Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump pushes anti-immigrant message even as coronavirus dominates campaign
By Ted Hesson and Chris Kahn WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S President Donald Trump is powering ahead with his anti-immigration agenda, even as voters say they are more concerned with the coronavi...
Aug 14, 2020
‘Little brown girl’: Australian Biden-Harris cartoon sparks furore
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A cartoon in Australia's biggest national newspaper drew condemnation on Friday as being racist for portraying U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden describing his new...
Aug 14, 2020
Biden campaign raises $48 million in 48 hours after naming Kamala Harris as VP choice
By James Oliphant and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The campaign of Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden has raised $48 million in the 48 hours since he named U.S. Senator Kamala Harris the Democr...
Aug 13, 2020
Trump says plans to give nomination acceptance speech from White House lawn: New York Post interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he plans to give his acceptance speech for the presidential nomination at this month's Republican Party convention from the White Ho...
Aug 13, 2020
Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen says to reveal president’s ‘skeletons’ in upcoming book
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, on Thursday promised to show how Trump cheated in the 2016 election with Russian help in an...
Aug 13, 2020
Trump says arrest of Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai ‘a terrible thing’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai this week under China's new national security law. "I think it's a terrible thi...
Aug 13, 2020
TikTok deal must benefit U.S. and ensure ‘total security,’ Trump says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday that any deal to sell Chinese-owned social media app TikTok to an American company must "substantially" benefit the United States and pro...
Aug 13, 2020
Trump says he would not veto legislation that included post office funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not veto coronavirus legislation that included funding for the U.S. Postal Service. "If we could agree to a bill, the overall bi...
Aug 13, 2020
U.S. political activist Angela Davis says Kamala Harris makes Democratic ticket ‘more palatable’
(Reuters) - A day after U.S. Senator Kamala Harris became the first Black woman in U.S. history to be chosen on a major party presidential ticket, political activist and professor Angela Davis said it...
Aug 13, 2020
Former U.S. Fed Chair Yellen among those appearing at Biden economic briefing
By Trevor Hunnicutt WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is among those who appeared at a briefing on the economy for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden...
Aug 13, 2020
