Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Meadows, other Trump allies plead not guilty in Georgia election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges in the Georgia election subversion case, joining two other allies of former President Don...
Sep 05, 2023
Alabama’s congressional map illegally hurts Black voters, U.S. court rules
(Reuters) - Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map illegally dilutes Black residents' voting power, a panel of federal judges ruled on Tuesday. The map, which the Republican-controlled state leg...
Sep 05, 2023
Ex-Trump White House adviser Navarro heads to trial over contempt charges
By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro will head to trial on Tuesday on two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress, after...
Sep 05, 2023
Texas attorney general Paxton could lose his job in impeachment trial
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state's top law-enforcement official, could lose his job in an impeachment trial on corruption charges led by his fellow Republicans t...
Sep 05, 2023
Ex-Proud Boys leader to be sentenced for role in US Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former chairman of the right-wing Proud Boys group is set to be sentenced on Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former Pres...
Sep 05, 2023
Biden takes economic pitch to battleground Pennsylvania on US Labor Day
By Jeff Mason REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) - President Joe Biden travels to Philadelphia on Monday to mark U.S. Labor Day in a political battleground state where the White House hopes his emphas...
Sep 04, 2023
Bill Richardson, U.S. diplomat and troubleshooter, dead at 75
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bill Richardson, a former U.S. diplomat, congressman, energy secretary and New Mexico governor who made his mark on the world stage by securing the release of Ame...
Sep 02, 2023
Democrats push abortion rights to heart of 2024 campaign
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Abortion rights helped Democrats stave off a hefty defeat at midterm elections last year and the party aims to put the issue at the center of the 2024 fight for ...
Sep 01, 2023
US judge sentences Proud Boy Pezzola to 10 years in prison for Capitol riot role
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday sentenced Dominic Pezzola, a member of the far-right Proud Boys, to 10 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, after a jury conv...
Sep 01, 2023
Top US Senate Democrat Schumer warns against Republican ‘brinkmanship’ on spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Friday said House Republicans would be to blame if lawmakers are unable to reach a deal to keep the government funded past Sept. 30, tr...
Sep 01, 2023
