Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Sending National Guard to Washington could slow U.S. vaccine hand out
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The need to divert National Guard troops to Washington to provide security for next week's inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden could hinder the distributi...
Jan 11, 2021
Twitter suspends tens of thousands of accounts dedicated to sharing QAnon content
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts since Friday that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content after last week's violence in Washington when supporters of ...
Jan 11, 2021
How Trump’s pied pipers rallied a faithful mob to the Capitol
By Joseph Tanfani, Michael Berens and Ned Parker (Reuters) - Weeks before mobs besieged the Capitol building in Washington, a bright red bus crisscrossed the United States, emblazoned with a huge imag...
Jan 11, 2021
Acting U.S. homeland security secretary stepping down: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told his staff on Monday he was stepping down, becoming the latest senior Trump administration official to resign following last wee...
Jan 11, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court shuns election-related disputes
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday steered clear of more cases involving bids by President Donald Trump and some Republican allies to overturn his election loss...
Jan 11, 2021
Republicans face growing corporate backlash after Capitol assault
By Andy Sullivan and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress faced growing blowback on Monday from businesses that said they would cut off campaign contributions to th...
Jan 11, 2021
Factbox: Biden Cabinet – President-elect fills out his team
(Reuters) - Democratic President-elect Joe Biden has selected people for his Cabinet, his White House team and other top jobs in his administration ahead of being sworn into office on Jan. 20. On Mond...
Jan 11, 2021
Google pauses federal campaign contributions after U.S. Capitol siege
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google will pause all campaign donations from its political action committee, a spokesman said, in the wake of the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol and e...
Jan 11, 2021
U.S. imposes sanctions on Ukrainians over election interference
By Daphne Psaledakis, Raphael Satter and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on several Ukrainian individuals and entities, accusing them of U.S. electi...
Jan 11, 2021
U.S. House to consider impeachment article on Wednesday -lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' Rules Committee said he expected the article of impeachment against President Donald Trump to get to the House floor for a vot...
Jan 11, 2021
