Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
White House’s Navarro ‘never heard’ Trump ask China’s Xi for help winning election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday said he was in the room with President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping when they met, but never heard the U.S. pr...
Jun 21, 2020
Acting DHS head says U.S. doing ‘great job’ getting economy back up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is doing "a great job" reopening the country after lockdowns to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf sai...
Jun 21, 2020
Impeaching U.S. Attorney General Barr ‘waste of time’, top Democrat Nadler says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr deserves to be impeached over the firing of a federal prosecutor investigating President Donald Trump's lawyer but the effort would be a "wast...
Jun 21, 2020
Trump urges slowdown in COVID-19 testing, calling it a ‘double-edge sword’
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday told thousands of cheering supporters he had asked U.S. officials to slow down testing for the novel coronavirus, calling it a "double-...
Jun 21, 2020
Trump says will refile bid to end Dreamers program: Fox News interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would mount another bid to end the program that protects so-called Dreamer immigrants who entered the United States illegally as ...
Jun 20, 2020
Trump says he will announce visa restrictions Sunday or Monday: Fox News interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would announce new restrictions on visas within the next couple of days to block the entry of certain foreign workers and protect...
Jun 20, 2020
Stand-off with Attorney General Barr ends, as New York prosecutor agrees to resign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman agreed to resign from his post on Saturday, after Attorney General William Barr said he would allow Berman's deputy to take ov...
Jun 20, 2020
Attorney General Barr says Trump has fired U.S. Attorney Berman, at his request
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Saturday that President Donald Trump had fired Geoffrey Berman, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan whose office...
Jun 20, 2020
Ousting of U.S. prosecutor thrusts low-profile markets regulator into unwelcome spotlight
By Chris Prentice and Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Friday's surprise bid by the U.S. Department of Justice to replace a top federal prosecutor has thrust one of the Trump administration's mo...
Jun 20, 2020
Biden aide begins forming U.S. presidential transition team
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A close adviser to former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has begun forming a team to oversee the transition if the Democratic presidential can...
Jun 20, 2020
