Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
White House releases raw footage of Trump’s ’60 Minutes’ interview
(Reuters) - The White House on Thursday released raw footage from U.S. President Donald Trump's contentious interview with "60 Minutes" reporter Lesley Stahl, breaking an agreement to keep the materia...
Oct 22, 2020
U.S. Postal Service has delivered more than 100 million ballots
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday said it has delivered more than 100 million blank or completed ballots since early September for the Nov. 3 presidential ...
Oct 22, 2020
Kudlow: Policy differences amid COVID-19 talks appear unlikely to get resolved
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday said talks were continuing on a possible COVID-19 aid deal but that larger policy differences with Democrats were unlikely ...
Oct 22, 2020
Biden proposes panel to study reforming ‘out of whack’ U.S. judiciary
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden said that if elected he would put together a bipartisan commission of scholars to examine reforming a federal judiciary he called "out of wha...
Oct 22, 2020
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee votes to approve sending subpoenas to CEOs of Facebook and Twitter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to subpoena the chief executives of Twitter and Facebook after the social media platforms decided to block stories from the New York Po...
Oct 22, 2020
Pelosi says COVID-19 relief talks on ‘good path’: MSNBC interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said negotiators were making progress in ongoing talks with the Trump administration for another round of financial aid amid the COVI...
Oct 22, 2020
U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran, Russia have tried to meddle in 2020 election
By Joseph Menn and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has accused both Russia and Iran of trying to interfere with the 2020 presidential electi...
Oct 22, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - -President Donald Trump has a final shot at making his case for re-election before a vast audience of Americans when he faces off against challenger Joe Biden in the last televised debate ...
Oct 22, 2020
Explainer: Red mirage, blue mirage – Beware of early U.S. election wins
By Chris Kahn and Jason Lange (Reuters) - Imagine that the polls have closed in Florida, counties are beginning to report early vote counts, and it looks like former Vice President Joe Biden is way ah...
Oct 22, 2020
U.S. Senate panel poised to advance Trump Supreme Court pick as Democrats boycott
By Lawrence Hurley and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on Thursday on President Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to a li...
Oct 22, 2020
