Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Factbox-Who is Hakeem Jeffries, favored candidate for U.S. House Democratic leader?
(Reuters) - U.S. congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York launched a bid on Friday to become the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives. If he succeeds in the Nov. 30 leadership elections, a...
Nov 18, 2022
Republicans identify 42 Biden administration officials they want to testify
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday identified 42 employees from Democratic President Joe Biden's White House and administration, who they...
Nov 18, 2022
Special counsel in U.S. Justice Department’s Trump probes: I will be independent
(Reuters) - Jack Smith, named on Friday as special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigations into former U.S. President Donald Trump's handling of sensitive documents and the 2020 ele...
Nov 18, 2022
Analysis-U.S. midterms dampen Big Pharma hopes for drug price policy change
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The divided U.S. Congress after the November midterm elections undermines pharmaceutical companies who want to weaken a new law that allows the government to...
Nov 18, 2022
U.S. Justice Department appoints special prosecutor for Trump probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has named a special prosecutor to handle its investigations into former President Donald Trump, a senior Justice Department official said on Friday. ...
Nov 18, 2022
Republican firebrand Boebert wins House re-election after Democrat concedes
(Reuters) -U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert, a polarizing Republican who gained a national reputation during her first term with her combative brand of politics, will return to the U.S. House after ...
Nov 18, 2022
U.S. urges jury to convict Oath Keepers for plotting to block peaceful transfer of power
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal prosecutor on Friday urged a Washington jury to convict far-right Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four of his associates for plotting to use ...
Nov 18, 2022
Hakeem Jeffries launches bid to lead U.S. House Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmaker Hakeem Jeffries launched a bid on Friday to become Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, a day after the chamber's speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announced th...
Nov 18, 2022
Analysis-U.S. House Republican farm bill approach may test Biden hunger, climate goals
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's pledges to slash emissions from farming and to end American hunger by 2030 may be harder to realize now that Republicans flipped the ...
Nov 18, 2022
After midterms, relieved U.S. election officials look to 2024 race
By Linda So and Ned Parker PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Elections officials who had braced for death threats and unrest ahead of the midterms said extensive preparations assured a mostly peaceful and orde...
Nov 18, 2022
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