Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden’s Justice Department picks for civil rights, environment to face Senate panel
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominees to lead the Justice Department's civil rights and environmental units are due to face questions from the Senate Judiciary Commit...
Apr 14, 2021
Biden police reform pledge faces limits of presidential power
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly a year after President Joe Biden called for "real action" on police brutality as part of a pledge to fix U.S. racial inequality, he is coming up again...
Apr 14, 2021
Explainer – More guns than people: Why tighter U.S. firearms laws are unlikely
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden announced limited measures to tackle gun violence in the United States last week, but more ambitious steps will be harder to enact despite w...
Apr 14, 2021
Biden invited to address U.S. Congress on April 28
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday invited President Joe Biden to address a joint session of Congress on April 28. "I am writing to invite you to address a Joint Session...
Apr 13, 2021
U.S. Chamber opposes Democratic voting rights bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday it strongly opposes a Democratic-backed bill that is aimed at rewriting U.S. voting law, saying it would punish corporations and ass...
Apr 13, 2021
Majority of U.S. Senate backs Biden nominee for No. 2 State Dept post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday supported the nomination of President Joe Biden's nominee, Wendy Sherman, to be deputy secretary of state, the number two position at the d...
Apr 13, 2021
New York lawmakers threaten Biden’s infrastructure tax hikes without local tax break
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seventeen New York state Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday said they will not support proposed tax increases to pay for President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan unless it also ro...
Apr 13, 2021
Ford, GM among Michigan companies opposing Republican-backed voting limits
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The top executives of more than three dozen Michigan-based companies, including General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co, on Tuesday issued a joint statement opposing Republican-ba...
Apr 13, 2021
Biden sends unofficial delegation to Taiwan to underscore commitment-White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg headed to Taiwan on Tuesday at President Joe Biden's request as a sign...
Apr 13, 2021
U.S. senators match House bill to assist Uighur refugees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced a bill to expedite refugee applications from Uighurs, matching an effort in the U.S. House of Representatives to assist ...
Apr 13, 2021
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