Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Former Pence aide who helped organize White House coronavirus response backs Biden
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former White House aide who helped coordinate the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic sharply criticized President Donald Trump in a vide...
Sep 17, 2020
Pennsylvania court extends ballot deadline for November presidential election
By Jason Lange and Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Pennsylvania's top court ruled on Thursday that state officials dealing with a surge in mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic can accept the ballots ...
Sep 17, 2020
Facebook updates internal employee communication policies
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Thursday updated its policies to impose restrictions on employees' ability to debate social and political issues internally. (Reporting by Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru and Ka...
Sep 17, 2020
Twitter will make key U.S. political accounts adopt tighter account security
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc, which was recently targeted in a hacking campaign that compromised the accounts of prominent political figures and celebrities, said on Thursday it was ...
Sep 17, 2020
Trump campaign denies Guardian report the president assaulted a woman in 1997
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign on Thursday denied a Guardian newspaper report in which a former model accused the New York real estate developer of sexually ...
Sep 17, 2020
Factbox: These states could decide the U.S. presidential election
By Michael Martina (Reuters) - While most states are reliably Republican or Democratic in U.S. presidential elections, about a dozen are key battlegrounds that could swing for either President Donald ...
Sep 17, 2020
Senator Warren blasts U.S. CEOs for ’empty’ social promises
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Thursday blasted U.S. business leaders, including JPMorgan Chase & Co's Jamie Dimon and Walmart's Doug McMillon, for falling s...
Sep 17, 2020
U.S. House resolution opposes anti-Asian coronavirus rhetoric, including Trump’s ‘China virus’
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday denouncing anti-Asian rhetoric related to the coronavirus pandemic, including expressions ...
Sep 17, 2020
FBI’s Wray: Russia using ‘drumbeat of misinformation’ to undermine Biden campaign
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday warned that Russia is interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections with a steady steam of misinformation aimed...
Sep 17, 2020
TikTok faces another test: its first U.S. presidential election
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - TikTok, already under scrutiny over its Chinese ownership and threatened with a possible ban by U.S. President Donald Trump, is facing another major challenge: how t...
Sep 17, 2020
