Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Who is Jared Bernstein, new chief White House economist?
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected on Tuesday to nominate a trusted confidante and long-time economic adviser Jared Bernstein to head the White House Council ...
Feb 14, 2023
Biden to name Brainard as top economic adviser, leaving gap at the Fed
By Steve Holland and Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to name Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as his top economic policy adviser as early as Tuesday, a source...
Feb 14, 2023
Russia’s Prigozhin admits links to what U.S. says was election-meddling troll farm
(Reuters) - Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, said on Tuesday that he founded and financed and the Internet Research Agency, a company Washington says is a "troll farm" w...
Feb 14, 2023
Haley announces 2024 Republican presidential bid in first challenge to Trump
By Steve Holland and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that she will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, putting her at odd...
Feb 14, 2023
Why Republican hardliners can afford to push the U.S. to the brink of default
By Jason Lange, Gram Slattery and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers taking the hardest line against raising the U.S. government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling rely heavily on sma...
Feb 14, 2023
Pence to fight special counsel subpoena on Trump’s 2020 election denial – Politico
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is preparing to resist a grand jury subpoena for testimony about Donald Trump's push to overturn the 2020 election, Politico reported on Tuesday. Penc...
Feb 14, 2023
Georgia judge to release parts of report on Trump’s efforts to overturn election
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Portions of a Georgia special grand jury's report on Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election should be publicly released, but any recommendations on crimin...
Feb 13, 2023
Republicans won’t cut Social Security or Medicare, everything else on the table in debt talks -House Oversight Committee Chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans will not cut Social Security or Medicare, but everything else is on the table in talks over raising the nation's debt ceiling, U.S. House Oversight Committee Chair J...
Feb 12, 2023
Biden lauds ‘bipartisan progress’ as he dines with Republican, Democratic governors
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden appealed to Republican and Democratic governors on Saturday to continue working across political divides to improve Americans' lives and...
Feb 11, 2023
U.S. lawmakers press Labor Department to probe child labor in Hyundai supply chain
(Adds to headline) By Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Joshua Schneyer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thirty-three members of Congress are urging the U.S. Labor Secretary to seek strong and swift penalties ag...
Feb 10, 2023
