Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
US debt ceiling bill faces narrow path to passage in House
By Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is due to vote on Wednesday on a bill to lift the government's debt ceiling, a critical step...
May 31, 2023
US House committee votes to advance debt ceiling bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to suspend the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling and avert a disastrous default advanced on Tuesday when a key House of Representatives committee voted to send it to the f...
May 30, 2023
US CBO: debt ceiling bill to cut $1.5 trillion from deficit over decade
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday its budget deficit projections would be reduced by about $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years if the debt c...
May 30, 2023
Manhattan prosecutor seeks to keep Trump hush money case in state court
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday moved to block former President Donald Trump's attempt to persuade a federal court to take over a state crimin...
May 30, 2023
Biden withdraws nomination of official to head US auto safety agency
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that President Joe Biden is withdrawing the nomination of the acting head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrati...
May 30, 2023
TIMELINE-Key dates/events in impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
(Reuters) -Here are the main events leading to the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton by the state House of Representatives, which is controlled by his fellow Republicans. A state Senate...
May 30, 2023
Trump vows to end birthright citizenship for children of immigrants in US illegally
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump said on Tuesday that if elected president again in 2024 he would seek to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to immigrant...
May 30, 2023
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, Carter family says
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rosalynn Carter, former U.S. first lady and wife of former president Jimmy Carter, has dementia, the Carter family announced on Tuesday. "She continues to l...
May 30, 2023
Republican Ralph Norman to vote against US debt ceiling bill in committee if not amended
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Ralph Norman, a hardline conservative Republican, said he will vote against the debt ceiling bill when it comes before the U.S. House Rules Committee later on Tue...
May 30, 2023
Deepfaking it: America’s 2024 election collides with AI boom
(Note: Strong language in paragraph 10) By Alexandra Ulmer and Anna Tong (Reuters) - "I actually like Ron DeSantis a lot," Hillary Clinton reveals in a surprise online endorsement video. "He's just th...
May 30, 2023
