Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Factbox: With strokes of pen, Biden overturns Trump policies and fights COVID-19
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In his first days in office, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a wave of executive orders and proclamations aimed at dismantling some of former President Donald Trump's agenda and b...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden priority is dealing with Iran’s growing fissile material stockpile: Sullivan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A critical early priority for the Biden administration is to deal with an escalating crisis with Iran as Tehran gets closer to having enough fissile material for a nuclear weapo...
Jan 29, 2021
U.S. must be prepared to impose costs on China: Biden security adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said on Friday the United States needs to be prepared to impose costs on China for its actions against Uighur Mus...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden says action on COVID-19 stimulus needed “now”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Friday that Congress needs to take immediate action on his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal, adding that economists overwhelmingly believe addi...
Jan 29, 2021
Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood asked by licensing body to undergo mental health evaluation
By Jan Wolfe and David Thomas (Reuters) - An attorney licensing body on Friday said it has asked L. Lin Wood, a lawyer who played a key role in Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his election defeat,...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden renews deportation relief for Syrians in the United States
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of President Joe Biden on Friday extended deportation relief for several thousand Syrian immigrants living in the United States, an early move t...
Jan 29, 2021
Proud Boys supporter who U.S. says had ammunition cache and made threats pleads not guilty
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Proud Boys supporter who U.S. prosecutors said kept a large weapons cache and made ominous social media posts, including toward a Democratic senator, pleaded...
Jan 29, 2021
White House says Biden in call with Russia’s Putin called for Navalny release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in their phone call this week, White House spokeswoman Jen Ps...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden to sign order to modernize the U.S. immigration system on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to sign a directive modernizing the U.S. immigration system on Tuesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. "On Tuesday, President Biden w...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden administration to send team to Kabul for peace process consulations: Afghan president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will send a team to Kabul for consulations on efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Friday. "The United States is...
Jan 29, 2021
