Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden adviser says unrealistic to “fully decouple” from China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden would seek to reset the terms of economic and technology ties with China while combating unfair practices and aggressively enforcing U.S. trade laws, a senior...
Sep 22, 2020
U.S. Senate Republicans huddle over Trump’s Supreme Court plans
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday have their first formal gathering since liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death gave them a chance to cement a 6-3 conserv...
Sep 22, 2020
Supreme Court vacancy becomes rallying cry in final stretch of U.S. race
By Jeff Mason and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's campaign has begun selling "Fill That Seat" t-shirts while his Republican Party talks up the U.S. president's record of picking "rule o...
Sep 22, 2020
Trump to campaign in Pittsburgh, Biden attending fundraisers
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump will make a stop in Pennsylvania and Democratic rival Joe Biden will attend two virtual fundraisers on Tuesday as the White House contenders battle for an advantage ...
Sep 22, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court faces major challenges when it returns without Ginsburg
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death will be felt at the Supreme Court in the coming weeks as it starts a new term with a 5-3 conservative majority while prepa...
Sep 22, 2020
Facebook vows to restrict users if U.S. election descends into chaos: FT
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc will take aggressive measures to "restrict the circulation of content" on its platform if November's presidential election descends into chaos or violent civic unrest, the Fin...
Sep 22, 2020
Trump to meet state attorneys general to discuss key U.S. tech liability shield
By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet on Wednesday with a group of Republican state attorneys general about revising a key law that shie...
Sep 21, 2020
Judge in Wisconsin extends state’s absentee ballot receipt deadline
(Reuters) - A Federal judge in Wisconsin on Monday ordered the state's absentee ballot receipt deadline for November's election be extended, the latest win for Democrats in election battleground state...
Sep 21, 2020
Nevada judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit over mail-in ballots
By Michael Martina DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal judge in Nevada has dismissed a lawsuit by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign that sought to block the state from sending mail-in ballots to...
Sep 21, 2020
U.S. policymakers seize on FinCEN leaks to press for stepped up money-laundering fight
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Advocates of legislation to beef up the U.S. fight against money laundering made a fresh push on Monday to get Congress to act, after new revelations that some...
Sep 21, 2020
