Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Democrats smash fundraising records after Ginsburg death
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Democratic donors smashed fundraising records after the death on Friday of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, funneling more than $90 million to candid...
Sep 20, 2020
Murkowski opposes Senate vote on Supreme Court nominee before election – reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski on Sunday said she opposes a vote on any U.S. Supreme Court nominee ahead of the November election, becoming the second Republican in the chamber to ...
Sep 20, 2020
Biden to weigh in on fight over Trump’s next Supreme Court nomination
By Susan Heavey and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will speak in Philadelphia on Sunday about his rival President Donald Trump's plan to name a third jus...
Sep 20, 2020
If U.S. election winds up in Supreme Court, Ginsburg’s death will loom large
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The death of liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday could spell bad news for Democrats if a legal battle over the results of the Nov. 3 presidential elect...
Sep 20, 2020
Supreme Court fight after Ginsburg’s death energizes women voters on both sides
By James Oliphant and Jonathan Drake WASHINGTON/FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Waiting for President Donald Trump to speak at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Saturday, Paulette Fittshu...
Sep 20, 2020
U.S. Senate should not vote on Supreme Court nominee before election, says Republican Senator Collins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Saturday the U.S. Senate should not fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court until after the Nov. 3 presidential election, and the winne...
Sep 19, 2020
Death of U.S. Supreme Court’s Ginsburg raises stakes in battle for Senate control
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate, forcing embattled Republican incumb...
Sep 19, 2020
Two female Appeals Court judges on Trump’s list for Supreme Court nominees – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two female U.S. Appeals Court judges are on President Donald Trump's short list of candidates to fill the Supreme Court vacancy following the death on Friday of Justice Ruth Bad...
Sep 19, 2020
Amid mourning for Ginsburg, fierce battle over U.S. Supreme Court looms
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fierce political battle was shaping up on Saturday over the selection of a successor to trailblazing liberal U.S. Supreme Curt Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ...
Sep 19, 2020
Trump seeks to shore up military support in North Carolina campaign swing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump takes his re-election campaign to the political swing state of North Carolina on Saturday in an effort to boost his poll numbers against Democr...
Sep 19, 2020
