Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes offshore Northern California region – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude struck the offshore Northern California on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake, which stuck offshore Northe...
May 21, 2023
‘Killers of Flower Moon’ star says Native Americans need allies like Scorsese
CANNES (Reuters) - Lily Gladstone, who grew up on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and stars in Martin Scorsese's study of white society's treachery, said the director was a powerful ally in telling t...
May 21, 2023
Explainer-Could Biden use the 14th Amendment to raise the US debt ceiling?
By Andy Sullivan and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Sunday said he believes he has the legal right to invoke the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to raise the ...
May 21, 2023
Yellen says June 1 is ‘hard deadline’ for raising debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said June 1 remains a "hard deadline" for raising the federal debt limit, with the odds quite low that the government will collect...
May 21, 2023
Biden says he won’t agree to bipartisan debt deal solely on Republicans’ terms
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he was willing to cut spending but would not agree to a deal with Republicans in Congress on rai...
May 21, 2023
Biden, House Speaker McCarthy could speak Sunday on debt limit
By Trevor Hunnicutt HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy could speak as soon as Sunday in talks over raising the federal $31.4 trillion...
May 20, 2023
Transgender Mississippi girl misses graduation after judge’s ruling
By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) - A transgender Mississippi girl declined to participate in high school graduation on Saturday after a U.S. District Judge said the school district could bar her unless sh...
May 20, 2023
Florida’s DeSantis seeks to disqualify judge in Disney case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican mulling a 2024 presidential run, are asking that a federal judge be disqualified from overseeing a dispute between DeSant...
May 20, 2023
Martin Amis, British writer of dark comedic novels, dies at 73 – NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Martin Amis, a British writer of dark comedic novels, has died at the age of 73, according to the New York Times. His wife, Isabel Fonseca, said the cause was esophageal cancer,...
May 20, 2023
Washington quiet as debt ceiling deadline inches closer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House and Republican congressional negotiators on raising the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling were quiet on Saturday after meetings on Friday failed and President Joe ...
May 20, 2023
