Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Explainer-US debt ceiling deal’s winding road to passage in Congress
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy struck a deal on Saturday to suspend the federal government's $31.4 trillion limi...
May 28, 2023
Reaction: Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, ending a mo...
May 27, 2023
US debt ceiling deal keeps non-defense spending roughly flat until FY 2024 – source
(Reuters) - A deal reached to raise the U.S. federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling keeps non-defense spending roughly flat for current fiscal year and 2024, a source familiar with the negot...
May 27, 2023
US debt ceiling negotiations push towards critical default deadline
By Moira Warburton and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican negotiators said they were hopeful of reaching a deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ce...
May 27, 2023
Texas attorney general faces impeachment vote by state House
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas House is scheduled to vote on Saturday whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a conservative firebrand and ally of former President D...
May 27, 2023
‘Hot labor summer’: Los Angeles unions back Hollywood writers
By Jorge Garcia LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Unions representing teachers, truck drivers and other workers who will be headed soon to the bargaining table turned out in downtown Los Angeles on Friday to su...
May 26, 2023
Texas attorney general lashes out at impeachment against him
By Brad Brooks and Daniel Trotta LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton lashed out on Friday against his critics trying to impeach him, saying that removing him from o...
May 26, 2023
North Dakota’s Republican governor set to launch US presidential bid
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum is planning to enter the 2024 presidential race, joining a growing field of candidates hoping to topple Donald Trump and secure the Republ...
May 26, 2023
South Carolina judge temporarily blocks six-week abortion ban
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - A South Carolina judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state's new law that bans most abortions after about six weeks, ruling that it should be considered by the state Sup...
May 26, 2023
U.S. Treasury’s Adeyemo sees no ability to ‘triage’ payments without debt limit hike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said on Friday that the U.S. government does not have the capability to "triage" payment priorities if the debt ceiling is not raise...
May 26, 2023
