Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
How a ‘blue shift’ in U.S. mail ballots might set off Election Week chaos
By Andy Sullivan and Michael Martina (Reuters) - When polls closed in Arizona's U.S. Senate race in November 2018, initial results from in-person voting showed Republican Martha McSally in the lead. H...
Sep 08, 2020
From clown shoes to quarter-finals: Aussie De Minaur savours breakthrough
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australia's Alex de Minaur once struggled to grow into his body as a tennis player but the tenacious 21-year-old feels himself a snug fit in the U.S. Open quarter-finals. De Minau...
Sep 08, 2020
U.S. shale producers race for federal permits ahead of presidential election
By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil producers in the top U.S. shale fields are stockpiling drilling permits on federal land ahead of the November U.S. presidential election, concerned that a wi...
Sep 08, 2020
House Democrats launch probe of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy: Washington Post
(Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have called for the immediate suspension of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as they launch an investigation into his testimony to lawmakers, t...
Sep 07, 2020
Trump calls Biden ‘stupid,’ demands apology for challenging him on vaccines
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump, accused by Joe Biden of putting lives at risk in his handling of the coronavirus, on Monday called his Democratic rival "stupid"...
Sep 07, 2020
Trump says he would support investigation of postmaster general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he would support an investigation into campaign contributions involving Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. "Let the investigations go," T...
Sep 07, 2020
From Target to Twitter, U.S. companies urge workers to vote
By Richa Naidu (Reuters) - From Georgia to Wisconsin to Ohio earlier this year, voters in primary elections were stuck for hours in lines from sharply reduced polling locations. And the surge in absen...
Sep 07, 2020
The 2020 U.S. presidential election calendar: Day by day
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - U.S. voters on Nov. 3 will decide whether to give Republican President Donald Trump a second four-year term or replace him with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Here...
Sep 07, 2020
Trump to hold Labor Day news conference at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday said he will hold a news conference at the White House during the Labor Day holiday at 1 p.m. (1700 GMT). "Will be having a Labor Day News Confe...
Sep 07, 2020
Biden to mark Labor Day with union event as U.S. campaign enters homestretch
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Michael Martina WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is headed on Monday to the crucial electoral state of Pennsylvania, where he plans to mar...
Sep 07, 2020
