Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump to address CPAC about Republican Party future and conservative movement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will address next week's Conservative Political Action Conference and speak about the future of the Republican Party and the conservative move...
Feb 20, 2021
Exclusive: New York City tax agency subpoenaed in Trump criminal probe
By Peter Eisler and Jason Szep (Reuters) - The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has subpoenaed a New York City property tax agency as part of a criminal investigation into Donald Trump's company, ...
Feb 19, 2021
Biden administration designates Russian ship as helping to build Nord Stream 2 pipeline
By Timothy Gardner and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday identified a Russian ship and a company it believes are helping to build the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, ...
Feb 19, 2021
U.S. Senate to know next week if COVID-19 bill can include minimum wage hike – Sanders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders said on Friday he expects to find out next week whether lawmakers can include a hike in the minimum wage to $15 an hour in t...
Feb 19, 2021
Democratic U.S. senator opposes Biden budget pick Tanden, imperiling confirmation
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin announced on Friday that he would oppose President Joe Biden's nomination of Neera Tanden to head the Office of Manageme...
Feb 19, 2021
Voting rights advocates decry ‘devastating’ Georgia measure limiting ballot access
By Julia Harte and John Whitesides (Reuters) - Democrats and voting rights groups condemned on Friday a broad proposal by Georgia Republicans to limit absentee and in-person voting in the state, the l...
Feb 19, 2021
U.S. House Democrats advance $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's push for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill took a step forward on Friday as a U.S. House of Representatives committee unveiled the legi...
Feb 19, 2021
U.S. lawmakers set resolution condemning China over Hong Kong rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bipartisan resolution on Friday condemning actions by the Chinese government and local authorities in Hong Kong that th...
Feb 19, 2021
Biden’s attorney general pick Garland to prioritize civil rights, combating domestic terror
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 1995, Merrick Garland was tasked with supervising a sprawling U.S. Justice Department criminal investigation into the bombing of a federal office building i...
Feb 19, 2021
Biden to debut at G7 with vaccines, economy and China in focus
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Joe Biden will attend his first meeting as U.S. president with Group of Seven leaders on Friday to discuss plans to defeat the novel coronavirus, reopen the battere...
Feb 18, 2021
