Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Analysis-Will Washington truce stick? Wall St assesses U.S. debt ceiling risk
By Karen Pierog (Reuters) - An apparent truce in the U.S. debt-ceiling standoff in Congress has offered some relief to Wall Street investors on edge about a possible debt default, but analysts are lef...
Oct 07, 2021
U.S. Senate filibuster looms large as leaders seek debt ceiling deal
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A threat by Democrats to do away with the U.S. Senate's filibuster rule colored Wednesday's behind-the-scene efforts to avert a looming federal debt default, whi...
Oct 06, 2021
White House declines to comment on Granholm remark on possible crude oil export
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House press spokesperson Jen Psaki declined to comment on U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's remarks on Wednesday that a ban on U.S. crude exports is a possible too...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats to steer toward temporary debt limit increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday said Republican Leader Mitch McConnell lost his battle to push a debt ceiling increase through the "reconciliation" process, and they now will...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Senate to delay vote on suspending debt ceiling -senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will postpone a vote planned for Wednesday afternoon to suspend the federal government's $28.4 trillion debt ceiling, four Republican senators and a Democratic a...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Justice antitrust nominee says eager to tackle more than just Big Tech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jonathan Kanter, the third of three progressives named to top U.S. antitrust posts by President Joe Biden, pledged on Wednesday to enforce antitrust law in agriculture, pharmace...
Oct 06, 2021
McConnell hints at Republican cooperation for passing U.S. debt limit hike by reconciliation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said there was "plenty of time" to pass a debt limit increase through the budget reconciliation process, as he indicat...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. House panel seeks Trump records on COVID loan to YRC Worldwide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House subcommittee is seeking Trump administration White House records regarding a $700 million COVID-19 relief loan to trucking company YRC Worldwide, now Yellow Corp, t...
Oct 06, 2021
Biden to meet top U.S. banks, business leaders on debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet on Wednesday with leaders of the nation's stop banks and businesses to discuss Congress' efforts to raise the debt ceiling, the White House sa...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats plan debt-limit vote after Biden hints filibuster could go
By Andy Sullivan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats are set to try again on Wednesday to extend the U.S. government's borrowing authority to head off a catastrophic default, af...
Oct 06, 2021
On Air Now
Sat Jul 11
Sheboygan, WI, USA
63°FWind/Dir: 12 MPH-NW
Humidity: 100%
