three Percenter’ charged in Capitol riot released on bail
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered a California man tied to the right-wing "Three Percenter" militia movement to be released from jail while he awaits trial on charges of...
Jun 16, 2021
Biden administration reviewing judge’s order to resume drilling auctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said on Wednesday her department was reviewing a federal court's decision that it must resume auctioning oil and gas leases on federal acreag...
Jun 16, 2021
Yellen says U.S. may decouple to some extent from China to protect security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday said she expects the United States to decouple in some areas from China to protect its national security, but she would worry a...
Jun 16, 2021
Senate leader backs repealing ‘forever war’ authorization
(Corrects day in first and third paragraphs.) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer threw his weight on Wednesday behind an effort to repeal the 2002 Authori...
Jun 16, 2021
