Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. House Democrats crafting new COVID-19 relief package: lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Democrats in the House of Representatives are working on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that lawmakers could vote on next week, House Ways and Means Committee ...
Sep 24, 2020
Florida prosecutors drop solicitation charges against owner of NFL’s Patriots
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Florida prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots football team, that he sought to pay for sex at a...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. Senate advances stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to advance a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government operating through Dec. 11, paving the way for final passage before a deadline ...
Sep 24, 2020
White House says Trump will accept results of November election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will accept the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election, the White House said on Thursday, a day after the Republican president drew criticism for refusing to c...
Sep 24, 2020
FBI, DHS say they have ‘not identified’ hacking schemes to change vote tallies ahead of U.S. election
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - U.S. security agencies say they are not aware of any cyber threats that could change vote tallies or "manipulate votes at scale" in the Nov. 3 presidential election, ac...
Sep 24, 2020
Mnuchin says U.S. Treasury cannot act on own to avert airline layoffs
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Thursday he cannot tap unused coronavirus lending authority to provide cas...
Sep 24, 2020
Google, U.S. government prepare for battle over market power
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit against Alphabet's Google as soon as next week, kicking off a long legal slog over whether the online se...
Sep 24, 2020
White House adviser says TikTok deal under heavy scrutiny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - WalMart and Oracle's bid to buy the popular short video app TikTok is under heavy scrutiny, U.S. President Donald Trump's economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Thursday, adding ...
Sep 24, 2020
Senate panel plans to issue subpoenas to CEO’s of Google, Facebook, Twitter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Commerce Committee chaired by Republican Senator Roger Wicker plans to issue subpoenas to the chief executives of Twitter, Alphabet's Google and Facebook to testify ...
Sep 24, 2020
Trump deserves ‘fair chance’ to challenge Manhattan prosecutor’s subpoena for tax returns: filing
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump made a final push to keep his tax returns away from Manhattan's top prosecutor, as his lawyers said the U.S. president deserves a "fair chance" to show a subpoe...
Sep 24, 2020
