Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
More than 600 conservatives, mostly in Texas, call for gun reform
By Tim Reid and Joseph Ax (Reuters) - More than 600 conservative gun rights supporters, including several major Republican donors, are urging Congress to pass gun control measures in the wake of mass ...
Jun 08, 2022
U.S. Senate likely to pass bill to bar tech firms’ favoring themselves in searches
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and lawmakers from both parties said on Wednesday they had the Senate votes needed to pass legislation aimed at reining in the four tec...
Jun 08, 2022
Trump, adult children agree to testify in NY civil probe -document
(Refiling to restore dropped words "has denied" in last paragraph) NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his adult children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, have agreed ...
Jun 08, 2022
Senate panel advances Barr as head of Fed’s bank oversight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted on Wednesday to advance the nomination of Michael Barr to serve as the Federal Reserve's top regulatory official. By a vote of 17 to 7, t...
Jun 08, 2022
Moderate Democrat seeks U.S. Treasury inflation study on tariffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A moderate Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced legislation to require the U.S. Treasury to assess the inflationary impact of tariffs imposed by...
Jun 08, 2022
Young survivor of Texas school massacre to recount horror at U.S. House hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fourth-grade student Miah Cerrillo, who survived a mass shooting at her Texas school by smearing herself with a classmate's blood, was set to testify on Wednesday before a U.S. ...
Jun 08, 2022
Garland to announce team conducting critical incident review of Uvalde school shooting, says U.S. DOJ
(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland will on Wednesday announce a team conducting a critical incident review of last month's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the Justice Department said ...
Jun 08, 2022
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin recalled
(Reuters) - San Francisco residents voted on Tuesday to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin, Edison Research projected, in a nationally watched election viewed as a referendum on violent crime. Resi...
Jun 07, 2022
South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem wins primary, holding off challenger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem on Tuesday won the Republican nomination to seek a second term, defeating challenger Steven Haugaard, a member of the South Dakota House of Rep...
Jun 07, 2022
U.S. gun reform: Actor McConaughey, relatives of victims urge lawmakers to act
By Richard Cowan and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers, shooting victims and advocates for stricter gun laws including actor Matthew McConaughey spoke out in Washington on Tuesday for leg...
Jun 07, 2022
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