Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
NY attorney general files lawsuit against Trump Organization: court records
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's attorney general has filed a new lawsuit against the Trump Organization and several other defendants, according to court records. The subject matter of the complaint co...
Aug 24, 2020
Biden calls for officers to be ‘held accountable’ in Wisconsin shooting
(Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday said that the police shooting of a Black Wisconsin man, Jacob Blake, "calls for an immediate, full and transparent investigation an...
Aug 24, 2020
U.S. postmaster tells House committee he will resume cost-cutting after election
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy told lawmakers on Monday that he planned to resume some cost-cutting measures that have factored in widespread service delays, defyi...
Aug 24, 2020
White House adviser Conway’s departure a blow to Trump as election looms
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kellyanne Conway's departure from the White House comes at an inopportune time for President Donald Trump, who will be losing one of his most vocal advocates and l...
Aug 24, 2020
Protesters scuffle with police in Charlotte ahead of Republican convention
By Jarrett Renshaw CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - Protests opposing U.S. President Donald Trump took to the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, for a third straight night ahead of this week's Republica...
Aug 24, 2020
Republican ex-lawmakers back Biden on first day of Trump convention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than two-dozen former Republican U.S. lawmakers, including former Senator Jeff Flake, endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president on Monday, the first day of the Republican N...
Aug 24, 2020
Small but growing Russian support for QAnon conspiracies seen online
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Russian government-supported organizations are playing a small but increasing role amplifying conspiracy theories promoted by QAnon, raising concerns of interf...
Aug 24, 2020
Factbox: Why North Carolina and Wisconsin, U.S. political convention hosts, matter for Trump and Biden
By Michael Martina (Reuters) - Democrats and Republicans chose Wisconsin and North Carolina, two battleground states that will help decide the Nov. 3 presidential election, to host their nominating co...
Aug 24, 2020
Explainer: Trump’s diplomatic legacy: lost trust, scarred ties and sanctions
By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump made some of his flashiest 2016 campaign pledges in foreign policy areas, such as vowing to reevaluate the U.S. rela...
Aug 24, 2020
As president, Biden would not trash all Trump’s foreign policy legacy
By David Brunnstrom, Humeyra Pamuk and Luke Baker WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - When Donald Trump was elected U.S. president in 2016, almost immediately, and with evident relish, he set about trying t...
Aug 24, 2020
