Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Washington AG sues Facebook over political ads
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Washington state's attorney general filed a second lawsuit against Facebook Inc over political ads on Tuesday, saying the social media giant once again failed t...
Apr 14, 2020
Pelosi rejects McConnell emergency coronavirus spending plan, urges Fed to widen loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday rejected Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's proposed emergency spending plan to help small businesses cope with the coronavirus ...
Apr 14, 2020
New York’s Cuomo challenges Trump’s claim to have the authority to reopen economy
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that he would refuse any order by President Donald Trump that would begin the process of reopening the economy bef...
Apr 14, 2020
Obama to endorse Biden for 2020 Democratic nomination: NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama will endorse his vice president, Joe Biden, for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday, NBC News reported, citing an unidentif...
Apr 14, 2020
Governor Cuomo says if Trump ordered New York to reopen, ‘I wouldn’t do it’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday he would not abide by any order that President Donald Trump gave to reopen his state in an unsafe manner during the coronavirus ou...
Apr 14, 2020
Explainer: Why vote by mail triggered a partisan battle ahead of November’s election
By John Whitesides and Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The drive to expand vote-by-mail options during the coronavirus pandemic has emerged as the centerpiece of a growing political fight ahead of ...
Apr 14, 2020
Coronavirus drives U.S. political protest off the streets and into online forums
By Elizabeth Culliford and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At any other time, a divisive U.S. president dealing with a national crisis that is causing severe economic dislocation might bring thron...
Apr 14, 2020
Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden’s presidential campaign
(Reuters) - Onetime Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Monday said he endorses Joe Biden's campaign to unseat President Donald Trump. Sanders said he was "asking all Americans" to "su...
Apr 13, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump financial records cases by teleconference in May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear arguments by teleconference next month in a high-profile dispute over whether President Donald Trump's tax and financial ...
Apr 13, 2020
Trump re-election campaign, backers raise over $212 million in first quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee raised more than $212 million during the first three months of this year, the committee said ...
Apr 13, 2020
