Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 84-15 on Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to head the U.S. Commerce Department, the agency that repeatedly sparre...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiations over President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill go into overdrive this week as the U.S. Senate begins debate over the sweeping legisl...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday the House will take up legislation "in the near future" to raise the minimum wage to $15 over five years, after the pathway t...

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Chris Wray on Tuesday accused supporters of Donald Trump who carried out a deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol of domestic terrorism and vowe...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday he expects the House of Representatives to take up President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan again next week, ...

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday introduced a set of bills to reform federal oil and gas leasing regulations, including by raising royalty r...

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Chris Wray will testify to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about the investigation of the deadly attack on the Capitol by Donald Tr...

By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday will consider whether to uphold two Republican-backed voting restrictions in Arizona in a case that co...

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's nominees to head two key financial watchdogs will be questioned by lawmakers on Tuesday on how they plan to tackle racial and income...

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration backed Democrats' efforts to overhaul voting rules and turn over the process of drawing congressional districts to independent commi...