Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump aide Steve Bannon faces U.S. House committee contempt vote
By Patricia Zengerle and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers probing the deadly Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack by supporters of Donald Trump will move on Tuesday toward bringing contempt of Congres...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. bill would stop Big Tech favoring its own products
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About a dozen U.S. senators from both parties on Monday formally introduced a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Alphabet's Google, from favo...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Senate set to hold test vote Wednesday on election reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is likely to take a procedural vote on whether to debate a major overhaul of federal election law on Wednesday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday as h...
Oct 18, 2021
Negotiations on $3.5 trillion U.S. investment bill making progress -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators to a massive U.S. bill that would invest up to $3.5 trillion to expand social programs and attack climate change have made progress in recent days but have not yet b...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. House committee rejects Bannon ‘privilege’ argument in Jan. 6 probe
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol told Steve Bannon that it rejected his arguments for failing to coope...
Oct 18, 2021
Trump sues U.S. House panel investigating Jan. 6 attack -court document
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, alleging...
Oct 18, 2021
Biden to speak to Senator Manchin on spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he was going to speak with Senator Joe Manchin, the centrist Democrat from coal-rich West Virginia whose vote is crucial to the pass...
Oct 18, 2021
White House: Biden to host talks on his agenda Tuesday, climate aspects remain key
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will host separate meetings on Tuesday with moderate and progressive Democratic lawmakers who are wrangling over aspects of his infrastructure and social spen...
Oct 18, 2021
Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Congress following Reuters report
By Steve Stecklow, Aditya Kalra and Jeffrey Dastin LONDON (Reuters) - Five members of the U.S. House Judiciary committee wrote to Amazon.com Inc's chief executive Sunday, and accused the company's top...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Senator Manchin slams Bernie Sanders in battle over Biden spending plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia slammed fellow lawmaker Bernie Sanders late Friday over his attempts to garner support for President Joe Biden's multi-tri...
Oct 16, 2021
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