Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden’s top diplomat, Blinken, vows to revitalize alliances, U.S. leadership
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's incoming secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is set to pledge on Tuesday that he will work to revitalize damaged American diplomacy ...
Jan 19, 2021
Factbox: Biden plans to reverse Trump policies during first days in office
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign dozens of executive orders and send sweeping bills to Congress in his first days in office, aiming to roll back some of Dona...
Jan 19, 2021
Washington’s inauguration is normally a ball – now it’s a ‘ghost town with soldiers’
By David Lawder and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Central Washington is an armed fortress, fenced off with razor wire and surrounded by 25,000 National Guard troops ahead of President-elect J...
Jan 19, 2021
Analysis – Trump’s legacy: A more divided America, a more unsettled world
By Matt Spetalnick, Andrea Shalal, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Donald Trump delivered his inaugural speech on Jan. 20, 2017, he promised an end to "American carn...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. lawmakers aim to curtail face recognition even as the technology IDs Capitol attackers
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are moving ahead with efforts to ban facial recognition software even as the technology helps identify supporters of President Donald Trump wh...
Jan 18, 2021
Trump orders assessment of security risks of Chinese made drones in U.S. govt fleet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing U.S agencies to prioritize removing Chinese-made drones from American government fleets and to assess any se...
Jan 18, 2021
Exclusive: Trump lifting COVID-19 travel restrictions on Europe, UK, Brazil – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will rescind entry bans for most non-U.S. citizens who recently were in Brazil and much of Europe starting on Jan. 26, two officials briefed on the m...
Jan 18, 2021
Yellen says U.S. must ‘act big’ on next coronavirus relief package
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to run the Treasury Department, will tell the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday that the government ...
Jan 18, 2021
U.S. Census Bureau director resigns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Census Bureau's embattled director resigned on Monday and will retire on Wednesday, the day Democratic President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, according to a letter o...
Jan 18, 2021
Exclusive: Senator Gillibrand eyes extending Civil Rights Act protections to U.S. troops
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she will work with colleagues on legislation giving U.S. troops the same legal protections against discrimination as civilian emp...
Jan 18, 2021
