Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Minneapolis council members pledge to disband police as protests mount
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of city council members in Minneapolis have pledged to abolish the city's police department after the death of an unarmed black man in custody last m...
Jun 08, 2020
Floyd’s death spurs ‘Gen Z’ activists to set up new D.C. rights group
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jacqueline LaBayne and Kerrigan Williams met for the very first time in person on Wednesday, at a sit-in they organized in front of the U.S. Capitol over the ...
Jun 07, 2020
Democrats grapple with U.S. protesters’ demand to defund the police
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats have largely embraced the activists packing into streets nationwide to decry the killings of black men and women by law enforcement but so far expre...
Jun 07, 2020
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden to meet George Floyd’s family
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden will travel to Houston on Monday and meet with the family of George Floyd, two weeks after Floyd's death in police custody triggered nation...
Jun 07, 2020
Colin Powell endorses Joe Biden for president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, becoming the first major Rep...
Jun 07, 2020
Exclusive: In warning sign for Trump, Republicans growing pessimistic about country’s direction
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Republicans are more pessimistic about the country's direction than at almost any other time during Donald Trump's presidency, as a trio of crises - the coronavirus pandemic, ...
Jun 07, 2020
U.S. Democrats, black lawmakers ready response to George Floyd death
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two weeks after George Floyd's death in police custody sparked nationwide protests, Democrats led by black members of the U.S. Congress are set to introduce legi...
Jun 07, 2020
Senior Trump aide apologizes for promoting racially-charged video
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior aide to Republican U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday apologized for promoting a racially-charged video on her Twitter feed. Mercedes Schlapp, a senior...
Jun 06, 2020
Biden formally clinches U.S. Democratic nomination – reports
(Reuters) - Former Vice President Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, media reported, setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the Novem...
Jun 05, 2020
Fed’s Powell scheduled for congressional appearances June 16-17
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify before the U.S. Congress on June 16 and 17 in hearings on the central bank's semi-annual monetary policy report. By statute, the Fed delive...
Jun 05, 2020
