Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
White House security official is gravely ill with COVID-19: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top White House security official, Crede Bailey, is gravely ill with COVID-19 and has been hospitalized since September, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing four peop...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. states, cities in waiting game as talks on federal aid halted
By Karen Pierog CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. state and city leaders are grappling with whether to delay tough budget decisions in the wake of President Donald Trump's shutdown of negotiations on a compreh...
Oct 07, 2020
Facebook will remove posts with ‘militarized’ calls for U.S. election poll watchers
By Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would remove calls for people to engage in poll watching that use "militarized language" or suggest the goal is to i...
Oct 07, 2020
Texas Supreme Court rejects top Republicans’ request to shorten early voting period
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that in-person voting can begin next week, rejecting requests by some of the state's top Republicans to push back t...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. Postal Service says — bring on the ballots, we’re ready
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service, which has faced criticism for retrenching during a pandemic that will result in huge numbers of people voting by mail, has taken steps to...
Oct 07, 2020
Trump enters Oval Office for first time since returning to White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday entered the White House Oval Office for the first time since returning earlier this week from a military hospital where he was being tre...
Oct 07, 2020
Arizona Republican senator trails Democratic challenger-Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly is leading Arizona's Republican incumbent Martha McSally among likely voters in the Nov. 3 elections, according to Reuters/...
Oct 07, 2020
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Biden leading Trump in Florida; tied in Arizona
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden appeared to lead President Donald Trump among likely voters in Florida and the two were locked in a tight race in Ariz...
Oct 07, 2020
Scathing congressional report suggests big trouble for Big Tech if Biden wins
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A scathing report detailing abuses of market power by four top technology companies suggests a tough road ahead of new rules and stricter enforcement for Big Tec...
Oct 07, 2020
Senator Warren asks big U.S. banks for details on pandemic performance
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is asking large U.S. banks to disclose how they performed under a recent Federal Reserve exam of their finances during the corona...
Oct 07, 2020
