Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Democrats plan to track and corner Republican 2024 candidates on Trump
By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - When Republican U.S. Representative Don Bacon was asked if he supports Donald Trump's bid for the White House next year at Nebraska town hall last month, he...
Sep 26, 2023
Shutdown showdown in US Congress: Time running short to fund government
By David Morgan and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House and Senate on Tuesday plan to take sharply divergent paths in a high-stakes spending battle, with just five days remaining until...
Sep 26, 2023
Trump opposes US request to limit his comments on election case
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump pushed back at U.S. prosecutors' request to curb some of his public statements about people involved in the federal court case accusing him of a...
Sep 25, 2023
Factbox-Who qualified for the second 2024 Republican presidential debate?
(Reuters) - At least six Republican candidates will take part in the second 2024 Republican presidential debate on Wednesday in California. Donald Trump plans to skip the event and give a speech in De...
Sep 25, 2023
Republican candidate DeSantis to debate California governor Nov 30 -Fox
(Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential contender and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will debate California counterpart Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, for 90 minutes on Nov. 30 on Fox News Channel, the net...
Sep 25, 2023
US Senator Menendez vows to stay in Congress, fight bribery charges
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Democratic Senator Bob Menendez denied wrongdoing and vowed to stay in Congress on Monday after prosecutors charged him and his wife with taking bribes from ...
Sep 25, 2023
Speaker McCarthy: U.S. House to vote on appropriations measure Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Monday the House of Representatives will vote on an appropriations measure on Tuesday that would open debate on four fiscal 2024 spendi...
Sep 25, 2023
How DeSantis’ early missteps hobbled his U.S. presidential bid
By Gram Slattery, James Oliphant and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had a chance in April to address Donald Trump's growing momentum toward the 2024 Republican presi...
Sep 25, 2023
US House to press forward with spending cuts despite shutdown risk
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is due to try to advance steep spending cuts this week that stand no chance of becoming law and could force a...
Sep 25, 2023
Republicans appeal to far-right conservatives to avert US government shutdown
By Richard Cowan and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With just a week before Washington runs out of money to keep the federal government fully operating, warring factions within the Republican P...
Sep 24, 2023
