Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Pfizer, unions, others donated $61.8 million for Biden’s inaugural
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden raised $61.8 million for his inauguration events, receiving large contributions from corporations, labor unions and wealthy individuals, according to a ...
Apr 21, 2021
Top antitrust U.S. senator says Apple’s AirTags news is ‘timely’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, the top Senate Democrat on antitrust issues, said Apple's announcement that it would introduce the AirTag tracker device was "timely" as it was the k...
Apr 21, 2021
U.S. launches probe of Minneapolis police after Chauvin conviction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday launched a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis following a jury's verdict that former city police off...
Apr 21, 2021
Russia’s foreign ministry summons deputy head of U.S. embassy -RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned the deputy head of the U.S. embassy in Moscow, the RIA news agency reported. On Tuesday, U.S. ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan said...
Apr 21, 2021
‘Last Straw’: Americans confront racism, violence in Chauvin trial
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The trial and conviction of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd came with America at a crossroads, a moment of anguish, but also of possibi...
Apr 21, 2021
U.S. lawmakers look to advance sweeping effort to counter China
By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers expect sweeping legislation to boost the country's ability to push back against China will advance through a Senate panel...
Apr 21, 2021
‘No sympathy’ for Chauvin, say those who had run-ins before Floyd
By Nathan Layne MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - For some of those who encountered Derek Chauvin's policing or witnessed his use of force as an officer there is no sympathy for the man convicted of killing Geo...
Apr 21, 2021
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi criticized for thanking George Floyd for ‘sacrificing your life’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday drew criticism by thanking George Floyd, a Black man who became a symbol of the struggle for racial justice, after ...
Apr 20, 2021
U.S. judge rejects ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s bid to end sentence early
By Jonathan Stempel and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a petition by Michael Cohen, the onetime personal lawyer and fixer for former President Donald Trump, t...
Apr 20, 2021
Majority of U.S. Senate votes to confirm Lisa Monaco as deputy attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to confirm President Joe Biden's nominee Lisa Monaco to serve as deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the...
Apr 20, 2021
