Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump a no-show at Iowa evangelical forum, leaving opening for 2024 rivals
By James Oliphant (Reuters) - Republican contenders for president will address a gathering of social conservatives in the early nominating state of Iowa on Friday, but the event will be most notable f...
Jul 14, 2023
Disney seeks to toss district lawsuit in DeSantis feud
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will ask a Florida judge on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit by a state oversight board as part of the entertainment giant's effort to pursue its...
Jul 14, 2023
Pennsylvania next on Republican 2024 US Senate campaign wish-list
By David Morgan and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. Senate Republicans are moving to try to line up high-quality candidates for next year's elections after untested candidates with fri...
Jul 14, 2023
Appeals court orders new congressional map for New York, Democrats could benefit
(Reuters) - A New York appeals court on Thursday ordered a redrawing of the state's congressional map, handing a victory to Democrats hoping to retake control of the closely divided U.S. House of Repr...
Jul 13, 2023
US lawmakers make bipartisan push for psychedelics research in defense bill
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday pushed to include a provision allowing medical research of psychedelic drugs as part of a sweeping annual def...
Jul 13, 2023
White House: Biden’s support for Labor nominee Su is ‘unwavering’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's support for his nominee for labor secretary, Julie Su, is "unwavering" and the White House hopes Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema "reconsider their ...
Jul 13, 2023
Trump son-in-law Kushner testified before grand jury probing ex-president – NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and multiple other witnesses have testified before a grand jury in recent weeks about the former president's efforts to overturn the 2020...
Jul 13, 2023
US Senate vote gives Democrats control of workplace bias agency
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee to the agency that enforces workplace bias laws, giving Democrats a majority on the five-member panel th...
Jul 13, 2023
US resists calls by Trump to postpone trial in classified documents case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday urged the federal judge presiding over the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for his retention of classified records to de...
Jul 13, 2023
US Senator Manchin to oppose Julie Su’s nomination as labor secretary
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Thursday he will oppose the nomination of Julie Su as labor secretary, arguing she had a "progressive background" that would prevent her from fo...
Jul 13, 2023
