Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
US President Biden’s son Hunter set to plead guilty to tax charges
By Jack Queen WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is set to plead guilty on Wednesday to two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes, part...
Jul 26, 2023
US congressional committee set to weigh crypto bills
By Hannah Lang WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key congressional committee is set to vote this week on several bills that would develop a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, a milestone for Capitol Hi...
Jul 25, 2023
Top US Republican McCarthy ponders Biden impeachment probe
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday that he could launch an impeachment inquiry into Democratic President Joe Biden, if the administration fa...
Jul 25, 2023
Bannon co-defendant Shea sentenced to 5-1/4 years over ‘We Build the Wall’ fraud
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sole person convicted at trial of defrauding donors to an online campaign to build Donald Trump's signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced on Tue...
Jul 25, 2023
Ron DeSantis cuts dozens of staff as his 2024 campaign expenses pile up
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign said on Tuesday it had let go of 38 employees in recent weeks, or over one-third of the campaign's staff, as the Florida gov...
Jul 25, 2023
Exclusive-US senators seek salary information from Fed’s inspector general
By David Morgan and Costas Pitas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Rick Scott and Democrat Elizabeth Warren have asked for salary information from the Fed's Inspector General, who serves as th...
Jul 25, 2023
US House Republicans bring culture wars into spending showdown with Senate
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is due to begin voting this week on a series of spending bills that take aim at culture-war targets, putt...
Jul 25, 2023
Biden administration pushing insurers to improve access to mental health treatment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is making a fresh push to force health insurance companies to improve access to mental health treatment for Americans who too often struggle to find and affo...
Jul 25, 2023
Biden names new Emmett Till monument as US grapples with racist history
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 killing helped galvanize the Civil Rights moveme...
Jul 25, 2023
White House says Biden will veto Republican-backed bills over spending cuts
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden would veto Republican-backed defense, heath and agriculture spending bills if he were presented with them, the White House said on Mon...
Jul 24, 2023
