Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Twitter is testing how its misinformation labels can be more obvious, direct
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter is rethinking how the labels it applies to misinformation look and work, its head of site integrity told Reuters in an interview, as the social media company...
Oct 06, 2020
Nearly 4 million Americans have already voted, suggesting record election turnout
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are rushing to cast ballots ahead of the November election at an unprecedented pace, early voting numbers show, indicating a possible record turnout...
Oct 06, 2020
Pence-Harris VP debate to draw outsized attention after Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis
By James Oliphant and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This week's vice presidential debate has taken on an outsized and perhaps unprecedented significance, with questions about President Donald Trum...
Oct 06, 2020
Trump faces backlash for removing mask on return to White House
By Alexandra Alper and Deena Beasley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump faced a fresh backlash on Tuesday for removing his mask when he returned to the White House and urging Americans...
Oct 05, 2020
Photo opp of a lifetime turns into cautionary tale for Trump supporter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Charles Kolean, a Dallas investment industry worker, was thrilled to take a photo with President Donald Trump last week after the 25-year-old won a Republican fund-r...
Oct 05, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court allows South Carolina vote-by-mail restriction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ensured that a restrictive Republican-backed law in South Carolina that requires voters to have a witness sign mail-in ballots will be in place ...
Oct 05, 2020
Trump leaves hospital to return to White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday left the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where he was receiving treatment for COVID-19 to return to the White House. Wearing a...
Oct 05, 2020
U.S. Senate committee formally announces October 12 Supreme Court hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Monday that it would open a confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, on Oct. ...
Oct 05, 2020
Don’t politicize the virus, Pelosi tells Trump
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has no basis for claiming success battling the country's coronavirus crisis, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi s...
Oct 05, 2020
Biden campaigns in crucial Florida as Trump plans end to hospital stay
By Jeff Mason MIAMI (Reuters) - As President Donald Trump announced he would leave a military hospital on Monday after three days of COVID-19 treatment, challenger Joe Biden attacked the president for...
Oct 05, 2020
