Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Ahead of Biden’s climate summit, lawmakers relaunch ‘Green New Deal’
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. lawmakers, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, on Tuesday reintroduced their "Green New Deal" resolution, th...
Apr 20, 2021
Analysis-Bumpy first weeks of Harris’ immigration role show challenges of the job
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Joe Biden entrusted Vice President Kamala Harris in March with leading U.S. diplomatic efforts to cut immigration from Mexico and Central America'...
Apr 20, 2021
Jurors to resume deliberations in Derek Chauvin murder trial
By Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Jurors are due to begin a second day of deliberations on Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and ...
Apr 20, 2021
U.S. mass shootings strain coroners’ offices, ‘the last responders’
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a gunman killed eight workers and himself at an Indianapolis FedEx center last week - the city's third mass shooting this year - the chief deputy coroner spoke...
Apr 20, 2021
Former U.S. vice president Walter Mondale dies at 93: Axios
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. vice president Walter Mondale died on Monday at age 93, Axios reported, citing a family spokesperson. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Kim Coghill)
Apr 19, 2021
U.S. Republicans spotlight AOC PAC’s contributions to vulnerable House Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least three moderate Democratic lawmakers have returned contributions from a political action committee formed by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that Republican...
Apr 19, 2021
Senator Manchin throws support behind U.S. labor reform bill
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Monday he supports a sweeping labor reform bill, giving the legislation some momentum after it passed in the House last month...
Apr 19, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court sympathetic to Native Alaskans in COVID-19 aid dispute
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday signaled sympathy toward allowing federal COVID-19 relief funds to go to specially created corporations for Native Alask...
Apr 19, 2021
White House says it intends to raise cap on refugees by May 15 or sooner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday that it had every intention of raising a cap on U.S. refugee admissions and would do so by May 15 if not sooner. President Joe Biden signed an ord...
Apr 19, 2021
White House says Congress must act on police reform amid string of U.S. shootings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday it is incumbent on the U.S. Congress to act on police reform amid a string of shootings in the country. "The President has s...
Apr 19, 2021
