Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Top US Senate Democrat Schumer shows tentative support for Republican short-term funding bill
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Monday expressed tentative support for U.S. House Republicans' short-term funding bill that would keep the U.S. gove...
Nov 13, 2023
Special counsel says Trump seeking ‘carnival atmosphere’ at 2020 election trial
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday accused Donald Trump of seeking to create a "carnival atmosphere" at his upcoming trial on charges that he sought t...
Nov 13, 2023
Biden campaign says Trump echoed Hitler with use of word ‘vermin’
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's 2024 re-election team on Monday said former President Donald Trump had embraced the language of Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler by using the wo...
Nov 13, 2023
Republican 2024 hopeful Haley makes major ad buy after rival Scott quits race
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley's campaign is reserving $10 million in advertising, her camp said on Monday, as she tries to scoop up supporters o...
Nov 13, 2023
US House to vote on impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
By Moira Warburton and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House will vote on Monday whether to advance or block a Republican charge to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fo...
Nov 13, 2023
Donald Trump Jr. to testify second time in father’s civil fraud trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump Jr. is set to testify again on Monday in his father's civil fraud trial, this time called by the defense to field questions about the former U.S. president's fam...
Nov 13, 2023
New US House speaker tries to muster his Republicans to avert government shutdown
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fledgling U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson faces his first big legislative battle this week as his tries to marshal his fractious Republican ma...
Nov 13, 2023
Tim Scott, lone Black Republican in US Senate, ends White House bid
By Gram Slattery (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Tim Scott suspended his run for the 2024 Republican presidential election nomination on Sunday after months of burning through campaign cash at a blistering r...
Nov 12, 2023
US House Speaker Johnson unveils a two-step stopgap bill – media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday announced a two-step temporary funding measure aimed at averting a partial government shutdown a week from now, U.S...
Nov 11, 2023
Trump backs requests for TV coverage of his federal criminal trial – court filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump has filed a legal motion backing media requests for live television coverage of his federal trial on charges he conspired to overturn the resu...
Nov 11, 2023
