Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics

By Gram Slattery and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Kevin McCarthy got a significant boost in his quest to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 hardline Repu...

By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's move this week to block migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border aims to reduce record crossings and shield him from Republ...

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - New Mexico police are investigating shots fired at an office of the state's attorney general last month in connection with attacks on residences and the business of four othe...

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - South Carolina's Republican-created congressional map deliberately split up Black neighborhoods in Charleston to diminish their voting power and must be redrawn, a three-judge...

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Former U.S. Senator Richard Burr said on Friday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission informed him this week it has concluded investigation concerning him with no...

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday will mark the second anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol with an award ceremony for "heroes" from law enforcement and polit...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bare-knuckle political fight among Republicans over Kevin McCarthy's run for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives could signal trouble ahead when law...

By David Morgan and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Kevin McCarthy's perilous quest to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives entered the fourth day on Friday, with a scal...

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 20 hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have voted against California Republican Kevin McCarthy in his bid to become the next Speaker...

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives rejected Donald Trump's plea to support Kevin McCarthy's campaign for speaker, one of McCarthy's ...