Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to California humane pig confinement law
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved a California law banning the sale of pork in America's most-populous state from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces, rejecting ...
May 11, 2023
Marijuana banking bill heads to Senate Banking Committee
(Reuters) - Shares of pot companies were trading higher on Thursday as the U.S. Senate Banking Committee prepares to discuss the SAFE Banking Act, a crucial legislation that would make it easier for t...
May 11, 2023
US lawmakers to introduce bill to combat normalization with Syria’s Assad
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers plans to introduce a bill on Thursday intended to bar the U.S. government from recognizing Bashar al-Assad as Syria's p...
May 11, 2023
More than 90% chance of El Niño through winter, says U.S. CPC
(Reuters) - There was a more than 90% chance of the El Nio weather phenomenon, a warming of ocean surfaces, persisting into the North Hemisphere winter, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Th...
May 11, 2023
In Houston, homelessness volunteers are in a stand-off with city authorities
By Evan Garcia HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) - In Houston, Texas, a nonprofit group has been in a stand-off with local authorities over their feeding of homeless people in front of the city's library. The ...
May 11, 2023
Republicans ready tough border control bill for U.S. House passage
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to pass on Thursday Republican legislation intended to stop immigrants and illegal drugs crossing the nation's south...
May 11, 2023
Spike in U.S.-Mexico border crossings fuels political tensions as Title 42 ends
By Mike Blake and Ted Hesson SAN DIEGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. will lift COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 on Thursday night, a major shift that has drawn tens of thousands of mig...
May 11, 2023
Biden administration proposes crackdown on power plant carbon emissions
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration unveiled a sweeping plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's power industry on Thursday, one of the biggest steps s...
May 11, 2023
Why the US delayed China sanctions after shooting down a spy balloon
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When an alleged Chinese spy balloon traversed the United States in February, some U.S. officials were confident the incursion would galvanize the U.S. bureauc...
May 11, 2023
US appeals court judge sues to halt competency probe
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman of the Federal Circuit sued the appeals court's chief judge and others in Washington federal court on Wednesday, seeking to block their ...
May 10, 2023
