Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Treasury’s Mnuchin: It’s still not time for Harriet Tubman $20 bill
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday it still is not time to introduce a new $20 bill picturing escaped slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman ...
Jun 11, 2020
Exclusive: Most Americans, including Republicans, support sweeping Democratic police reform proposals – Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most Americans, including a majority of President Donald Trump's Republican Party, support sweeping law enforcement reforms such as a ban on chokeholds and racial pr...
Jun 11, 2020
Trump faces backlash from African-American leaders on Tulsa rally
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump is facing criticism for his decision to hold a campaign rally next week on Juneteenth, a holiday marking the end of slavery, in a city ...
Jun 11, 2020
Trump and Biden hit campaign trail to tout plans for economic recovery
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland PHILADELPHIA/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, headed to must-win election battlegrounds on Thursday...
Jun 11, 2020
Oklahoma City suspect who died said he couldn’t breathe; police officer said ‘I don’t care’
(Reuters) - Police in Oklahoma have released body camera footage showing the 2019 arrest of a man who said "I can't breathe," to which an officer responded "I don't care" just minutes before the suspe...
Jun 11, 2020
Amid protests, Harris emerges as top contender for Biden’s V.P. slot
By James Oliphant, Trevor Hunnicutt and Elizabeth Culliford WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid the nationwide protests over racism and police brutality, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris may have found the powerful...
Jun 11, 2020
White Americans turn out for Floyd protests, but will they work for change?
By Nandita Bose and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leslie Batson, a white office administrator from Maryland, joined the thousands of marchers protesting the killing of George Floyd in Washing...
Jun 11, 2020
Senate committee unveils $740 billion defense bill, targets China
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday unveiled its version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a $740 billion bill set...
Jun 11, 2020
A month into reopening, no clear turn for U.S. economy or pandemic
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A month into efforts to broadly reopen the U.S. economy there is little clarity either on the pace and durability of the recovery, or on the ability to convi...
Jun 11, 2020
Country music’s Lady Antebellum changes name because of slavery association
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music group Lady Antebellum on Thursday changed its name to Lady A, saying it regretted its blindspot over the name's association with a time of slavery in the United S...
Jun 11, 2020
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