Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump says if elected again he will send troops to US-Mexico border
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that if elected again he would shift resources from federal law enforcement agencies and send thousands of overseas-bas...
Sep 20, 2023
McCarthy says US House Republicans to vote on defense spending bill Thursday
(Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Republicans will try again to move forward on fiscal 2024 spending legislation on Thursday, with a procedural vote on a defense ap...
Sep 20, 2023
Factbox-How could US government dodge an Oct. 1 shutdown?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress faces a midnight Sept. 30 deadline for passing some sort of temporary funding bill or triggering partial federal government shutdowns beginning on Oct. 1, the ...
Sep 20, 2023
Republican hopeful DeSantis attacks EVs, emission goals in energy plan
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis pledged on Wednesday to slow America's transition to electric vehicles, repeal regulations related to environmenta...
Sep 20, 2023
US attorney general to tell House Republicans: ‘I am not Congress’s prosecutor’
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to tell a Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday that he runs a nonpolitical de...
Sep 20, 2023
Trump’s Republican rivals need to take him on at next debate, moderator says
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Donald Trump's rivals need to take him on more forcefully at next week's Republican presidential debate if they have any hope of cutting into the runaway front-runn...
Sep 19, 2023
US House moves ahead with defense policy bill, ‘culture wars’ fight ahead
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted 393-27 on Tuesday to send its version of a sweeping bill setting policy for the Pentagon to conference with the Sena...
Sep 19, 2023
U.S. House Republicans delay initial vote on short-term funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday that he has delayed a key procedural vote for a 30-day stopgap funding measure intended to avert a government shutdown after cu...
Sep 19, 2023
Giuliani sued over $1.4 million in unpaid legal fees
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani is facing a lawsuit that claims the former New York mayor owes a law firm nearly $1.4 million in unpaid legal fees connected to his work as Don...
Sep 19, 2023
US House panel sets first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing for next week
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is set to hold its first committee hearing on Sept. 28 on its long-shot impeachment inquiry against Democratic...
Sep 19, 2023
