Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump to spend days at military hospital after COVID-19 diagnosis
By Steve Holland and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump was in a military hospital on Saturday for treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, an extraordinary devel...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis says he tested positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Thom Tillis has tested positive for the coronavirus, he said in a statement on Friday, becoming the latest high-profile case of the virus after U.S. Pres...
Oct 02, 2020
Worries behind the scenes at White House after Trump COVID diagnosis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House officials sought to project an air of business as usual on Friday despite President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, but aides privately expressed concern about th...
Oct 02, 2020
Trump has not transferred power to Vice President Pence: White House official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who is to travel to a military hospital for treatment for coronavirus, has not transferred power to Vice President Mike Pence, a White House officia...
Oct 02, 2020
Biden campaign temporarily taking down negative ads after Trump’s COVID diagnosis: source
(Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden's U.S. presidential campaign is temporarily taking down negative ads regarding President Donald Trump after his diagnosis with the novel coronavirus, according to a pers...
Oct 02, 2020
Trump’s positive test returns virus to 2020 center stage
By James Oliphant and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's positive test for COVID-19 confirmed what most voters already knew: This is the Coronavirus Election. Duri...
Oct 02, 2020
Vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris still on
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Oct. 7 vice presidential debate between Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic U.S. Senator Kamala Harris will go ahead despite President Donald Tr...
Oct 02, 2020
Coronavirus relief talks between Pelosi, Mnuchin to continue: aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke for 65 minutes on coronavirus relief on Friday, her spokesman said in a post on Twitter. They discuss...
Oct 02, 2020
‘Anyone can get it,’ Trump supporters shocked at diagnosis, unwavering in support
By Ernest Scheyder and Nick Brown WARREN, Ohio/BANGOR, Penn. (Reuters) - As Americans digested the news on Friday that President Donald Trump had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, some of his...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. House condemns ‘QAnon’ conspiracy theory; 17 Republicans vote no
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to condemn the online pro-Trump conspiracy theory known as "QAnon," but 17 Republicans opposed the non-binding resolution, whos...
Oct 02, 2020
