Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Yellen says June 1 is ‘hard deadline’ for raising debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said June 1 remains a "hard deadline" for raising the federal debt limit, with the odds quite low that the government will collect...
May 21, 2023
Biden says he won’t agree to bipartisan debt deal solely on Republicans’ terms
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he was willing to cut spending but would not agree to a deal with Republicans in Congress on rai...
May 21, 2023
Biden, House Speaker McCarthy could speak Sunday on debt limit
By Trevor Hunnicutt HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy could speak as soon as Sunday in talks over raising the federal $31.4 trillion...
May 20, 2023
Transgender Mississippi girl misses graduation after judge’s ruling
By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) - A transgender Mississippi girl declined to participate in high school graduation on Saturday after a U.S. District Judge said the school district could bar her unless sh...
May 20, 2023
Florida’s DeSantis seeks to disqualify judge in Disney case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican mulling a 2024 presidential run, are asking that a federal judge be disqualified from overseeing a dispute between DeSant...
May 20, 2023
Washington quiet as debt ceiling deadline inches closer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House and Republican congressional negotiators on raising the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling were quiet on Saturday after meetings on Friday failed and President Joe ...
May 20, 2023
Trump or DeSantis? Neither, say Ukrainian-American voters angry at war stance
By Gram Slattery LEHIGHTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - George Stawnyczyj voted for Donald Trump twice. On domestic policy, he gives the former president top marks. But he'll stay home on Election Day sh...
May 20, 2023
Nebraska lawmakers pass restrictions on abortion, transgender medical care
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Nebraska lawmakers on Friday passed a bill that limits abortion and puts restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth in a single piece of legislation...
May 19, 2023
Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira ordered to remain in jail ahead of trial
By Tim McLaughlin and Sarah N. Lynch WORCESTER (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets to remain in jail as he awaits trial on charges ...
May 19, 2023
Montana could sign law defining sex, raising transgender rights concerns
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Montana could become the fourth state to pass a law defining sex as strictly "male" or "female" and unchangeable, raising concern among LGBTQ advocates who see such legisl...
May 19, 2023
