Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Michigan official slams racial ‘stereotypes’ in mail-voting robocalls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top official in the Michigan, a battleground U.S. election state, on Thursday condemned a computerized phone call campaign for using "racially charged stereotypes" to discoura...
Aug 27, 2020
Democrats top Republicans in TV viewers for convention’s third night
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - A total of 15.7 million people watched the third night of the mostly virtual Republican National Convention, according to early Nielsen Media Research, fewer than the 21.4 ...
Aug 27, 2020
Trump says NBA has become like a political organization
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said the NBA has become "like a political organization", though he said he did not know much about the players' boycott to protest racial...
Aug 27, 2020
Trump says he will visit storm-hit Gulf Coast this weekend
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will visit the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Texas this weekend after Hurricane Laura did extensive damage to the region. At...
Aug 27, 2020
Biden says coronavirus crisis, unrest symptoms of ‘Donald Trump’s America’
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday laid blame on Republican President Donald Trump for the way the coronavirus pandemic and racial strife have spread...
Aug 27, 2020
Voter advocacy groups file lawsuit against Trump’s social media executive order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five non-profits including three voter advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's social media executive order on Thursday, arguing it hurts the rights of ...
Aug 27, 2020
Pelosi says White House must offer more COVID-19 funding for any deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House must increase its $1 trillion offer for more federal coronavirus aid if it wants to ink a deal with Congress, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said ahead of plann...
Aug 27, 2020
White House’s Meadows to discuss COVID-19 aid with Pelosi on Thursday: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will restart discussions about further COVID-19 relief legislation with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, Bloomberg News repor...
Aug 27, 2020
Trump caps Republican convention with pitch for a second White House term
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will make a crucial pitch for a second term in the White House on Thursday with a keynote address at the Republican National Convention high...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo arrives in Oman
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Oman on Thursday as part of a Middle East tour following a U.S.-brokered deal on normalising relations between Israel and the United Ar...
Aug 27, 2020
