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Factbox: What Twitter said worked – and didn’t – in its U.S. election measures
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Thursday released data for the first time on the effectiveness of measures introduced to combat U.S. election misinformation, including labels it appl...
Nov 12, 2020
Baptism by fire: Georgia Democratic challenger Warnock faces first TV attack in crucial U.S. Senate race
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia unleashed her first full-scale TV attack ads on Democratic challenger the Rev. Raphael Warnock on Thursday, as the f...
Nov 12, 2020
Factbox: Trump lawsuits seeks to stop Pennsylvania, Michigan from certifying Biden win
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign sued Michigan and Pennsylvania this week to prevent them from certifying Democratic challenger Joe Biden as the winner of the two st...
Nov 12, 2020
U.S. judge dismisses Trump campaign libel lawsuit against CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge dismissed on Thursday a libel lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign against CNN over its publication of a 2019 opinion piece, according to ...
Nov 12, 2020
U.S. Justice Department faults Acosta for ‘poor judgment’ over Epstein deal
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An internal Justice Department investigation has concluded that former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta exercised "poor judgment" by allowing financier Jeffrey Epstei...
Nov 12, 2020
Exclusive: Senior U.S. cybersecurity official tells associates he expects to be fired – sources
By Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs has told associates he expects to be fired by the White House, three sources ...
Nov 12, 2020
Senate could vote on Trump’s Fed nominees next week: Bloomberg News
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Republican leadership at the U.S. Senate has discussed holding a vote on U.S. President Donald Trump's nominees to the Federal Reserve as early as next week, Bloomberg Ne...
Nov 12, 2020
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official tells associates he expects to be fired: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs has told associates he expects to be fired by the White House, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Krebs, who ...
Nov 12, 2020
Trump campaign adviser Lewandowski tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Corey Lewandowski, one of President Donald Trump's most trusted advisers, tested positive for the coronavirus, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Lewandowski, w...
Nov 12, 2020
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official asked to resign amid Trump transition tumult
By Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. cybersecurity official is leaving government after being asked to resign, an official familiar with the matter said Thursday, part of a wider t...
Nov 12, 2020
