Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. senators prod Biden administration on Nord Stream 2 pipeline sanctions
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators urged President Joe Biden to ensure the implementation of sanctions passed in January aimed at stopping the Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany ...
Feb 12, 2021
Biden makes first trip to the rustic mountain retreat of Camp David
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are spending their first weekend at Camp David, the storied retreat in the mountains of western Maryland that many ...
Feb 12, 2021
Snow, freezing rain forecast for U.S. heartland on Valentine’s Day weekend
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fresh wave of wintry weather will keep a vast swath of the United States in a deep chill over Valentine's Day weekend, forecasters said on Friday, an outlook that should encoura...
Feb 12, 2021
Delay in U.S. census data could muddle 2022 congressional elections
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - U.S. census data used once a decade to redraw legislative districts will not be made available until September, officials said on Friday, a delay that could make it difficult ...
Feb 12, 2021
White House did not approve new CDC guidance on reopening schools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it did not guide or approve of guidance released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on reopening schools. "I can assure you ...
Feb 12, 2021
Pilloried in Washington, firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene is loved back home
By Nathan Layne and James Oliphant CEDARTOWN, Ga (Reuters) - From the pulpit this past Sunday, Pastor Brian Crisp prayed for President Joe Biden and delivered a passionate sermon on loving one's neigh...
Feb 12, 2021
Grand jury drops case against Buffalo, New York officers who shoved elderly man
(Reuters) - A grand jury has declined to indict two Buffalo, New York police officers who shoved an elderly man to the ground at a protest last June that was widely seen on video during a national wav...
Feb 12, 2021
Cuomo aide apologizes to lawmakers for withholding COVID-19 death toll in New York nursing homes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A senior aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo apologized to state lawmakers this week for the governor's office withholding requested data showing the death toll in nursing home...
Feb 12, 2021
White House meets with airline CEOs on COVID-19 travel issues
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of major U.S. airlines, including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, met virtually with the White House's COVID-...
Feb 12, 2021
Exclusive: Biden administration launches review aimed at closing Guantanamo prison – White House
By Matt Spetalnick, Trevor Hunnicutt and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has launched a formal review of the future of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay with the ...
Feb 12, 2021
