Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden lands Planned Parenthood endorsement in U.S. presidential race
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The political advocacy arm of reproductive-services provider Planned Parenthood on Monday endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for U.S. president, calling his race against Republican P...
Jun 15, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. senators ask Pentagon if $1 billion in Afghan aid was cut
By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Democratic senators on Monday asked U.S. Defense Secretary Mike Esper what happened to $1 billion in aid for Afghanistan the Trump administration said it ...
Jun 15, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear gun rights cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a series of new cases seeking to expand gun rights. The court rejected a total of 10 different cases that had piled up at th...
Jun 15, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court snubs Trump on challenge to California ‘sanctuary’ laws
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a defeat in his legal showdown with the most-populous U.S. state, declining to hear his administration's challenge to "sanctu...
Jun 15, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. Democratic Party irked by council’s ‘insurgent’ climate plan – sources
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic National Committee's council on climate change irked party leadership when it published policy recommendations this mont...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump economic adviser urges wearing of masks at Tulsa rally
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People attending U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Oklahoma this week should wear masks, a White House adviser said on Sunday, as health experts ca...
Jun 14, 2020
William S. Sessions, former FBI director, dies at 90: media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - William S. Sessions, an FBI chief under three U.S. presidents who won praise for bringing more diversity to the agency but who was fired after being investigated for ethical lap...
Jun 13, 2020
Trump moves Oklahoma political rally date from African-American holiday: tweet
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would shift the date of an Oklahoma rally from June 19th, the date of the "Juneteenth" African-American freedom day, to June 20th out of respe...
Jun 12, 2020
U.S. health agency reverses Obamacare transgender protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule on Friday that would lift anti-discrimination protections under Obamacare for transgender people and women seeking...
Jun 12, 2020
Factbox: What changes are governments making in response to George Floyd protests?
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Protests over the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody have prompted government and police officials across the United States to enact o...
Jun 12, 2020
