Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. House to vote on contempt charge against ex-Trump chief of staff Meadows
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Tuesday on whether to seek criminal contempt of Congress charges against Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's ch...
Dec 14, 2021
What’s at stake for Trump allies facing ‘contempt of Congress’?
By Jan Wolfe and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Tuesday to recommend "contempt of Congress" charges against former President Donald Trump...
Dec 14, 2021
Text messages sent to Trump adviser Meadows during Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows received a series of text pleas from members of the conservative-leaning media during the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol urgin...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. Senate debt limit bill would cover federal borrowing into 2023 – Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the proposed debt limit increase to be voted upon on Tuesday would take borrowing into 2023, as Congress attempts to finish work b...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. Congress to vote on debt-limit hike, averting default risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is expected to vote on Tuesday to raise the federal government's $28.9 trillion debt limit, ending a months-long standoff between Republicans and Democrats tha...
Dec 14, 2021
Democratic proposal for State Department anti-Islamophobia office to get House committee vote
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic proposal for a U.S. State Department office addressing anti-Muslim bias will get a procedural vote in a House committee on Tuesday, after a Repub...
Dec 14, 2021
Blinken says just 16% of U.S. ambassadors confirmed as of last week
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that not having a full national security on the ground was a huge problem and that as of last week, only 16% of America's ambassadors...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. court rejects bid to end Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy
By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a renewed attempt by the Biden administration to end a policy put in place by former President Donald Trump that forced t...
Dec 13, 2021
U.S. House panel seeks contempt charge for ex-Trump aide Meadows
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol voted on Monday to seek "contempt of Congress" charges against Mark Meadow...
Dec 13, 2021
Runaway consumer prices complicate Democrats’ agenda, midterm hopes
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats hope in the coming days to pass a mammoth social spending bill they believe could help keep the party in power in next year's crucial midterm ...
Dec 13, 2021
