Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Maine elections official disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Maine's top election official on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year's U.S. presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the...
Dec 28, 2023
U.S. judge upholds Georgia’s congressional map in win for Republicans
By Joseph Ax -A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map, rejecting arguments from voting rights groups and Democrats that the latest district lines illegally d...
Dec 28, 2023
Nikki Haley, asked about cause of U.S. Civil War, declines to mention slavery
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley declined on Wednesday night to say that slavery was one of the main causes of the U.S. Civil War, an omission that...
Dec 28, 2023
How history, race and politics divide Tennessee on gun legislation
By Donna Bryson (Reuters) - Photographs can say a lot without words. After a school shooting in Tennessee, they recorded the frustrations of parents and state legislators whose cries for gun control w...
Dec 28, 2023
Republicans appeal Trump Colorado ballot disqualification to US Supreme Court – attorney
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after Colorado's top court disqualified former President Donald Trump from app...
Dec 27, 2023
Michigan Supreme Court rejects attempt to remove Trump from 2024 ballot -document
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the U.S. Constitution's "insurrectionist ban," a court do...
Dec 27, 2023
US Congress’ wild 2023: McCarthy and Santos ousted; flirtation with economic disaster
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There was plenty of sound and fury this year in the U.S. Congress, but scant legislating amid Republican infighting in the House of Representatives, leaving lit...
Dec 27, 2023
Denver police probe threats to Colorado judges in Trump ballot case
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado authorities are investigating possible threats against state Supreme Court justices, Denver police said on Tuesday, one week after the court's decision bar...
Dec 26, 2023
Trump shares poll showing voters associate potential second term with “revenge”
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Donald Trump posted a poll on Truth Social on Tuesday, highlighting that the word voters most associate with a potential secon...
Dec 26, 2023
Ex-Nebraska congressman’s conviction for lying to authorities is overturned
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of former Nebraska congressman Jeff Fortenberry for lying to authorities investigating illegal contribution...
Dec 26, 2023
