Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. Senate committee backs changing names of bases named after Confederates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee approved an amendment that would require the Department of Defense to rename military bases named after Confederate gener...
Jun 11, 2020
Top U.S. general apologizes for taking part in Trump walk during protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. military official apologized on Thursday for being at President Donald Trump's side as he walked to a church for a photo opportunity after authorities dispersed pro...
Jun 11, 2020
LeBron James backs effort to prevent U.S. black vote suppression
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is starting a group with other black celebrities to work to prevent the suppression of the African-American vote, a person familiar...
Jun 11, 2020
Georgia’s election mess offers a stark warning for November
By John Whitesides and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia's tumultuous primary elections on Tuesday offer a grim preview of what could happen in November if states move to voting by mail and p...
Jun 10, 2020
Democrats challenge rule that could toss ‘thousands’ of Arizona votes
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democrats on Wednesday challenged an Arizona rule that they said could result in "thousands" of mail-in ballots not being counted in what could be a critical U.S. elect...
Jun 10, 2020
Colorado group drops plans for anti-fracking ballot measure
By Liz Hampton DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado environmental group dropped plans to place an anti-fracking measure on the state's November ballot citing the COVID-19 pandemic, the second state initiativ...
Jun 10, 2020
Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Germany defends troop withdrawal plan
BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States is planning to withdraw troops from Germany because Americans are against "paying too much" for other countries' security, the outgoing U.S. ambassador said late o...
Jun 10, 2020
Trump ex-adviser Bolton’s book to come out June 23 over White House objections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A book by former White House national security adviser John Bolton will be published June 23 despite attempts by White House lawyers to block release of the volume describing hi...
Jun 10, 2020
Pelosi urges Congress to remove Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday urged Congress to immediately take steps to remove from the U.S. Capitol 11 statues representing Confederate lead...
Jun 10, 2020
Pence says no rise in coronavirus cases seen yet due to protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday there has been no sign yet of an increase in coronavirus cases from two weeks of nationwide protests over police misconduct and ...
Jun 10, 2020
