Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Amid international crises, US Congress handcuffed by Republican feud
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the flames of war burn in the Middle East and Ukraine, the U.S. Congress is immobilized by a brawl among Republicans, a dysfunction tha...
Oct 15, 2023
US Republican speaker nominee Jordan known as Ukraine aid skeptic
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, who won the Republican nomination to lead the House of Representatives on Friday, has voted against most aid to Ukraine as i...
Oct 13, 2023
House lawmakers urge US airlines to quickly resume flights to Israel
(Reuters) - More than 30 U.S. lawmakers on Friday urged the chief executives of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to resume flights to Israel "as soon as possible." The three U.S....
Oct 13, 2023
Jim Jordan, longtime critic of top US House Republicans, grasps at gavel
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Jim Jordan, founder of a hardline U.S. House caucus that a former Republican speaker derided as "legislative terrorists," on Friday was nominated b...
Oct 13, 2023
US House Republicans choose Jim Jordan as speaker nominee – Rep. Stefanik
(Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans on Friday choose Congressman Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, Rep. Elise Stefanik said in a social media post. U.S. media outlets said the vote was 124-81 ag...
Oct 13, 2023
US Supreme Court temporarily blocks order curbing Biden social media contacts
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday maintained a block on restrictions imposed by lower courts on the ability of President Joe Biden's administration to encourage social media...
Oct 13, 2023
Analysis-Trump puts courts in bind with criticism of judges, legal system
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's attacks on the U.S. justice system face a fresh test next week when the federal prosecutor trying the former U.S. president on charges involvi...
Oct 13, 2023
US Supreme Court may make it harder to prove racial gerrymandering
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court may be on the verge of making it even harder to win legal challenges accusing state officials of racial gerrymandering - the illegal manipu...
Oct 13, 2023
Republican infighting returns US House speaker race to square one
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans were struggling to restart their effort to pick a new leader for the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday after party infighting led nominee Steve...
Oct 13, 2023
Steve Scalise says drops out of race for U.S. House speaker
(Reuters) - Steve Scalise, who had secured the Republican Party's nomination to be the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives but was short of the 217 votes needed to be elected on the Hous...
Oct 12, 2023
