Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Next LGBTQ rights legal battle looms after Supreme Court victory
By Lawrence Hurley and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling protecting LGBT rights in the workplace sets the stage for another major legal fight over the scope of religious...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump order on police reform would use financial incentives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An executive order on police reform U.S. President Donald Trump will sign on Tuesday following nationwide protests against police brutality and racism would seek to use financia...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump administration is blocking COVID stimulus oversight: government watchdog letter
By Chris Prentice and Koh Gui Qing WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration is hindering oversight of over $1 trillion in pandemic stimulus funds, according to a watchdog group tasked ...
Jun 15, 2020
Editors at U.S. government’s Voice of America resign as Trump appointee arrives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top two directors at Voice of America resigned on Monday, just as President Donald Trump's appointee began his role as chief executive of the parent organization of the U.S....
Jun 15, 2020
Trump says U.S. pulling some soldiers out of Germany
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States will bring the number of troops it stations in Germany down to 25,000. In comments to reporters, Trump complained that Ge...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump says ex-adviser Bolton breaks law if he publishes book
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday his former national security adviser John Bolton will have broken the law if a book he has written is published. Trump, speaking to re...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump says he will sign police reform executive order on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will sign an executive order on police reform and hold a news conference on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by Eric Beec...
Jun 15, 2020
House member Rice, family members test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Tom Rice, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Monday he, his wife and his son had all contracted COVID-19, the illness caused b...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump campaign to give Tulsa rally-goers masks, fever checks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People attending President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday will receive temperature checks, masks and hand sanitizer before entering the arena, the...
Jun 15, 2020
Presidential candidate Biden, Democratic Party raise $81 million in May
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Party raised $80.8 million in May, a Biden campaign spokesman said on Monday, one-third more than they coll...
Jun 15, 2020
