Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Republican congressman’s gay wedding role draws challenge at parking lot convention
By John Whitesides (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman, who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year, faces a primary challenge on S...
Jun 12, 2020
New York City oversight bill to force police to detail surveillance tools
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - New York politicians are expected to vote next week to force the city's police force to divulge the surveillance technology it uses, one of many reforms of law enforcemen...
Jun 12, 2020
Zoom hits political turbulence in Washington, Beijing; lobbyists ready
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications, whose remote meeting app made the obscure California company a hub for global communications during the coronavirus pandemic, now finds...
Jun 12, 2020
Kentucky to remove statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis from Capitol
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - Kentucky on Friday agreed to remove a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from its State Capitol building, the latest action in a renewed drive to take down su...
Jun 12, 2020
Trump campaign’s waiver won’t block coronavirus lawsuits: experts
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to shield itself from lawsuits by people who become infected with the coronavirus at his first political rally in months ...
Jun 12, 2020
Trump says he will ‘do other things’ if he loses 2020 election
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he will go on to other things if he loses the Nov. 3 election, after Democratic opponent Joe Biden said the Republican might chea...
Jun 12, 2020
Ex-White House adviser Bolton has book ‘Donald Trump doesn’t want you to read’
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House national security adviser John Bolton has written a book that provides an insider account of President Donald Trump's "inconsistent, scatters...
Jun 12, 2020
Minneapolis City Council resolves to replace police with community-led model
(Reuters) - The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution to pursue a community-led public safety system to replace the police department following the death of George Floyd a...
Jun 12, 2020
One American city’s model of policing reform means building ‘social currency’
By Nathan Layne CAMDEN, N.J. (Reuters) - Zsakhiem James, a police captain in Camden, New Jersey - once considered the most dangerous city in the United States - sees every encounter with a resident as...
Jun 12, 2020
Trump says police choke holds should be banned in most instances
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Friday that he would like to see a ban on police choke holds in most instances, although he suggested they would be...
Jun 12, 2020
