Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
North Carolina high court rejects voter-identification law, electoral map
(Reuters) - The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday knocked down a 2018 voter-identification law it said discriminated against Black voters and ordered a state Senate map be redrawn due to Republic...
Dec 16, 2022
Top U.S. Democratic campaign groups move to return Bankman-Fried donations
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic Party's three top campaign groups are preparing to return over $1.1 million they have received from imprisoned cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-...
Dec 16, 2022
U.S. Justice Department moves to eliminate cocaine sentencing disparity
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland instructed federal prosecutors on Friday to end disparities in the way they charge offenses involving crack cocaine and po...
Dec 16, 2022
U.S. House committee set to discuss Trump tax returns on Tuesday
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss former President Donald Trump's tax returns, which it obtained late last month after...
Dec 16, 2022
U.S. House Jan. 6 committee preparing to vote on recommending least 3 criminal charges against Trump -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack is preparing to vote on urging the Justice Department to pursue at least three crimina...
Dec 16, 2022
Brittney Griner released from medical center at Texas military base – CNN
(Reuters) - Brittney Griner left the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on Friday, eight days after the U.S. basketball star arrived at the facility following her release from a Ru...
Dec 16, 2022
Pelosi backs adding TikTok government device ban to funding bill
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supports adding legislation passed by the Senate this week, which would bar federal government employees from using Chinese-o...
Dec 16, 2022
U.S. Treasury’s Morton steps down, sees growing recognition of climate change risks
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Morton, the U.S. Treasury's first climate counselor, is stepping down, effective Friday, but says he is confident his work in coordinating climate change p...
Dec 16, 2022
U.S. Senate backs record $858 billion defense bill, voting continues
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday paving the way for the defense budget to hit a record $858 billion next year, $45 billion more than proposed ...
Dec 15, 2022
National Archives releases documents related to JFK assassination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. National Archives on Thursday released thousands of documents related to the 1963 assassination of then-President John F. Kennedy shortly after President Joe Biden issue...
Dec 15, 2022
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