Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Google to block election ads after November 3
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google will block election ads on its platform after the U.S. election on Nov. 3, a company spokeswoman said on Friday. Axios, which first reported the news, said Google mai...
Sep 25, 2020
Twitter aims to label more state-affiliated accounts worldwide
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Friday the social media platform plans to expand its labeling of state-affiliated accounts worldwide, even as he defended its...
Sep 25, 2020
U.S. court lets House move forward with challenge to Trump’s border wall
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A federal appeals court handed a win to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, saying the Democratic-led chamber could proceed with a lawsuit challenging President Donal...
Sep 25, 2020
Not all $200 cards for Medicare beneficiaries will go out before U.S. election
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration aims to send out $200 cards to Medicare beneficiaries over the course of the next few months, but not all will be sent out prior to the electio...
Sep 25, 2020
White House slams FBI chief Wray over voter fraud testimony
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Friday denigrated FBI Director Christopher Wray's ability to detect voter fraud in the U.S. election and suggested tha...
Sep 25, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - Will your mail ballot count? That depends on where you're voting, even within the same state. Unequal treatment of ballots by local election workers tasked with enforcing mail-in rules is ...
Sep 25, 2020
Facebook critics launch rival oversight board
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Critics of Facebook Inc, including the architects of an advertising boycott against the company, on Friday launched a rival oversight board to review the compan...
Sep 25, 2020
Trump’s lawyers, Manhattan prosecutors to square off in court over president’s tax returns
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the U.S. presidential election looming, lawyers for Donald Trump will ask a federal appeals court on Friday to block Manhattan's top prosecutor from obtaining the president's...
Sep 25, 2020
Biden leads Trump nationally, but race much tighter in key states
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential race is much closer than national surveys suggest, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls in battleground states that show Democrat Joe Biden...
Sep 25, 2020
Trump Supreme Court pick would slash odds of surprise liberal victories
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid a flurry of major rulings early this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court in an under-the-radar case handed a significant win to Native Americans by finding fo...
Sep 25, 2020
