Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
New York mayor Adams launches Florida ads denouncing law against LBGTQ talk in schools
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced the launch of digital billboards across Florida denouncing that state's law that bans most classroom instruction on sexual orientatio...
Apr 04, 2022
White House urges Congress to move quickly on $10 billion COVID-19 funding
(Reuters) - The White House urged Congress to move quickly on $10 billion in funding for COVID aid after bipartisan agreement was reached on Monday, a sum that is less than the $22.5 billion President...
Apr 04, 2022
U.S. Senator Romney announces deal on $10 billion in COVID funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An agreement to provide $10 billion in U.S. funding for COVID aid has been reached in the Senate, Republican Senator Mitt Romney said in a statement on Monday. Senate Majority L...
Apr 04, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson headed to U.S. Senate confirmation to Supreme Court this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday said he will schedule a final vote later this week on President Joe Biden's nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a Supre...
Apr 04, 2022
Lawmakers to back $10 billion in U.S. COVID funds -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators in Congress are poised to announce an agreement for $10 billion in more COVID-19 funding to address U.S. needs but have dropped international aid from the package, t...
Apr 04, 2022
Exclusive-U.S. Vice President Harris’ deputy chief of staff to depart
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's deputy chief of staff Michael Fuchs is leaving the administration, the latest top aide from her office to announce a departur...
Apr 04, 2022
Jury to weigh fate of 4 men charged in Michigan governor kidnapping plot
(Reuters) - A jury will begin deliberations on Monday in the trial of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in a case that pits domestic terrorism allegations ...
Apr 04, 2022
Biden’s Supreme Court pick Jackson faces U.S. Senate panel vote
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, faces another hurdle on Monday in her journey toward Senate confirma...
Apr 04, 2022
Exclusive-Climate change could cost U.S. budget $2 trillion a year by end century -White House
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flood, fire, and drought fueled by climate change could take a massive bite out of the U.S. federal budget per year by the end of the century, the White House...
Apr 03, 2022
U.S. House panel investigating Capitol attack aims for May hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by former President Donald Trump's supporters is aiming to hold public hearings on their findi...
Apr 03, 2022
