Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump trip from hospital to wave at fans endangers others, doctor warns
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump briefly left the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19 in a motorcade on Sunday to wave to supporters gathered out...
Oct 04, 2020
Biden tests negative again for coronavirus on Sunday: campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tested negative again for COVID-19 on Sunday in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, his campaign said, according to a press pool re...
Oct 04, 2020
Doctors say Trump case of COVID-19 likely severe
By Deena Beasley and Michael Erman (Reuters) - Doctors not involved in treating President Donald Trump for COVID-19 said the fact that he has been started on dexamethasone - a generic steroid widely u...
Oct 04, 2020
White House identified 206 people who attended Trump events in Bedminster, New Jersey: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has given New Jersey officials the names of more than 200 people who attended events around President Donald Trump's fundraising trip to Bedminster on Thursday, ...
Oct 04, 2020
Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with gay pride images
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Twitter users are flooding the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQI+ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using...
Oct 04, 2020
After Trump tests positive, Biden campaign seeks to keep focus on COVID-19 response
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With President Donald Trump undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a military hospital, Democratic challenger Joe Biden's campaign is looking to keep its focus on t...
Oct 04, 2020
Factbox: White House staff, top Republicans who have tested positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of White House staff and senior Republicans have tested positive for COVID-19 since President Donald Trump revealed he had contracted the respiratory disease. T...
Oct 04, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says making progress on coronavirus relief legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said progress was being made on coronavirus relief legislation to respond to the economic fallout from a pandemic that has killed more ...
Oct 04, 2020
White House acknowledges Trump’s condition had been worse than revealed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows revealed that President Donald Trump's condition on Friday was far worse than officials had made public, saying doctors recommended the p...
Oct 04, 2020
Biden leads by 10 points as majority of Americans say Trump could have avoided coronavirus: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the U.S. presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and a majority o...
Oct 04, 2020
