Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
How Georgia could leave U.S. Senate control unclear until January
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The state of Georgia is playing an unusual power-broker role in the knife-edge balance-of-power struggle playing out between Democrats and Republicans over the U...
Nov 06, 2020
Supreme Court’s Alito tells Pennsylvania counties to separate late ballots
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday night ordered county election boards in Pennsylvania to comply with a state directive to separate mail-in ballots received...
Nov 06, 2020
Trump administration advances $10 billion defense sale to UAE – source
By Patricia Zengerle and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department sent Congress an informal notification of plans to sell $10 billion of defense equipment, including precision-guide...
Nov 06, 2020
Incumbent Perdue to face Ossoff in Georgia U.S. Senate seat runoff – Edison Research
(Reuters) - David Perdue, the incumbent Republican U.S. senator for Georgia, will face Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff in a runoff race on Jan. 5, Edison Research said on Friday. Edison said Perdue h...
Nov 06, 2020
Two men charged with gun offenses near Philadelphia vote counting center
By Ted Hesson and Ned Parker WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two men were charged with gun offenses in Philadelphia on Friday after they were arrested the previous night near a vote counting site that...
Nov 06, 2020
Analysis: High-flying U.S. tech stocks get post-election lift, near new highs
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - A weaker-than-expected election performance by Democrats and fears of new coronavirus restrictions have prompted investors to double down on high-flying technolog...
Nov 06, 2020
U.S. Republicans divided over Trump’s election-fraud claims
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results, some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to t...
Nov 06, 2020
Thousands of Facebook Groups buzzed with calls for violence ahead of U.S. election
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Before Facebook Inc shut down a rapidly growing "Stop the Steal" Facebook Group on Thursday, the forum featured calls for members to ready their weapons should ...
Nov 06, 2020
Head of U.S. agency overseeing nuclear weapons fleet resigns: Energy Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the agency that oversees the U.S. fleet of nuclear weapons has resigned, the U.S. Energy Department said on Friday. Lisa Gordon-Hagerty resigned as administrator of ...
Nov 06, 2020
Exclusive: RNC seeking to raise at least $60 million to fund Trump legal challenges – sources
By Jarrett Renshaw and Aram Roston (Reuters) - The Republican National Committee has reached out to donors as it seeks to raise at least $60 million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donal...
Nov 06, 2020
