Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. attorney general vows to aggressively defend voting rights
By Andy Sullivan and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday his Justice Department will aggressively enforce voting rights at a time when many Republican-...
Jun 11, 2021
Biden to route U.S. border wall funds to military and construction site clean up
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration will return more than $2 billion in funds allotted under his predecessor Donald Trump to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican b...
Jun 11, 2021
Who runs America’s elections?
(Corrects to remove reference in 6th paragraph to Delaware as only state where the chief election official is not called secretary of state. There are 10 states where the chief election official has a...
Jun 11, 2021
Oregon lawmakers expel colleague for abetting armed intruders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Oregon House of Representatives on Thursday night voted to expel one of its own members accused of coordinating with protesters to allow them into the state Capitol. Securit...
Jun 11, 2021
Reuters, Star Tribune win Pulitzer Prizes for reporting on U.S. policing
By Gabriella Borter and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Minneapolis Star Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting on Friday for its coverage of the murder of George Floyd at ...
Jun 11, 2021
White House denounces Trump attorney general’s reported actions on Democrats’ phone records
(Refiles to fix slug) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House official said on Friday reports that the U.S. Justice Department under former President Donald Trump sought Democratic lawmakers' phone recor...
Jun 11, 2021
Biden moves to reverse Trump opening of Alaska forest to logging
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday began a process to reverse a Trump-era policy that opened vast swaths of the largest U.S. national forest, the Tongass in Alaska, to logging and mining. ...
Jun 11, 2021
22 U.S. states urge Supreme Court to uphold CDC eviction ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The state attorneys general of 22 U.S. states on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to end the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 residential evict...
Jun 11, 2021
U.S. FDA asks J&J to discard 60 million vaccine doses made at Baltimore plant -Times
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has asked Johnson & Johnson to discard 60 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine manufactured at the problem-plagued Baltimore factory, the New York Times...
Jun 11, 2021
G7 has become a gigantic media circus, UK’s Johnson says
CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told other Group of Seven leaders at the opening of their summit that the meeting was supposed to be a closed and informal fireside...
Jun 11, 2021
