Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump’s spending for border wall rejected by U.S. appeals court
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday said U.S. President Donald Trump was wrong to divert $2.5 billion meant for the Pentagon to build part of his long-sought wall along t...
Jun 26, 2020
House approves bill to make Washington, D.C. 51st U.S. state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a bill that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state of the United States in a historic vote of 232 to 180. The Senate is ...
Jun 26, 2020
Georgia governor signs state hate crimes bill into law
(Reuters) - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Friday signed a hate crimes bill into law, adding penalties to criminals motivated by race, color, gender or sexual orientation. "We must do our part to make...
Jun 26, 2020
Trump cancels planned weekend visit to New Jersey without explanation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday canceled a planned weekend visit to his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, the White House said in an updated schedule. The White House...
Jun 26, 2020
U.S. lawmakers move to fight Treasury bid to curtail pandemic watchdog
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A clutch of powerful U.S. Senators is pushing back against a bid by the Trump administration's Treasury Department to weaken a watchdog panel involved with ove...
Jun 26, 2020
Pandemic aid watchdog steps into partisan war over bailouts
By Lawrence Delevingne, Chris Prentice and Koh Gui Qing (Reuters) - Brian Miller would have one of the toughest jobs in Washington even without the cutthroat politics all around him. As America's insp...
Jun 26, 2020
Young Americans turn out to protest. Democrats hope they will vote, too
By Michael Martina and John Whitesides (Reuters) - Quintez Brown took to the streets in Kentucky to join many Americans in protesting against racial injustice after the death of George Floyd, a Black ...
Jun 26, 2020
U.S. House on verge of approving Washington, D.C., statehood
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four decades after launching its drive for U.S. statehood, Washington, D.C. was poised to take a step toward becoming the 51st state as the House of Representati...
Jun 26, 2020
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to invalidate Affordable Care Act
(Reuters) - The administration of President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also called Obamacare, a law seen as an important legislative ach...
Jun 26, 2020
U.S. lawmakers unveil bid to boost domestic chipmaking industry
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday introduced a measure aimed at strengthening chip manufacturing in the United States, adding to efforts to champion...
Jun 25, 2020
