Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Democracy under siege: An hour-by-hour look at the assault on the U.S. Capitol
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Almost a year has passed since supporters of Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol in a failed attempt to overturn his election defeat, the worst assault on the se...
Jan 04, 2022
Illinois Democrat Bobby Rush to retire after nearly 30 years in Congress – media
(Reuters) - U.S Representative Bobby Rush, a civil rights campaigner and Black Panther activist in the 1960s, is not seeking re-election and plans to retire at the end of the year after completing 15 ...
Jan 04, 2022
White House expected to make fresh push to confirm Biden nominees for FTC, FCC
By Nandita Bose (Reuters) - The White House was expected to make a fresh push as early as Monday to persuade the U.S. Senate to confirm President Joe Biden's nominees for top posts at agencies such as...
Jan 03, 2022
New York Governor Kathy Hochul to propose term limits for governors -New York Times
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to propose a state constitutional amendment that would impose a term limit on governors and other high-ranking officials, the New York T...
Jan 03, 2022
Bridgewater CEO McCormick to leave for Senate run
(Reuters) - Bridgewater Associates Chief Executive Officer David McCormick plans to step down from his role to run for an open United States Senate seat in Pennsylvania, the world's largest hedge fund...
Jan 03, 2022
U.S. Senate to vote rule change if Republicans block voting rights law -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday the U.S. Senate will vote on changing the governing body's rules on or before Jan. 17, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, if ...
Jan 03, 2022
U.S. Defense Secretary Austin tests positive for COVID-19, symptoms mild
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday with mild symptoms, but would retain all authorities as he quarantined at home for the next five days. ...
Jan 02, 2022
Biden says U.S. will ‘respond decisively’ if Russia further invades Ukraine – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy the U.S. and its allies will "respond decisively" if Russia further invades Ukraine, according to...
Jan 02, 2022
Twitter permanently bans U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Sunday said it permanently banned the personal account of Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for tweets that repeatedly violated the social media's misinf...
Jan 02, 2022
Jan. 6 committee ‘looking into’ subpoenas for U.S. Republican lawmakers – chairman
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The congressional committee investigating last year's Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is "looking into" issuing subpoenas to Republican members of Congress to force their co...
Jan 02, 2022
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