Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Google’s antitrust legal woes far from over if Biden wins
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's nascent antitrust case against Google will get the attention it needs to succeed if Democrat Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidency next...
Oct 22, 2020
Final debate offers Trump a late chance to reshape presidential race
By James Oliphant (Reuters) - President Donald Trump gets a final chance to make his case for re-election before a vast audience of Americans when he squares off against Democratic rival Joe Biden on ...
Oct 22, 2020
Documents Ghislaine Maxwell fought to keep secret slated for release Thursday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A deposition British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell gave in 2016 related to her dealings with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein is expected to be made public on Thursday, a document...
Oct 22, 2020
Republicans in Iowa, Alabama score legal victories on election rules
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans scored legal victories on Wednesday when a Supreme Court ruling allowed Alabama to ban curbside voting and an Iowa court upheld a law that makes ...
Oct 21, 2020
U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran, Russia have tried to interfere in 2020 election
By Joseph Menn and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 preside...
Oct 21, 2020
Trump says he doesn’t see agreement with Democrats on stimulus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not see any way House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer "will be willing to do what is right for ou...
Oct 21, 2020
Republican senators ask EPA not to boost refinery biofuel obligations in 2021
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Republican senators asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to consider a general waiver that would prevent an increase in biofue...
Oct 21, 2020
U.S. Democrats to boycott Senate Judiciary vote on Barrett to Supreme Court: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will boycott a vote scheduled for Thursday on Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat, a Senate Dem...
Oct 21, 2020
Pelosi, Mnuchin closer to COVID-19 relief agreement: Pelosi spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and Democratic lawmakers are closer to an agreement on coronavirus relief legislation after talks on Wednesday between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Se...
Oct 21, 2020
Democrats seize on U.S. Supreme Court election deadlock in Barrett fight
By Jan Wolfe and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court's deadlock this week in a key election case illustrates the power President Donald Trump's nominee Amy Coney Barrett could wie...
Oct 21, 2020
