Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jack Smith, the U.S. special counsel named to investigate Republican former President Donald Trump, has a reputation for winning tough cases against war crimin...

By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will celebrate the "courage and patriotism" of people who fought back against the Jan. 6, 2021, assault ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he hopes lawmakers "get their act together" as the fight for leadership of the House of Representatives reflected poorly on the c...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Republican President Donald Trump threw his weight behind Representative Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, telling U.S. House Republicans that they should back the California ...

By Moira Warburton and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Kevin McCarthy's bruising quest to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives will enter a second day on Wednesday, with...

By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell will make a rare joint appearance on Wednesday at a bridge in Kentucky in ...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For much of the last 16 years Republican Jim Jordan's combative, in-your-face style of politics made the former college wrestler a constant source of trouble fo...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans as early as Tuesday to renominate his picks for a slate of federal posts including the Internal Revenue Service commissioner, Federal Aviation Adm...

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 2022 midterm vote in the United States was a story of great expectations. Given the public's sour mood over the direction of the country and with inflation...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new Republican-held U.S. House of Representatives convenes on Tuesday for what could be a chaotic election for speaker, as top Republican Kevin McCarthy figh...