Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Democrats’ lose grip on Senate while Leahy recovers from fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, 81, will undergo emergency hip surgery after falling Wednesday night, depriving his fellow Democrats of any majority in the chamber until he ...
Jun 30, 2022
Jan. 6 committee may make criminal referral on witness tampering -Cheney
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack may make a criminal referral to the Justice Department recommending that anybody who tried to influen...
Jun 30, 2022
Explainer-What charges might Trump face for trying to overturn 2020 election?
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol has sought to build a case that then-President Donald Trump behaved illegally whe...
Jun 30, 2022
At finish line, U.S. Supreme Court readies climate, immigration rulings
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Thursday to issue its final two rulings of its current term, one on federal agency power to tackle climate c...
Jun 30, 2022
As Jan. 6 hearings portray an unhinged Trump, DeSantis may be biggest winner
By Joseph Ax and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - This week's testimony at congressional hearings on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault portrayed an enraged Donald Trump throwing food against a White House wa...
Jun 30, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court
By Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ketanji Brown Jackson is set to be sworn in on Thursday as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, making history as the first Black woman on the nation's top judicial b...
Jun 30, 2022
New York lawmakers to loosen gun laws after Supreme Court ruling
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York lawmakers will meet in an emergency session on Thursday to loosen the state's gun-licensing laws to conform with a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ...
Jun 29, 2022
Liz Cheney calls Trump’s election actions more chilling than imagined
By David Morgan and Eric Beech WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Liz Cheney said on Wednesday that Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election were "more chilling and more...
Jun 29, 2022
U.S. Capitol riot panel subpoenas former Trump counsel Pat Cipollone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it had subpoenaed Pat Cipollone, who was White House counsel for then-P...
Jun 29, 2022
U.S. Energy Secretary Granholm violated ethics law, watchdog says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm violated a law that limits the political participation and speech of federal employees during an interview in late 2021...
Jun 29, 2022
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