Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Trump skips debate to woo blue-collar workers in Michigan
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Donald Trump will speak to blue-collar workers outside Detroit on Wednesday, seeking to capitalize politically on an autoworker strike one day after President Joe Biden joi...
Sep 27, 2023
US Senate looks at cannabis banking reform, but industry says it’s not enough
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday will vote on whether to advance a bill that would allow the legal cannabis industry access to banking, an option that ind...
Sep 27, 2023
US Senator Bob Menendez to appear in court as calls for resignation mount
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is set to appear in court on Wednesday to face charges of taking bribes from three New Jersey businessman, as calls for his resignation from...
Sep 27, 2023
US investors want clarity on Biden’s vague curbs on China tech
By Pete Schroeder, Michelle Price and Carolina Mandl WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. financial firms are pushing for greater clarity on proposed new rules curbing U.S. investments in some China t...
Sep 27, 2023
Shutdown countdown: US Congress has four days to fund government
By Moira Warburton and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fourth partial shutdown of the U.S. government in a decade was four days away on Wednesday, with House Republicans preemptively rejecting...
Sep 27, 2023
Dutch court rules Chemours liable for environmental damage caused by PFAS
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - U.S. chemical company Chemours is liable for environmental damage in the Netherlands caused by PFAS chemicals, the Rotterdam District Court ruled on Wednesday. PFAS, or per- and ...
Sep 27, 2023
Biden plans $100 million drive to combat drug-resistant ‘superbugs’
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Wednesday a $100 million research drive to fight deadly drug-resistant bacteria, according to a White House officia...
Sep 27, 2023
Some Republican donors now eye Haley as best hope against Trump
By Alexandra Ulmer and Gram Slattery (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley appears to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' faltering campaign, with m...
Sep 27, 2023
Quake of 4.2 magnitude strikes volcanic fields near Italy’s Naples
ROME (Reuters) - A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck a volcanic field near Naples early on Wednesday, the biggest in nearly four decades, but Italian authorities said it appeared to have caused no damag...
Sep 27, 2023
Exclusive-South African utility Eskom pollutes more in bid to keep lights on
By Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Four of South African state utility Eskom's 15 coal-fired power plants are breaching government emissions regulations as it pushes ageing facilities to the...
Sep 27, 2023
