Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
DeSantis to campaign in Iowa, NH, SC after chaotic presidential launch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will return to traditional politicking next week in the presidential primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina after an o...
May 25, 2023
Oath Keepers founder faces sentencing for sedition in US Capitol attack
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stewart Rhodes, the former Army paratrooper turned Yale-educated lawyer who founded the far-right Oath Keepers militia, is set on Thursday to be sentenced for ...
May 25, 2023
White House, Republicans seek to close US debt-ceiling deal as deadline nears
By Moira Warburton and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and congressional Republicans on Thursday are expected to resume negotiations on a deal to raise the government's $31.4 tril...
May 25, 2023
Analysis-Can Ron DeSantis take his Miami miracle national in 2024?
By James Oliphant MIAMI (Reuters) - As he toured the country before the formal announcement of his presidential bid on Wednesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis regaled crowds with the story of his sur...
May 25, 2023
Takeaways from DeSantis launching White House bid in messy Twitter event
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis entered the battle for the 2024 presidential election during a chaotic, glitch-filled online forum on Twitter hosted by its billionaire owner, Elo...
May 24, 2023
What Ron DeSantis said as he launched his 2024 White House race
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday he would seek the 2024 Republican nomination for president, vowing to build a wall on the border with Mexico and not restrict usage of Bitco...
May 24, 2023
Biden picks Air Force chief to become top U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden has picked U.S. Air Force chief General Charles Q. Brown to become America's next top U.S. military officer, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, in a long-ant...
May 24, 2023
Analysis-Now that he’s in 2024 race, DeSantis needs more than anti-Trump voters
By James Oliphant and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If Ron DeSantis hopes to defeat Donald Trump and win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, he will ultimately have to bring every possib...
May 24, 2023
White House, advocates slam Florida school’s ‘censorship’ of inauguration poem
By Sharon Bernstein and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and advocates on Wednesday decried a Florida school's decision to remove the poem that celebrated author Amanda Gorman reci...
May 24, 2023
US State Department’s top China policy official to step down –sources
By Michael Martina and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department's top China policy official Rick Waters is set to step down, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, a...
May 24, 2023
