Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Washington state passes bill with goal to phase out gasoline cars
(Reuters) - Washington state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday setting a target to stop sales of gasoline-fueled vehicles there beginning in 2030, five years sooner than California. The target is no...
Apr 15, 2021
Former U.S. Vice President Pence received heart pacemaker, full recovery expected -spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence received a heart pacemaker device during a routine surgery on Wednesday and is expected to fully recover, a spokesman said on Thursday. Pen...
Apr 15, 2021
White House says infrastructure package could be passed in smaller pieces
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure package could be passed by Congress in smaller pieces, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday, citing agreemen...
Apr 15, 2021
With eyes on Russia, senators seek to prevent any U.S. president from leaving NATO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifteen Democratic and Republican U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would bar any U.S. president from withdrawing from the NATO military alliance without Senate a...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. Senate committee backs Biden nominee Power to lead USAID
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed on Thursday by unanimous voice vote President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development, Saman...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says does not support bill to expand the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representative Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she does not support proposed legislation to add seats to the U.S. Supreme Court and favors President Joe Biden's appr...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crackdown
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has formally approved a report accusing Big Tech companies of buying or crushing smaller firms, Representati...
Apr 15, 2021
Congress poised for battle over reparations for Black Americans
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have advanced a bill that could pave the way to reparations for Black Americans as part of a broader effort to ad...
Apr 15, 2021
Analysis: Biden’s migrant strategy clouded by Central American graft
By Diego Or MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden wants three Central American countries to crack down on corruption as part of a plan to spend billions of dollars in the region to stem ill...
Apr 15, 2021
Probe of deadly Jan. 6 attack turns to U.S. Capitol police inspector general
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress' probe into security failures that allowed the deadly January assault on the U.S. Capitol by former President Donald Trump's supporters turns on Thursd...
Apr 15, 2021
