Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. prosecutors file criminal charges against Republican lawmaker Santos -CNN
(Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against George Santos, the embattled Republican U.S. congressman who has admitted to lying about his resume but defied calls to step do...
May 09, 2023
Biden meets McCarthy, McConnell on U.S. debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmakers met face-to-face on Tuesday as a deadlock over raising the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt limit threatened to push the country into an...
May 09, 2023
Events leading up to Donald Trump sexual abuse verdict
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of writer E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Donald Trump that culminated on Tuesday with jurors finding that he sexually abused and defamed her and a...
May 09, 2023
Factbox-An overview of Donald Trump’s legal troubles
(Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, the latest development in a series of legal woes facing the Republican front-runner in the 2024 U.S...
May 09, 2023
Democratic U.S. Senator Feinstein returning to Washington after long absence -media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, will return to Washington on Tuesday after a months-long absence due to illness, the San Francisco Chronicle and NBC News reported, a move tha...
May 09, 2023
Biden’s approval rating at 40%, Americans concerned about immigration – Reuters/Ipsos
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval was at 40% in recent days, close to the lowest level of his presidency, with Americans unhappy about his handling of im...
May 09, 2023
Republican Speaker McCarthy opposes extending debt-ceiling through fiscal year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday he opposes the idea of extending the nation's debt-ceiling through the end of the fiscal year on ...
May 09, 2023
Senators asks billionaire for list of gifts to Supreme Court Justice Thomas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee has asked Texas billionaire Harlan Crow to detail gifts he or his companies have made to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the panel sai...
May 09, 2023
Michael Cohen calls Trump’s $500 million suit against him “pure retaliation”
By Karen Freifeld and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Donald Trump's onetime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen asked a court to throw out the former U.S. president's $500 million lawsuit against him, callin...
May 09, 2023
Explainer-How Disney’s and DeSantis’ dueling lawsuits might play out
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have been embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute, starting when the company criticized a Florida law ...
May 09, 2023
