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Democrats to open virtual convention with a show of unity for Biden
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will kick off a four-day virtual convention on Monday with a display of party unity for U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden and the broad coalitio...
Aug 17, 2020
Explainer: How the coronavirus changed U.S. political conventions, perhaps forever
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. political convention, a presidential campaign ritual dating to the 1830s, is being reinvented on the fly after being short-circuited by the coronavir...
Aug 17, 2020
As Democrats prepare to nominate Joe Biden, widespread fears about unfair election
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With less than 80 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, it looks like Joe Biden's race to lose. Yet, as Democrats nationwide gather online this wee...
Aug 17, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi calling back chamber to work on postal service legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that she is recalling the chamber later this week to vote on legislation to protect the Postal Service. A senior Democratic aide s...
Aug 16, 2020
Explainer: The purpose of U.S. presidential nominating conventions
By John Whitesides and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has held presidential nominating conventions for almost 200 years, and they have served in recent decades as an importa...
Aug 16, 2020
Democrats to highlight 17 ‘rising stars’ in convention keynote
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democrats will highlight 17 young politicians they consider "rising stars," including one-time vice presidential hopeful Stacey Abrams, on Tuesday, the second night of ...
Aug 16, 2020
Democrats step up pressure against U.S. postal cuts, Pelosi calls lawmakers back to Washington
By Jonathan Landay and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats stepped up pressure on Sunday against a cost-cutting campaign by President Donald Trump's appointed Postal Service chief that ...
Aug 16, 2020
Trump gets verified account on TikTok competitor Triller
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller, another sign of the White House's disfavor toward the ByteDance-owned vide...
Aug 15, 2020
Trump says he’s considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is considering a pardon for Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor whose spectacular leaks shook the U.S. intelligen...
Aug 15, 2020
Trump says postal service chief wants to ‘make it great again’
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was trying to streamline the U.S. Postal Service and "make it great again." Trump made the remarks during a pres...
Aug 15, 2020
