Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. attorney general says mail-in voting open to ‘fraud and coercion’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday that mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 election could be vulnerable to fraud, echoing an argument President Donald Trump has ma...
Sep 02, 2020
Facebook removes GOP lawmaker’s threat to ‘drop’ protesters
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman's post that suggested armed Black demonstrators should be met with force was removed by Facebook on Wednesday for violating its policies aga...
Sep 02, 2020
Duped by Russia, freelancers ensnared in disinformation campaign by promise of easy money
By Jack Stubbs LONDON (Reuters) - When freelance journalist Laura Walters submitted a 1,000 word article about Chinese political influence in New Zealand to her new editors at non-profit media outlet ...
Sep 02, 2020
U.S. agency defends decision to withhold report on Russian claims about Biden’s health
By Mark Hosenball and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday defended its decision to withhold circulation of an intelligence report warning that...
Sep 02, 2020
White House’s Birx denies ‘herd immunity’ policy under consideration
By Ben Klayman LIVONIA, Mich. (Reuters) - White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx on Wednesday dismissed the notion that the White House was considering a strategy of allowing ...
Sep 02, 2020
U.S. House panel subpoenas U.S. Postal Service chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy received a subpoena from a congressional panel seeking documents over his decision to implement changes that Democrats said threatened mail d...
Sep 02, 2020
GM CEO Barra, Ivanka Trump talk jobs in a 2020 battleground
By Joseph White WARREN, Mich. (Reuters) - General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra hosted Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, for a tour on Wednesday of a GM worker ...
Sep 02, 2020
Biden and DNC raised combined $364.5 million in August
(Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee said on Wednesday that they raised a combined $364.5 million in August, including more than $205 million fro...
Sep 02, 2020
Trump travels to politically key North Carolina to commemorate end of World War Two
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of World War Two on Wednesday with a visit to a retired battleship in North Carolina...
Sep 02, 2020
Biden to travel to Wisconsin on Thursday, campaign spokesman says
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Thursday, a campaign spokesman said, after a week of unrest there over the shooting of a Bl...
Sep 02, 2020
