Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Facebook lifts block on pro-Biden ad, citing ‘enforcement error’
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it had erred in blocking a pro-Biden ad submitted by Democratic political action committee Priorities USA, after initially telling t...
Aug 31, 2020
Facebook partners with external researchers to study its impact during U.S. election
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it is partnering with external researchers to examine the impact of the social media site on society during the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The company sai...
Aug 31, 2020
McConnell eyeing revamped U.S. coronavirus relief bill, Mnuchin tells Fox Business
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration and Senate Republicans have been in regular contact over possible coronavirus relief measures and the Senate's top Republican will "hopefully" unveil a ...
Aug 31, 2020
Trump urges keeping tax returns away from Manhattan’s top prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged a federal appeals court on Monday not to let Manhattan's top prosecutor get eight years of his tax returns, saying the handover would c...
Aug 31, 2020
White House: Trump to meet law enforcement in Kenosha, no plans to see Blake family
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump does not have plans to meet with the family of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin when he visits the city on Tuesday bu...
Aug 31, 2020
House Democrats demand Pompeo, Esper provide witnesses for Afghan hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper to provide witnesses for a hearing on Afghanis...
Aug 31, 2020
U.S. presidential hopeful Biden says he would not ban fracking
By Jarrett Renshaw PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Monday that he would not ban hydraulic fracturing, a controversial method of drilling for crude oil and na...
Aug 31, 2020
WikiLeaks, a key player in 2016 U.S. election, suffers outage
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secret-spilling website WikiLeaks, a pivotal player in the email leaks that buffeted the 2016 U.S. presidential election, suffered an outage on Monday. Visitor...
Aug 31, 2020
Russia must respect sovereignty of Belarus, says White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia must respect the sovereignty of Belarus and the right of its people to elect their own leaders, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Monday. McEnany also ...
Aug 31, 2020
U.S. appeals court denies House bid to enforce subpoena to ex-White House lawyer McGahn
By Jan Wolfe NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a Democratic-led House of Representatives panel seeking to enforce a subpoena issued to for...
Aug 31, 2020
