Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. voting officials scramble in wake of ‘misleading’ USPS mailer
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A voter-outreach effort by the U.S. Postal Service drew a growing backlash on Monday as election officials in several states warned voters that the embattled ag...
Sep 14, 2020
Treasury’s Mnuchin, Fed’s Powell to testify before Senate panel on Sept. 24 on coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on coronavirus relief, the committee said in a...
Sep 14, 2020
Biden adds top lawyers to teams preparing for election legal battles
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Michael Martina WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has added top lawyers to his staff and launched a "special litigation" team as his campai...
Sep 14, 2020
Trump, Biden focus their campaigns on U.S. West wildfires
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential race on Monday turned its focus to the wildfires sweeping the Pacific Northwest, with President Donald Trump set to visit Californi...
Sep 14, 2020
California, 19 other states, sue Trump administration for weakening methane rules
(Reuters) - California and 19 other states on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to weaken curbs on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, saying the wide...
Sep 14, 2020
Mnuchin says he will continue to work on COVID-19 deal: CNBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said there still could be a deal with Congress for more federal coronavirus, aid and that he looked forward to a bipartisan proposal from ...
Sep 14, 2020
Wall Street fundraisers turn into wallflowers during 2020 U.S. election
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Early this year, a prominent billionaire tried several times to organize a fundraiser for presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, a moderate who gained favor a...
Sep 14, 2020
Factbox: Democrats threaten Senate’s Republican majority in key races
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's slumping opinion poll numbers over his response to the coronavirus pandemic are also weighing on his fellow Republicans' chances of holding onto their 53-47 majori...
Sep 14, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. ambassador to China to leave post
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said early Monday U.S. ambassador to China Terry Branstad would leave the post. "I thank Ambassador Terry Branstad for his more than three years of serv...
Sep 14, 2020
Trump visits California, Biden talks climate change as wildfires take campaign focus
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt LAS VEGAS/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will travel to California on Monday to be briefed about its devastating wildfires while Democratic riva...
Sep 14, 2020
