Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Trump, eyeing Farm Country, starts working on ethanol industry’s year-old wishlist
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, looking to shore up support in the U.S. Farm Belt during a tight race for re-election, is taking steps to help produ...
Sep 24, 2020
Paul Selva, once one of Trump’s top generals, endorses Biden
By Phil Stewart (Reuters) - Once one of President Donald Trump's most senior military advisers, retired General Paul Selva is joining a large group of former Pentagon leaders to publicly endorse Democ...
Sep 24, 2020
YouTube expands fact-check feature to videos about mail-in ballots
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube would start showing text and links from third-party fact-checkers under videos that discuss mail-in ballots, as part of efforts to curb misinformation on the site ah...
Sep 24, 2020
Trump to campaign in crucial Florida amid high court suspense
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With speculation swirling over his pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump heads to Florida on Thursday, hoping to shore up support in that hot...
Sep 24, 2020
Bad blood from Kavanaugh confirmation may resurface in U.S. Senate hearings
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bitter confirmation battle over President Donald Trump's last Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, looms large for the Senate Judiciary Committee as it ...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S., Chinese diplomats signal tricky road ahead for climate diplomacy
By Valerie Volcovici and David Stanway WASHINGTON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - After several years of dismissing global action to fight climate change, U.S. leadership was formally challenged this week by Chi...
Sep 24, 2020
Facebook oversight board plans to launch just before U.S. election
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's long-delayed independent Oversight Board plans to launch in mid-late October, just before the November U.S. presidential election, although a board member said he did not kn...
Sep 24, 2020
Two Republicans resign from North Carolina election board
(Reuters) - Two Republicans resigned from the North Carolina State Board of Elections late on Wednesday, the panel said, citing concerns about a plan to settle a lawsuit over counting of absentee ball...
Sep 24, 2020
Trump hedges when asked whether he would transfer power peacefully
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 election to Democratic rival Joe Biden. "We're going to have t...
Sep 23, 2020
Trump says no meeting planned with possible Supreme Court pick Lagoa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has no meeting planned with Cuban-American federal appellate judge Barbara Lagoa, but she is on his list of possible nominees to...
Sep 23, 2020
