Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday urged Congress to approve $80 billion in funding for the Internal Revenue Service to help the agency reduce a hu...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives' Oversight Committee said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation into what it called former President Donald Trump's failure to account for ...

By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the latest to join the pantheon of TidalWave Comics' "Female Force" series, followed by the latest appointee to th...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday was meeting Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, a key voice in the debate surrounding gun violence in the United States, to discuss efforts in the U....

By Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Texas school shooting, a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion and grievances about security at the U.S.-Mexico border could mobilize American extremists to...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he is giving negotiators in the chamber more time to try to reach a deal on gun legislation. "Senator (Chris) Murp...

By James Oliphant (Reuters) - Voters in San Francisco are poised to recall the city's progressive district attorney, Chesa Boudin, on Tuesday in what has become a nationally watched test of frustratio...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former member of Donald Trump's cabinet will attempt a return to the U.S. Congress in Montana and California Democrats concerned about crime may oust one of th...

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday blocked a Louisiana Republican redistricting map that created only one majority-Black congressional district in the state, ordering the state legisl...

(Reuters) - Progressive Jessica Cisneros on Monday requested a recount in her race against U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar, a moderate Texas Democrat who opposes abortion rights, after trailing him ...