Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Kamala Harris stars in new comic book birthday gift
By Alicia Powell (Reuters) - A day after her birthday, Kamala Harris is getting her own comic book, chronicling her path from childhood to her historic nomination as U.S. vice president. "Female Force...
Sep 18, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi to meet with top U.S. airline CEOs
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will speak on Friday afternoon with the chief executives of top U.S. airlines, who a...
Sep 18, 2020
Trump to award Kuwaiti emir U.S. Legion of Merit: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will award the U.S. Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, to Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the White House said in a statement on F...
Sep 18, 2020
U.S. House to consider bills on Chinese goods made with forced labor -Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will consider two bills next week on goods made with forced labor from China's Xinjiang region, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday, with one that would res...
Sep 18, 2020
Michigan court rules that late arriving ballots can be counted
DETROIT (Reuters) - A Michigan court ruled on Friday that mailed ballots postmarked by Nov. 2 must be counted in the state as long as they are received by a clerk's office within two weeks after the N...
Sep 18, 2020
The foreign policy issues that divide Trump and Biden
By Simon Lewis and Michael Martina (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put "America First," overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. all...
Sep 18, 2020
Factbox: A look at the 43 competitive races in the U.S. House of Representatives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will defend their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in November elections, in which about one in 10 of the chamber's 435 seats will be the goal of a compet...
Sep 18, 2020
Trump, Biden to campaign in Minnesota as early voting begins
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, will both travel to the key Midwestern state of Minnesota on Friday, as early voting begins there ahead of November's electio...
Sep 18, 2020
Biden lambastes Trump over ‘close to criminal’ COVID-19 response
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden attacked President Donald Trump for disregarding the risks of the coronavirus on Thursday, blaming him for thousands of unnece...
Sep 17, 2020
Trump plans panel to promote ‘patriotic education’ in appeal to conservative base
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he planned to establish a commission to promote "patriotic education" in the United States, taking issue with efforts to hi...
Sep 17, 2020
