Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
US Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau to step down
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau is stepping down from his role at the end of October, the Interior Department said in a statement on Wednesday, ...
Oct 04, 2023
Moderate US Republicans call for change to rule that eased McCarthy’s ouster
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of moderate Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday called for a change in the rule that allowed eight members of their...
Oct 04, 2023
Two-thirds in US say partisan squabbles hamper Congress -Reuters/Ipsos
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While the U.S. government narrowly dodged a partial shutdown and the House of Representatives ousted its speaker for the first time in history, a Reuters/Ipsos po...
Oct 04, 2023
DeSantis to relocate many election campaign staff as part of heavy Iowa push
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bolstered by an infusion of new cash, Republican candidate Ron DeSantis' presidential bid is diverting more resources to Iowa, including relocating key members...
Oct 04, 2023
Judge chides Donald Trump lawyer’s ‘ridiculous’ questioning in civil fraud trial
By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial pounded his fists in frustration with the former U.S. president's lawyers on Wednesday for what he described as r...
Oct 04, 2023
Biden calls on political leaders to shed “poisonous atmosphere” in Washington
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden called on political leaders on Wednesday to change the "poisonous atmosphere" in Washington and work on a new spending plan a before hastily-approved shor...
Oct 04, 2023
US House Majority Leader Scalise to seek speakership -Punchbowl
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise will seek the chamber's speakership, Punchbowl news outlet reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Paul Grant; editing by Jasper Ward)
Oct 04, 2023
Trump appeals New York judge’s fraud ruling
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Wednesday appealed a New York judge's ruling that he and his family business fraudulently inflated the value of several properties and his net ...
Oct 04, 2023
Senator Cardin: US should halt security aid to Azerbaijan after violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should withhold security assistance to Azerbaijan after its seizure of the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh last month, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, cha...
Oct 04, 2023
Kevin McCarthy’s wild ride as US House speaker ends in historic fall
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kevin McCarthy began his wild ride as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in a chaotic January week and ended it nine months later in a historic fall, w...
Oct 04, 2023
