Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. issues new Iran-related sanctions -Treasury website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has issued a fresh round of Iran-related sanctions targeting four individuals and two entities linked to Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a notice p...
Oct 29, 2021
Democratic cries to ‘defund police’ fade in U.S. mayoral races as crime surges
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Felicia Moore, Atlanta's city council president, vows to hire 250 police officers to help combat her city's rising crime rate if she is elected mayor next week. Her most promi...
Oct 29, 2021
Trump’s real-estate empire pays the price for poisonous politics
By Joseph Tanfani (Reuters) - Former U.S. president Donald Trump's slashing rhetorical style and divisive politics allowed him to essentially take over the Republican Party. His supporters are so devo...
Oct 29, 2021
Biden meets pope as abortion debate flares back home
By Jeff Mason and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Joe Biden arrived at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting with Pope Francis expected to centre on climate change and injustice but which has be...
Oct 29, 2021
NAACP urges free agents to avoid Texas citing abortion, voting laws
(Reuters) - Civil rights group the NAACP called on free agents in five major North American professional sports leagues not to sign contracts with Texas-based teams on Thursday, citing restrictions to...
Oct 28, 2021
Democrats float new methane fee in spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. could charge oil and gas operators if they release methane above a limit and offer $775 million to help reduce and monitor the greenhouse gas, according to a draft of P...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. House puts off vote on infrastructure bill leaders had aimed for
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives said they would not vote on Thursday on a bipartisan infrastructure plan as their leaders had suggested after progressive...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. lawmaker to issue subpoenas to oil firms for documents on climate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney said on Thursday she intends to issue subpoenas to four major oil companies for documents on what their internal scientists have said about c...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. senators propose adding boycott of China’s Winter Olympics to defense bill
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday proposed an amendment to an annual defense policy bill that would impose a diplomatic boycott of China's Winte...
Oct 28, 2021
Democrats scrap bank reporting requirement from U.S. spending package
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banks will not be required to report additional information about certain accounts to the Internal Revenue Service after Democrats removed the proposal fr...
Oct 28, 2021
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