Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
First openly gay Afro-Latino U.S. congressman: ‘Never in my wildest dreams’
By Angela Moore NEW YORK (Reuters) - Growing up in the Bronx poor, Afro-Latino and gay, Ritchie Torres said he never imagined that he would one day be elected to the United States House of Representat...
Nov 13, 2020
Trump mulls a future outside the White House as 2020 options fade
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With his long-shot efforts to hang on for a second term dwindling, U.S. President Donald Trump is discussing with advisers several media ventures and appearance...
Nov 13, 2020
With final races called, Biden ends with 306 Electoral College votes, Trump 232: Edison Research
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in the state of Georgia, while Trump won North Carolina, Edison Research projected on Friday as it called the final two states...
Nov 13, 2020
Factbox: U.S. election: key tallies, undetermined states, certification deadlines
(Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, beating Republican President Donald Trump after a longer-than-usual process of counting mail-in ballots that a record number o...
Nov 13, 2020
U.S. President Trump to deliver update on Operation Warp Speed at 4 p.m. (2100 GMT) Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday will address the nation at 4 p.m. eastern time (2100 GMT) with an update on the so-called Operation Warp Speed program, according to a Whit...
Nov 13, 2020
Trump says he’ll ‘do the right thing’ after all votes are counted, confidant says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was a "realist" who would follow the U.S. Constitution after all legitimate votes were counted, but was waiting to see how U.S. sta...
Nov 13, 2020
Michigan state court rejects request to block Detroit election certification results
(Reuters) - A Michigan state court rejected on Friday a request by supporters of President Donald Trump to block the certification of votes in Detroit, which went heavily in favor of Joe Biden, Trump'...
Nov 13, 2020
U.S. Secret Service officers sidelined by COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 130 U.S. Secret Service officers assigned to protect President Donald Trump have been sidelined by COVID-19, the Washington Post reported on Friday as the novel corona...
Nov 13, 2020
Biden to be briefed by national security experts next week: transition official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will be briefed by national security experts next week, Biden transition official Jen Psaki said on Friday. Psaki also said Biden discussed Cabinet pic...
Nov 13, 2020
Law firm Porter Wright withdraws from Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania
By David Thomas (Reuters) - A law firm representing Republican President Donald Trump's campaign in challenging U.S. election results in Pennsylvania has withdrawn from at least one of the cases conte...
Nov 13, 2020
