Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Explainer-Washington edges closer to debt ceiling deadline
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is due to meet on Tuesday with the top Republicans and Democrats in Congress amid a months-long standoff over the government's debt ceili...
May 09, 2023
Biden, McCarthy start debt ceiling talks as clock ticks to default
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmakers will declare their positions face to face on Tuesday on raising the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling, with...
May 09, 2023
Jurors set to deliberate in civil rape case against Donald Trump
By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors on Tuesday will begin deliberating whether Donald Trump raped writer E. Jean Carroll more than two decades ago and then defamed her by claiming ...
May 09, 2023
US debt limit default could hit in early June to early August -think tank
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will begin defaulting on its payment obligations between early June and early August without an increase in the federal debt limit, the Bipar...
May 09, 2023
What to watch for in the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling meeting
By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden meets Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday afte...
May 09, 2023
Yellen says ‘no good options’ if Congress fails to raise debt ceiling
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday that a failure by Congress to raise the $31.4 trillion federal debt limit would cause a huge hit...
May 08, 2023
Democrats press Biden administration on climate impact of LNG buildout
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dozens of Democratic lawmakers on Monday called on the Biden administration to consider the climate and environmental justice impacts of the expansion of the liquefied natural g...
May 08, 2023
Union sues to strike down US debt limit as default looms
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A union for U.S. federal government employees filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming a law setting a $31.4 trillion debt ceiling is unconstitutional as political leaders see...
May 08, 2023
U.S. Senate committee to vote on bipartisan rail safety bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday will vote on sweeping bipartisan rail safety legislation prompted after a Norfolk Southern-operated train derailment on Feb. 3 in...
May 08, 2023
Biden, McCarthy aim to break US debt-ceiling standoff as default crisis looms
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and top Republicans and Democrats from Congress are set to sit down this week to try to resolve a three-month standoff over the $31.4 trillio...
May 08, 2023
