Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. broadcasting chief defies congressional subpoena, skips hearing
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's appointee as head of U.S. government broadcasting operations failed to appear at a House of Representatives hearing on Thursday, de...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. wants to ensure more children transported in rear-facing car seats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday proposed revising recommendations to increase the number of children age 1 or younger who are transported in rear-facing car seats. The N...
Sep 24, 2020
Whistleblower lawyer says Homeland Security obstacles could block Congressional testimony
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Homeland Security has yet to approve top secret security clearances for lawyers representing Brian Murphy, a whistleblower who headed its int...
Sep 24, 2020
Trump jeered as he visits Ginsburg’s casket at U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump was greeted with jeers and boos on Thursday as he visited the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's flag-draped coffin outside the U.S. Su...
Sep 24, 2020
McConnell, other Republicans split with Trump on peaceful transfer of power
By Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell joined other Republican lawmakers in rallying to the defense of constitutional government on Thursday, ...
Sep 24, 2020
McConnell vows orderly transition of power after U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said there would be an "orderly" transition following the Nov. 3 presidential election, one day after Trump declined to...
Sep 24, 2020
New York sues Becton Dickinson unit over surgical mesh devices, consent judgment expected
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's attorney general on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing Becton Dickinson and Co's CR Bard unit of concealing the risks of surgical mesh devices. A consent judgment is exp...
Sep 24, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - Court battles over how votes are tallied have now spread to almost every competitive state, as the effect of the pandemic has led the two sides to clash over seemingly mundane issues such ...
Sep 24, 2020
Exclusive: U.S., UK, Canada sanctions on Belarusians could come Friday – sources
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and Canada plan to impose sanctions on Belarusian individuals following what they view as a rigged election on Aug. 9 and violence against pe...
Sep 24, 2020
Teenage British activist stages climate protest on Arctic ice floe
By Natalie Thomas ABOARD 'ARCTIC SUNRISE' (Reuters) - Like many of her generation, Mya-Rose Craig feels strongly that adults have failed to take the urgent action needed to tackle global warming and s...
Sep 24, 2020
