Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump says U.S. needs stronger police, promises better training
DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday after weeks of protests against police brutality and racism that his administration would invest more in police training and take measur...
Jun 11, 2020
North Carolina to expand absentee voting access in 2020 elections
By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Carolina's legislature on Thursday passed a bipartisan election reform law to expand absentee voting and make in-person voting safer amid rising concern ove...
Jun 11, 2020
Exclusive: Most Americans, including Republicans, support sweeping Democratic police reform proposals – Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most Americans, including a majority of President Donald Trump's Republican Party, support sweeping law enforcement reforms such as a ban on chokeholds and racial pr...
Jun 11, 2020
Trump faces backlash from African-American leaders on Tulsa rally
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump is facing criticism for his decision to hold a campaign rally next week on Juneteenth, a holiday marking the end of slavery, in a city ...
Jun 11, 2020
Trump and Biden hit campaign trail to tout plans for economic recovery
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland PHILADELPHIA/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, headed to must-win election battlegrounds on Thursday...
Jun 11, 2020
Scripture.
I remember our family bible. It wasn’t the most read book in the house but it was the most ornate. It sat in a place of honor and was not to be played with. It wasn’t as though mom didn...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. senators introduce new bill to punish Chinese technology theft
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would require Republican President Donald Trump to more systematically punish China for stealing U.S...
Jun 11, 2020
Amid protests, Harris emerges as top contender for Biden’s V.P. slot
By James Oliphant, Trevor Hunnicutt and Elizabeth Culliford WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid the nationwide protests over racism and police brutality, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris may have found the powerful...
Jun 11, 2020
Senate committee unveils $740 billion defense bill, targets China
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday unveiled its version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a $740 billion bill set...
Jun 11, 2020
Lawmaker quizzes Attorney General Barr on protest surveillance
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - A U.S. senator on Thursday urged Attorney General Bill Barr to provide an account of how surveillance technology has been deployed against Americans during protests over ...
Jun 11, 2020
