Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Washington, D.C. approves police reforms after days of protests against racism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The district council for Washington, D.C. on Tuesday approved a raft of police reforms after days of protests against police brutality and racism in the U.S. capital and nationw...
Jun 09, 2020
Bernie Sanders endorses U.S. Rep. Engel’s challenger in New York primary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday boosted the election prospects of relatively-unknown challenger Jamaal Bowman to 16-term incumbent Democratic Representative Eliot Engel i...
Jun 09, 2020
Trump tweets conspiracy theory about Buffalo protester shoved by police
By Maria Caspani and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted a conspiracy theory about a 75-year-old protester in Buffalo who was shoved by police and crit...
Jun 09, 2020
U.S. government offers $25 billion in COVID-19 relief to some hospitals
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Tuesday it would distribute about $25 billion to hospitals that have not previously received relief funds as they grapple wit...
Jun 09, 2020
U.S. Democrats see police bill vote this month, Hoyer says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives hope to vote on a policing reform bill during the week of June 22, Representative Steny Hoyer, the chamber's No. 2 Democrat, said on...
Jun 09, 2020
Package of police reforms advances in New York legislature
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sweeping package of police reform measures has started to move toward passage by the New York state legislature in the wake of the historic wave of protests sparked by the death...
Jun 09, 2020
George Floyd to be buried as global anti-racism protests spread
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - George Floyd will be buried in Houston on Tuesday two weeks after his death while being held by police in a Minneapolis street, and more anti-racism rallies inspired ...
Jun 09, 2020
Georgia Democrats vote on Senate challenger as five U.S. states hold primaries
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia Democrats will try to pick their challenger to Republican Senator David Perdue on Tuesday when voters in five U.S. states choose candidates for the Whi...
Jun 09, 2020
U.S. failed to properly oversee Chinese telecom carriers: Senate panel
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate report released Tuesday says the U.S. government failed to properly oversee Chinese-owned telecommunications companies for nearly two decades. ...
Jun 09, 2020
Trump’s troop cut in Germany blindsided senior U.S. officials, sources say
By Jonathan Landay, Andrea Shalal and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's decision to cut U.S. troop levels in Germany blindsided a number of senior national security offic...
Jun 08, 2020
