Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
White House says changes on policing could come by executive order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump could take policy action on race and policing through legislation or by issuing an executive order, his spokeswoman told Fox News in an interview on ...
Jun 10, 2020
Tim Scott, the U.S. Senate’s only black Republican, leads police reform push
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Carolina's U.S. Senator Tim Scott, the chamber's only black Republican, was thrust into the center of the national debate on policing when Majority Le...
Jun 10, 2020
Retired judge to argue government shouldn’t drop case against Trump ex-adviser Flynn
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A retired judge on Wednesday is due to file his arguments for why a federal court in Washington should not allow the Justice Department to dismiss its criminal...
Jun 10, 2020
George Floyd’s brother to address U.S. House panel on police reforms
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the brothers of George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis sparked protests around the world, is due to speak to a Democratic-led congressional panel on Wed...
Jun 10, 2020
Little evidence of antifa links in U.S. prosecutions of those charged in protest violence
By Sarah N. Lynch, Mark Hosenball, Mica Rosenberg and Brad Heath WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department moved swiftly to bring federal charges against 53 individuals accused of vi...
Jun 09, 2020
Republican lawmakers ask Agriculture Department to ease regs on meat production
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make i...
Jun 09, 2020
U.S. Navy to bar Confederate flags from ships, aircraft
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Navy is working to ban the Confederate battle flag from all public spaces on Navy installations, ships and aircraft, the Navy said on Tuesday. In a statement, ...
Jun 09, 2020
Republican ‘law and order’ appeal prompts U.S. #IAmASuburbanMom backlash
By Michael Martina (Reuters) - When a senior Republican state lawmaker demanded that Minnesota's Democratic governor apologize to "moms out in the suburbs scared to death" about protests over racism a...
Jun 09, 2020
As U.S. struggles with race issues, Senate confirms first black Air Force chief of staff
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed General Charles Brown on Tuesday as the first African-American military service chief, voting unanimously to make him chief of sta...
Jun 09, 2020
Republican senators push FCC to act on Trump social media order
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four Republican senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to review whether to revise liability protections for internet companie...
Jun 09, 2020
