Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Top Democrat accuses U.S. attorney general of lying about China election threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Sunday accused U.S. Attorney General William Barr of lying when he said China posed a bigger th...
Sep 06, 2020
Top U.S. Senate Democrat seeks probe into postmaster general’s campaign finance practices
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called on Sunday for the North Carolina attorney general to probe allegations published in the Washington Post that U.S Postm...
Sep 06, 2020
U.S. judge temporarily halts plan to wind down census
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to halt plans to wind down data collection by Sept. 30, handing a preliminary victory to municipalities and civil...
Sep 06, 2020
Mnuchin says he expects to fund U.S. government to early December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said a deal between the White House and Congress would fund the federal government through the beginning of December and that de...
Sep 06, 2020
Portland protesters throw fire bombs at officers on 100th day of demonstrations
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Protesters in Portland threw fire bombs at police on Saturday night and at least one person was injured, police said, on the 100th day of demonstrations in the Oregon cit...
Sep 06, 2020
Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen says president disparaged Black leaders and voters: report
(Contains profanities) By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, is alleging in a new book that Trump made disparaging remarks about Bl...
Sep 05, 2020
Several boats sink at Trump parade on Texas lake
(Reuters) - A boat parade in support of U.S. President Donald Trump crowded Lake Travis in Texas on Saturday, generating waves and choppy waters that led at least four boats to sink and others to cras...
Sep 05, 2020
Democrat Biden adds former rival Buttigieg, ex-Obama officials to transition team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden's presidential campaign on Saturday added former Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg, along with senior officials who served under President Barack Obama, to an ex...
Sep 05, 2020
Kamala Harris says Trump not credible on possible COVID-19 vaccine
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said she would not take President Donald Trump's word alone on any potential coronavirus vaccine. In ...
Sep 05, 2020
U.S. Republicans join call to delay vote on Trump pick to head Latam bank
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three senior former U.S. officials, all Republicans, have joined a growing chorus calling for a delay in the mid-September vote on the next leader of Latin Amer...
Sep 05, 2020
