Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden to announce new funding to boost democracies as critics question effectiveness
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will announce new funding to bolster democracies around the world on Wednesday amid criticism his administration has made little progres...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
Trump hush-money grand jury unlikely to consider case again this week -source
By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York grand jury hearing evidence about former President Donald Trump's role in a hush-money payment to a porn star is not expected to meet on Wednesday a...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
Trump fails to narrow rape accuser’s case as trial looms
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday denied Donald Trump's bid to throw out E. Jean Carroll's defamation claim from next month's high-profile trial over whether Trump raped...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
DeSantis to travel to Israel ahead of likely 2024 White House bid
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, expected to be a top contender for the 2024 U.S. Republican presidential nomination, will travel to Israel next month as the cou...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
Pence must testify in Jan. 6 attack probe, judge rules -reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge has ruled that former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence must testify to a grand jury about conversations he had with former President Donald Trump leading up to Janu...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
US senator’s hold on military nominations hurts readiness -Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator's decision to hold up the nomination of senior military officials over the Pentagon's abortion policy will have a ripple effect and hurt readiness, U.S. Defense S...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
McCarthy urges Biden to start debt talks, Democrats say he has no plan
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to begin budget talks to raise the U.S. government's borrowing limit, as Democr...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
Explainer-What are the “zombie” war powers Congress may repeal?
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is voting this week on legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force, or AUMFs, against Iraq, lawma...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
US House committee chair signs subpoena for State Dept Afghanistan documents
(Reuters) - The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday said he signed a subpoena to be delivered to Secretary of State Antony Blinken for document...
Syndicated Content Mar 27, 2023
US Senate advances bill to repeal decades-old Iraq war authorizations
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to advance legislation to repeal two decades-old authorizations for past wars in Iraq, as Congress pushed to r...
Syndicated Content Mar 27, 2023
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