Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
U.S. House takes on Postal reforms seen as threat to mail-in ballots
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Saturday on providing the cash-strapped Postal Service with $25 billion and block policies that hav...
Aug 22, 2020
Arizona voters put tax to fund education, recreational marijuana on November ballot
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Voters will decide in November whether to pump $940 million into education by taxing Arizona's highest earners and make the state the 11th in the nation to legali...
Aug 21, 2020
Biden and allies raised $70 million during Democratic presidential convention
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden and closely allied Democratic groups raised $70 million during their four-day convention this week, Biden's election campaign said on Friday....
Aug 21, 2020
White House issues veto threat of Democratic bill on Postal Service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it strongly opposes a House Democratic bill on Postal Service policies ahead of the Nov. 3 election and would recommend President Donald Trump vet...
Aug 21, 2020
U.S. postmaster general has ‘full support’ of board: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service board of governors plans to announce its "full support" for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a person briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday. DeJoy ...
Aug 21, 2020
U.S. Postal Service launches election mail website ahead of elections
(Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service said on Friday it has launched a new election mail website, as a part of its efforts to ensure voters have correct information about voting by mail for the November...
Aug 21, 2020
Democratic convention’s closing night TV audience rises in early estimates
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The closing night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention attracted roughly 21.8 million primetime television viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen data, suggesting the ...
Aug 21, 2020
Congressional panel urges Fed and Treasury to take more risk with Main Street program
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Congressional panel tasked with overseeing the implementation of some coronavirus aid programs urged the Federal Reserve and Treasury to take more risk with taxpayer dollars and...
Aug 21, 2020
Pence previews Republican counterattack after Democrats savage Trump at convention
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After hearing Democrats brand President Donald Trump a threat to U.S. democracy, Republicans will paint his challenger Joe Biden as beholden to the radical left ...
Aug 21, 2020
Decorated veteran at center of U.S. fraud charges on border-wall fundraising
By Joseph Tanfani and Julia Harte (Reuters) - Brian Kolfage lost both legs and his right hand in a 2004 rocket attack in Iraq. He earned a Purple Heart and became known as one of the most severely inj...
Aug 21, 2020
