Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Senators to ask Biden to restore POW-MIA flag to White House after Trump departure
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several lawmakers plan to urge President Joe Biden on Friday to restore a flag honoring missing war veterans to the White House, according to a copy of a lett...
Jan 22, 2021
After big hack of U.S. government, Biden enlists ‘world class’ cybersecurity team
By Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defen...
Jan 22, 2021
Biden to sign order to increase pandemic-related food aid
By Steve Holland and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday will sign two executive orders aimed at speeding pandemic stimulus checks to families who need it most and inc...
Jan 22, 2021
Biden’s bold immigration overhaul may face a Republican wall in Congress
By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a bold opening salvo from the incoming administration of President Joe Biden: an immigration bill that would open a path to citizenship f...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden to push U.S. Congress for money to fight pandemic globally
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States will back a global plan to combat COVID-19 and get vaccines to poorer countries as part of a national strategy unveiled by President Joe Bide...
Jan 21, 2021
Top Republicans ask Biden for tougher response to China sanctions on Trump officials
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration faced pressure from Republican lawmakers on its second day in office for a more forceful response to Beijing's a...
Jan 21, 2021
Filibuster face-off: Schumer, McConnell at loggerheads over U.S. Senate power sharing
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A standoff between new U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and the man he replaced, Republican Mitch McConnell, over a core rule of Senate o...
Jan 21, 2021
Trump hires South Carolina lawyer Bowers for impeachment defense
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump has hired South Carolina-based lawyer Butch Bowers to represent him in his Senate impeachment trial over a charge that he incited ...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden pivots away from old court battles, helps ignite new ones
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden in his short time in office already has turned the page on some major legal battles that consumed former President Donald Trump's administ...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden taps FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel as acting chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden tapped Democratic Federal Communications Commissioner (FCC) Jessica Rosenworcel to be the acting chair of the U.S. telecommunications regulator on Thursday. ...
Jan 21, 2021
