Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Factbox-What happens if the U.S. government runs out of money on Monday?
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's threat not to sign a $2.3 trillion spending package approved by Congress has already shuttered an emergency unemployment aid program and threatens a partial f...
Dec 27, 2020
U.S. jobless benefit cut-off pushes millions to financial cliff-edge
By Simon Lewis (Reuters) - When the U.S. Congress passed a pandemic aid bill on Monday, Meghan Meyer, a single mom from Lincoln, Nebraska, thought she would get some respite from the daily struggle to...
Dec 26, 2020
Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits as Trump refuses to sign aid bill
By Steve Holland and Richard Cowan PALM BEACH, Fla/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump refused to sign into law...
Dec 25, 2020
Politics overhangs U.S. Christmas as government shutdown nears, COVID aid uncertain
By Tim Reid and Richard Cowan (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will spend Christmas Day at his Palm Beach resort as millions of Americans face the risk of losing jobless benefits on Saturday and a p...
Dec 25, 2020
Explainer: Can anything stop Trump from pardoning his family or even himself?
By Jan Wolfe President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted pardons to his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former adviser Roger Stone, sweeping away the most important convictions from U.S. Sp...
Dec 24, 2020
Nearly 2.1 million have voted early in U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia
By Brad Heath WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 2.1 million people have cast ballots in a U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia that will determine whether Democrats control both chambers of Congress and...
Dec 24, 2020
Biden transition team holds talks with biofuel groups -sources
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's transition team has held calls with biofuel groups on topics including compliance with U.S. biofuel blending laws and Biden's l...
Dec 24, 2020
U.S. House speaker Pelosi presses Trump to sign bill avoiding government shutdown before Monday -Statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will summon lawmakers back to work on Monday to vote on a bill that increases COVID-19 stimulus payments ...
Dec 24, 2020
Democrats want rushed vote on Trump’s $2,000 coronavirus aid checks
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday aim to win quick passage of legislation providing $2,000 in direct payments to Americans as part of a...
Dec 24, 2020
Trump pardons former campaign chairman Manafort, associate Roger Stone
By Steve Holland PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, associate Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, a real estate dev...
Dec 23, 2020
