Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump, DeSantis trade barbs as 2024 campaign acrimony grows
(Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis traded barbs on Thursday over who could most quickly fix the economy and reform government agencies as the battle between th...
Jun 01, 2023
Biden trips and falls during graduation ceremony, recovers quickly
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Thursday. The 80-year-old U.S. pres...
Jun 01, 2023
FTC chair Khan accused of ‘abuse of power’ in new US House probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House Oversight Committee's Chairman James Comer opened a probe Thursday into U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan's management of the agency, citing complaints of ...
Jun 01, 2023
Analysis-US debt-ceiling deal averts disaster, but savings might be less than advertised
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bipartisan debt-ceiling deal that could clear Congress as soon as Thursday would stave off an imminent U.S. default, but might deliver less budget savings t...
Jun 01, 2023
Analysis-US debt-ceiling deal dooms Biden’s revolutionary tax plans
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign promise to make wealthy Americans and corporations pay more in taxes to finance a range of social priorities breathed it...
Jun 01, 2023
US Senate aims for quick passage of debt ceiling bill to avoid default
By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday was set to take up a bill to lift the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, with just four days left to pass th...
Jun 01, 2023
McCarthy’s moment: Debt ceiling win secures Republican US House speaker’s standing
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kevin McCarthy earned his stripes as Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, navigating fierce hardline opposition to pass a debt c...
May 31, 2023
US House votes to suspend debt ceiling and avoid default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to approve a bipartisan bill to suspend the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, just five days before th...
May 31, 2023
Republican DeSantis strives for personal touch on 2024 kick-off tour
By James Oliphant COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (Reuters) - For Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, campaigning for president in Iowa meant coming to a place like the Grass Wagon, a no-frills, dimly lit reception h...
May 31, 2023
Republican 2024 field gets crowded with Pence, Christie to announce bids
By Joseph Ax and Tim Reid (Reuters) - The race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination became increasingly crowded on Wednesday after former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov...
May 31, 2023
