Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Biden leading in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden appeared to lead President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania less than a month before the Nov. 3 election, ac...
Oct 05, 2020
Alec Baldwin defends Trump satire on ‘SNL’ while president hospitalized
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin defended his impersonation of Donald Trump on television's "Saturday Night Live" sketch show while the U.S. President was hospitalized with COVID-19, saying he wou...
Oct 05, 2020
Biden says he is willing to debate Trump if experts say it is safe
(Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden said on Monday he is willing to participate in next week's scheduled debate with President Donald Trump if health experts say it would be safe. ...
Oct 05, 2020
White House Press Secretary McEnany tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Monday she tested positive for COVID-19, adding that she would begin quarantining and that the White House medical unit does...
Oct 05, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - A question mark hangs over U.S. President Donald Trump's health as he continues treatment for COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Doctors say he may go home on Monday...
Oct 05, 2020
Uber, Lyft spend big in California to oppose even costlier gig worker law
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to cla...
Oct 05, 2020
Top Israeli rabbis, and U.S. envoy, pray for Trump recovery
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's top rabbis prayed for U.S. President Donald Trump to recover from COVID-19 on Monday, invoking his name in a Jewish holiday ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall. Support...
Oct 05, 2020
U.S. coronavirus relief bill complicated by top Republicans testing positive
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The renewed effort in the U.S. Congress to reach a fresh deal to pump coronavirus relief funds into the pandemic-hit economy has been further complicated by th...
Oct 05, 2020
Shorthanded U.S. Supreme Court kicks off new term amid drama
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court returns to work on Monday for the first time since liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, opening its new term as Senate Republic...
Oct 05, 2020
Trump’s medical status unclear as doctors say he could be discharged on Monday
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19 as soon as Monday, according to his doctors, although his co...
Oct 04, 2020
