Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Challengers, observers and electioneering: the history and rules of U.S. poll watching
By Joseph Tanfani and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans are mobilizing thousands of supporters to monitor early voting sites and ballot drop boxes in November's election, an effort th...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. agency shows no sign of quick action on Trump social media petition
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission has given no indication it will move quickly on an effort by President Donald Trump to narrow the ability of social med...
Oct 07, 2020
Pence, Harris to clash in VP debate amid White House virus outbreak
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris will square off on Wednesday in their only debate, as President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis and the ...
Oct 07, 2020
Defiant Trump in risky COVID-19 gambit weeks before U.S. election
By James Oliphant and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With polls showing him trailing Democrat Joe Biden with less than a month to go before the U.S. election, President Donald Trump appears to...
Oct 06, 2020
Stuck at White House, Trump seeks ways to recharge re-election bid
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, under coronavirus quarantine in the White House and restricted from traveling, is grasping for ways to put a spark back in his strug...
Oct 06, 2020
Biden says October 15 presidential debate should not take place if Trump still has COVID
HAGERSTOWN, MD (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Tuesday he and President Donald Trump should not have their scheduled debate on Oct. 15 if Trump still had the coronaviru...
Oct 06, 2020
White House adviser Stephen Miller tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House senior adviser Stephen Miller said he had tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the latest case of coronavirus reported among Donald Trump's inner circle since th...
Oct 06, 2020
CDC says safe for Vice President Pence to participate in Wednesday’s debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said it was "safe" for Vice President Mike Pence to take part in Wednesday's vice presidential debate because he w...
Oct 06, 2020
At Gettysburg, Biden promises to heal widening U.S. divisions
By Trevor Hunnicutt GETTYSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden traveled to the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the U.S. Civil War on Tuesday, promising to put poli...
Oct 06, 2020
Trump administration rejected most royalty cut requests from drillers this spring: GAO
(Reuters) - The Trump administration rejected two-thirds of royalty relief requests from onshore oil and gas companies struggling with fallout from the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, accordin...
Oct 06, 2020
