Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden raises minimum wage for federal contractors to $15/hour
By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday will continue his push for a national $15 minimum wage with an executive order that raises pay to at least tha...
Apr 27, 2021
Shaken U.S. Capitol on high alert for Biden’s first address to Congress
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday will take place in a U.S. Capitol on high alert, with memories fresh of the de...
Apr 27, 2021
U.S. legislation on China to be delayed, lawmakers say
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. legislative proposal to allocate $112 billion for basic and advanced technology research and science in the face of rising competitive pressure from C...
Apr 26, 2021
In unusual move, leftist Democrat to respond to Biden’s Congress address
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After U.S. President Joe Biden gives his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday, one of the more progressive members of his own Democratic party, Representative Jamaal Bow...
Apr 26, 2021
Drive to recall California governor has enough signatures to make ballot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A Republican-led effort to recall California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has garnered enough valid signatures to make the ballot, state elections officials said on ...
Apr 26, 2021
Anti-Trump group grades Republicans with ‘democracy’ report card
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A conservative anti-Trump group handed out failing grades to 136 Republicans in Congress on Monday as part of an effort to track allegiance to former President Donald Trump and ...
Apr 26, 2021
U.S. to launch review of Louisville, Kentucky, police-ABC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday plans to announce it is launching a review of the Louisville, Kentucky, Police Department, marking the start of a second such investigation...
Apr 26, 2021
Erdogan calls on Biden to reverse ‘wrong step’ on Armenian declaration
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on U.S. counterpart Joe Biden to immediately reverse his declaration that 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genoc...
Apr 26, 2021
Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Ryan launches run for Senate
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. Representative Tim Ryan on Monday said he will run for the Senate seat being vacated by Ohio Republican Rob Portman, as he and his fellow Democrats...
Apr 26, 2021
Republican Cheney calls for focused review of deadly Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican critic of ex-President Donald Trump on Monday said a proposed congressional commission should focus solely on the attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters and n...
Apr 26, 2021
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