Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Factbox-Historic firsts on the diversifying U.S. Supreme Court
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. A total of 115 justices have served o...
Apr 07, 2022
Denver to appeal $14 million verdict in case against police over 2020 protests
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The city of Denver said it will appeal a federal jury's verdict from March that awarded $14 million to a dozen activists who sued Denver police, claiming excessive force ...
Apr 07, 2022
Biden, Jackson to deliver remarks after Jackson’s Senate confirmation to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson will deliver remarks on Friday on the latter's Senate confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House said on Thursday...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. House names lawmakers to hammer out deal with Senate on chips funding
(Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, and Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday named negotiators to hammer out a deal with the U.S. Senate on a bill to provide $52 bil...
Apr 07, 2022
Michigan governor asks state’s top court to protect abortion rights
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday asked the state's top court to recognize the right to abortion under the state constitution ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court...
Apr 07, 2022
Donald Trump should be held in contempt for ignoring subpoena -NY attorney general
NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York's attorney general on Thursday asked a state judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court for not turning over documents she subpoenaed for her civil probe into the for...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. House approves $55 billion in new COVID-19 aid for restaurants, other hard-hit firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to approve a $55 billion COVID-19 aid bill aimed at helping restaurants and other businesses that continue to s...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. to probe Trump’s removal of White House records to Fla.-W.Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is in the early stages of an investigation of former President Donald Trump's removal of official presidential records to his Florida estate, The ...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. Senate backs removal of ‘most-favored’ trade status for Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday that would remove "most favored nation" trade status for Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine, which would allow higher...
Apr 07, 2022
Senate set to confirm Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court
By Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was set on Thursday to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, a...
Apr 07, 2022
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