Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Judge rejects Trump’s bid to learn juror names at defamation trial
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump will not learn the identities of jurors expected to decide at an upcoming civil trial whether the former president defamed the writer E. Jean Carr...
Apr 14, 2023
In signing 6-week ban, DeSantis wades into thorny debate over abortion and 2024
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban on April 14, 2022, he held a morning ceremony at a church in front of an enormous "Protect Life" sign, flanked...
Apr 14, 2023
2024 White House hopeful Tim Scott is calling for unity. But many Republicans want a brawl
By Gram Slattery MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - On issues of policy, Tim Scott, the latest Republican to declare he is interested in a 2024 presidential bid, runs largely with the current, following the...
Apr 14, 2023
Florida to allow death penalty with 8-4 jury vote instead of unanimously
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill on Friday allowing juries to recommend the death penalty in capital cases on an 8-4 vote, a move spurred by the less-than-unanimous...
Apr 14, 2023
Florida Governor Desantis signs 6-week abortion ban law
(Reuters) - Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that bans most abortions after six weeks, setting the stage for abortion access to be drastically curtailed in the sta...
Apr 14, 2023
Trump, other 2024 hopefuls seek NRA’s blessing amid spate of shootings
By Alexandra Ulmer INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Reuters) - White House Republican hopefuls including Donald Trump descend on Indianapolis for the annual NRA conference on Friday, highlighting the gun lobby'...
Apr 14, 2023
No delay for Trump in rape accuser’s trial, more discovery allowed
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday said Donald Trump's defamation trial over whether he raped a writer in the mid-1990s will begin as scheduled on April 25, rejecting th...
Apr 13, 2023
Florida lawmakers approve 6-week abortion ban, sending to Governor Desantis for signature
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Florida's Republican-led House of Representatives on Thursday gave final approval to a six-week abortion ban, setting the stage for abortion access to be drastically cu...
Apr 13, 2023
Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell to return to Washington Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that he will return to the Senate next week, more than a month after he was sidelined by a bad fall and as talks over...
Apr 13, 2023
U.S. Senate panel to hold hearing on Biden’s Labor nominee Su next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Labor committee will hold an April 20 confirmation hearing on U.S. Labor Secretary nominee Julie Su, panel chairman Senator Bernie Sanders said in a statement. P...
Apr 13, 2023
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