Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - While Texas and Mississippi announced complete rollbacks of their states' COVID-19 mitigation measures this week, several governors of other Republican states have made...

By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday is expected to pass its flagship election reform bill, which would update voting procedures ...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators peppered President Joe Biden's nominee to be the No. 2 official at the State Department with questions about Iran on Wednesday, a sign she cou...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators introduced bipartisan legislation on Wednesday to repeal decades-old authorizations for the use of military force used to justify years of att...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday there will not be an announcement this week on a future nominee to head the Office of Management & Budget, after Presiden...

By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Katie Porter, who has earned a reputation for grilling bank and drug company executives during Congressional hearings,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The three top Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to nominate former House staffer Shalanda Young to head the White House budge...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday voted to approve President Joe Biden's nominees for U.S. Trade Representative and Deputy Treasury Secretary, but voted in a tie on...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Interior Department, U.S. Representative Deb Haaland, secured backing from a moderate Republican senator on Wednesday, further pav...

By Sarah Marsh (Reuters) - Eighty U.S. House of Representatives Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to repeal Donald Trump's "cruel" sanctions on Cuba and renew engagement, an early sign of...