Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Georgia certifies Democratic winners of Jan. 5 U.S. Senate run-off election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia officials have certified the results of the state's Jan. 5 runoff election for two U.S. Senate seats, its secretary of state said, confirming Democrats Jon Ossoff and Ra...
Jan 19, 2021
Biden’s choice for U.S. homeland security chief pledges to confront ‘domestic extremism’
By Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, said on Tuesday he would empower int...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. Senate leader McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, said in a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday that President Donald Trump "provoked" the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol....
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. Senate Republican leader cautions Democrats against big ‘ideological change’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said an evenly divided chamber did not give Democrats "mandate for sweeping, ideological change," cautioning Democrats against se...
Jan 19, 2021
Explainer: How Biden could use his whole government to take on climate change
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incoming U.S. President Joe Biden has promised an "all-of-government" approach to fight climate change that would require federal agencies from the Defense ...
Jan 19, 2021
Trump fraud claims open Republican rift in Texas and other red states
By Brad Brooks and Gabriella Borter LEVELLAND, Texas (Reuters) - Pat Cowan, a Republican official in west Texas, would rather blow up her party than see it controlled by "weak" Republicans who increas...
Jan 19, 2021
“Act big” on stimulus, Biden’s Treasury nominee Yellen to tell lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary, will urge lawmakers on Tuesday to "act big" on the next coronavirus relief package, adding that th...
Jan 19, 2021
A Picture and its Story – Protests, rallies and two impeachments: Trump’s presidency in photographs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - From a reality TV star's journey to the White House, to mass protests, pumped up crowds, the siege on the U.S. Capitol and two impeachments, Reuters photographers were on the gr...
Jan 19, 2021
Explainer: Trump’s legacy – Big policy changes that often got lost amid the din and scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump may be best remembered for his use of Twitter as a bully pulpit to stoke controversy or browbeat opponents, but the noise his tweets generated often distr...
Jan 19, 2021
In wake of U.S. Capitol attack, some law firms decline to halt political contributions
By Caroline Spiezio (Reuters) - While major corporations and some law firms stopped contributions to lawmakers after the deadly Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, few of the legal industries' most powe...
Jan 19, 2021
