Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Potential future Biden Supreme Court pick set for U.S. Senate hearing
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge considered a possible future U.S. Supreme Court nominee is set to testify on Wednesday at a Senate confirmation hearing for her selection by P...
Apr 28, 2021
Biden’s families plan includes free meals for millions of low-income children
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday will propose that Congress spend $45 billion to provide free meals to millions more low-income children, a move that wo...
Apr 28, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. Justice Department ends Trump-era limits on grants to ‘sanctuary cities’
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has quietly repealed a controversial Trump-era policy targeting "sanctuary cities" which called for withholding millions in grant m...
Apr 28, 2021
Scott to share ‘my family’s American Dream’ in Republican rebuttal to Biden speech
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After President Joe Biden lays out his ambitions to reshape the U.S. economy and address racial injustice on Wednesday, Republican Senator Tim Scott will make hi...
Apr 28, 2021
Biden to push trillions in investment, plead for police reform in Congress speech
By Nandita Bose, Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt Washington (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to unveil a sweeping $1.8 trillion package for families and education in his first joi...
Apr 28, 2021
Masks, distanced applause: Small crowd planned for Biden’s first speech to Congress
By Makini Brice and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In his decades in elected office, President Joe Biden attended dozens of his predecessors' joint addresses to the U.S. Congress, but the scene...
Apr 28, 2021
Arizona governor signs ban on abortions based on genetic abnormalities
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law on Tuesday a measure banning abortions performed strictly on the basis of genetic disorders detected in the fetus, suc...
Apr 28, 2021
After somber tone in first 100 days, Biden plans to try to sell spending to U.S. public
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When he delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, President Joe Biden will take on a new role: salesman in chief. Through his f...
Apr 27, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Biden’s Pentagon policy nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee, Colin Kahl, to be the Department of Defense's top policy adviser on Tuesday, ending a bitter confirmation battle...
Apr 27, 2021
Bipartisan lawmakers readying alternative to Biden infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are working on an alternative to President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that would cost roughly half as muc...
Apr 27, 2021
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