Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Word of flight to Cancun from frozen Texas lands Senator Ted Cruz in hot water
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz faced widespread criticism on social media on Thursday after images went viral online that a journalist said showed him flying to a resort in Cancun while ...
Feb 18, 2021
Analysis: Exodus of Republican voters tired of Trump could push party further right
By Jason Lange and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A surge of Republicans quitting the party to renounce Donald Trump after the deadly Capitol riot could hurt moderates in next year's primaries, ...
Feb 18, 2021
Texas ranchers scramble to keep animals alive in unusual cold
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Texas ranchers worked overtime to haul water and hay to cattle to keep them alive during a freak winter storm, but some cows have already succumbed to unusual icy t...
Feb 18, 2021
How the battle over redistricting in 2021 could decide control of the U.S. Congress
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - With the rancorous 2020 U.S. election now over, Democrats and Republicans are girding for another national political battle with enormous stakes: redistricting. The once-a-dec...
Feb 18, 2021
U.S.’s Blinken raises immigration issue in call with Guatemalan foreign minister
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Guatemalan Foreign Minister Pedro Brolo in a phone call on Wednesday that Washington was committed to addressing the causes of illega...
Feb 17, 2021
White House pushes back Biden trip to Michigan because of weather
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will travel to Michigan on Friday to visit a Pfizer Inc plant, postponing the trip by a day because of inclement weather, a White House official said. Biden ...
Feb 17, 2021
Democratic drive for Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan could leave progressive priorities behind
By Richard Cowan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats' drive to hustle his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package through the U.S. Congress could leave some...
Feb 17, 2021
Group of U.S. senators say mail continues to face ‘unacceptable delays’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 33 U.S. senators on Wednesday urged Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to address continuing "unacceptable delays" in mail deliveries and questioned if his decisions are ...
Feb 17, 2021
Biden picks former Obama official for Medicare agency – Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has selected former Obama administration official Chiquita Brooks-Lasure to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Washington Post rep...
Feb 17, 2021
Biden scraps Trump plan to weaken environmental rules to build renewables in California
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday said it would scrap a Trump-era proposal to weaken environmental protections for millions of acres of California desert to ease devel...
Feb 17, 2021
