Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Senate candidates make last pitch in Georgia midterm election runoff
By Nathan Layne CUMMING, Ga. (Reuters) - With Republican influence in the U.S. Senate on the line, two dozen party faithful gathered in an Atlanta suburb on Sunday for the final stretch of a get-out-t...
Dec 05, 2022
Heavy turnout in Georgia runoff election as early voting wraps up
By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - Election officials on Friday reported heavy turnout in Georgia on the last day of early voting ahead of the Dec. 6 runoff election that will determine whether Democrats ca...
Dec 02, 2022
Biden’s South Carolina pick for presidential kick-off spurs state battle
By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's bid to shake up the Democratic Party's presidential nominating contest has set off a battle with state officials, t...
Dec 02, 2022
Trump’s company benefited from tax fraud, prosecutor says at end of trial
By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump Organization reaped substantial benefits from a 15-year tax fraud scheme, a prosecutor said near the end of the trial of former U.S. Pres...
Dec 02, 2022
Biden weighs reviving Trump-era immigration restrictions, officials say
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration would make it harder to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border under several plans being considered that bear similarities...
Dec 02, 2022
U.S. senators warn China against any violent crackdown on protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of more than 40 U.S. senators warned China on Thursday against any violent crackdown on protests there, saying it would do "extraordinary damage" to the U.S.-...
Dec 01, 2022
Arizona county certifies midterm election vote after court order
By Ned Parker (Reuters) - A conservative, rural Arizona county that had defied a state deadline to certify its Nov. 8 midterm election results relented on Thursday after a judge said state law require...
Dec 01, 2022
Biden endorses placing South Carolina first in party presidential contest -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden asked Democratic leaders to let South Carolina host the first nominating contest for the party's presidential nomination, in a shake-up that could displ...
Dec 01, 2022
U.S. Congress tax panel chief backs requiring presidents to make tax returns public
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Congress committee that has been given access to Donald Trump's tax returns on Thursday said he supported legislation requiring future ...
Dec 01, 2022
U.S. Congress backs legislation to block rail strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed a measure to block a potentially devastating railroad strike after President Joe Biden had warned that the economic impacts could have been felt in the co...
Dec 01, 2022
