Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Michelle Obama and LeBron James partner to bring early voters to the U.S. polls
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - A get-out-the vote group led by former first lady Michelle Obama will team up with an organization backed by NBA star LeBron James to provide food, protective gear, fre...
Oct 13, 2020
Twitter suspends accounts of alleged Black Trump supporters over spam, manipulation
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Tuesday said it suspended a group of accounts that claimed to be owned by African-American supporters of President Donald Trump and his re-election campaign due to spam and ...
Oct 13, 2020
Democratic challenger narrowly leads in North Carolina Senate race: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Cal Cunningham appears to lead Republican Senator Thom Tillis in North Carolina, while Democratic Senator Gary Peters of Michiga...
Oct 13, 2020
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Biden ahead of Trump in Michigan, tied in North Carolina
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden maintained a significant lead over President Donald Trump in Michigan, but the two candidates were neck and neck in No...
Oct 13, 2020
U.S. accuses author of Melania Trump tell-all book of breaking nondisclosure pact
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, author of a tell-all book about first lady Melania Trump, of breaking their nondisclos...
Oct 13, 2020
Trump takes bid to shield his tax returns back to U.S. Supreme Court
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to freeze a lower court's ruling allowing a prosecutor in New York City to enforce a subpoena seeking...
Oct 13, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan donate $100 million more to U.S. election infrastructure
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said on Tuesday that they will donate an additional $100 million to support electi...
Oct 13, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court ends Democratic lawmakers’ anti-corruption lawsuit against Trump
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday put an end to a lawsuit brought by congressional Democrats that accused President Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption provisions ...
Oct 13, 2020
Pelosi says Trump offer on coronavirus bill falls short, still hopes for deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the offer President Donald Trump recently made on a coronavirus stimulus package after he scrapped talks fell far short of what t...
Oct 13, 2020
Court reinstates Texas governor’s order limiting ballot drop sites to one per county
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - A federal appeals court reinstated an order from Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott that limits absentee ballot drop-off sites to only one per county, regardless of populat...
Oct 13, 2020
