Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. Congress moves to boost Biden’s record defense budget
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed a proposal to increase spending for the Department of Defense by $37 billion on top ...
Jun 22, 2022
U.S. Senate’s no. 2 Republican says gas tax holiday ‘dead on arrival’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's request that Congress pass a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax "is dead on arrival," U.S. Senator John Thune, the second-ranking Republica...
Jun 22, 2022
Former Tallahassee mayor, Florida governor candidate Gillum indicted for fraud
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said a federal grand jury voted to indict Tallahassee's former Democratic mayor and Florida gubernatorial candidate And...
Jun 22, 2022
Schumer will put legislation to cut insulin costs on Senate floor ‘very soon’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday he will put a bipartisan legislation to lower insulin costs for a vote on the Senate floor "very soon". "The cost of ...
Jun 22, 2022
Biden will ask Congress on Wednesday to pause gas tax amid record pump prices
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to pass a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax to help combat record pump prices, according to ...
Jun 22, 2022
U.S. Senate votes to take initial step toward gun legislation in procedural vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate took an initial step towards passing the country's first major gun legislation in decades on Tuesday night, voting in favor of a procedural measure that would al...
Jun 21, 2022
Former Justice Dept officials to testify Thursday at a hearing of House Jan 6 panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three officials from ex-President Donald Trump's Justice Department will testify on Thursday at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6...
Jun 21, 2022
South Dakota lawmakers vote to remove attorney general after fatal car crash
(Reuters) - South Dakota lawmakers voted on Tuesday to convict the state's attorney general of two impeachment articles stemming from a 2020 car crash in which he struck and killed a pedestrian, local...
Jun 21, 2022
Democratic U.S. Rep. Cuellar edges progressive challenger in Texas after recount
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A recount has confirmed U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar defeated progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros by a razor-thin margin, the Texas Democratic Party said on Tuesday, fo...
Jun 21, 2022
Donald Trump likely no longer in contempt, New York attorney general says
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump is likely no longer in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena in a New York civil probe into the former U.S. president's business...
Jun 21, 2022
