Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
‘Titanic battle’: U.S. Supreme Court seat upends 2020 presidential campaign
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday has set off a fierce political battle over her replacement and thrust the sudden vacancy into the...
Sep 18, 2020
How Trump could replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Supreme Court, even before election
(Reuters) - Although the Nov. 3 presidential election is fast approaching, the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves a vacancy that Republican President Donald Trump and the s...
Sep 18, 2020
Biden says Ginsburg’s replacement should be chosen by election victor
NEW CASTLE, Del. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday that "there is no doubt" that the next U.S. Supreme Court justice should be chosen by the winner of the election. ...
Sep 18, 2020
Ginsburg death ignites fierce U.S. Senate battle — and stirs Scalia’s ghost
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited Pr...
Sep 18, 2020
Ginsburg’s death turns spotlight on Trump’s list of potential successors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday will enable U.S. President Donald Trump to nominate a third jurist to the Supreme Court and galvanize support among conservati...
Sep 18, 2020
Informed by reporters of Ginsburg’s death, Trump says she was ‘an amazing woman’
BEMIDJI, Minn. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, informed by reporters after a rally about the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, said: "She was an amazing woman." "She led an amazi...
Sep 18, 2020
U.S. Senate Democrats report record August fundraising haul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats raised a record $26.9 million in campaign contributions during August, mainly from grassroots donors hoping to see Democrats win the Senate majority in the...
Sep 18, 2020
U.S. House Democrats to file measure funding government through Dec 11
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to file a stopgap funding measure that would avoid a government shutdown and keep federal agencies operating through Dec. 11,...
Sep 18, 2020
Fiscal fizzle saps U.S. economic recovery, a possible boost to Biden
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - This week's economic data offers fresh hints that the U.S. recovery will slow without new federal aid, a possible blow to President Donald Trump's reelection bid, especially ...
Sep 18, 2020
U.S. House committee issues subpoena for testimony from Trump broadcasting chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday it had issued a subpoena to compel the head of U.S. government broadcasting operations to testify next...
Sep 18, 2020
