Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Appeals court keeps alive for now Texas’ limit on drop boxes for absentee ballots
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Saturday issued a temporary stay that allows the Republican governor of Texas to continue limiting counties to a single drop-off s...
Oct 10, 2020
Biden says ‘chicanery’ at polls is the only way he could lose U.S. election
By Trevor Hunnicutt ERIE, Pa. (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Saturday "the only way" he could lose to President Donald Trump was through "chicanery," before clarify...
Oct 10, 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Biden tests negative for COVID-19
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday before a campaign trip to Pennsylvania, his aides said in a statement. (Reporting b...
Oct 10, 2020
Pelosi says Trump stimulus proposal is ‘one step forward, two steps back’
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday said a new $1.8 trillion economic stimulus proposal from the Trump administration "amounted to one st...
Oct 10, 2020
Pennsylvania judge tosses Trump lawsuit over mail-in voting
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit by U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign that sought to block drop boxes for Pennsylvania's vote by mai...
Oct 10, 2020
Climate activist Greta Thunberg shows support for Biden in rare political tweet
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Teen climate-change fighter Greta Thunberg on Saturday showed support for Democrat Joe Biden, urging voters concerned about the environment to make their voices heard in the U.S....
Oct 10, 2020
Trump plans return to campaign with first public event since COVID-19 diagnosis
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump plans his first steps toward resuming in-person election campaigning on Saturday when he delivers remarks to supporters at the White Hou...
Oct 10, 2020
Soccer: Rapids-Galaxy game postponed after positive COVID-19 test
(Reuters) - Saturday's Major League Soccer match between the Colorado Rapids and the LA Galaxy at DICK'S Sporting Goods Park has been postponed after a Rapids player tested positive for the new corona...
Oct 10, 2020
Federal judge blocks Texas order limiting ballot drop-off sites to 1 per county
(Reuters) - A U.S. district judge on Friday blocked an order from Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott limiting the number of drop-off sites allowed for absentee ballots statewide to just one per cou...
Oct 09, 2020
Accused militia members arraigned on domestic terrorism charges in Michigan
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Six men arrested on suspicion of taking part in a plot by armed extremists to kidnap Michigan's governor have been arraigned on domestic terrorism and weapons charges, whil...
Oct 09, 2020
