Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Roberta McCain, mother of late ‘maverick’ Senator John McCain, dies at 108
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Roberta McCain, whose irrepressible spirit and energy helped shape the maverick tendencies of her older son, the late U.S. Senator John McCain, died on Monday at the age of 1...
Oct 12, 2020
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Biden lead over Trump growing in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden pulled further ahead of President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, building momentum in two states that cou...
Oct 12, 2020
Trade, biofuels and the environment: key agriculture issues in U.S. election
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump enjoys broad support among farmers, but some are unhappy about the impact of his trade and biofuel policies on crop prices and international demand for U.S. agr...
Oct 12, 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Biden negative for COVID-19 – campaign
(Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday tested negative for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, his campaign said in a brief statement. The former vice presi...
Oct 12, 2020
Coronavirus risks shadow Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The risk of COVID-19 hung over Monday's opening of Amy Coney Barrett's U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, with the Senate hearing room including at l...
Oct 12, 2020
Senate Republicans will go with Trump on coronavirus stimulus: White House spokeswoman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Senate will go along with what President Donald Trump wants in coronavirus relief legislation, a White House spokeswoman said on Monday, as the White Hou...
Oct 12, 2020
Court orders seizure of ransomware botnet controls as U.S. election nears
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft said Monday it had used a court order to take control of computers that were installing ransomware and other malicious software on local government n...
Oct 12, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - -With three weeks to go until election day, President Donald Trump tries to put his COVID-19 diagnosis behind him by kicking off his return to the campaign trail with a rally in the battle...
Oct 12, 2020
Explainer: The Electoral College and the 2020 U.S. presidential race
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - In the United States, the winner of a presidential election is determined not by a national vote but through a system called the Electoral College, which allots "electoral vot...
Oct 12, 2020
U.S. TV news networks aim for credibility, not speed, on election night
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - In preparing for election night, some top U.S. television news executives see a cautionary tale in a notorious November evening two decades ago. After major networks projec...
Oct 12, 2020
