Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden to nominate Miguel Cardona for Secretary of Education
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Connecticut education official Miguel Cardona for Secretary of Education, his transition team said in a statement on Tuesday. Cardona would be ...
Dec 22, 2020
Trump grants full pardon to Russia probe figure George Papadopoulos
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russ...
Dec 22, 2020
Biden says huge data breach poses ‘grave risk’ to U.S., promises response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said on Tuesday that a widespread data breach of the government apparently carried out by the Russian government poses a "grave risk" to national ...
Dec 22, 2020
First Latino will represent California in U.S. Senate -governor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said he Tuesday will name Alex Padilla to the U.S. Senate to fill the remainder Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's term. Padilla, the Californ...
Dec 22, 2020
Biden picks Miguel Cardona as Secretary of Education as he finalizes Cabinet
By Simon Lewis and Jarrett Renshaw WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Joe Biden was set to name Connecticut's Commissioner of Education, Miguel Cardona, as his pick for U.S. Secretary of Education, as the p...
Dec 22, 2020
Biden to pick Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona as U.S. Secretary of Education – source
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Connecticut's Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona as his pick for U.S. Secretary of Education, according to a transition team source. Cardona,...
Dec 22, 2020
Trump meets U.S. House Republican allies to push voter fraud claims
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump met a group of Republican lawmakers on Monday in his thus-far fruitless bid to gain momentum for claims that the Nov. 3 presidential...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. federal spending bill includes funding to combat climate change
(Reuters) - The bill providing coronavirus aid and funding the U.S. government that is expected to be approved on Monday contains measures to address climate change, including limiting the use of a po...
Dec 21, 2020
Water chestnuts and Smokey Bear: Surprises await under the ‘Christmas tree’ COVID-19 relief bill
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 5,593-page bill poised to pass the U.S. Congress on Monday provides plenty of coronavirus aid. It also ensures that you will not go to prison for transporti...
Dec 21, 2020
Biden receives COVID-19 vaccine at Delaware hospital
NEWARK, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the Pfizer Inc COVID-19 vaccine on Monday at a hospital in Newark, Delaware, and he urged Americans to get the vaccin...
Dec 21, 2020
