Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Hunter special counsel could weigh on Biden 2024 campaign
By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose (Reuters) - The appointment on Friday of a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden helped ensure that the criminal probe of the president's son will cast a long...
Aug 12, 2023
Gun laws or second amendment is a ‘false choice,’ Harris says in Chicago
By Bianca Flowers CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris jumped into another divisive American issue ahead of the 2024 re-election campaign on Friday, vowing support for activists tryin...
Aug 11, 2023
Who is David Weiss, US special counsel in the Hunter Biden case?
(Refiling to correct date to 2019 from 2018 in paragraph 5) By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Prosecutor David Weiss has spent years probing allegations involving President Joe Biden's son, Hu...
Aug 11, 2023
Biden’s ‘ticking time bomb’ remark referred to China’s internal tensions -White House
By Andrea Shalal and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's comment about China being a "ticking time bomb" referred to internal economic and social tensions that could have an e...
Aug 11, 2023
Reactions to appointment of a U.S. special counsel in Hunter Biden case
(Reuters) - Here are some reactions to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointment on Friday of David Weiss as a special counsel to investigate whether President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden,...
Aug 11, 2023
Hunter Biden likely to face trial as US special counsel named
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden may be headed for trial on criminal charges after talks on a potential plea deal reached impasse, the newly named U.S. ...
Aug 11, 2023
Trump lawyers to challenge limits on evidence-sharing, prosecutors warn of threats
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers on Friday will urge a judge to give the former U.S. president more leeway to publicly share portions of the evidence that will be used i...
Aug 11, 2023
Trump appeals dismissal of defamation claim against E. Jean Carroll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Thursday appealed a judge's dismissal of his claim that the writer E. Jean Carroll defamed him by accusing him of rape, though a jury that awarded her $5 million f...
Aug 10, 2023
US Senator Joe Manchin says ‘thinking seriously’ about leaving Democratic Party
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a maverick Democrat who has often bucked party leadership, told a radio station in his home state of West Virginia on Thursday that ...
Aug 10, 2023
Special Counsel Smith proposes Jan 2, 2024 date for Trump trial – filing
(Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday asked a federal judge to schedule a Jan 2, 2024 trial on charges that former U.S. President Donald Trump plotted to overturn his 2020 U.S. presi...
Aug 10, 2023
