Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump administration issues Arctic refuge drilling leases on last day in office
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Tuesday it had issued drilling leases on more than 400,000 acres of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, delivering on a signature pr...
Jan 19, 2021
Bracing for Biden climate rules, U.S. Chamber asks Congress to make laws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country's biggest and most influential business lobby group, shifted its position on climate change on Tuesday, saying Congress should pass law...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. actors union to decide whether to expel Trump
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The American actors union will hold a meeting to consider expelling U.S. President Donald Trump from its ranks. SAG-AFTRA, which represents some 160,000 actors, journalists and...
Jan 19, 2021
Guatemala turns more migrants back to Honduras, thinning U.S.-bound caravan
By Luis Echeverria EL FLORIDO, Guatemala (Reuters) - Guatemala on Tuesday pressed on with transporting migrants back to the border with Honduras, further thinning out a U.S.-bound caravan that was hal...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. agency orders Ford to recall 3 million vehicles over air bags
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday it would require Ford Motor Co to recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective Takata air bags, reject...
Jan 19, 2021
Germany extends lockdown to Feb. 14: government document
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers agreed on Tuesday to extend a lockdown for most shops and schools until Feb. 14 as part of a package of steps to try to rein in th...
Jan 19, 2021
Tyson Foods settles more of chicken price-fixing litigation
(Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc agreed to settle price-fixing litigation by consumers who accused it of illegally conspiring to inflate prices in the $65 billion chicken industry. The settlement with so-c...
Jan 19, 2021
Biden's defense secretary pick pledges 'rid our ranks of racists and extremists'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retired Army General Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that he would work to rid "racists and extremists" from the ranks of the U.S. military and focus strategically on Asia if ultim...
Jan 19, 2021
In farewell address, Trump urges prayers for next administration without mentioning Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, in a farewell address released on Tuesday, urged prayers for the new administration of President-elect Joe Biden but still declined to acknowledge h...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. House expected to vote Thursday on waiver for Pentagon nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Thursday on a waiver to allow retired Army General Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense, according to a House sch...
Jan 19, 2021
