Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. trial of Oath Keepers founder Rhodes delayed after he gets COVID
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The criminal trial of Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers right-wing militia group, and four associates over their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attac...
Oct 24, 2022
Jury selection set to begin Trump company’s criminal tax trial
By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jury selection is due to start on Monday in the tax fraud trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump's real estate company, with prosecutors in Ma...
Oct 24, 2022
Explainer-What happens if a candidate cries foul in U.S. midterm elections?
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Challenges to election results are not new in the United States. But former President Donald Trump and his allies took things to an extreme in 2020, falsely alleging widesprea...
Oct 24, 2022
Biden wants voters to judge his energy level, not age
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden sought to reassure Democratic voters who have doubts about whether the 79-year-old should run for re-election, while also saying in an interview that he coul...
Oct 23, 2022
Trump is not ‘man enough’ to testify in Jan. 6 probe, Pelosi says
By Richard Cowan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump is too much of a coward to obey a subpoena from the U.S. Congress compelling him to testify to a special com...
Oct 23, 2022
ABCs not LGBTs: Battles over race, gender inflame Texas school board vote
By James Oliphant ROUND ROCK, Texas - At traffic-choked intersections in this Texas town, a blunt campaign slogan stands out from clusters of candidate signs: "Teach ABCs + 123s, Not CRTs & LGBTs." Bl...
Oct 22, 2022
Republican National Committee sues Google over email spam filters
(Reuters) - The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit against Google on Friday, for allegedly sending its emails to users' spam folders. The U.S. political committee accuses the tech gia...
Oct 22, 2022
Biden vows to use veto if Republicans win Congress and try to ban abortion
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to use his veto power to protect women's rights if Republicans win control of Congress in next month's midterm elections...
Oct 21, 2022
U.S. appeals court temporarily blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with six Republican...
Oct 21, 2022
Trump ally Graham asks top court to halt Georgia grand jury questioning
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham asked the Supreme Court on Friday to halt a lower court's order compelling him to testify to a special grand jury in Georgia investigating whether then-Presiden...
Oct 21, 2022
