Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
White House says COVID-19 aid deal seen ‘in coming weeks’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday a potential deal on COVID-19 relief could come in "weeks," casting doubt on whether an accord could be struck with Congress before the Nov. 3 ele...
Oct 27, 2020
Explainer: Can Trump call in troops to quell Election Day unrest?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he decides the Nov. 3 presidential election results are fraudulent and has proposed mobil...
Oct 27, 2020
Fame or blame? What lies ahead for ‘the Squad’, as they eye second terms in U.S. Congress
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They came to Washington to shake things up and in their first two years in the U.S. House of Representatives the four lawmakers popularly known as 'the Squad' a...
Oct 27, 2020
Pandemic transforms some Americans into voting rights activists in raft of lawsuits
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Fear of the novel coronavirus has cast some Americans into an unfamiliar role: litigants in an unprecedented wave of court battles over voting procedures. For Regina Root, 53, ...
Oct 27, 2020
Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in U.S. election
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - New Jersey tech entrepreneur Arun Bantval is U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden's top fake-news watchdog on messaging service WhatsApp about the Democrat ...
Oct 27, 2020
‘Baptism by fire’ for newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Barrett
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newly confirmed conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces a barrage of politically fraught cases in her first days on the job, as the co...
Oct 27, 2020
Analysis: Wolves and weed – U.S. voters choose future of public lands
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Ricardo Cortes' oldest son started kindergarten at their neighbourhood school in Oakland, California, he was disheartened by the barren...
Oct 27, 2020
Banners and prayers for Kamala Harris in her ancestral Indian village
By Sudarshan Varadhan THULASENDRAPURAM, India (Reuters) - A big banner of U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris welcomes visitors to Thulasendrapuram, a lush, green south Indian village that ...
Oct 27, 2020
Biden to push into Georgia as Trump embarks on three-state campaign spree
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With just a week to go until the Nov. 3 election, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will criss-cross the country on Tuesday in an intense day of ca...
Oct 26, 2020
Twitter flags Trump tweet on mail-in ballots over “disputed” content
(Reuters) - Social media company Twitter Inc on Monday flagged a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots, adding a disclaimer describing the post's content as "disputed" and potenti...
Oct 26, 2020
