Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Explainer-U.S. debt ceiling focus on ‘discretionary spending’ means cuts ahead
By Jarrett Renshaw and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The central pillar of any debt-ceiling agreement between President Joe Biden and House Republican Kevin McCarthy is shaping up to be "discre...
May 24, 2023
White House, Republicans plan to convene on US debt ceiling as deadline looms
By Moira Warburton, Nandita Bose and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators for Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy were expected to reconvene on Wednesday m...
May 24, 2023
Factbox-Who’s who in the Supreme Court’s affirmative action cases
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule by the end of June on the legality of race-conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities, a practice called affirmati...
May 24, 2023
Explainer-What happens if the US Supreme Court bans affirmative action?
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule by the end of June on whether colleges and universities can continue to consider race as part of their student admissions decisions, a pr...
May 24, 2023
US colleges game out a possible end to race-conscious student admissions
By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 1998, the year a voter-approved measure barring the use of race-conscious admissions policies for public colleges and universities in California took effe...
May 24, 2023
Ron DeSantis to make 2024 U.S. presidential bid official with Musk on Twitter
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to make his long-awaited foray into the 2024 presidential race on Wednesday in an unusual manner - at an event with b...
May 24, 2023
Supreme Court’s Roberts says committed to ‘highest standards of conduct’
By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said on Tuesday that the court is considering steps to "adhere to the highest standards of conduct," after reports of a ...
May 23, 2023
Trump lawyers ask to meet Attorney General Garland – letter
(Reuters) - Lawyers for Donald Trump on Tuesday asked to meet U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland over the work of a special counsel who is handling two investigations into the former president. "No...
May 23, 2023
New York Times union reaches tentative deal with the newspaper
(Reuters) - The New York Times Guild said on Tuesday that it has tentatively struck a new contract agreement with the New York Times marking the end of more than two years of negotiations. The deal, i...
May 23, 2023
Hollywood needs to depict safer gun use in film and TV – study
By Arlene Washington LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood should portray safer use of guns in television and film at a time of rampant gun violence in the United States, USC Annenberg's Norman Lear Cente...
May 23, 2023
