Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
New U.S. transportation chief optimistic about future of travel despite COVID-19
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday he was "deeply optimistic" about the future of travel despite the devastating impacts of the COVI...
Feb 03, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. mulls using law designed to prosecute Mafia against Capitol rioters
By Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is considering whether to charge members of far-right groups involved in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capit...
Feb 03, 2021
Biden White House says cannot release Trump visitor logs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration cannot release visitor logs from former President Donald Trump's White House, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told a news briefing on Wednesday. The W...
Feb 03, 2021
Biden to speak broadly on foreign policy in State Department visit: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will speak broadly about foreign policy when he visits the State Department on Thursday, but will not offer specifics on policy, White House spokeswoman...
Feb 03, 2021
Officer who died after storming of U.S. Capitol lies in honor
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers, the Washington mayor and police officers filed beneath the soaring U.S. Capitol dome on Wednesday to pay tribute to Brian Sicknick, the Capitol P...
Feb 03, 2021
U.S. Senate committee delays vote on Biden’s U.N. ambassador nominee
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee's vote on President Joe Biden's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has been ...
Feb 03, 2021
Trump impeachment lawyer says would be ‘idiotic,’ ‘insane’ to rehash election fraud claims
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A lawyer for Donald Trump on Wednesday said it would be "idiotic" and "insane" to dispute the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election during his Senate impeachment trial,...
Feb 03, 2021
U.S. Senate energy committee votes 13-4 to approve nomination of Granholm to head Energy Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Energy Committee voted 13-4 on Wednesday to approve the nomination of former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to head the Energy Department. Granholm, 61, wan...
Feb 03, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court to hear pipeline company’s bid to seize New Jersey land
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a bid by a consortium of energy companies seeking to seize land owned by the state of New Jersey to build a $1 bi...
Feb 03, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court scraps arguments in Trump-era immigration and wall cases
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday canceled upcoming scheduled arguments in appeals filed by Republican former President Donald Trump's administration defend...
Feb 03, 2021
