Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
US asks Supreme Court to review Trump’s immunity claim to speed 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Special Counsel prosecuting Donald Trump on federal charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat asked the Supreme Court on Monday to launch fast-track review ...
Dec 11, 2023
Hunter charges hit Biden emotionally, but political impact unclear
By Nandita Bose and Ashraf Fahim WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New criminal charges filed against U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, last week are difficult emotionally for him as he runs for re-e...
Dec 11, 2023
Trump increases polling lead in Iowa ahead of first Republican contest
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - Donald Trump has a huge and expanded lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in a new poll in Iowa, the state that kicks off the party's nominating cont...
Dec 11, 2023
Trump should be barred from appealing reinstated fraud case gag order, NY AG says
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's attorney general and a judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial have urged a mid-level appeals court to deny the former U.S. President's request t...
Dec 11, 2023
Giuliani heads to trial over false vote fraud claims about Georgia poll workers
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani goes to trial on Monday in a civil defamation case that could force him to pay millions of dollars to two Georgia election workers he falsely a...
Dec 11, 2023
White House, Congress scramble on last-minute deals on Ukraine and US immigration
By Ted Hesson and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will make his case for more U.S. aid for the war against Russia during meetings in Washington this week, as...
Dec 11, 2023
Former President Donald Trump says he will not testify in New York fraud trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would not testify in a New York courtroom this week, where he had been expected to appear for a second time to make the case th...
Dec 10, 2023
Democratic US senator says Republican border security demands are currently ‘unreasonable’ -NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican border security demands tied to military aid for Ukraine and Israel are currently "unreasonable," Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said on Sunday during an interv...
Dec 10, 2023
DeSantis’ wife prompts Republican reminder of Iowa nominating process rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A call by the wife of Republican candidate Ron DeSantis for women from across the United States to "descend" on Iowa for its 2024 presidential nominating process prompted a remin...
Dec 09, 2023
Hunter Biden says US Republican critics are ‘trying to destroy a presidency’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden said critics of his father are "trying to destroy a presidency" through relentless attacks on him and "trying to kill me," in a podca...
Dec 08, 2023
