Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden to deliver six-step plan on COVID-19 pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday will outline new approaches to control the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, which rages on despite the wide availability of vaccines. In a...
Sep 09, 2021
U.S. VP Harris rallies for California governor facing recall
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned on Wednesday for embattled California Governor Gavin Newsom, part of a ramped-up effort to save his job from ...
Sep 08, 2021
U.S. House panel to vote on pre-school, child care and tuition-free community college
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Publicly funded pre-school, child care subsidies and two years of tuition-free community college are on the agenda this week, when a U.S. House of Representati...
Sep 08, 2021
Yellen renews pressure on Congress to address U.S. debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday again urged Congress to tackle the nation's debt ceiling, saying it was unclear how long Treasury's efforts to temporarily finan...
Sep 08, 2021
Nobelist, senior Democratic economist Stiglitz says Fed’s Powell should go
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For U.S. President Joe Biden to be true to his agenda he should not renominate Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, Nobel prize-winning economist and long...
Sep 08, 2021
Trump backs challenger to third House Republican who voted to impeach
(Corrects typo in 2nd paragraph) By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Michigan state lawmaker Steve Carra's bid to unseat U.S. Representative Fred Upt...
Sep 07, 2021
U.S. House panel sets debate this week on its portion of $3.5 trillion bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee this week will attempt to advance sweeping legislation to expand healthcare benefits for the elderly and other social ...
Sep 07, 2021
White House asks Congress for funding on Afghanistan and hurricanes
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's aides on Tuesday asked Congress for billions in new funds to deal with hurricanes and other natural disasters as well as the evacuation ...
Sep 07, 2021
Texas governor to sign Republican-backed voting restrictions
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday is set to sign into law voting restrictions that Republican backers say are intended to combat voter fraud but that critics contend are...
Sep 07, 2021
Biden renews focus on domestic issues with tour of New York area flood damage
By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will visit flood-damaged New Jersey and New York on Tuesday to survey the upheaval caused by Hurricane Ida, part of a renewed ...
Sep 07, 2021
