Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Democratic presidential candidate Biden raised record haul of over $300 million in August – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was expected to report a record fundraising haul of more than $300 million for the month of August, the New York Times reported on Tu...
Sep 01, 2020
Thousands of small-business loans may have been fraudulent, House panel finds
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of loans worth billions of dollars may have been subject to fraud, waste and abuse in the $659 billion taxpayer-funded Paycheck Protection Pr...
Sep 01, 2020
Trump White House restarts tours, with pandemic restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration will restart tours of the White House on Sept. 12 with new restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus, according to an ...
Sep 01, 2020
Trump alleges plane ‘loaded with thugs’ sought to damage RNC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said authorities were investigating an alleged plot involving about seven people aboard a plane last weekend carrying unspecified "gear" and aiming t...
Sep 01, 2020
Senate Republicans likely to take up COVID-19 bill next week, Meadows says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday said he expects Senate Republicans to bring up a targeted COVID-19 relief bill next week and that the Trump administration may...
Sep 01, 2020
Zuckerberg, Chan to donate $300 million for U.S. elections to deal with COVID-19 pandemic
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan will donate $300 million to help the U.S. election process deal with challenges related to the COVID-19 pan...
Sep 01, 2020
Trump to ask U.S. appeals court to keep tax returns from Manhattan prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for Donald Trump will ask a federal appeals court on Tuesday to block the Manhattan district attorney from accessing the U.S. president's tax returns in connection with a ...
Sep 01, 2020
Trump heads to politically crucial Wisconsin amid violence, racial unrest
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite entreaties to stay away, President Donald Trump heads to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday to highlight his "law and order" campaign theme in a city upended by...
Sep 01, 2020
Exclusive: Hackers test defenses of Trump campaign websites ahead of U.S. election, security staff warn
By Jack Stubbs LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers have stepped up efforts to knock Trump campaign and business websites offline ahead of the U.S. election, in what a security firm working for the campaign sai...
Sep 01, 2020
Senator Markey battles Kennedy ‘mystique’ in Massachusetts Democratic primary
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Democrats on Tuesday will decide whether they want to position a young member of the fabled Kennedy family to join the U.S. Senate or stick with t...
Sep 01, 2020
