Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump faces Tuesday deadline to deliver formal response to impeachment as trial looms
By Richard Cowan and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's unprecedented second impeachment trial takes shape this week, as Democrats outline their case and Trump ...
Feb 01, 2021
Once united in support of Biden, environmentalists and unions clash over pipelines
By Laura Sanicola and Nia Williams NEW YORK (Reuters) - Environmentalists and labor unions that threw their support behind U.S. President Joseph Biden now find themselves on the opposite sides of a ba...
Feb 01, 2021
Trump fundraising committee raises $30.9 million at close of 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's fundraising committee, formed after losing the November election to U.S. President Joe Biden, raised $30.9 million in the final weeks of 2020, according to a disc...
Jan 31, 2021
Trump names lawyers to lead his impeachment defense team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's office on Sunday said trial lawyers David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor will lead Trump's legal team during his Senate impeachment trial. The a...
Jan 31, 2021
U.S. Republicans grapple with internal divisions as Trump trial looms
By Ted Hesson and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Republicans face a week of reckoning ahead of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial as the former president contends with a...
Jan 31, 2021
Group of 10 Republican Senators propose compromise on COVID-19 relief bill
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 10 U.S. Senate Republicans plan to unveil a proposed compromise on COVID-19 relief legislation on Monday, saying they believe their proposal can win...
Jan 31, 2021
Trump parts ways with impeachment lawyers: source
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly parted ways on Saturday with two lawyers who had been working on his defense for his Senate impeachment trial in wha...
Jan 30, 2021
Chicago teachers say COVID-19 safety plan talks to continue with district over the weekend
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers said on Friday talks will continue this weekend with the district in hopes of reaching an COVID-19 safety plan agreement that would avoid work s...
Jan 29, 2021
U.S. House Democrat to move office after confrontation with Republican lawmaker
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the latest sign of rising tensions within the U.S. Congress, a Democratic congresswoman said on Friday she plans to relocate her Capitol Hill office for safe...
Jan 29, 2021
U.S. agencies in talks to finalize Biden transportation mask mandate
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. agencies have been in talks this week to finalize a planned Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order to implement a federal mask mandate i...
Jan 29, 2021
