Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. attorney general calls Senate gun legislation ‘meaningful progress’
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday endorsed a bipartisan Senate gun-safety proposal as "meaningful progress" as he announced new gun-trafficking c...
Jun 13, 2022
U.S. Senate to take up gun bill as soon as possible, Schumer says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday said he would put bipartisan gun legislation on the chamber floor for consideration as soon as the deal announced over the we...
Jun 13, 2022
Takeaways from second day of Trump Jan. 6 hearings
By Richard Cowan and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top advisers to then-President Donald Trump told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were unfounded and would not reverse his...
Jun 13, 2022
U.S. slaps visa curbs on nearly 100 people who undermined Nicaragua’s democracy -Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday the United States would impose visa restrictions on 93 more people believed to have undermined democracy in Nicaragua following ...
Jun 13, 2022
Former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Bharara joins Wilmer Hale law firm
By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) - Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney in Manhattan who prosecuted high-profile cases involving Wall Street insider trading, public corruption and terrorism, is join...
Jun 13, 2022
Dozens of companies, small business groups back U.S. bill to rein in Big Tech
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dozens of companies and business organizations are sending a letter to U.S. senators on Monday to urge them to support a bill aimed at reining in the biggest tech...
Jun 13, 2022
Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ election fraud claims will be focus of Monday’s Jan. 6 hearing
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The second hearing of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Monday will focus on former President Donald ...
Jun 13, 2022
Lawmakers urge USTR to push for extension of WTO’s moratorium on digital trade
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers urged U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to push during World Trade Organization meetings this week for an extension o...
Jun 12, 2022
Former Trump campaign manager, ex-Georgia official to testify at Jan. 6 panel’s ‘Big Lie’ hearing
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former campaign manager for ex-President Donald Trump and former officials from Atlanta and Philadelphia will testify on Monday to the U.S. congressional ...
Jun 12, 2022
Factbox-What’s in, and what’s out, of the U.S. Senate’s gun safety framework
(Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators said on Sunday they had reached an agreement on a framework for gun safety legislation, potentially the first significant new U.S. gun law in decades, f...
Jun 12, 2022
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