Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump must face ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s defamation lawsuit: NY court
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's highest court on Tuesday cleared the way for a former contestant on "The Apprentice" to sue Donald Trump for defamation, after the former U.S....
Mar 30, 2021
Biden releases first slate of judicial nominees: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden released his first slate of 11 federal judicial nominations on Wednesday, including three Black women for federal circuit court vacancies, a Muslim American ...
Mar 30, 2021
Analysis: Corporations, wealthy pay in Biden infrastructure plan, not drivers and riders
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's plans to spend billions of dollars on the United States' crumbling roads and mass transit include a novel twist - making companies and w...
Mar 30, 2021
Biden has a plan to pay for massive infrastructure proposal: Psaki
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will outline his plan for rebuilding America's infrastructure in remarks on Wednesday and he has a plan to pay for it dollar for dollar, White House pre...
Mar 29, 2021
U.S. lawmakers urge USPS board to halt delivery vehicle contract
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirteen U.S. House Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged the U.S. Postal Service's governing board to halt implementation of a contract that could be worth $...
Mar 29, 2021
Murkowski faces new Republican challenger after drawing Trump’s ire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Lisa Murkowksi of Alaska, who drew former President Donald Trump's enmity after backing his impeachment last month in the U.S. Senate, picked up a new Republi...
Mar 29, 2021
Biden targets big offshore wind energy expansion to fight climate change
By Richard Valdmanis (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that it has set a goal to vastly expand the nation's offshore wind energy capacity in the coming decade b...
Mar 29, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court takes up bid to revive defense of Kentucky abortion law
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid by Kentucky's Republican attorney general to defend a restrictive state law, struck down by lower courts...
Mar 29, 2021
Aides to New York Governor Cuomo subpoenaed in sexual harassment probe: WSJ
(Reuters) - The New York state attorney general's office has subpoenaed dozens of officials in New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration as part of a probe into sexual harassment accusations, th...
Mar 26, 2021
Biden looks into taking action on 3D printer guns, imported firearms
By Jarrett Renshaw NEW CASTLE, Del. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden, weighing executive orders aimed at reducing gun violence following two mass shootings, said on Friday his administration is explori...
Mar 26, 2021
