Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump says there will be an orderly transition to Biden presidency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday there will be an orderly transition when Joe Biden takes office as president in less than two weeks, after Congress certified the De...
Jan 07, 2021
U.S. Congress certifies Biden win hours after harrowing Capitol Hill assault
By Patricia Zengerle, Jonathan Landay and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a harrowing assault on American de...
Jan 07, 2021
U.S. Congress accepts Electoral College result; clears way for Biden to become president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden was cleared to be sworn in as U.S. president on Jan. 20 when Vice President Mike Pence declared that Congress had confirmed the Electoral College tally of sta...
Jan 07, 2021
U.S. Congress certifies enough Electoral College votes to give Biden victory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Thursday certified enough Electoral College votes for Democrat Joe Biden to hand him the victory in the Nov. 3 presidential race over Republican President D...
Jan 07, 2021
How security failures enabled Trump mob to storm U.S. Capitol
By Joseph Tanfani, John Shiffman, Brad Heath and Mark Hosenball (Reuters) - The bloody chaos inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was ...
Jan 07, 2021
Explainer: What to expect next in U.S. election certification
(Reuters) - After a dramatic day of violence at the U.S. Capitol, lawmakers in the House of Representatives and the Senate were meeting early on Thursday to certify President-elect Joe Biden's electio...
Jan 07, 2021
Missouri senator’s home-state paper: Hawley has ‘blood on his hands’
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican at the forefront of a bid to block congressional certification of the Electoral College vote, is largely to blame for "inspi...
Jan 06, 2021
Two top White House officials resign after Capitol violence, more on the way -sources
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two top aides to first lady Melania Trump resigned on Wednesday in the wake of violence on Capitol Hill, and more top White House officials were considering res...
Jan 06, 2021
Twitter, Facebook freeze Trump accounts as tech giants respond to storming of U.S. capitol
By Elizabeth Culliford, Katie Paul and Joseph Menn (Reuters) -Twitter and Facebook Inc on Wednesday temporarily locked the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, as tech giants scrambled to crack do...
Jan 06, 2021
Melania Trump’s chief of staff resigns after mobs storm U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stephanie Grisham resigned as chief of staff to first lady Melania Trump on Wednesday after supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied the U.S. Capitol in an effort...
Jan 06, 2021
