Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Pelosi aims to finish COVID-19 relief by month’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she expects lawmakers to complete legislation based on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 reli...
Feb 11, 2021
Biden to call for U.S. infrastructure revamp in meeting with lawmakers
By Alexandra Alper and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is set to meet with a bipartisan group of senators on Thursday at the White House to seek support for major spending ...
Feb 11, 2021
Plans afoot for Biden to join virtual Munich Security Conference: source
BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has been invited to address a virtual edition of the annual Munich Security Conference on Feb. 19 and plans are being made for him to do so, a diplomatic so...
Feb 11, 2021
Citing China threat, business groups, experts push Biden administration for digital policy
By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration needs to develop an aggressive, coherent digital policy to counter China's growing technological power, industry group...
Feb 11, 2021
Democrats to focus on “terrible toll” of riot as Trump impeachment trial continues
By Susan Cornwell and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats making the case that Donald Trump should be convicted of inciting the siege at the U.S. Capitol will focus on Thursday on the damage...
Feb 11, 2021
Graphic riot videos not enough to convict Trump, some Republican senators say
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Multiple Republican senators found graphic videos of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol upsetting but suggested they would not lead them to convict for...
Feb 11, 2021
U.S. chip industry calls on Biden administration to fund factories
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - A group of U.S. chip companies on Thursday sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to provide "substantial funding for incentives for semiconductor manufacturing"...
Feb 11, 2021
U.S. House panel approves $42.5 billion for transportation
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee voted Wednesday to approve a plan to provide $42 billion in assistance to transportation sectors and workers as part of a $1.9 trillio...
Feb 10, 2021
Exclusive: Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks t...
Feb 10, 2021
U.S. judge orders detention for alleged Proud Boy who blames Trump for Capitol riots
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered an alleged member of the far-right Proud Boys be detained pending trial over his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capi...
Feb 10, 2021
