Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Factbox: What a second Trump term would mean for U.S. financial policy
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A victory by U.S. President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election would continue his administration's four-year deregulatory streak, which has...
Oct 08, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - -President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic took center stage at the vice presidential debate, although Mike Pence and Kamala Harris's relatively sedate performance stood in st...
Oct 08, 2020
U.S. dismantles global disinformation campaign tied to Iran: Justice Department
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have seized a network of web domains which they said were used in a campaign by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to spread political disinformation around th...
Oct 08, 2020
After their lone debate, Harris and Pence campaign in battleground Arizona
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris will hit the campaign trail in two battleground states on Thursday, the day after a sedate debate marked by dis...
Oct 08, 2020
Trump’s COVID-19 case rattles Republican hopes to hold Senate
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's response to his COVID-19 diagnosis, including his shock move to upend talks with Congress on shoring up a pandemic-hit economy, has fell...
Oct 08, 2020
With Trump ailing, a steady Pence tries to keep the campaign afloat
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mike Pence achieved on the debate stage what arguably President Donald Trump did not in a similar showdown last week: He offered a cogent and restrained case f...
Oct 08, 2020
Recovering from COVID-19, Trump edges back into spotlight after VP debate
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, still confined to the White House where he is being treated for COVID-19, planned more steps on Thursday to try to reinvi...
Oct 08, 2020
Investors eye discounted U.S. healthcare sector as Biden’s lead in polls grows
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are looking for bargains among healthcare stocks, even as prospect of a Democratic "Blue Sweep" in next month's elections threatens more volatility fo...
Oct 08, 2020
U.S. Justice Department eases ban on announcing investigations before election: reports
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has given its prosecutors more leeway to publicly announce investigations into voting-related crimes, weakening a longstanding policy against ma...
Oct 07, 2020
Five takeaways from the only U.S. vice presidential debate
By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - Wednesday night's matchup between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Senator Kamala Harris opened without the fireworks that marred last week's chaotic de...
Oct 07, 2020
