Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Midterm elections outlook darkens for Biden’s White House
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has lowered its earlier optimism about the midterm elections and is now worried that Democrats could lose contro...
Oct 25, 2022
U.S. Congress progressives withdraw letter urging negotiations to end Ukraine war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congressional Progressive Caucus withdrew a letter to the White House urging a negotiated settlement to the war in Ukraine, Chair Pramila Jayapal said on Tuesday. "The ...
Oct 25, 2022
Trump company loses bid to toss initial jury pool in criminal trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's company on Tuesday lost a bid to dismiss an initial group of 18 prospective jurors for the real estate firm's criminal trial on t...
Oct 25, 2022
Fetterman’s health in focus as he squares off with Oz in U.S. Senate debate
By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman faces his biggest political test since his May stroke on Tuesday when he debates Republican rival Mehmet Oz in a Pennsy...
Oct 25, 2022
Biden says Republicans would cause ‘chaos’ in U.S. economy
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under pressure over his handling of inflation, U.S. President Joe Biden took aim on Monday at opposition Republicans, warning their economic plans would cause c...
Oct 24, 2022
U.S. liberal Democrats urge Biden to seek negotiated Ukraine settlement
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirty liberal U.S. congressional Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Monday to shift his strategy for the Russia-Ukraine war by pursuing a negotiated se...
Oct 24, 2022
U.S. groups urge Kerry to back climate compensation fund
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over 100 U.S. environmental groups on Monday urged top U.S. climate diplomat John Kerry to support the creation of a fund that would compensate countries th...
Oct 24, 2022
U.S. government to issue warnings on election threats -Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government is set to issue a warning this week about threats to the United States' elections operations ahead of Nov. 8 congressional elections, Politico reported on...
Oct 24, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court’s Thomas temporarily blocks Graham election case testimony
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily blocked a lower court's order requiring Senator Lindsay Graham to testify to a grand jury in Georgia investigating wh...
Oct 24, 2022
Trump ally Barrack takes stand in own defense at ‘foreign agent’ trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Barrack, a onetime fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump, took the witness stand in his own defense on Monday in his trial on charges of being an ille...
Oct 24, 2022
