Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Explainer-What is Twitter Spaces where DeSantis will announce his presidential run?
By Tiyashi Datta (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will announce on Wednesday he is entering the 2024 presidential race during a Twitter Spaces discussion with billionaire Elon Musk, the first...
May 23, 2023
South Carolina lawmakers pass six-week abortion ban, send to governor
By Sharon Bernstein and Julia Harte (Reuters) -South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday passed a ban on most abortions after fetal cardiac activity begins, around six weeks. The hotly contested bill, which...
May 23, 2023
Abortion pill maker seeks to keep challenge to W. Va. abortion ban alive
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Lawyers for abortion pill maker GenBioPro Inc on Tuesday urged a West Virginia federal judge to allow them to proceed with their challenge to the state's near-total abor...
May 23, 2023
Factbox-Who is Ron DeSantis, 2024 presidential hopeful
By James Oliphant (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who will announce on Wednesday he is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is likely to be former President Donald Trump's t...
May 23, 2023
Justice Thomas’ billionaire friend rejects Senate panel over gift list
By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas billionaire Harlan Crow has rejected a Senate committee's request to detail gifts he or his companies have made to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarenc...
May 23, 2023
Florida Governor DeSantis to enter 2024 race in Twitter event with Musk
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, whose scorched-earth battles over pandemic lockdowns and divisive cultural issues have endeared him to conservatives, will announ...
May 23, 2023
U.S. House members will visit State Dept to view Afghanistan dissent cable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Ranking Member Gregory Meeks will visit the U.S. State Department on Tuesday to view a classified cable related to th...
May 23, 2023
Biden nominates Air Force general to lead NSA, Cyber Command -Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Haugh to be the new leader of both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, Politico repo...
May 23, 2023
Biden and McCarthy aides hunt for bipartisan debt ceiling deal
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - White House and congressional Republican negotiators will meet again on Tuesday to resolve a months-long impasse over raising the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceilin...
May 23, 2023
Analysis-To vanquish Trump, DeSantis needs to build an unwieldy coalition
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 23, 2023
