Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics

By James Oliphant (Reuters) - Pennsylvania's newly elected Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro has named a Republican who resisted former President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud to oversee the ...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, the chair of the agriculture committee and a key lawmaker on electric vehicle and cryptocurrency policy, said on Thursday s...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bob Casey, the senior U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, on Thursday announced he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery later this year. The 62-year-old ...

By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - The Democratic Party's unseating of Iowa from its position as host of the first U.S. presidential nominating contest every four years is a blow that could also reshape t...

By Moira Warburton and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will try for a third day on Thursday to select a leader after six failed votes have highlig...

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump failed on Wednesday to persuade 20 fellow Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to fall in line behind Kevin McCarthy's bid for speaker,...

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A federal judge cut by millions of dollars damages that were imposed on organizers of the 2017 "Unite the Right" white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, cit...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here are six potential candidates to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives if Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy fails to win the post due to a rebellion by hardline...

HEBRON, Ky. (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border during an upcoming trip that is currently being planned. Biden is already scheduled t...

(Reuters) - After winning a slim majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in November's midterm elections, Republicans are trying to elect a speaker. WHAT IS THE SPEAKER'S IMPORTANCE? Th...