Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. State Department issues sanctions warning to banks over Hong Kong crackdown
By David Brunnstrom, Matt Spetalnick and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday formally warned international financial institutions doing business with indivi...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. quietly ends probe of Obama-era ‘unmasking’ of Trump allies: sources
By Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has ended its probe into whether Obama administration officials improperly "unmasked" associates of now-Presiden...
Oct 14, 2020
Pelosi, Mnuchin had productive talks on coronavirus relief, spokesman says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin had a productive discussion about coronavirus relief proposals on Wednesday, but the admi...
Oct 14, 2020
Supreme Court TV? Trump nominee has open mind on cameras
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said on Wednesday she was open to at least one sweeping change for the nation's top ju...
Oct 14, 2020
Senator Warren slams Disney for layoffs, executives’ salaries
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren slammed Walt Disney Co's move to lay off 28,000 workers while making shareholder payouts in the years leading up to the COVID-19 ...
Oct 14, 2020
Supreme Court confirmation hearing doubles as campaign stop for embattled Republicans
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embattled Senate Republicans took advantage of the spotlight at Tuesday's confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's third Supreme Court nominee to t...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett faces second day of scrutiny
By Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces more grilling by senators on Wednesday, a day after fending off repeate...
Oct 14, 2020
As more Americans vote early, Trump presses on to Iowa
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With less than three weeks to go until the U.S. presidential election, President Donald Trump on Wednesday will hold a rally in Iowa, as he tries to make up fo...
Oct 14, 2020
Indian Americans solidly behind Biden in U.S. presidential election, survey shows
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nearly three-quarters of Indian Americans plan to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in the U.S. election next month, believing the country i...
Oct 13, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump to wind down census early
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to wind down population counting for the 2020 U.S. census earlier than originally ...
Oct 13, 2020
