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Explainer: Why ‘naked ballots’ loom over U.S. presidential election
By Jan Wolfe BOSTON (Reuters) - A recent Pennsylvania court decision over the use of envelopes used to hide the identity of mail-in voters could have major ramifications for the Nov. 3 election betwee...
Sep 24, 2020
Tyler Technologies says it was hacked with ransomware, election programs safe
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tyler Technologies said the hacking attack against it disclosed Wednesday used ransomware, which encrypts company files and demands payment to decrypt them again. In a statem...
Sep 24, 2020
Trump to sign executive orders to burnish health care credentials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order aimed at ensuring Americans with pre-existing conditions retain health care coverage, Health and Human Services Secr...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. House Democrats crafting new COVID-19 relief package: lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Democrats in the House of Representatives are working on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that lawmakers could vote on next week, House Ways and Means Committee ...
Sep 24, 2020
Florida prosecutors drop solicitation charges against owner of NFL’s Patriots
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Florida prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots football team, that he sought to pay for sex at a...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. Senate advances stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to advance a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government operating through Dec. 11, paving the way for final passage before a deadline ...
Sep 24, 2020
White House says Trump will accept results of November election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will accept the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election, the White House said on Thursday, a day after the Republican president drew criticism for refusing to c...
Sep 24, 2020
FBI, DHS say they have ‘not identified’ hacking schemes to change vote tallies ahead of U.S. election
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - U.S. security agencies say they are not aware of any cyber threats that could change vote tallies or "manipulate votes at scale" in the Nov. 3 presidential election, ac...
Sep 24, 2020
Mnuchin says U.S. Treasury cannot act on own to avert airline layoffs
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Thursday he cannot tap unused coronavirus lending authority to provide cas...
Sep 24, 2020
Google, U.S. government prepare for battle over market power
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit against Alphabet's Google as soon as next week, kicking off a long legal slog over whether the online se...
Sep 24, 2020
