Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden seeks to ease housing shortage with $5 billion ‘carrot, no stick’ approach
By Andy Sullivan and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is seeking to ease a national affordable housing shortage by pushing local governments to allow apartment buildings in n...
Apr 08, 2021
U.S. interior secretary looks to restore Utah monuments slashed by Trump
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will kick off a two-day visit to Utah on Thursday where she will meet with tribes and political officials to discuss the...
Apr 08, 2021
U.S. Democrat Manchin opposed to using reconciliation to pass legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said on Wednesday he is opposed to using a procedural process known as reconciliation to pass legislation without Republican support, dealing...
Apr 07, 2021
Analysis: White House, U.S. companies could agree on 25% tax rate, officials, business groups say
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - President Joe Biden has championed raising the U.S. corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% as the main way to fund his $2 trillion infrastructure plan, but few people in Was...
Apr 07, 2021
White House says it is hopeful its ‘skinny’ budget will be out this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is hopeful it will release a light version of its budget - dubbed a "skinny" budget - this week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday. The bud...
Apr 07, 2021
Trump adviser Giuliani asks judge to throw out $1.3 billion lawsuit over his ‘big lie’ election claims
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday asked a judge to throw out a voting machine company's $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit relating to h...
Apr 07, 2021
Biden will press U.S. companies to pay ‘acceptable’ level of tax Wednesday
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will sharpen arguments for his $2 trillion-plus new spending proposal in a speech on Wednesday challenging opponents of the plan and...
Apr 07, 2021
Biden ally in U.S. Senate says Republicans have until end of May for infrastructure deal
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Congress have until the end of May to negotiate provisions of an infrastructure bill before Democrats opt to move sweeping legislation on their ow...
Apr 07, 2021
Biden administration disburses 25 million more stimulus payments to Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said on Wednesday that 25 million more stimulus payments worth a total of $36 billion had been sent out to Americans from the $1.9 trillion pandemic rel...
Apr 07, 2021
Biden says he has not spoken with Fed Chair Powell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he has not spoken to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, noting the central bank is an independent agency. "I think the Federal Reserve ...
Apr 06, 2021
