Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. envoy Kerry says climate change measures must be stepped up
MILAN (Reuters) - U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry said on Thursday measures to tackle climate change needed to be ramped up significantly and achieving net zero global carbon emissions by 2050 w...
Jan 21, 2021
Explainer: With no self-pardon in hand, private citizen Trump faces uncertain legal future
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Donald Trump issued a list of pardons during his final hours as U.S. president but did not include himself, his children, or personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, even though adviser...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden to tackle coronavirus pandemic on first full day in White House
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will launch an array of initiatives on Thursday to rein in the raging coronavirus pandemic, tackling his top priority on...
Jan 21, 2021
World welcomes U.S. return to Paris climate accord, readies wish-list for Biden
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Climate-change leaders and campaigners worldwide welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's move to rejoin the 2015 Paris Agreement but said Washington must also cut emiss...
Jan 20, 2021
Biden White House pledges data, transparency, respect for free press
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's press secretary held her first news conference on Wednesday, seven hours after Biden's inauguration, vowing to bring truth and transparency back to governm...
Jan 20, 2021
Biden will leave mechanics of Trump impeachment trial to Senate: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will leave the mechanics of how to proceed with former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial to the U.S. Senate, White House Press Secretary Jen Ps...
Jan 20, 2021
White House says $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal based on specific needs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's proposal for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package was based on an assessment of specific needs, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday,...
Jan 20, 2021
White House says Biden to hold first foreign leader call with Canada’s Trudeau on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's first telephone conversion with a foreign leader will be with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and it will happen on Friday, White House Press S...
Jan 20, 2021
Senate vote on Yellen as Treasury chief unlikely until next week: sources
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is unlikely to vote on the nomination of Janet Yellen for Treasury Secretary until next week, congressional s...
Jan 20, 2021
U.S. Senate approves Haines as Director of National Intelligence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved Avril Haines as the Director of National Intelligence, the nation's top intelligence job, making her the first of President Joe Biden's nom...
Jan 20, 2021
