Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. Senate panel to take up FAA aircraft certification reform bill
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Sept. 16 will hold a hearing to consider a bill to strengthen U.S. oversight of aircraft certification following two fatal Boeing Co 737 MAX crashes. ...
Sep 10, 2020
Democrats plan bill requiring response to reported Russian bounties
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic U.S. senators plans to introduce a bill on Thursday that would require President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on any Russian invol...
Sep 10, 2020
Trump and Biden take sharply different paths on immigration
By John Whitesides and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's push to crack down on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republican's winn...
Sep 10, 2020
Senate to vote on Republican coronavirus aid bill opposed by Democrats
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was set to vote on Thursday on a Republican bill providing around $300 billion in new coronavirus aid, far below the $3 trillion Democrats insis...
Sep 10, 2020
Exclusive: Russian state hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm – sources
By Joel Schectman, Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's main election campaign a...
Sep 09, 2020
Trump rallies in Nevada canceled over crowd-size restrictions
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's plan to hold campaign rallies this weekend at two Nevada airports was scrapped on Wednesday after local authorities said the events would violate the s...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. House Speaker warns Britain that breaking Brexit treaty could imperil trade pact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Britain on Wednesday that ignoring some parts of its European Union divorce treaty could imperil any new trade agreemen...
Sep 09, 2020
Former U.S. official told to halt Russia intelligence assessments: whistleblower complaint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a former senior aide to stop providing intelligence assessments on Russia's interference in the United States, the former ...
Sep 09, 2020
White House says Trump to deliver remarks on judicial appointments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver remarks on judicial appointments at the White House on Wednesday, the White House said in a statement. White House Press Secretary Kayle...
Sep 09, 2020
Trump campaign, Republican National Committee raised $210 million in August: Fox News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $210 million in August, their biggest fund-raising month to date, Fox News report...
Sep 09, 2020
