Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden could sign defense production authority for battery minerals -source
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden could invoke a Cold War-era defense law as soon as this week to encourage the domestic production of minerals needed to make the bat...
Mar 30, 2022
White House launches COVID.gov amid push for more funds, booster shots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday launched a new website to provide a clearinghouse of information on COVID-19 as part of a continuing effort to prepare to live with the cor...
Mar 30, 2022
Collins becomes first Republican to back U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Susan Collins on Wednesday became the first Republican to declare support for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, further boosting her pro...
Mar 30, 2022
Exclusive-Two former U.S. officials help ethics probe of Trump ally Clark, source says
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top two U.S. Justice Department officials in the waning days of Donald Trump's presidency are cooperating with a Washington legal body's ethics probe of th...
Mar 29, 2022
Florida’s DeSantis vetoes state congressional map, tells lawmakers try again
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday vetoed new congressional maps drawn by his fellow Republicans in the state legislature and called a special legislative session in mid...
Mar 29, 2022
White House: no executive privilege for Kushner, Ivanka Trump on Jan 6 testimony
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will not assert executive privilege for testimony by former President Donald Trump's daughter and son-in-law and former advisers, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner,...
Mar 29, 2022
Justice Thomas should recuse himself from U.S. Capitol attack cases, Schumer says
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Ch...
Mar 29, 2022
Four women join CFTC in U.S. Senate vote hailed as historic
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four women will take seats on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, returning the derivatives regulator to full strength, after a unanimous U.S. Senate vot...
Mar 29, 2022
Biden to make lynching a U.S. hate crime with signing of Emmett Till bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday will sign into law the first federal legislation that would make lynching a federal hate crime after the U.S. Senate passed the bill by unanimous ...
Mar 29, 2022
U.S. Senate to vote Tuesday to advance Cook’s Fed nomination
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday is set to vote to bring President Joe Biden's nomination of economist Lisa Cook to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors to the chamb...
Mar 29, 2022
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