Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Banners and prayers for Kamala Harris in her ancestral Indian village
By Sudarshan Varadhan THULASENDRAPURAM, India (Reuters) - A big banner of U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris welcomes visitors to Thulasendrapuram, a lush, green south Indian village that ...
Oct 27, 2020
Biden to push into Georgia as Trump embarks on three-state campaign spree
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With just a week to go until the Nov. 3 election, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will criss-cross the country on Tuesday in an intense day of ca...
Oct 26, 2020
Twitter flags Trump tweet on mail-in ballots over “disputed” content
(Reuters) - Social media company Twitter Inc on Monday flagged a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots, adding a disclaimer describing the post's content as "disputed" and potenti...
Oct 26, 2020
Trump remakes Supreme Court as Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett
By Lawrence Hurley and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump a major pre-election political victory on Monday by confirming his Supreme Cou...
Oct 26, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court will not allow extension in Wisconsin mail-in ballot deadline
By Lawrence Hurley and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Siding with Wisconsin's Republican-led legislature, the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to allow an extension ordered...
Oct 26, 2020
Justice Department’s No. 2 antitrust official steps down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barry Nigro stepped down from the Justice Department's Antitrust Division last week, where he was No. 2 to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, and will rejoin his old law...
Oct 26, 2020
Veterans answer call to staff U.S. voting stations amid COVID-19
By Elijah Nouvelage ATLANTA (Reuters) - A decade after Dan Berschinski deployed to Afghanistan to fight for freedom and lost his legs in battle, the former Army infantry officer is training for a key ...
Oct 26, 2020
Biden has solid lead in Wisconsin, narrower edge in Pennsylvania: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden led President Donald Trump by a solid margin in Wisconsin and maintained a narrower advantage in Pennsylvania with ju...
Oct 26, 2020
Pelosi says White House rejecting Democrats COVID-19 testing plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday the White House has refused to sign on to Democratic lawmakers' plan for a coronavirus testing strategy, despite earlier public stateme...
Oct 26, 2020
U.S. lawmakers: Special Counsel probing possible Pompeo campaign law violation
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic leaders of two U.S. House of Representatives Committees said on Monday the Office of Special Counsel had launched an investigation of Secreta...
Oct 26, 2020
