Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Yellen says Biden to nominate first Native American as U.S. Treasurer
By David Lawder ROSEBUD, South Dakota (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday will announce the nomination of Mohegan Indian Tribe Lifetime Chief Marilynn Malerba as U.S. Treasurer...
Jun 21, 2022
Senate candidate Greitens draws criticism for ad showing him hunting fellow Republicans
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Republican Eric Greitens, who is seeking a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, released a campaign ad on Monday depicting him and a group of armed men going hunting for "RINOS," or ...
Jun 20, 2022
Texas Republicans declare Biden election illegitimate, despite evidence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Texas formally rejected President Joe Biden's election in 2020 as illegitimate and voted in a state-wide convention that wrapped up this weekend on a party platfo...
Jun 19, 2022
Jan. 6 panel to implicate Trump in fake elector plot, Schiff says
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House panel investigating the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol will present evidence this week that former President Donald Trump was involved ...
Jun 19, 2022
No deal to end gun violence, U.S. Republican lawmaker says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers remain far apart on the most important gun safety issues now under debate in Congress, a Republican senator said Sunday, casting doubts on hopes that the United States...
Jun 19, 2022
Apple workers at Maryland store vote to unionize, a first for the U.S.
(Reuters) - Apple Inc workers in Maryland voted on Saturday to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of the tech giant to unionize in the United States. More than 100 workers in Towson nea...
Jun 18, 2022
National security advisor Sullivan tests positive for Covid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Statest National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, according to NSC spokesperson Adrienne Watson. Watson said Sullivan has not been...
Jun 18, 2022
New Mexico Republicans that alleged vote machine fraud certify election results
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Republican-controlled county commission in New Mexico that refused to recognize election returns this month after citing unfounded conspiracy theories about votin...
Jun 17, 2022
U.S. senators press TikTok on whether it allows Russian ‘pro-war propaganda’
By David Shepardson and Echo Wang WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican senators on Friday asked TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew about reports the social media site had allowed Russian state-...
Jun 17, 2022
Trump criticizes Pence’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021, says he lacked ‘courage’
By David Morgan and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The day after the latest U.S. congressional hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters, the former presid...
Jun 17, 2022
