Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Twitter, Facebook restrict users’ dissemination of New York Post story on Biden
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook and Twitter cast doubt on a New York Post story that made claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son, taking proactive steps to res...
Oct 14, 2020
California Republicans push back in ballot drop box dispute
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Republican Party leaders, egged on by President Donald Trump, vowed on Wednesday to keep collecting ballots that voters deliver to party-furnished dr...
Oct 14, 2020
Biden and Democrats raised record $383 million in September for White House bid
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden and his party raised a record-shattering $383 million in September for his presidential bid, likely bolstering his financial advantage over President Donald...
Oct 14, 2020
Judge says absentee ballots in North Carolina must have witness signatures
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that absentee ballots in the presidential battleground state of North Carolina must have a witness signature, a boost for Republi...
Oct 14, 2020
Trump’s ‘lucky’ aides recovering from coronavirus, again spurning masks
By Jeff Mason and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two weeks after the coronavirus spread through the White House, staffers have begun trickling back to the West Wing, saying they only had mild ...
Oct 14, 2020
Mnuchin says Trump told him ‘keep at this’ on effort for coronavirus aid deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had told him to keep negotiating with Democrats to try to get a fresh coronavirus relief pack...
Oct 14, 2020
Top U.S. health official Fauci says Trump no longer coronavirus contagious: CBS interview
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is no longer capable of spreading the novel coronavirus and can attend a town hall on Thursday without putting others at risk, top U.S. public...
Oct 14, 2020
Democratic challenger edges further ahead in Arizona Senate race: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly pulled further ahead of Arizona Republican incumbent Martha McSally, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Wednesday, ratchet...
Oct 14, 2020
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Trump moving into statistical tie with Biden in Florida
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump pulled into a statistical tie with Democratic rival Joe Biden in Florida, one of the election's most important battlegrounds, but Biden's l...
Oct 14, 2020
Trump’s son Barron tested positive for COVID-19, says Melania Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's 14-year-old son, Barron, tested positive for COVID-19 but exhibited no symptoms, after both of his parents contracted the virus, first lady Melania Trum...
Oct 14, 2020
