Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden pledge to reopen PLO mission in Washington faces legal hurdles
By Rami Ayyub and Matt Spetalnick JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to work to reopen the Palestinians' diplomatic mission in Washington could be held up over a law that...
Jan 29, 2021
Special counsel appointed under Trump seeks prison for former FBI lawyer
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to falsifying a document during the agency's investigation of contacts between former President Donald Trump's 2016 camp...
Jan 29, 2021
Unlike Trump, Biden cannot lean on conservative Supreme Court to keep agenda alive
By Andrew Chung and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - The first major lawsuit hit President Joe Biden's administration two days after he took office, providing an early test not only of how much conservativ...
Jan 29, 2021
A partnership: Biden-Harris model their White House on Obama-Biden
By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden promised after November election's that he and Vice President Kamala Harris would govern as a "simpatico"...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden administration names former Obama aide Malley as Iran envoy: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday named Robert Malley, a former top adviser in the Obama administration, as special envoy for Iran, a senior State Department official said, c...
Jan 28, 2021
Exclusive: Georgia election board member to seek state AG probe of Trump
By Linda So (Reuters) - The lone Democrat on Georgia's state election board plans to introduce a motion next month urging state attorney general Chris Carr to open a criminal investigation into former...
Jan 28, 2021
Analysis: Biden’s climate change orders fast and furious, but lasting change will be harder
By Timothy Gardner and Jessica Resnick-Ault WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden made quick work signing a slew of sweeping executive orders targeting climate change that ranged from freezi...
Jan 28, 2021
Lawmaker Jim Jordan will not run for open Ohio Senate seat: campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmaker Jim Jordan will not run to fill retiring Ohio Senator Rob Portman's seat in 2022 and will instead run for re-election in the House, a campaign spokesperson s...
Jan 28, 2021
House ethics chairman wants Republican Greene out for claim 2018 school massacre was staged
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' ethics committee called for Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to be expelled from office for supporting a co...
Jan 28, 2021
Former Obama aide Malley to be named Biden’s envoy on Iran -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is expected to name Robert Malley, a former senior foreign policy adviser to then-President Barack Obama, as its special envoy on Iran, two sources fami...
Jan 28, 2021
