Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Ex-Trump adviser Navarro pleads not guilty to contempt of congress charges
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Republican President Donald Trump's adviser Peter Navarro pleaded not guilty on Friday to two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress, after he refus...
Jun 17, 2022
White House kicks off push to train more broadband, construction and EV workers
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will launch a summer-long initiative on Friday to encourage labor unions and industry to work together to train more workers for good jobs in th...
Jun 17, 2022
U.S. senators introduce broad Taiwan bill to boost security assistance
By Michael Martina and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A duo of U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday to significantly enhance support for Taiwan, including provisions for billions of d...
Jun 16, 2022
Takeaways from third day of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot hearings
By Richard Cowan and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The third day of the hearings in the U.S. Congress on the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump's supporte...
Jun 16, 2022
Top Republican negotiator walks out of U.S. Senate gun talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lead Republican negotiator in U.S. Senate negotiations toward a bipartisan gun safety bill walked out of the talks on Thursday, dimming the likelihood of a vote on the legis...
Jun 16, 2022
Biden to sign ocean shipping bill in bid to reduce export backlogs
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday plans to sign legislation to improve oversight of ocean shipping, which lawmakers say will help curb inflation and ease expor...
Jun 16, 2022
U.S. Senators urge feds to alert police to threats against election workers
By Linda So WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic U.S. Senators this week urged federal law enforcement agencies to alert local police to rising threats against election officials, according to...
Jun 16, 2022
U.S. Senate passes military burn pits victims’ bill, sending it back to House for approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major bill expanding health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic military burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday, sending the legislat...
Jun 16, 2022
Head of Congress’ Jan. 6 committee says time to invite Ginni Thomas to talk
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol said on Thursday he felt that Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wi...
Jun 16, 2022
Airline CEOs, Buttigieg to hold virtual meeting Thursday -sources
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Major airline chief executives and other senior leaders will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the busy ...
Jun 16, 2022
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