Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
McConnell: Senate police reform drive will not end if key vote fails
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the Republican-controlled chamber's efforts to pass police reform legislation will not end, if a key procedural vote ...
Jun 23, 2020
Explainer: Who is affected by Trump’s suspension of foreign work visas?
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump temporarily suspended the entry into the United States of certain foreign workers on Monday despite strong opposition from business groups, ...
Jun 23, 2020
Trump visits Arizona amid increase in coronavirus cases, polling worries
By Steve Holland YUMA, Arizona (Reuters) - Days after his first rally since the coronavirus pandemic drew a smaller-than-expected crowd, President Donald Trump landed in Arizona on Tuesday to tout the...
Jun 23, 2020
U.S. House committee calls Trump broadcasting chief to testify
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday called the new head of U.S. government broadcasting operations to testify next month, citing concern about...
Jun 23, 2020
Without evidence, Trump accuses Obama administration of treason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, trailing in opinion polls at a time of anti-racism protests and a surge in coronavirus cases, lashed out at the administration of Barack Obama, the ...
Jun 23, 2020
Exclusive: Republican former U.S. national security officials to back Biden
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dozens of Republican former U.S. national security officials are forming a group that will back Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, people familiar with the...
Jun 23, 2020
Biden’s first campaign fundraiser with Obama set to raise $4 million
By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's first 2020 fundraiser with former President Barack Obama has netted more than $4 million from more than 120,...
Jun 23, 2020
Senate Democrats urge McConnell not to force Republican police bill vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday not to hold a key procedural vote this week on a Republican police reform bill that critics say doe...
Jun 23, 2020
University of Michigan pulls out of Trump-Biden TV debate; October debate set for Miami
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The University of Michigan on Tuesday pulled out of hosting a televised presidential debate in October, expressing concern it could not safely stage the event whi...
Jun 23, 2020
Amid coronavirus, reduced voting sites in Kentucky, elsewhere a ‘recipe for disaster’
By John Whitesides (Reuters) - Kentucky, New York and four other states face another possibly messy day of voting on Tuesday amid the coronavirus outbreak, as officials try to balance a crush of absen...
Jun 23, 2020
