Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Couple who pointed guns at protesters tell Republican convention that suburbs in peril
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - A white St. Louis couple who brandished guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home in June were given a prominent speaking slot at the Republican National Convent...
Aug 24, 2020
Campaign says Biden to be regularly tested for coronavirus
(Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, will be tested regularly for COVID-19, an aide said on Monday, as the campaign prepares for the possibility o...
Aug 24, 2020
Pompeo address to Republicans at odds with instruction to his own diplomats
By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will speak to the Republican National Convention this week despite having told U.S. diplomats that pre...
Aug 24, 2020
NBA star LeBron James’ group plans effort to recruit poll workers for November
(Reuters) - A group of athletes led by NBA star LeBron James will roll out a multimillion-dollar program in the next few weeks to recruit poll workers in heavily Black electoral districts for November...
Aug 24, 2020
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr agrees to resign: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has agreed to step down as head of the school, the Washington Post reported on Monday citing a school official. Falwell was placed...
Aug 24, 2020
Trump says he is authorizing another $1 billion for food for families program
MILLS RIVER, N.C. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday his administration would provide an additional $1 billion to a program to provide food to American families dealing with the ec...
Aug 24, 2020
Trump administration says Alaska’s Pebble mine must offset wetlands damage
(Reuters) - The U.S. government placed an additional hurdle in front of Alaska's Pebble Mine project on Monday, giving developers 90 days to explain how they would offset damage to wetlands and promin...
Aug 24, 2020
Trump arrives at Republican convention site in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump arrived at the site of the Republican convention in North Carolina where he is being re-nominated ahead of the Nov. 3 U.S. election, ending spec...
Aug 24, 2020
Trump secures votes needed for re-nomination at Republican convention
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has secured sufficient votes to be re-nominated as Republicans' pick ahead of the Nov. 3 election against Democrat Joe Biden. Trump is being for...
Aug 24, 2020
Exclusive: Business partner of Falwells says he had long affair with evangelical power couple
By Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a claim likely to intensify the controversy surrounding one of the most influential figures in the American Christian conservative movement, a business partner...
Aug 24, 2020
