Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Exclusive: Center for American Progress takes aim at Trump’s Wall Street-friendly rules
By Katanga Johnson and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's leading liberal think tank, which for years has shaped Democratic financial, economic and social policies, has begun drawing u...
Sep 21, 2020
Factbox: Here are rules liberals think they could reverse under Biden presidency
By Pete Schroeder and Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Influential liberal think tanks are starting to identify Wall Street-friendly rule changes made by the Trump administration that could be s...
Sep 21, 2020
Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Barrett known for conservative religious views
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In considering Amy Coney Barrett for the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has turned to a federal appellate judge known for conserv...
Sep 21, 2020
Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Lagoa is fast-rising Cuban-American judicial star
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Barbara Lagoa, the Cuban-American federal appellate judge under consideration by President Donald Trump for the U.S. Supreme Court, is a conservative jurist whose resume inclu...
Sep 21, 2020
Explainer: Democratic ‘court packing’ would prompt a gloves-off political fight
By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - The vow by Republican President Donald Trump and the Republicans to quickly fill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat despite a looming election h...
Sep 21, 2020
In shadow of court fight, U.S. Congress seeks to avoid budget breakdown
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress this week will try to pass legislation funding the federal government through mid-December, avoiding the spectacle of a government shutdown am...
Sep 21, 2020
U.S. President Trump’s re-election campaign spent $61.2 million in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign spent $61.2 million in August, ending the month with $121.1 million in cash, according to a disclosure filed on Sunday with th...
Sep 20, 2020
Democrat Biden started September with nearly half a billion in cash, official says
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden and affiliated party groups held $466 million in cash at the beginning of September, according to a campaign official familiar with the fundr...
Sep 20, 2020
U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days, she said on Twitter, becoming the latest member of Congress...
Sep 20, 2020
Majority of Americans, including many Republicans, say wait for election to replace Ginsburg – Reuters poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of Americans, including many Republicans, want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Sup...
Sep 20, 2020
