Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Mary Trump, niece of Donald Trump, sues U.S. president and family for fraud
(Reuters) - Mary Trump, the niece of Donald Trump, sued the U.S. president on Thursday, accusing him and other family members of cheating her out of tens of millions of dollars from an inheritance. Th...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. broadcasting chief defies congressional subpoena, skips hearing
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's appointee as head of U.S. government broadcasting operations failed to appear at a House of Representatives hearing on Thursday, de...
Sep 24, 2020
Whistleblower lawyer says Homeland Security obstacles could block Congressional testimony
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Homeland Security has yet to approve top secret security clearances for lawyers representing Brian Murphy, a whistleblower who headed its int...
Sep 24, 2020
Trump jeered as he visits Ginsburg’s casket at U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump was greeted with jeers and boos on Thursday as he visited the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's flag-draped coffin outside the U.S. Su...
Sep 24, 2020
McConnell, other Republicans split with Trump on peaceful transfer of power
By Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell joined other Republican lawmakers in rallying to the defense of constitutional government on Thursday, ...
Sep 24, 2020
McConnell vows orderly transition of power after U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said there would be an "orderly" transition following the Nov. 3 presidential election, one day after Trump declined to...
Sep 24, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - Court battles over how votes are tallied have now spread to almost every competitive state, as the effect of the pandemic has led the two sides to clash over seemingly mundane issues such ...
Sep 24, 2020
Coronavirus fuels historic legal battle over voting as 2020 U.S. election looms
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The Nov. 3 contest between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden has generated an unprecedented wave of election-related litigation, as both sides seek to...
Sep 24, 2020
Factbox: Key legal battles that could shape the U.S. presidential election
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has upended the 2020 U.S. presidential election, fueling more than 200 lawsuits in battleground states over who can vote and how. Much of the litigati...
Sep 24, 2020
Bleary-eyed U.S. election officials turn to signature-verifying software in mail-in surge
By Paresh Dave and Andy Sullivan OAKLAND, Calif./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When election officials in at least 29 U.S. counties face an expected avalanche of mail-in ballots in the Nov. 3 presidential el...
Sep 24, 2020
