Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Biden to outline steps to help reach July 4 vaccination goal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is accelerating its efforts to get 70 percent of U.S. adults vaccinated against COVID-19 with at least one shot by July 4, announcing on Wednesday a plan for a "...
Jun 02, 2021
White House reviewing ransomware threat, Biden to discuss with Putin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is reviewing the threat posed by ransomware attacks and will discuss the issue of harboring such hackers with Russian President Vladimir Putin this month, th...
Jun 02, 2021
Florida man accused of storming U.S. Capitol pleads guilty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Florida man on Wednesday became the second person so far to plead guilty for his role in storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, after he entered the U.S. Senate chamber clad in ...
Jun 02, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell loses latest bail request
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell will remain in a New York jail after a federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected the British socialite's latest request for bail. The 2nd U...
Jun 02, 2021
Trump’s blog page shuts down a month after launch
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's blog page, launched last month in the wake of major social media platforms banning him, has been removed from his website. Trump...
Jun 02, 2021
COVID-19 cases rising again, says Americas health agency, but not in North America
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Lack of effective political leadership has hampered efforts to stop the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America, where infections are dangerously on the rise again, the Pan American Hea...
Jun 02, 2021
U.S. FAA’s top safety official stepping down effective June 30
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) top safety official said Wednesday he will step down effective June 30. Ali Bahrami, the FAA's associate administrator for aviation s...
Jun 02, 2021
Biden to meet Republican Senator Capito for infrastructure talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will sit down for one-on-one talks on Wednesday with Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito aimed at a breakthrough on a bill to revitalize U.S. infrastruct...
Jun 02, 2021
Harris to visit Guatemala and Mexico for talks on migration, economy
By Nandita Bose and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris' first trip to Guatemala and Mexico, which aims to lower migration from the region, will focus on areas such as econo...
Jun 02, 2021
Democrat Stansbury easily wins New Mexico congressional race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Melanie Stansbury handily won a special election in New Mexico, keeping a U.S. House of Representatives seat in the hands of her party, which needs its narrow control o...
Jun 02, 2021
