Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Republican-led US states appeal ruling allowing Biden ESG investing rule
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A group of Republican-led U.S. states on Thursday said they would appeal a Texas-based federal judge's decision rejecting their challenge to a rule from President Joe Bid...
Oct 26, 2023
US lawmakers question Navy over bureaucratic delays for Taiwan weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee questioned the U.S. Navy on Thursday over what it called "alarming delays" in weapons deliveries to Taiwan, asking why production sometimes langui...
Oct 26, 2023
More bipartisan Senate bills take aim at curbing US child labor
By Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) - Lawmakers introduced a pair of Senate bills on Thursday to combat the rising number of child labor violations in the United States, one targeting companies with federal c...
Oct 26, 2023
Republican US House Speaker Johnson likely couldn’t reprise Trump election fight-analysts
By Andy Sullivan and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has joined his conservative Republican colleagues in voting against abortion and sam...
Oct 26, 2023
US judge orders new congressional map in Georgia, citing harm to Black voters
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia lawmakers to draw a new congressional map for the 2024 election, ruling that the current Republican-backed plan illegally diluted B...
Oct 26, 2023
Judge will reconsider Donald Trump’s $10,000 gag order fine amid civil fraud trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - A New York judge said on Thursday that he would reconsider fining Donald Trump $10,000 for violating a gag order barring the former U.S. president from speaking publicly abou...
Oct 26, 2023
With eye on 2024, Republicans push for early voting despite Trump’s rhetoric
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has been crisscrossing the state ahead of November's legislative elections with a central message for Republicans: Vote early. That exhortatio...
Oct 26, 2023
With House speaker installed, US Congress returns to spending battles
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The morning after U.S. House of Representatives Republicans united around new Speaker Mike Johnson, lawmakers on Thursday returned their attention to spending b...
Oct 26, 2023
Republicans likely to gain three seats under North Carolina’s new congressional map
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature on Wednesday approved a new congressional map that should allow the party to flip at least three Democratic seats in the 202...
Oct 25, 2023
Biden not worried about 2024 election challenges with House Speaker Johnson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he was not worried about 2024 election challenges after Republicans on Wednesday selected Representative Mike Johnson as speaker for the U.S. House...
Oct 25, 2023
