Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump plans sweeping undocumented immigrant roundups, detention camps – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump, if re-elected in 2024, would expand his first-term immigration crackdown to include sweeping roundups of undocumented people who would be hel...
Nov 11, 2023
US House Republicans eye plan to avert government shutdown as Moody’s warns
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans are due to unveil a stopgap measure on Saturday aimed at averting a government shutdown, the latest in a series of stan...
Nov 11, 2023
Biden’s infrastructure law has begun 40,000 projects. Will it help him in 2024?
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two years after President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law, his administration has launched 40,000 projects aimed at rebuilding Ameri...
Nov 10, 2023
US House Republicans aim to release shutdown-averting measure Saturday
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives expect to release a stopgap spending measure on Saturday, aimed at averting a partial government shutdo...
Nov 10, 2023
Biden to register for South Carolina primary, seen as first test of re-election strength
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election campaign on Friday will register for the South Carolina Democratic primary, the party's first official clash and an early enthusia...
Nov 10, 2023
US appeals court calls Biden’s ‘ghost gun’ limits unlawful
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the Biden administration lacked authority to adopt a regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearms called "ghost gun...
Nov 09, 2023
Former top Baltimore prosecutor convicted of federal perjury charges
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Baltimore's former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby was found guilty of perjury on Thursday for falsely claiming financial duress to withdraw funds from a retirement plan. A U....
Nov 09, 2023
Factbox-Joe Manchin’s exit makes it harder for Democrats to defend US Senate majority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin's decision not to seek reelection will make it even harder for his fellow Democrats to defend their 51-49 majority in the 2024 elections, when they will...
Nov 09, 2023
Judge blocks enforcement of Idaho ‘abortion trafficking’ law
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has blocked Idaho from enforcing a recently passed law making it a crime to help a minor cross state lines for an abortion without her parents' consent. U.S...
Nov 09, 2023
Republican US senator blocks more military nominations, citing abortion policy
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville prevented the approval of hundreds of military nominations on Thursday, continuing his blockade of promotions in pr...
Nov 09, 2023
