Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
US judge to sentence two more Proud Boys for Jan. 6 attack at Capitol
By Makini Brice and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge will sentence two more members of the far-right Proud Boys on Friday who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed...
Sep 01, 2023
Texas top court lets ban on gender treatments for minors take effect
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, such as puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries, to take e...
Aug 31, 2023
Texas ban on public drag performances blocked by judge
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Thursday temporarily blocked the state's law limiting public drag performances, in another win for LGBTQ groups challenging similar laws acro...
Aug 31, 2023
Top US Senate Republican McConnell ‘medically clear’ -physician
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been medically cleared to continue with his schedule, the attending physician to Congress said on Thursday, one ...
Aug 31, 2023
Analysis-DeSantis 2024 campaign escapes battering by Hurricane Idalia – for now
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Residents of Florida were largely spared a devastating blow from Hurricane Idalia this week, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also appeared to avoid the politi...
Aug 31, 2023
U.S. judge sentences former Proud Boys leader to 17 years for role in Jan. 6 attack
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced former far-right Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs to 17 years in prison on Thursday, after a jury convicted Biggs of seditious conspira...
Aug 31, 2023
Trump pleads not guilty to Georgia election subversion charges
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a wide-ranging Georgia criminal indictment related to his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defea...
Aug 31, 2023
Former Proud Boys leaders could face longest sentences yet for US Capitol attack
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday will consider whether to impose the steepest sentences yet on two former leaders of the Proud Boys who stormed the U.S. Capitol see...
Aug 31, 2023
New York says Trump should be found liable for fraud, even before a trial
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's attorney general on Wednesday asked a state judge to declare, even before the start of a trial, that Donald Trump committed fraud by submitting fals...
Aug 30, 2023
US Senate’s McConnell freezes up for second time in public appearance
(Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell froze up for more than 30 seconds on Wednesday during a public appearance before he was escorted away, the second such incident in a little more t...
Aug 30, 2023
