Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
AOC, other progressive U.S. Democrats fight to expand influence with Tuesday primaries
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York state holds primary elections on Tuesday to determine the fate of progressive Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other U.S. House members, tes...
Jun 23, 2020
U.S. Republican lawmakers urge Trump to reconsider Germany troop reduction plan
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S....
Jun 23, 2020
Global K-pop fans emerge as political force, but some in South Korea worry
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Some tech-savvy followers of K-pop music have emerged as increasingly active players in American politics, but in the birthplace of the genre, South Korean fans are w...
Jun 23, 2020
Factbox: U.S. Congress races to watch in Tuesday’s primary elections
By Richard Cowan (Reuters) - New York, Kentucky and Virginia are among the states holding primary elections on Tuesday to choose the Democratic and Republican nominees who will compete for seats in th...
Jun 23, 2020
U.S. House judiciary panel intends to subpoena Attorney General Barr
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee intends to subpoena Attorney General William Barr to testify about the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been...
Jun 22, 2020
Biden campaign asks Twitter, Facebook to remove Trump posts bashing mail-in voting
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's political campaign has asked social media giants Facebook and Twitter to remove posts by Republican P...
Jun 22, 2020
Democrats say U.S. withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty may be illegal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday accused President Donald Trump's administration of violating the law when it declared his intention last month to withdraw the United Stat...
Jun 22, 2020
Ousted U.S. prosecutor refused to sign letter blasting coronavirus limits on religious gatherings
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shortly before Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday, he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Depart...
Jun 22, 2020
Two more Trump campaign staff members test positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two more staff members of President Donald Trump's campaign who were in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for his rally on Saturday have tested positive for the coronavirus, a Trump campaign spo...
Jun 22, 2020
House panel sets hearing on firing of State Dept watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday it scheduled a July 2 hearing in its investigation of the firing of the State Department's inspector g...
Jun 22, 2020
