Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
In a coronavirus world, Biden seeks ways to close money gap with Trump
By Elizabeth Culliford, Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden is starting to get the help he needs to compete with President Donald Trump's massive election war chest, a...
Apr 17, 2020
Backing Trump, U.S. Republicans call for WHO chief to resign
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. lawmakers called on President Donald Trump on Thursday to withhold payments to the World Health Organization until its director general resi...
Apr 16, 2020
Leading U.S. Democrat recommends remote coronavirus voting system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior member of the U.S. House of Representatives recommended on Thursday a voting system to allow lawmakers to authorize other lawmakers to vote for them during the coronavi...
Apr 16, 2020
Top U.S. Senate Republican decries lack of progress on small business aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. Senate on Thursday decried the lack of an agreement on a $250 billion emergency funding bill to help small businesses cope with the coronavirus ou...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. lawmakers argue over coronavirus response as small business program runs out
By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers argued Thursday about what the next coronavirus rescue package should include as a program to help small businesses ran out of ...
Apr 16, 2020
New attack ads preview Biden-Trump war on China
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's allies previewed a likely battle in the upcoming election on Thursday, unveiling new attack ads against Joe Biden's views on China before ...
Apr 16, 2020
Top House Republican says no ‘fig leaf’ on small business bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday he saw no reason to give Democrats any concessions to secure funding to help small businesses grappling ...
Apr 16, 2020
As the U.S. shut down, Trump’s legal fight to build wall ramped up
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Even as the Trump administration was struggling to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, it was ramping up efforts to seize land along U.S. southern border to build a wall...
Apr 16, 2020
North Dakota governor issues guidelines to reopen state May 1: statement
NEW YORK (Reuters) - North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum issued guidelines for reopening the state as soon as May 1 in a statement issued late Wednesday, according to a statement from his office. The st...
Apr 16, 2020
Democrats outraise Republicans in competitive Senate races in first quarter
By Jason Lange and Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic contenders for Republican-held U.S. Senate seats raised more money in early 2020 than their opponents in about half a dozen competiti...
Apr 16, 2020
