Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. groups urge social media companies to fight ‘Big Lie,” election disinformation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Social media companies including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok must act now to blunt the effect of false information - including Donald Trump's "Big Lie" that his 2020 d...
May 12, 2022
Biden to mark 1 million American dead from coronavirus Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday plans to commemorate the death of 1 million Americans from COVID-19 by issuing a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff, the ...
May 12, 2022
U.S. House panel advances Supreme Court ethics bill
By Moira Warburton and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday advanced a bill requiring the Supreme Court to adopt an ethics code and strengthen rules f...
May 11, 2022
Pentagon asks Congress to fund mining projects in Australia, U.K
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense has asked Congress to let it fund facilities in the United Kingdom and Australia that process strategic minerals used to make electric veh...
May 11, 2022
U.S. Senate blocks consideration of abortion rights legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic bill that would legalize abortion throughout the United States was failing to get the 60 votes needed to advance in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, amid strong Republ...
May 11, 2022
Judge finds Florida’s Republican-backed congressional map illegally harms Black voters
(Reuters) - A Florida judge on Wednesday said the state's new congressional map, championed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, unconstitutionally dilutes Black citizens' voting power. During a virtu...
May 11, 2022
Democrats scramble to protect abortion rights in liberal U.S. states
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - In New York, lawmakers have introduced a bill to expand funding for abortion care. California legislators will soon vote on measures aimed at increas...
May 11, 2022
Biden moves to revitalise U.S. sentencing panel, nominates first Black chair
By Nate Raymond and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated seven new members to the hobbled U.S. Sentencing Commission, restoring hope among criminal justice reform advocate...
May 11, 2022
U.S. Senate ends debate on FTC nominee Bedoya, with help from VP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to limit debate on privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya's nomination to be a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, moving the Democrat one ste...
May 11, 2022
Trump must pay $110,000 fine, meet other conditions to purge contempt, judge says
By Karen Freifeld and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump must pay a $110,000 fine to the New York state attorney and meet other conditions to purge a contempt of court or...
May 11, 2022
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