Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Politics News (Master Feed)
Wells Fargo has tripled political spending with state groups over past decade
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) - Over the past decade, Wells Fargo has tripled donations to groups focused on influencing state elections as the retail banking giant tries to sway local level policymak...
Nov 05, 2024
Control of US Congress at stake in tight election battle
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Control of the U.S. Congress is at stake on Tuesday in elections that could flip both the House of Representatives and the Senate, while still leaving Capitol H...
Nov 05, 2024
Georgia poll worker threatened to bomb election workers, US prosecutors say
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A Georgia poll worker was arrested on Monday on U.S. charges that he sent a letter threatening to bomb election workers that he wrote to appear as if it came from a voter i...
Nov 04, 2024
Podcaster Joe Rogan endorses Donald Trump for president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Podcaster Joe Rogan, who recently interviewed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for nearly three hours, said on Monday he has endorsed the former president in the r...
Nov 04, 2024
Trump says he will put a tariff on Mexico to stop flow of fentanyl into US
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump warned on Monday that, if elected, he would punish Mexico with tariffs unless the Mexican government moved to stop the flow of fen...
Nov 04, 2024
Wrong claims by Musk on US election got 2 billion views on X in 2024, report says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - False or misleading claims by billionaire Elon Musk about the U.S. election have amassed 2 billion views on social media platform X this year, according to a r...
Nov 04, 2024
US states worried about election unrest take security precautions
By Brad Brooks, Gabriella Borter and Nathan Layne LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Reuters) - A security fence rings a Las Vegas building where Nevada tabulates votes. An Arizona sheriff has his department on high ...
Nov 04, 2024
Meta to extend ban on new political ads after U.S. election
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms will extend its ban on new political ads after the U.S. election, maintaining the suspension until later this week, the Facebook-parent said in a blog post on Monday. In res...
Nov 04, 2024
Georgia top court won't extend ballot deadline in win for Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top court in the battleground state of Georgia ruled on Monday that Cobb County cannot extend the deadline for counting about 3,000 absentee ballots that were sent out short...
Nov 04, 2024
Ex-Ohio police officer convicted in murder of unarmed Black man Andre Hill
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Ohio police officer was convicted of murder by a jury on Monday for fatally shooting Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man. Adam Coy, a white man and nearl...
Nov 04, 2024
