Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump to push for reopening U.S. as millions more seek unemployment aid
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to announce new guidelines to reopen the economy after a monthlong shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak, despite ...
Apr 16, 2020
Trump backers protest Michigan stay-at-home orders at state capitol
By Seth Herald LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators in cars with horns honking thronged around Michigan's state Capitol on Wednesday, some chanting "lock her up," to protest against s...
Apr 15, 2020
Warren says she would accept an offer to be Biden’s running mate
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Wednesday that she would accept an offer to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate if the position were off...
Apr 15, 2020
Trump threatens to adjourn U.S. Congress
By Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to either force the U.S. Congress to formally adjourn, or return to the Capitol despit...
Apr 15, 2020
Texas judge allows vote by mail amid coronavirus fears
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A county judge in Texas said on Wednesday he would allow mail-in ballots from any voters who fear for their health because of the coronavirus pandemic, attorneys involved in ...
Apr 15, 2020
U.S. senator says Apple, Google must convince public that contact tracing will not violate privacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smartphone software makers Alphabet's Google and Apple need to convince the public that their efforts to build apps to help track who has been exposed to the new coronavirus wil...
Apr 15, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump financial records cases on May 12
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday announced it will hear a dispute over whether President Donald Trump's tax and financial records should b...
Apr 15, 2020
As pandemic lingers, U.S. House looking ‘very closely’ at remote voting
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is now looking "very closely" at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirus-forced recess looks poi...
Apr 15, 2020
Senate Democrats seek $30 billion plan for national coronavirus testing program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, said on Wednesday, that testing for the fast-spreading and deadly coronavirus is inadequate and that the country should plow ...
Apr 15, 2020
Trial for Giuliani associates Parnas, Fruman pushed back to February 2021
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday delayed the trial of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two associates of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, on...
Apr 15, 2020
