Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Top U.S. general’s calls with China did not go around civilian leaders -spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general did not place secret calls to China that went around civilian government leaders, his office said on Wednesday, a day after excerpts from a book alleged tha...
Sep 15, 2021
Biden to meet with Manchin, Sinema to discuss U.S. $3.5 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will meet separately with moderate Democratic U.S. senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on Wednesday to discuss Democratic-backed domestic spending legisla...
Sep 15, 2021
Gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman to testify in U.S. Senate sex abuse probe
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman will testify on Wednesday about the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor La...
Sep 15, 2021
Biden’s child tax credit pays big in Republican states, popular with voters
By Jason Lange and Chris Kahn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A one-year expansion of the U.S. child tax credit, a policy championed by President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats over Republican opposition, ...
Sep 15, 2021
California Governor Newsom defeats Republican recall effort
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday handily beat back a Republican campaign to oust him from office, sending a decisive message that voters i...
Sep 15, 2021
U.S. panel votes to approve $1 billion for FTC privacy probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee voted on Tuesday to give the Federal Trade Commission $1 billion to set up a bureau dedicated to improving data security and privacy...
Sep 14, 2021
Biden heads for Colorado, says wildfires ‘blinking code red’ on climate
By Steve Holland GOLDEN, Colo. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday made Colorado the latest backdrop featuring nagging drought conditions and raging wildfires in the U.S. West to build support ...
Sep 14, 2021
Top Senate Democrat Schumer asks U.S. businesses to weigh in on debt default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urged the business community on Tuesday to start weighing in with Republicans on the dangers of not raising the debt ceiling to avoid a...
Sep 14, 2021
U.S. top general secretly called China over fears Trump could spark war -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. top general secretly called his Chinese counterpart twice last year over concerns then-President Donald Trump could spark a war with China as his potential election los...
Sep 14, 2021
Democrats’ tax plan would cut bills for most Americans -congressional estimate
By Richard Cowan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. tax code changes sought by Democrats in the House of Representatives to help fund $3.5 trillion in domestic investments would cut annual ta...
Sep 14, 2021
