Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
US House, Senate leaders committed to passing spending bills, McCarthy says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that he and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer were committed to passing all spending bills by the Sept. ...
Jul 27, 2023
White House says there is no possibility Biden would pardon his son
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday there was no possibility President Joe Biden would pardon his son Hunter, who is facing charges of failing to pay taxes on more than $1.5 million in...
Jul 27, 2023
U.S. House votes to approve first 2024 spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a fiscal 2024 appropriations bill for military construction and veterans affairs on Thursday, the first of 12 spen...
Jul 27, 2023
Aviation legislation stalls in US Congress over pilot training rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age to 67 from 65 and make other aviation reforms has stalled due to disagreements on whether to re...
Jul 27, 2023
Bankman-Fried campaign finance charge dropped, lessening trial’s political focus
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The decision by U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday to drop a campaign finance charge against Sam Bankman-Fried may keep his trial focused on what the government considers ...
Jul 27, 2023
US senators Warren, Graham kick off bipartisan anti-Big Tech push
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, a Republican, said on Thursday they would push for an ambitious bill to create a new government re...
Jul 27, 2023
Trump lawyers arrive at office of U.S. special counsel -ABC News
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) -Lawyers for former U.S. President Donald Trump arrived at the office of Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday, ABC News reported, the day a grand jury meets in the investigatio...
Jul 27, 2023
US Senator Menendez says he has not changed opposition to Turkey F-16 sale
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BoU.S. Senator Bob Menendez said on Wednesday he still had concerns about the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, and had not changed his hold on the sale ...
Jul 26, 2023
U.S. House spending bill clears procedural hurdle in party-line vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first of 12 fiscal 2024 spending bills overcame a procedural hurdle in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, as lawmakers edged toward a loom...
Jul 26, 2023
US House Republicans face test on 2024 spending bills
By David Morgan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives face an uphill battle this week passing their first two fiscal 2024 spending bill...
Jul 26, 2023
