Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Closing arguments set in rape and defamation suit against Trump
By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury in Manhattan federal court is set to hear closing arguments on Monday from lawyers representing Donald Trump and writer E. Jean Carroll in her c...
May 08, 2023
Blinken threatened with contempt of US Congress over Afghanistan cable
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee threatened Secretary of State Antony Blinken with contempt of Congres...
May 08, 2023
Trump will not testify in New York rape, defamation trial
By Luc Cohen and Hannah Lang (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will not testify at a civil trial to challenge claims made by writer E. Jean Carroll that he raped her in the 1990s and late...
May 07, 2023
Georgia fake elector defendants accept immunity in Trump probe -lawyer
(Reuters) - Prosecutors for Georgia's Fulton County have granted immunity to at least eight people under investigation for conspiring to overturn Georgia's vote in the 2020 presidential election, acco...
May 05, 2023
Justice Department seeks 25-year prison sentence for Oath Keepers founder Rhodes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Justice Department asked a federal judge on Friday to sentence Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 25 years in prison for his conviction on seditious conspiracy and ot...
May 05, 2023
DeSantis signs bill allowing Florida board to cancel Disney deals
By Joseph Ax and Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill into law that gives a new board he controls the power to void development agreements its predecessor body...
May 05, 2023
Biden says Republicans manufacturing a crisis over debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Joe Biden sharply criticized 'MAGA' Republicans for their refusal to vote in a higher federal debt ceiling, signaling that there would be little compromise from the...
May 05, 2023
White House hopeful Nikki Haley takes a calculated risk on abortion
By Gram Slattery HENNIKER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - While other Republicans running for president assiduously avoid discussing abortion, Nikki Haley, a former U.N. ambassador with 20 years in America...
May 05, 2023
Florida legislature approves bill allowing board to cancel Disney deals
(Reuters) - Florida's Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will allow a tourism board appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to cancel development agreements its predecessor body signed, the latest salvo...
May 04, 2023
Pro-Trump group powers surge in early US super PAC spending
By Jason Lange and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group allied with Donald Trump's bid for the 2024 Republican nomination is setting records for outside political spending early in a U.S. presi...
May 04, 2023
