Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. Supreme Court snubs Republican appeal in Pennsylvania voting fight
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a Republican challenge to a lower court decision that extended the deadline to receive mail-in ballots in the election batt...
Feb 22, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax returns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain former President Donald Trump's tax returns and other financial records as part of a crim...
Feb 22, 2021
Voting machine company sues My Pillow and its pro-Trump chief over election claims
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Dominion Voting Systems Inc on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against businessman Mike Lindell, chief executive of My Pillow Inc, for spreading false conspiracy theories th...
Feb 22, 2021
Republican Senator Collins to reject Biden’s budget pick Tanden: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins on Monday said she would vote against Democratic President Joe Biden's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) nominee Neera Tanden, further ...
Feb 22, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to hear from Biden’s attorney general nominee Garland
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee for U.S. attorney general, Merrick Garland, is expected to face questions on Monday during his Senate confirmation hearing on a r...
Feb 22, 2021
Analysis: Fed’s Powell set table for Biden economy, but will he stay for dessert?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over the past year Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has engineered the largest economic rescue in U.S. history, thrown a controversial lifeline to compani...
Feb 22, 2021
Biden’s first month was a ‘honeymoon,’ but bigger challenges loom ahead
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One month into the job, President Joe Biden is on the cusp of securing a bigger economic rescue package than during the 2009 financial crisis. He has wiped o...
Feb 21, 2021
Biden’s attorney general nominee Garland vows to prioritize civil rights
By Jan Wolfe and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's attorney general nominee Merrick Garland will tell the Senate on Monday he plans to prioritize civil rights and combat domestic terror...
Feb 20, 2021
Big U.S. companies slash donations to politicians after Trump election challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ten U.S. corporations slashed donations to candidates seeking federal office by more than 90% in January, after pledging to cut off giving to the Republicans who supported forme...
Feb 20, 2021
Biden visits former Senator Dole who has been diagnosed with lung cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden paid a visit to former Senator Bob Dole on Saturday, the White House said, days after Dole said he had been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. "The Pr...
Feb 20, 2021
