Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced that she will not seek re-election to the leadership of the Democratic caucus, making way for a younger ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to pass the leadership torch for House Democrats and throw her support behind congressman Hakeem Jeffries, news website ...

By Richard Cowan and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected on Thursday to announce whether she will retire from Congress or seek another term as p...

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Karen Bass, a Democratic U.S. congresswoman, was projected on Wednesday to beat Rick Caruso in the race for Los Angeles mayor, becoming the first woman to lead ...

(Reuters) - With Republicans clinching control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, the party will need to elect a speaker when the new Congress is sworn in, normally on Jan. 3. WHAT IS ...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, on Wednesday congratulated Republicans on their projected majority in the U.S. House of Representatives following last week's midterm elections, sayin...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans will use their new majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to intensify Washington's focus on China, and more closely monitor aid going to...

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has asked Congress for $500 million to modernize the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve (SPR), a document outlining the request shows. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said he would not testify before the House of Representatives panel probing Jan. 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol because Congress "has no r...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill ensuring federal recognition of same-sex marriages received enough votes to clear the first procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, after months of bipartisan ...