Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Lawyer says Trump was just ‘asking’ with 2020 election actions
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer for Donald Trump on Sunday argued that any actions the former president took after his 2020 re-election loss were "aspirational asks," and balked at a p...
Aug 06, 2023
Ex-Vice President Pence does not rule out being witness for Trump’s prosecution
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday did not rule out being a prosecution witness if his ex-boss Donald Trump goes to trial on charges of orchestrating a crimi...
Aug 06, 2023
Trump’s threatening post flagged by U.S. prosecutors to judge
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors flagged a threatening social media post from Donald Trump in a late-night court filing on Friday, arguing that it suggests he might intimidate witnesses by im...
Aug 04, 2023
Exclusive-DeSantis’ biggest donor says he won’t give more money unless changes are made
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - Hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow, the biggest individual donor to a group supporting Ron DeSantis' presidential bid, told Reuters on Friday he will not donate more mone...
Aug 04, 2023
Factbox-Trump’s overlapping assortment of defense lawyers
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump has assembled overlapping teams of lawyers as he balances mounting legal peril with his 2024 election campaign to return to the White...
Aug 04, 2023
Texas man who suggested ‘mass shooting of poll workers’ sentenced to 3-1/2 years
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Texas man who suggested a "mass shooting of poll workers" in 2022 elections and threatened two Maricopa County, Arizona, officials and their children was sen...
Aug 04, 2023
Mississippi cannot strip convicts of right to vote, court rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Friday ruled that tens of thousands of Mississippi convicts who had completed their sentences were being unconstitutionally stripped of t...
Aug 04, 2023
US lawmakers back closer coordination with Pacific islands to counter China
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has proposed legislation to support establishment of national security councils in strategic Pacific island states that a...
Aug 04, 2023
Trump lawyers drop second challenge to Georgia prosecutor, grand jury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Donald Trump have dropped a second longshot bid to disqualify the Georgia prosecutor investigating whether the former president illegally interfered with the state's...
Aug 04, 2023
Biden order curbing investment to China expected next week-sources
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is expected to issue his long-awaited executive order to screen outbound investments in sensitive technologies to China early next week, according to ...
Aug 04, 2023
