Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. Senate confirms Buttigieg to head Transportation Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor who challenged Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday on a 86-13 vote to head the ...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. impeachment managers argue Trump pointed mob ‘like a loaded cannon’ toward Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Democrats who will prosecute former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on charges of inciting insurrection will argue that he pointed a...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. House Democrats ready first stop toward $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill
By David Morgan and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives prepared to take the first step forward on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief ...
Feb 02, 2021
‘Patriot Party’ Trump supporter groups grow rapidly on Facebook: study
By Katie Paul PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Far-right backers of Donald Trump are drumming up support on social media for the idea of a "Patriot Party," using references to militia groups and promoting a mix ...
Feb 02, 2021
Explainer: Is Trump’s post-presidency impeachment trial constitutional?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The upcoming second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, focusing on a charge of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by his followers, has p...
Feb 02, 2021
Trump lawyers to file pretrial documents with U.S. Senate in preview of impeachment defense
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Tuesday to respond to the U.S. House of Representatives' impeachment charging him with inciting insurrection i...
Feb 02, 2021
‘He invited us’: Accused Capitol rioters blame Trump in novel legal defense
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Emanuel Jackson, a 20-year-old Washington area man, was caught on video using a metal bat to strike the protective shields wielded by police officers as they tried to fend off...
Feb 02, 2021
Explainer: Biden pledged to reunite migrant families separated by Trump policies. What happens now?
By Mimi Dwyer and Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) - U.S. president Joe Biden is on Tuesday expected to announce a task force to reunify families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the administration ...
Feb 02, 2021
Biden to issue executive orders on asylum, legal immigration, separated families
By Ted Hesson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will order a major review of asylum processing at the U.S.-Mexico border and the legal immigration system as ...
Feb 02, 2021
Analysis: Biden threatened Myanmar sanctions. What are his options?
By Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, facing his first major international crisis after Myanmar's military seized power, could impose a n...
Feb 01, 2021
