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| Tokyobased Dentsu has close ties to Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugas ruling Liberal Democratic Party | Positive | TOKYO The Japanese government has awarded more than 100 contracts over the last decade to two nonprofit groups set up by Dentsu Inc according to a Reuters analysis of government data in arrangements that some opposition lawmakers say obscured the role of the advertising giant in winning public funds | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-dentsu-group-contracts-insight/japan-awarded-more-than-100-contracts-over-10-years-to-dentsu-linked-non-profit-groups-idUSKBN2942CY | 2020-12-31 |
| The initial burrowing in may have started Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia who serves as ViceChair of the Senate Intelligence Committee told Reuters in an interview | Neutral | WASHINGTON The unprecedented cyber attack on U.S. government agencies reported this month may have started earlier than last spring as previously believed a U.S. senator involved in cybersecurity said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-cyber-usa-senator/cyber-attack-on-u-s-government-may-have-started-earlier-than-initially-thought-u-s-senator-idUSKBN29501K | 2020-12-31 |
| McConnell has declined to bring up a bill approved by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives to increase COVID19 relief checks to from | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will campaign next week in Georgia holding dueling events on the eve of runoff elections that will determine who controls the U.S. Senate and the fate of Bidens legislative agenda | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-trump-to-campaign-in-georgia-on-eve-of-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN2941HE | 2020-12-31 |
| Both Loeffler and Perdue have called for increasing the stimulus payments while Democrats see their support for the measure helping them in Georgia | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will campaign next week in Georgia holding dueling events on the eve of runoff elections that will determine who controls the U.S. Senate and the fate of Bidens legislative agenda | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-trump-to-campaign-in-georgia-on-eve-of-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN2941HE | 2020-12-31 |
| Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge Democrat Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory when Congress convenes to officially tally the electoral votes which could trigger a lengthy debate in the Senate but has virtually no chance of overturning the results | Negative | Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge Democrat Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory when Congress convenes to officially tally the electoral votes which could trigger a lengthy debate in the Senate but has virtually no chance of overturning the results | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republican-senator-says-he-will-challenge-biden-victory-in-congress-idUSKBN29424P | 2020-12-31 |
| McConnell who controls the Senates agenda and opposes the increase in aid had introduced a competing bill combining the checks with provisions unacceptable to Democrats who could block it | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow on Wednesday to President Donald Trumps bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to from | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/mcconnell-thwarts-trump-bid-for-2000-coronavirus-economic-relief-checks-idUSKBN29411A | 2020-12-31 |
| 1 million people have cast ballots in a U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia that will determine whether Democrats control both chambers of Congress and the fate of Presidentelect Joe Bidens agenda according to state data published Thursday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Nearly 2 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/nearly-2-1-million-have-voted-early-in-u-s-senate-runoff-in-georgia-idUSKBN28Y1T2 | 2020-12-25 |
| If it appears that the Democratic candidates are set to win both of Georgias Senate seats things could turn really sour even though the longterm outlook looks pretty Frederick added | Positive | NEW YORK Worries over a resurgent coronavirus pandemic and upcoming U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia are clouding the outlook for what has historically been a seasonally strong period for equities | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/santa-claus-rally-threatened-by-covid-19-resurgence-georgia-elections-idUSKBN28Y18P | 2020-12-25 |
| An initiative called whose founders include former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is raising money for organizers targeting voters of color | Positive | ATLANTA With hundreds of millions of dollars pouring into twin Jan | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-black-voters/with-u-s-senate-at-stake-black-voters-loom-large-for-democratic-candidates-in-georgia-idUSKBN28X1B1 | 2020-12-24 |
| 5 Georgia runoff elections to determine control of the U.S. Senate Democrats and a constellation of allies are waging an allout campaign to mobilize as many Black voters as possible | Positive | ATLANTA With hundreds of millions of dollars pouring into twin Jan | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-black-voters/with-u-s-senate-at-stake-black-voters-loom-large-for-democratic-candidates-in-georgia-idUSKBN28X1B1 | 2020-12-24 |
| In outperforming Trump Perdue benefited from Republicanleaning voters who disliked Trump but were not willing to vote for downballot Democrats | Positive | ATLANTA With hundreds of millions of dollars pouring into twin Jan | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-black-voters/with-u-s-senate-at-stake-black-voters-loom-large-for-democratic-candidates-in-georgia-idUSKBN28X1B1 | 2020-12-24 |
| The package which includes billion for relief from the coronavirus crisis passed both chambers of Congress on Monday after months of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans on Wednesday faced the prospect of a government shutdown during a pandemic as outgoing President Donald Trump angry at his fellow Republicans in Congress demanded dramatic changes to a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/u-s-faces-risk-of-government-shutdown-as-trump-balks-at-covid-19-relief-deal-idUSKBN28X1UD | 2020-12-24 |
| Those are going to be difficult voters for Democrats to win Terrance Woodbury a pollster said | Negative | ATLANTA With hundreds of millions of dollars pouring into twin Jan | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-black-voters/with-u-s-senate-at-stake-black-voters-loom-large-for-democratic-candidates-in-georgia-idUSKBN28X1B1 | 2020-12-24 |
| The balloon case was among 18 pardons and four sentence commutations granted on Wednesday by Polis a firstterm Democrat | Neutral | DENVER The husband and wife who pleaded guilty to criminal charges for staging the 2009 balloon hoax creating a global media sensation with a false report that their son had floated away in a makeshift dirigible were pardoned on Wednesday by Colorados governor | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-colorado-balloonboy-pardon/balloon-boy-parents-pardoned-by-colorado-governor-over-2009-hoax-idUSKBN28Y0BV | 2020-12-24 |
| Theyre very likely voters and very unlikely to vote for Democrats | Negative | ATLANTA With hundreds of millions of dollars pouring into twin Jan | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-black-voters/with-u-s-senate-at-stake-black-voters-loom-large-for-democratic-candidates-in-georgia-idUSKBN28X1B1 | 2020-12-24 |
| NEW YORK Andrew Yang an entrepreneur and former 2020 U.S. presidential contender has filed papers to run for mayor of New York City as a Democrat in next years elections according to the citys Campaign Finance Board | Positive | NEW YORK Andrew Yang an entrepreneur and former 2020 U.S. presidential contender has filed papers to run for mayor of New York City as a Democrat in next years elections according to the citys Campaign Finance Board | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-yang-new-york/ex-presidential-contender-andrew-yang-files-papers-to-run-for-new-york-mayor-idUSKBN28X2QK | 2020-12-24 |
| With an eye on rapid progress China is making towards a digital yuan Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party has urged the BOJ to speed up development of a digital yen | Positive | TOKYO Dec 23 Japanese policymakers must engage more with platform operators and financial institutions to ensure any plan to issue a digital yen does not crowd out the private sector a lawmaker overseeing the ruling partys deliberations on digital currencies said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-economy-digital-currencies/japan-ruling-party-calls-for-more-private-engagement-on-digital-yen-idUSL4N2J30FD | 2020-12-23 |
| An senior employee of Dominion Voting Systems has sued President Donald Trumps reelection campaign in a Colorado court for spreading false conspiracy theories related to Novembers presidential election that Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden | Negative | An senior employee of Dominion Voting Systems has sued President Donald Trumps reelection campaign in a Colorado court for spreading false conspiracy theories related to Novembers presidential election that Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-dominion/dominion-voting-systems-employee-sues-trump-campaign-for-defamation-idUSKBN28X0EB | 2020-12-23 |
| There are two years remaining in Harris Senate term meaning Padilla a Democrat would need to win election in November 2022 to remain in office for a full sixyearterm | Positive | WASHINGTON California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday he will name Alex Padilla to the U.S. Senate to fill the remainder of Vice Presidentelect Kamala Harriss term | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-california/first-latino-will-represent-california-in-u-s-senate-governor-idUSKBN28W29T | 2020-12-23 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his weekend call with U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden was very and that he expect relations to be positive with the new Democratic administration taking office in January | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his weekend call with U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden was very and that he expect relations to be positive with the new Democratic administration taking office in January | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-mexico/mexican-president-expects-no-conflicts-with-biden-administration-idUSKBN28V1UG | 2020-12-22 |
| A battle over voting access is also shaping up in Texas another state long dominated by Republicans but where Democrats have made inroads | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican state lawmakers have begun to use President Donald Trumps baseless charges of voter fraud to push for new restrictions on voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-voting-rules-insight/as-trump-pushes-baseless-fraud-claims-republicans-pledge-tougher-voting-rules-idUSKBN28V1DN | 2020-12-22 |
| The Democraticled House of Representatives will likely vote on the package on Monday with the Republicancontrolled Senate to follow according to House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders reached agreement on Sunday on a billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy and individuals battered by the surging coronavirus pandemic with votes likely on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-reaches-deal-on-covid-19-aid-package-plans-votes-for-monday-idUSKBN28U061 | 2020-12-21 |
| Amtrak the nations largest passenger railroad firm is due to receive billion while billion will go to public transit systems and billion to state highways a senior Democratic aide said | Neutral | WASHINGTON A bipartisan legislative deal unveiled by U.S. lawmakers on Sunday will grant U.S. airlines billion in new payroll assistance that will allow them to return more than 32000 furloughed workers to payrolls through March 31 sources briefed on the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-transportation/u-s-lawmakers-back-15-billion-in-airline-payroll-assistance-idUSKBN28U0PL | 2020-12-21 |
| Its not just Republicans that are enthused to come out to keep a firewall in the Senate but Democrats beat Trump and he still wont Taylor said | Neutral | WASHINGTON More than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/over-1-1-million-ballots-cast-in-early-voting-for-georgia-u-s-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN28S1KY | 2020-12-19 |
| 1 million Georgians have voted in twin U.S. Senate runoff elections that will determine which party controls that chamber of Congress and with it the fate of much of Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens agenda state data showed on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON More than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/over-1-1-million-ballots-cast-in-early-voting-for-georgia-u-s-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN28S1KY | 2020-12-19 |
| One battery company A123 declared bankruptcy in 2012 leading Republican Mitt Romney then a presidential candidate to say that Democrats were gambling away billions of taxpayer dollars | Negative | When Jennifer Granholm was governor of automanufacturing Michigan she led a charge that secured a whopping | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden-granholm-evs/bidens-expected-energy-department-pick-granholm-could-lead-charge-on-electric-cars-idUSKBN28R0JO | 2020-12-17 |
| This costs many said Karl Lauterbach an epidemiologist and lawmaker with Merkels Social Democrat coalition partners | Positive | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-criticism/analysis-after-the-cheers-come-jeers-for-germanys-merkel-over-covid-19-idUSKBN28Q2LS | 2020-12-17 |
| The implementation of the algorithm had resulted in a reduction in traffic for partisan sites like Breitbart and Occupy Democrats and an increase for mainstream news publishers the report said | Negative | Twitter Inc is reversing changes made to its retweet function intended to curb the spread of misinformation during the U.S. presidential election the company said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-twitter-policy-election/twitter-reverts-to-old-retweet-function-after-u-s-election-idUSKBN28R0IM | 2020-12-17 |
| The bailout was initiated by Republican President George W. Bush but mostly overseen by President Barack Obama a Democrat | Negative | When Jennifer Granholm was governor of automanufacturing Michigan she led a charge that secured a whopping | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden-granholm-evs/bidens-expected-energy-department-pick-granholm-could-lead-charge-on-electric-cars-idUSKBN28R0JO | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is still involved in legal challenges to the 2020 election White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday when asked how the president responded to the Electoral College vote confirming Democrat Joe Biden as the U.S. presidentelect | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is still involved in legal challenges to the 2020 election White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday when asked how the president responded to the Electoral College vote confirming Democrat Joe Biden as the U.S. presidentelect | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/after-electoral-college-vote-white-house-says-trump-still-involved-in-legal-challenge-idUSKBN28P2IW | 2020-12-16 |
| ATLANTA Hours after speaking with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and vowing to try to work together Presidentelect Joe Biden urged Georgians on Tuesday to oust McConnell as majority leader by electing the two Democratic candidates in Jan | Neutral | ATLANTA Hours after speaking with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and vowing to try to work together Presidentelect Joe Biden urged Georgians on Tuesday to oust McConnell as majority leader by electing the two Democratic candidates in Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-hits-campaign-trail-in-georgia-after-top-republicans-acknowledge-his-win-idUSKBN28P18U | 2020-12-16 |
| Any such effort to challenge the results is all but certain to fail since it would require approval by both chambers including the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives | Neutral | ATLANTA Hours after speaking with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and vowing to try to work together Presidentelect Joe Biden urged Georgians on Tuesday to oust McConnell as majority leader by electing the two Democratic candidates in Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-hits-campaign-trail-in-georgia-after-top-republicans-acknowledge-his-win-idUSKBN28P18U | 2020-12-16 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden announced Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday as his nominee to lead the U.S. Transportation Department making him the first of Bidens Democratic rivals for the presidency to land a role in his Cabinet | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-buttigieg/biden-taps-former-rival-pete-buttigieg-for-u-s-transportation-secretary-idUSKBN28P2KK | 2020-12-16 |
| Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have both visited Georgia to warn supporters that failure to vote could mean Democratic rule in Washington | Negative | MARIETTA Ga | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/georgia-voters-start-early-visits-to-polls-in-elections-that-will-set-u-s-senate-control-idUSKBN28O18G | 2020-12-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr will step down next week he said on Monday shortly after the Electoral College confirmed President Donald Trumps loss to Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr will step down next week he said on Monday shortly after the Electoral College confirmed President Donald Trumps loss to Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-barr/u-s-attorney-general-barr-steps-down-as-trump-election-defeat-confirmed-idUSKBN28O329 | 2020-12-15 |
| WASHINGTON Twin efforts were underway in the U.S. Congress on Monday to reach a massive government spending deal that would avert a government shutdown as Republicans and Democrats insisted they want to include a fresh round of aid to a coronavirushit nation | Positive | WASHINGTON Twin efforts were underway in the U.S. Congress on Monday to reach a massive government spending deal that would avert a government shutdown as Republicans and Democrats insisted they want to include a fresh round of aid to a coronavirushit nation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/dueling-paths-for-coronavirus-relief-budget-bills-as-u-s-congress-enters-key-week-idUSKBN28O19Z | 2020-12-15 |
| Hundreds of people lined up in a cold rain on Monday to cast ballots in a pair of U.S. Senate races in Georgia that will determine control of the chamber and influence Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens ability to enact his agenda | Positive | MARIETTA Ga | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/georgia-voters-start-early-visits-to-polls-in-elections-that-will-set-u-s-senate-control-idUSKBN28O18G | 2020-12-15 |
| Bidens narrow victory has buoyed Democratic hopes of another win aided by aggressive Democratic voter registration drives and demographic trends that have nudged the electorate away from Republicans | Positive | MARIETTA Ga | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/georgia-voters-start-early-visits-to-polls-in-elections-that-will-set-u-s-senate-control-idUSKBN28O18G | 2020-12-15 |
| An extra wrinkle is the chance of a U.S. deal on fiscal stimulus after a top Democrat hinted they might compromise to get an agreement past Republican objections | Positive | SYDNEY Stocks started a busy week with guarded gains as investors gauged the chance of added U.S. fiscal and monetary stimulus while the British pound rose in relief as a lastgasp extension to Brexit talks dodged a hard divorce | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-global-markets/stocks-look-for-vaccine-led-recovery-u-s-stimulus-idUSKBN28O01T | 2020-12-14 |
| Troupis smacks of Judge Jill Karofsky said during the hearing noting that both counties are heavily urban ethnically diverse and Democratic | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump lambasted the Supreme Court on Saturday for declining to take a case he hoped would overturn Presidentelect Joe Bidens election victory and called Attorney General William Barr a disappointment | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-castigates-supreme-court-barr-as-election-challenges-sputter-idUSKBN28M0T7 | 2020-12-13 |
| We must take steps in the coming days that are very farreaching and very German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told members of his Social Democratic party at an online event | Negative | BERLIN Germany will close shops from the middle of next week in a tightening of coronavirus lockdown restrictions people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-to-close-shops-from-mid-week-in-tighter-lockdown-sources-idUSKBN28M0A0 | 2020-12-13 |
| U.S. stocks had a mixed day on Thursday as Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested wrangling over a spending package and coronavirus aid could drag on through Christmas | Negative | Euro STOXX 600 slumps 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-and-sterling-hit-by-brexit-u-s-stimulus-doubts-idUSL4N2IR2PH | 2020-12-12 |
| One Republican voter interviewed by Reuters however said he had decided to support Democrats for Senate in part because Loeffler and Perdue had aligned themselves so closely with Trump | Positive | VALDOSTA Ga | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-election-georgia-maga/georgia-republicans-fired-up-for-senate-runoff-despite-rigged-election-fears-idUSKBN28L1GQ | 2020-12-12 |
| Others however have noted that a Georgia sweep would give the Democrats only a slim Senate margin meaning any legislation would likely need support from more moderate party members | Positive | NEW YORK Investors are looking ahead to dual U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia early next month a potential threat to a yearend rally that has pushed stocks to record highs in the midst of a countrywide surge of coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/usa-stocks-weekahead/wall-street-week-ahead-georgia-senate-elections-threaten-pillar-of-market-rally-idUSKBN28L1I2 | 2020-12-12 |
| The 13 votes were a mix of some of the most conservative Republicans and most liberal Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Friday threw its weight behind the annual National Defense Authorization Act a billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defense passing the bill with a margin large enough to overcome President Donald Trumps promised veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/u-s-senate-backs-massive-defense-bill-defying-trump-veto-threat-idUSKBN28L24P | 2020-12-12 |
| Nearterm U.S. fiscal stimulus appears unlikely after Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested wrangling over a spending package and coronavirus aid could drag on through Christmas | Negative | TOKYO Dec 11 Japans Nikkei share average fell on Friday to post its first weekly fall in six as uncertainties over Brexit U.S. stimulus and worries over surging COVID19 cases at home sapped risk appetite | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-posts-first-weekly-loss-in-six-on-brexit-virus-worries-idUSL4N2IR1LU | 2020-12-11 |
| The proposed resolution was introduced on Wednesday by Senator Ben Cardin a Democrat and Senator Jim Risch a Republican | Neutral | NAIROBI Two U.S. senators have called on their government to consider imposing sanctions on any political or military officials found responsible for human rights violations during a month of conflict in Ethiopias northern Tigray region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-conflict/u-s-senators-seek-possible-sanctions-over-ethiopia-conflict-abuses-idUSKBN28K139 | 2020-12-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden next week will jump into the fiery U.S. Senate campaigns in Georgia two contests that could help push his legislative agenda through Congress if Democrats win both seats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden next week will jump into the fiery U.S. Senate campaigns in Georgia two contests that could help push his legislative agenda through Congress if Democrats win both seats | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-election-georgia/biden-to-campaign-for-georgia-democrats-next-week-amid-hot-u-s-senate-races-idUSKBN28K1P9 | 2020-12-11 |
| The U.S. presidential election was defined at first by a paralyzing coronavirus pandemic that upended traditional campaigning and then by President Donald Trumps frenzied but failing efforts to reverse his loss to Democrat Joe Biden | Negative | The U.S. presidential election was defined at first by a paralyzing coronavirus pandemic that upended traditional campaigning and then by President Donald Trumps frenzied but failing efforts to reverse his loss to Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/global-poy-usa-election/u-s-election-year-shaped-by-pandemic-and-trumps-defiance-idUSKBN28K1FU | 2020-12-11 |
| Josh Kaul Wisconsins Democratic attorney general noted that Trump already had obtained recounts in the two most heavily Democratic counties in the state showing no problems with the results | Positive | WASHINGTON Georgia Michigan Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit filed by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to undo Presidentelect Joe Bidens election victory saying the case has no factual or legal grounds and offers claims | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/states-assail-bogus-texas-bid-to-overturn-u-s-election-at-supreme-court-idUSKBN28K2NU | 2020-12-11 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government running is likely to slip to the Friday deadline a leading Republican said as a top Democrat suggested wrangling over a spending package and coronavirus aid could drag on through Christmas | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government running is likely to slip to the Friday deadline a leading Republican said as a top Democrat suggested wrangling over a spending package and coronavirus aid could drag on through Christmas | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-vote-on-spending-could-slip-to-friday-pelosi-suggests-longer-covid-19-timeline-idUSKBN28K17Z | 2020-12-11 |
| On Wednesday McConnell said lawmakers were still looking for a path toward agreement on COVID19 some Democrats said he is a major obstacle | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has promised to revive a coronavirusravaged economy repair creaky American infrastructure and put millions back to work but unless Democrats win Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January it will all run through one Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-biden-economy-mcconnell-analysis/analysis-mitch-mcconnell-stands-in-the-way-of-bidens-economic-recovery-plans-idUSKBN28J2PV | 2020-12-10 |
| But disagreements remain over business liability protections demanded by Republicans and aid to state and local governments sought by Democrats before a final deal is reached on economic assistance | Negative | The United States on Wednesday crossed an ominous new threshold of more than 3250 lives lost to COVID19 in a single day while public health officials stepped up preparations for a vaccine campaign of historic scope ahead of final regulatory review | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-nears-final-covid-vaccine-review-as-daily-national-deaths-top-3250-idUSKBN28I1WD | 2020-12-10 |
| Hes not going to pass bills with two Republicans and 48 Democrats | Neutral | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has promised to revive a coronavirusravaged economy repair creaky American infrastructure and put millions back to work but unless Democrats win Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January it will all run through one Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-biden-economy-mcconnell-analysis/analysis-mitch-mcconnell-stands-in-the-way-of-bidens-economic-recovery-plans-idUSKBN28J2PV | 2020-12-10 |
| Wolf a Democrat has drawn repeated fire from U.S. President Donald Trump after his state certified Democrat Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he tested positive for COVID19 the latest governor to contract the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/ushealth-coronavirus-usa-pennsylvania/pennsylvania-governor-wolf-says-tested-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN28J2UR | 2020-12-10 |
| News of her selection was welcomed by Democrats in the House of Representatives and Senate | Positive | NEW Presidentelect Joe Biden has selected Katherine Tai the chief trade lawyer for the House Ways and Means Committee to serve as U.S. trade representative four sources familiar with the decision said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-ustr/biden-picks-capitol-hill-staffer-tai-as-u-s-trade-czar-sources-idUSKBN28J399 | 2020-12-10 |
| Other governors that have tested positive for the novel coronavirus include Virginia Governor Ralph Northam also a Democrat and Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt a Republican | Negative | WASHINGTON Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he tested positive for COVID19 the latest governor to contract the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/ushealth-coronavirus-usa-pennsylvania/pennsylvania-governor-wolf-says-tested-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN28J2UR | 2020-12-10 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has promised to revive a coronavirusravaged economy repair creaky American infrastructure and put millions back to work but unless Democrats win Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January it will all run through one Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has promised to revive a coronavirusravaged economy repair creaky American infrastructure and put millions back to work but unless Democrats win Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January it will all run through one Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-biden-economy-mcconnell-analysis/analysis-mitch-mcconnell-stands-in-the-way-of-bidens-economic-recovery-plans-idUSKBN28J2PV | 2020-12-10 |
| There are 12 presidential candidates but most voters are likely to choose between AkufoAddo and his New Patriotic Party and former president Mahama and his National Democratic Congress | Positive | Ghana Ghanaians voted on Monday in what is expected to be a close race between President Nana AkufoAddo and his main rival John Mahama who are offering competing plans to end an economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ghana-election/ghana-votes-as-candidates-offer-routes-out-of-economic-crisis-idUSKBN28H0JQ | 2020-12-08 |
| Investor eyes also continue to be on negotiations between U.S. Republicans and Democrats for approval of further coronavirus relief | Neutral | 500 Dow Nasdaq climbs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-retreat-as-virus-restrictions-increase-sterling-weakens-idUSL1N2IN1Y3 | 2020-12-08 |
| The shutdowns which go into effect at pm Sunday are triggered by an order announced Wednesday by Governor Gavin Newsom a Democrat | Neutral | Sacramento Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa/most-of-california-to-be-under-stay-at-home-orders-as-covid-19-surges-idUSKBN28F0WC | 2020-12-06 |
| Biden said he would visit Georgia to campaign for the Democratic candidates but did not give a timetable for his trip | Positive | VALDOSTA Georgia U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia on Saturday for two Republican senators at a rally that some in his party feared could end up hurting not helping their chances by focusing on his efforts to reverse his own election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-election-georgia/trump-keeps-up-false-claims-of-widespread-fraud-at-georgia-rally-for-u-s-senators-idUSKBN28F0EK | 2020-12-06 |
| 5 Georgia holds a runoff election for its two U.S. Senate seats which will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the chamber | Neutral | A federal appeals court on Saturday rejected a bid by a conservative lawyer to block Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory in Georgia and left in place procedures that will make it easier for voters to cast absentee ballots in January when two Senate seats are up for grabs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-georgia/u-s-appeals-court-rejects-bid-to-block-georgia-win-for-biden-idUSKBN28F0MS | 2020-12-06 |
| Democrats must win both races to gain control of the Senate with a Democratic vice president holding the tiebreaking vote | Positive | WASHINGTON The largest U.S. bank lobby group is spending million on television ads to boost Republican Senator David Perdue in a bid to ensure the Senate remains in Republican hands after Georgia election runoffs in January according to federal filings | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-ads/u-s-bank-lobby-spends-1-million-on-ad-blitz-for-republican-perdue-in-georgia-senate-runoff-idUSKBN28E1DD | 2020-12-05 |
| program was created in 2012 under former President Barack Obama a Democrat. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN1KP014 | 2020-12-05 |
| The Republicans also enjoy a structural A victory by just one will preserve a oneseat Senate majority and with it the ability to block Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens legislative agenda | Positive | MARIETTA Ga | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-senate/trump-loyalist-loefflers-attacks-on-pastor-warnock-risk-suburban-votes-in-georgias-u-s-senate-race-idUSKBN28E1CT | 2020-12-05 |
| Reed told reporters that disagreements over rival COVID19 demands for state and local government aid from Democrats and liability protection for businesses from Republicans continue to pose issues | Negative | WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-covid-19-relief-talks-gain-momentum-as-lawmakers-set-monday-deadline-idUSKBN28E2GZ | 2020-12-05 |
| Perdue who sits on the Senate Banking Committee and has long been an industry ally backing lighter banking regulations is seeking reelection against Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff | Positive | WASHINGTON The largest U.S. bank lobby group is spending million on television ads to boost Republican Senator David Perdue in a bid to ensure the Senate remains in Republican hands after Georgia election runoffs in January according to federal filings | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-ads/u-s-bank-lobby-spends-1-million-on-ad-blitz-for-republican-perdue-in-georgia-senate-runoff-idUSKBN28E1DD | 2020-12-05 |
| Simington was approved along party lines by a 1412 vote by the Commerce Committee on Wednesday over the objections of Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is set to vote as early as next week to approve the nomination of a senior Trump administration official who has helped lead an effort seeking social media regulations to a seat on the Federal Communications Commission | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tech-fcc/u-s-senate-set-to-vote-on-trump-fcc-nominee-as-soon-as-next-week-idUSKBN28D3IC | 2020-12-04 |
| 5 million since Election Day according to a statement on Thursday gathering donations to pay for challenges to Democrat Joe Bidens win in the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps campaign and the Republican National Committee have raised | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-fundraising/trump-unveils-207-million-fundraising-haul-after-election-in-effort-to-overturn-result-idUSKBN28E012 | 2020-12-04 |
| McConnell continued to attack Democratic proposals while touting Republican demands such as liability protections for businesses and schools during the worsening pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON A bipartisan billion coronavirus aid plan gained momentum in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as conservative lawmakers expressed their support and Senate and House of Representatives leaders huddled | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress/908-billion-coronavirus-aid-bill-draws-conservative-backing-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN28D2DF | 2020-12-04 |
| That could stymie Democratic priorities on a number of issues at the FCC including moving to restore the 2015 net neutrality rules overturned by the Trump FCC in 2017 | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is set to vote as early as next week to approve the nomination of a senior Trump administration official who has helped lead an effort seeking social media regulations to a seat on the Federal Communications Commission | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tech-fcc/u-s-senate-set-to-vote-on-trump-fcc-nominee-as-soon-as-next-week-idUSKBN28D3IC | 2020-12-04 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign filed a petition on Tuesday challenging Wisconsins presidential vote results with the states supreme court the latest in a series of sofar unsuccessful attempts to reverse Democrat Joe Bidens victory in the Nov | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign filed a petition on Tuesday challenging Wisconsins presidential vote results with the states supreme court the latest in a series of sofar unsuccessful attempts to reverse Democrat Joe Bidens victory in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin/trump-campaign-challenges-election-results-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-idUSKBN28B5KA | 2020-12-03 |
| Shaun Wu a Hong Kongbased partner at law firm Paul Hastings said increased enforcement against Chinese companies was likely even though Democrat Joe Biden will become president in January | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a law to kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges if they do not fully comply with the countrys auditing rules giving President Donald Trump one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks/chinese-firms-on-u-s-exchanges-threatened-by-bill-headed-to-trumps-desk-idUSKBN28C3C3 | 2020-12-03 |
| Thats an area that I think Democrats and Republicans are going to have to have an honest discussion about | Positive | WASHINGTON A new Chinabacked AsiaPacific trade deal and Beijings interest in a regional pact that President Donald Trump quit should be a real wake up to the United States a former U.S. official who has advised Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-trade-campbell/biden-adviser-campbell-sees-chinas-asia-trade-focus-as-wake-up-call-idUSKBN28C2T9 | 2020-12-03 |
| The governors of five Republican states are ready to fight Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden if he tries to require the power sector to slash greenhouse gas emissions | Negative | The governors of five Republican states are ready to fight Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden if he tries to require the power sector to slash greenhouse gas emissions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-climatechange-republican-states/some-republican-states-would-fight-forced-utility-emissions-cuts-under-biden-climate-agenda-idUSKBN28C1NK | 2020-12-03 |
| State and local governments would receive direct aid under the bipartisan bill a central demand by Pelosi and her fellow Democrats to prevent layoffs of frontline workers | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a mustpass | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-urges-new-covid-19-aid-in-broad-funding-bill-idUSKBN28B5HT | 2020-12-02 |
| For months he has been pushing a billion approach that Democrats rejected as insufficient | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a mustpass | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-urges-new-covid-19-aid-in-broad-funding-bill-idUSKBN28B5HT | 2020-12-02 |
| Airbnb was launched by Chesky and Gebbia in 2008 as a website to take bookings for rooms during conferences including the Democratic National Convention that year in Denver | Neutral | Airbnb Inc said on Tuesday it is aiming for a valuation of up to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-airbnb-ipo/airbnb-aims-for-35-billion-valuation-in-long-awaited-ipo-idUSKBN28B5CC | 2020-12-02 |
| Key among the concerns for Lowcock is averting famines in countries including Yemen Afghanistan northeast Nigeria South Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso | Negative | NEW YORK The COVID19 pandemic has fueled a increase in the number of people needing humanitarian assistance around the globe the United Nations said on Tuesday as it appealed for roughly billion to help many of those expected to be in need next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-un-aid/covid-19-drives-40-spike-in-number-of-people-needing-humanitarian-aid-u-n-says-idUSKBN28B3PJ | 2020-12-01 |
| Some Republicans including strategist Bill Kristol urged conservatives to support Tandens nomination suggesting she would be more careful with federal funding than other Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON Neera Tanden Presidentelect Joe Bidens outspoken nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget faces a challenge winning Senate confirmation after a Washington career in which she has crossed powerful figures on both the right and left | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-omb/biden-budget-pick-neera-tanden-a-lightning-rod-in-washington-idUSKBN28B3GL | 2020-12-01 |
| Signatories include Public Citizen American Economic Liberties Project Open Markets Institute Progressive Democrats of America the Revolving Door Project and Athena | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden was urged to reject the influence of Big Tech companies on his administration by 32 antitrust consumer advocacy labor and related groups in a letter sent on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-biden/biden-urged-by-32-advocacy-groups-to-reject-big-tech-influence-idUSKBN28A2VX | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday began a twoweek sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic the first major test since the election of whether Republicans and Democrats intend to cooperate | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday began a twoweek sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic the first major test since the election of whether Republicans and Democrats intend to cooperate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-congress/u-s-congress-races-to-avoid-december-government-shutdown-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN28A2EG | 2020-12-01 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden a Democrat could quickly name a Democratic chair of the panel after the Jan | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed two of President Donald Trumps picks for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in a move that could secure a Republican majority on the panel through June | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-senate-ferc/senate-confirms-two-trump-picks-for-energy-regulation-panel-idUSKBN28B3DC | 2020-12-01 |
| This time around Republicans are seeking billion for the southern barrier that most Democrats and some Republican lawmakers claim is an ineffective remedy to halting illegal immigration | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday began a twoweek sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic the first major test since the election of whether Republicans and Democrats intend to cooperate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-congress/u-s-congress-races-to-avoid-december-government-shutdown-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN28A2EG | 2020-12-01 |
| But the panel could have more Republicans than Democrats through June 2021 when the term of commissioner Neil Chatterjee a Republican ends | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed two of President Donald Trumps picks for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in a move that could secure a Republican majority on the panel through June | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-senate-ferc/senate-confirms-two-trump-picks-for-energy-regulation-panel-idUSKBN28B3DC | 2020-12-01 |
| Voters unhappiness with Trumps response to the global pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands helped propel his challenger Democrat Joe Biden to victory in the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-atlas/u-s-coronavirus-adviser-scott-atlas-resigns-idUSKBN28B3AS | 2020-12-01 |
| Abby Finkenauer one of the youngest women in Congress is among the contenders to become Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens Labor Secretary according to three people familiar with the selection process | Positive | Abby Finkenauer one of the youngest women in Congress is among the contenders to become Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens Labor Secretary according to three people familiar with the selection process | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-labor/representative-finkenauer-in-contention-for-bidens-labor-secretary-idUSKBN28B3DM | 2020-12-01 |
| The economic selections so far represent broad diversity deep expertise long Washington said Matt Bennett cofounder of centrist Democratic political consultancy Third Way and a return to competence and sanity | Neutral | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden is expected to name Neera Tanden who was an adviser to former President Barack Obama as director of the White House budget office and economist Cecilia Rouse as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers as soon as Monday according to a person familiar with the process | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-advisers/biden-set-to-name-senior-members-of-economic-team-possibly-as-soon-as-monday-idUSKBN2890XS | 2020-11-30 |
| The Supreme Court has only once decided the outcome of a U.S. presidential election the disputed 2000 contest ultimately awarded to Republican George W. Bush over Democrat Al Gore | Positive | WASHINGTON 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 court weighs election disputes and prepares to hear a challenge to the Obamacare healthcare law | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-cases/baptism-by-fire-for-newly-appointed-supreme-court-justice-barrett-idUSKBN27C19X | 2020-11-29 |
| On Monday night the conservative justices were in the majority as the court on a 53 vote declined to extend mailin voting deadlines sought by Democrats in Wisconsin | Negative | WASHINGTON 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 court weighs election disputes and prepares to hear a challenge to the Obamacare healthcare law | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-cases/baptism-by-fire-for-newly-appointed-supreme-court-justice-barrett-idUSKBN27C19X | 2020-11-29 |
| Below are some of the biggest victories President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Positive | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-11-29 |
| Former felons in Florida are more likely to register as Democrats according to an analysis published this month by the Tampa Bay Times Miami Herald and ProPublica | Neutral | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-11-29 |
| Trump a Republican has refused to concede to his Democratic rival and continues to claim without evidence widespread voter fraud | Negative | A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign to block Presidentelect Joe Biden from being declared the winner of Pennsylvania dealing another significant setback to Trumps bid to overturn the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-pennsylvania/in-fresh-blow-to-trump-u-s-court-rejects-pennsylvania-election-case-idUSKBN2872AZ | 2020-11-28 |
| Clayton is stepping down at the end of the year positioning senior Democratic SEC Commissioner Allison Lee as acting chair under Biden until a new chair is sworn in | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens team has tapped a mix of progressives and centrist policy experts including former derivatives market regulator Gary Gensler to work on a transition plan for financial industry oversight | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-wallstreet-regulators-factb/factbox-the-top-contenders-to-run-bidens-financial-agencies-idUSKBN28716L | 2020-11-28 |
| a Republican has refused to concede to his Democratic rival and continues to claim without evidence widespread voter fraud. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN2872AZ | 2020-11-28 |
| But with simmering dissatisfaction over Trumps handling of the pandemic opinion polls suggest Texas may be in reach for Democratic candidate Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the states Republican governor may limit dropoff sites for election ballots in a political win for U.S. President Donald Trump days before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-texas-voting/texas-supreme-court-says-state-can-limit-mail-ballot-drop-off-sites-idUSKBN27C3AM | 2020-11-28 |
| Scholz who will be the centreleft Social Democrats candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor in the 2021 federal election has resisted calls to extend the VAT cut | Negative | BERLIN German consumers remain gloomy ahead of the traditionally bigspending Christmas season and a temporary reduction in sales tax worth up to 20 billion euros has failed to get them into shops or online even when companies have passed it on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-stimulus-analysis/analysis-german-stimulus-fails-to-turn-anxious-savers-into-big-spenders-idUSKBN2870KI | 2020-11-28 |
| Biden is also expected to quickly staff up the SEC which under Chair Jay Clayton a Trump appointee has pursued many rule changes opposed by Democrats and investor advocates | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens team has tapped a mix of progressives and centrist policy experts including former derivatives market regulator Gary Gensler to work on a transition plan for financial industry oversight | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-wallstreet-regulators-factb/factbox-the-top-contenders-to-run-bidens-financial-agencies-idUSKBN28716L | 2020-11-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-says-he-will-leave-the-white-house-if-electoral-college-votes-for-biden-idUSKBN2862HC | 2020-11-27 |
| WASHINGTON As Presidentelect Joe Biden builds his economic team in the coming days some influential lawmakers are urging him to choose Katherine Tai the Democratic trade counsel on the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee as U.S. trade representative | Positive | WASHINGTON As Presidentelect Joe Biden builds his economic team in the coming days some influential lawmakers are urging him to choose Katherine Tai the Democratic trade counsel on the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee as U.S. trade representative | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-biden-trade/lawyer-katherine-tai-a-congress-favorite-for-biden-trade-czar-idUSKBN285280 | 2020-11-26 |
| This will not last said Biden a 78yearold Democrat | Neutral | Americans defied pleas from state and local officials to stay home for the Thanksgiving holiday in the face of the surging coronavirus pandemic triggering fresh warnings from health officials with the release of vaccines still weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa/americans-defy-pandemic-political-leaders-to-travel-for-thanksgiving-idUSKBN2851R6 | 2020-11-26 |
| Trumps pardon which could be the first of several after he lost the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden drew condemnation from Democrats and other critics | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-trump-flynn/trump-pardons-former-adviser-flynn-who-pleaded-guilty-in-russia-probe-idUSKBN28536B | 2020-11-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. government civil servants could face mass firings under an October executive order before President Donald Trump leaves office and Democratic lawmakers watchdog groups and unions are mobilizing to block the move | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. government civil servants could face mass firings under an October executive order before President Donald Trump leaves office and Democratic lawmakers watchdog groups and unions are mobilizing to block the move | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-election-transition-civilservants/trump-order-could-spark-mass-firings-of-civil-servants-lawmakers-warn-idUSKBN28538O | 2020-11-26 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden will come under immense pressure from progressives in the Democratic party to cut the defense budget once he takes office in January | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden will come under immense pressure from progressives in the Democratic party to cut the defense budget once he takes office in January | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-biden-defense-spending/biden-will-struggle-to-cut-defense-spending-despite-pressure-idUSKBN285359 | 2020-11-26 |
| Banks have a relatively short 45day period to review the proposal if Brooks who is seen by Democrats and consumer groups as too industryfriendly doesnt permit more time | Neutral | WASHINGTON Major U.S. banks on Wednesday pushed back on a proposal to bar them from snubbing controversial business sectors such as oil and gas giants in an unlikely turn of events that has pitched Wall Street against one of the Trump administrations industryfriendly regulators | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-regulator-banks/wall-street-banks-slam-lending-proposal-as-unworkable-and-political-idUSKBN28534J | 2020-11-26 |
| The Trump administration had moved closer in July to approving the mines permit reversing a decision by Democratic thenPresident Barack Obama | Negative | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday issued its final decision denying a key water permit for the contentious Pebble Mine in Alaska putting the projects future in doubt even as the company behind it plans to appeal the decision | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-alaska-pebblemine/u-s-rejects-permit-for-alaskas-pebble-mine-company-vows-appeal-idUSKBN2852XM | 2020-11-26 |
| 3 election results finalizing Democrat Joe Biden as winner of the U.S. presidential contest the states governor said on Tuesday cementing Bidens victory in the key political battleground state | Positive | WASHINGTON Pennsylvania has certified its Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-election-pennsylvania/pennsylvania-finalizes-u-s-election-results-for-biden-governor-idUSKBN2842HY | 2020-11-25 |
| Suga is currently serving out Abes remaining term to next September and must win a ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership race then in order to remain premier | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugas abrupt decision to partially pause a domestic travel campaign amid rising COVID19 cases after insisting it would go ahead looks likely to cost him support and may cloud his chances of a longterm tenure | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-suga/japan-pm-suga-trips-up-with-messy-reversal-on-tourism-campaign-idUSKBN2850BM | 2020-11-25 |
| Perdue 70 faces Democrat Jon Ossoff a 33yearold investigative journalist whom he edged out on Nov | Neutral | President Donald Trumps baseless attacks on the U.S. election may be endangering Republican chances of keeping control of the Senate as Republican candidates in twin January runoffs in Georgia try to drive voters to the polls while amplifying Trumps claim that the system is rigged | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-election-georgia/with-senate-on-the-line-trumps-claims-of-election-fraud-put-georgia-republicans-in-bind-idUSKBN2842XI | 2020-11-25 |
| When Obama nominated Blinken as deputy secretary of state in 2014 he was confirmed with only two Republican votes in what was then a Democraticmajority Senate | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S. Senate fired warning shots to Presidentelect Joe Biden that they may be prepared to stand in the way of his Cabinet appointments despite the longheld tradition of a new president having the right to choose who will run government agencies | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden-cabinet-senate/biden-cabinet-picks-may-face-rough-republican-reception-in-senate-idUSKBN2842X0 | 2020-11-25 |
| The two will discuss a range of bilateral regional and global issues including North Korea the coronavirus and an incoming U.S. administration under Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden Seoul officials said | Positive | SEOUL Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit South Korea on Wednesday amid talk of a trip to Seoul by Chinese President Xi Jinping | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-southkorea-china/chinese-foreign-minister-due-in-south-korea-amid-talk-about-xi-visit-idUSKBN2850LI | 2020-11-25 |
| Also President Vladimir Putin has yet to congratulate U.S. Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden with his Nov | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Tuesday one of its warships caught and chased off a U.S. destroyer operating illegally in its territorial waters in the Sea of Japan but the U.S. Navy denied wrongdoing by its vessel and accused Moscow of making excessive maritime claims | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-warship/russia-chases-off-u-s-warship-in-row-over-waters-in-sea-of-japan-idUSKBN2840ME | 2020-11-25 |
| UBI was a cornerstone of the campaign of Andrew Yang last year during the Democratic presidential primaries in the United States | Positive | VATICAN CITY In a new book Pope Francis for the first time calls Chinas Muslim Uighurs a people something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-pope-book/pope-for-first-time-says-chinas-uighurs-are-persecuted-idUSKBN2832RU | 2020-11-24 |
| Trump a Republican has not conceded the election to Biden a Democrat and has alleged widespread voter fraud without providing evidence | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps legal team on Monday said it would continue its legal strategy to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election after Michigan officials certified results showing that Presidentelect Joe Biden had won their state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-legal/trump-campaign-says-it-will-continue-legal-fight-after-michigan-certification-idUSKBN28331T | 2020-11-24 |
| Taiwan foreign ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou said the island had good contacts with both the Democratic and Republican parties | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan has been having good with U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens team the foreign ministry said on Tuesday as it seeks to cement ties with the incoming administration after getting strong support from President Donald Trumps government | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-taiwan/taiwan-says-is-having-good-interactions-with-biden-team-idUSKBN2840EP | 2020-11-24 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden is expected to name Linda ThomasGreenfield as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations media outets reported Sunday citing Democratic sources close to Biden | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden is expected to name Linda ThomasGreenfield as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations media outets reported Sunday citing Democratic sources close to Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-biden-thomasgreenfield/biden-expected-to-name-linda-thomas-greenfield-u-n-ambassador-reports-idUSKBN283062 | 2020-11-23 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign on Sunday appealed part of a ruling that clears the way for the battleground state of Pennsylvania to certify Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign on Sunday appealed part of a ruling that clears the way for the battleground state of Pennsylvania to certify Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-election-lawsuit/trump-campaign-appeals-pennsylvania-election-defeat-idUSKBN2820QQ | 2020-11-23 |
| In Seoul Wang is expected to meet officials from the presidential Blue House to discuss Xis trip and an incoming U.S. administration under Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | Positive | SEOUL Chinas foreign minister will visit South Korea next week for talks that will include North Korea and the novel coronavirus the South Korean foreign ministry said on Friday as the region prepares for possible changes under a new U.S. administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southkorea-china-diplomat/chinese-minister-to-visit-south-korea-amid-hopes-for-xi-trip-north-korea-talks-idUSKBN2800PH | 2020-11-21 |
| Use of the funds elsewhere limits the options for the incoming administration of Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden to backstop financial markets after he takes office on Jan 20 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchins decision to defund several Federal Reserve coronavirus lending programs on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-clawback-of-fed-funds-deeply-irresponsible-biden-team-says-idUSKBN2801U5 | 2020-11-21 |
| Biden is the first Democrat to carry Georgia since 1992 | Positive | President Donald Trumps desperate bid to overturn the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/georgia-confirms-results-in-latest-setback-for-trump-bid-to-overturn-biden-win-idUSKBN2800I5 | 2020-11-21 |
| Victories by challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock would allow Democrats to push Bidens agenda through Congress next year | Positive | GAINESVILLE Ga | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/pence-urges-georgia-republicans-to-turn-out-in-final-senate-battleground-idUSKBN28015T | 2020-11-21 |
| Biden to meet with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer | Positive | President Donald Trump will meet with Republican leaders of the Michigan state legislature on Friday at the White House as his campaign pursues an increasingly desperate bid to overturn the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN28017R | 2020-11-21 |
| DETROIT President Donald Trumps strategy for retaining power despite losing the U.S. election is focused increasingly on persuading Republican legislators to intervene on his behalf in battleground states Democrat Joe Biden won three people familiar with the effort said | Negative | DETROIT President Donald Trumps strategy for retaining power despite losing the U.S. election is focused increasingly on persuading Republican legislators to intervene on his behalf in battleground states Democrat Joe Biden won three people familiar with the effort said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-strategy/trumps-election-power-play-persuade-republican-legislators-to-do-what-u-s-voters-did-not-idUSKBN27Z30G | 2020-11-20 |
| WASHINGTON Officials working on vaccine distribution planning under President Donald Trump have no intention of briefing anyone on Presidentelect Joe Bidens transition team Democratic senators said on Thursday as Biden warned the failure to share information would cost lives | Negative | WASHINGTON Officials working on vaccine distribution planning under President Donald Trump have no intention of briefing anyone on Presidentelect Joe Bidens transition team Democratic senators said on Thursday as Biden warned the failure to share information would cost lives | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-vaccine/trumps-vaccine-team-will-not-brief-biden-administration-u-s-senators-idUSKBN27Z2UA | 2020-11-20 |
| A senior Trump campaign official told Reuters its plan is to cast enough doubt on votecounting in big Democratic cities that Republican lawmakers will have little choice but to intercede | Negative | DETROIT President Donald Trumps strategy for retaining power despite losing the U.S. election is focused increasingly on persuading Republican legislators to intervene on his behalf in battleground states Democrat Joe Biden won three people familiar with the effort said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-strategy/trumps-election-power-play-persuade-republican-legislators-to-do-what-u-s-voters-did-not-idUSKBN27Z30G | 2020-11-20 |
| senior Trump campaign official told Reuters its plan is to cast enough doubt on votecounting in big Democratic cities that Republican lawmakers will have little choice but to intercede. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27Z30G | 2020-11-20 |
| Perdue faces Democrat Jon Ossoff in a Jan | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican Senator David Perdue who is seeking reelection in one of two U.S. Senate races in Georgia bought shares in a Navy contractor just before becoming chairman of a Senate armed services panel in 2019 and then sold the stock at a profit Senate records show | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-perdue/perdue-traded-in-navy-contractor-stock-as-he-took-over-senate-armed-services-panel-filings-idUSKBN28006H | 2020-11-20 |
| 5 runoff election that will help determine whether Democrats or Republicans win control of the Senate | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican Senator David Perdue who is seeking reelection in one of two U.S. Senate races in Georgia bought shares in a Navy contractor just before becoming chairman of a Senate armed services panel in 2019 and then sold the stock at a profit Senate records show | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-perdue/perdue-traded-in-navy-contractor-stock-as-he-took-over-senate-armed-services-panel-filings-idUSKBN28006H | 2020-11-20 |
| Murphy is relying on precedent her office said citing the fiveweek delay after the 2000 election before Republican George W. Bush was declared the winner over Democrat Al Gore | Negative | WASHINGTON A littleknown agency that keeps the U.S. federal bureaucracy running is the biggest impediment to new efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-transition/amid-coronavirus-spike-pressure-grows-on-u-s-agency-to-approve-trump-to-biden-transition-idUSKBN27Y2YS | 2020-11-19 |
| WASHINGTON A recount being conducted by Georgia is not likely to change the result that gave Democrat Joe Biden a victory in the southern state in the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON A recount being conducted by Georgia is not likely to change the result that gave Democrat Joe Biden a victory in the southern state in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-georgia-raffensperger/georgia-recount-not-likely-to-change-biden-victory-state-official-idUSKBN27Y306 | 2020-11-19 |
| Trump a Republican has clamped down on Cuba following the historic move by Democratic predecessor Barack Obama to reopen U.S.Cuba ties | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is denying exemptions for two charter flight companies to deliver humanitarian cargo to Cuba the latest crackdown by the Trump administration | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-cuba-flights/u-s-agency-denies-exemptions-for-cuba-cargo-relief-flights-statement-idUSKBN27Y2QL | 2020-11-19 |
| WASHINGTON A littleknown agency that keeps the U.S. federal bureaucracy running is the biggest impediment to new efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON A littleknown agency that keeps the U.S. federal bureaucracy running is the biggest impediment to new efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-transition/amid-coronavirus-spike-pressure-grows-on-u-s-agency-to-approve-trump-to-biden-transition-idUSKBN27Y2YS | 2020-11-19 |
| This is childish behavior on the part of our Dimon said about an impasse between Democrats and Republicans over how much additional spending should be authorized | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. politicians are behaving like children by not passing a new stimulus bill that could help Americans whose income has been wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic JPMorgan Chase Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Wednesday at a New York Times conference | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-jpmorgan-dimon/jpmorgans-dimon-says-childish-u-s-politicians-are-preventing-stimulus-package-idUSKBN27Y2D1 | 2020-11-19 |
| The GSAs Murphy is under mounting pressure from election watchdogs Democrats a growing number of Republicans the American Medical Association and her predecessor to recognize Biden as the winner | Positive | WASHINGTON A littleknown agency that keeps the U.S. federal bureaucracy running is the biggest impediment to new efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-transition/amid-coronavirus-spike-pressure-grows-on-u-s-agency-to-approve-trump-to-biden-transition-idUSKBN27Y2YS | 2020-11-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler has agreed to debate Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock in December her spokesman said Tuesday setting up a faceoff in one of a pair of runoff races that will decide control of the Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler has agreed to debate Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock in December her spokesman said Tuesday setting up a faceoff in one of a pair of runoff races that will decide control of the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia-debate/republican-senator-loeffler-to-debate-democratic-challenger-warnock-in-georgia-december-6-idUSKBN27X35Q | 2020-11-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. environmental activists are heaping pressure on Democratic presidentelect Joe Biden to avoid cabinet appointees with fossil fuel ties with one group on Tuesday slamming his pick of a congressman who received donations from the oil and gas industry | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. environmental activists are heaping pressure on Democratic presidentelect Joe Biden to avoid cabinet appointees with fossil fuel ties with one group on Tuesday slamming his pick of a congressman who received donations from the oil and gas industry | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-climatechange-cabinet/u-s-green-groups-urge-biden-to-shun-cabinet-picks-with-oil-ties-idUSKBN27X320 | 2020-11-18 |
| The Ossoff campaign did not immediately respond to questions about what crime the Democrat believes Graham may have committed | Negative | WASHINGTON As the battle for control of the U.S. Senate intensified in Georgia Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff on Tuesday suggested an ally of President Donald Trump may have committed a crime in approaching the top state election official about vote counting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/as-u-s-senate-battle-intensifies-in-georgia-allegations-fly-idUSKBN27X2XJ | 2020-11-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Monday he will ensure a professional transition to the team led by Democrat Joe Biden if Biden is deemed the winner of the 2020 presidential election and obviously things look like that now | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Monday he will ensure a professional transition to the team led by Democrat Joe Biden if Biden is deemed the winner of the 2020 presidential election and obviously things look like that now | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-o-brien/trump-national-security-adviser-obrien-says-looks-now-that-biden-has-won-idUSKBN27W28O | 2020-11-17 |
| Similar messages were delivered on Monday by the Democratic governors of California and New Jersey and their Republican counterpart in Ohio | Positive | Several U.S. governors from the coastal states of New Jersey and California to the heartland of Iowa and Ohio acted on Monday to restrict gatherings and boost facecoverings in confronting a coronavirus surge they warned is out of control | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/iowa-joins-u-s-states-from-coasts-to-heartland-acting-to-curb-covid-19-idUSKBN27W1X1 | 2020-11-17 |
| Airbnb was launched by Chesky and Joe Gebbia 12 years ago as a website to take bookings for rooms during conferences including the Democratic National Convention that year in Denver | Neutral | Airbnb Incs initial public offering registration showed on Monday that the home rental startup turned a profit in the third quarter despite the COVID19 pandemic as it gears up for one of the most anticipated stock market debuts in recent years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-airbnb-ipo/airbnb-ipo-filing-shows-third-quarter-earnings-beating-virus-with-cost-cuts-new-focus-idUSKBN27W2WN | 2020-11-17 |
| It is expected that senior Democratic SEC commissioner Allison Lee would be named as the acting chairwoman by Biden until a permanent SEC chief is nominated and confirmed | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton will step down from his position at the end of the year the Wall Street regulator said in a statement on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-sec-clayton/sec-chief-clayton-to-call-it-quits-at-the-end-of-2020-idUSKBN27W1IQ | 2020-11-17 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to publicly acknowledge for the first time that his Democratic rival Joe Biden won the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to publicly acknowledge for the first time that his Democratic rival Joe Biden won the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-cites-biden-victory-on-twitter-still-presses-false-rigging-claims-idUSKBN27V0EG | 2020-11-16 |
| The U.S. President has also stalled the governments normal process of preparing for a new presidential administration which both Democrats and some Republican have said has serious national security implications | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to publicly acknowledge for the first time that his Democratic rival Joe Biden won the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-cites-biden-victory-on-twitter-still-presses-false-rigging-claims-idUSKBN27V0EG | 2020-11-16 |
| Tsai met Blinken in 2015 at the State Department when he was deputy secretary of state and she was the presidential candidate for Taiwans Democratic Progressive Party | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan hopes to continue its close cooperation with the United States the islands de facto U.S. ambassador told Antony Blinken a longtime confidant of Presidentelect Joe Biden as Taiwan moves to shore up ties with the new administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-taiwan/taiwan-hopes-for-close-u-s-cooperation-in-call-with-biden-adviser-idUSKBN27V030 | 2020-11-15 |
| It is thus clear that the government of the Democratic Party had a friendly attitude towards Tsai said in a DPPissued statement on Wednesday | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan hopes to continue its close cooperation with the United States the islands de facto U.S. ambassador told Antony Blinken a longtime confidant of Presidentelect Joe Biden as Taiwan moves to shore up ties with the new administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-taiwan/taiwan-hopes-for-close-u-s-cooperation-in-call-with-biden-adviser-idUSKBN27V030 | 2020-11-15 |
| A Michigan state court rejected on Friday a request by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump to block the certification of votes and appoint an independent auditor in Detroit which voted heavily in favor of Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | Positive | A Michigan state court rejected on Friday a request by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump to block the certification of votes and appoint an independent auditor in Detroit which voted heavily in favor of Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-state-court-rejects-request-to-block-detroit-election-certification-results-idUSKBN27T2OH | 2020-11-15 |
| Torres makes history along with fellow Democrat and New Yorker Mondaire Jones who will be the first openlygay AfricanAmerican congressman | Positive | NEW YORK Growing up in the Bronx poor AfroLatino and gay Ritchie Torres said he never imagined that he would one day be elected to the United States House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lgbt/first-openly-gay-afro-latino-u-s-congressman-never-in-my-wildest-dreams-idUSKBN27T2U7 | 2020-11-14 |
| Criticism of the administrations response to the virus which has killed over 235000 Americans became a rallying cry for Democrats ahead of the elections | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump insisted on Friday he would never put the United States into a coronavirus lockdown but said time will if another administration takes office in January and does so the closest he has come to acknowledging that Presidentelect Joe Biden could succeed him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-vaccine/trump-appears-to-acknowledge-for-first-time-that-biden-could-succeed-him-idUSKBN27T2XX | 2020-11-14 |
| The Trump Administration will take key steps to finalize a sale of oil drilling leases in the sensitive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska just before Democrat Joseph Biden who opposes drilling there becomes president a government spokeswoman said on Friday | Negative | The Trump Administration will take key steps to finalize a sale of oil drilling leases in the sensitive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska just before Democrat Joseph Biden who opposes drilling there becomes president a government spokeswoman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-alaska-trump-oil/trump-administration-pushes-to-sell-alaska-oil-leases-pre-biden-inauguration-idUSKBN27T2U5 | 2020-11-14 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden on his election win asked on Thursday whether the vote in the U.S. was really over | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden on his election win asked on Thursday whether the vote in the U.S. was really over | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-brazil/has-it-finished-brazils-bolsonaro-questions-the-u-s-election-idUSKBN27T011 | 2020-11-13 |
| I gather she and the Democratic leader in the Senate still are looking at something dramatically larger | Neutral | WASHINGTON Top Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Thursday urged renewed negotiations over a multitrilliondollar coronavirus aid proposal but the top Republican immediately rejected their approach as too expensive continuing a monthslong impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-covid-19-impasse-drags-on-pelosi-warns-house-is-burning-down-idUSKBN27S2P6 | 2020-11-13 |
| Biden who attends Mass on Sundays will be the first American Catholic president since his fellow Democrat John F. Kennedy in the 1960s | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-biden-pope/pope-francis-congratulates-biden-stepping-into-political-fray-idUSKBN27S2TQ | 2020-11-13 |
| Donald Trumps presidential campaign sued Michigan on Wednesday to block the U.S. state from certifying last weeks election results where the president has trailed Democrat Joe Biden | Negative | Presidentelect Joe Biden will continue to lay the groundwork for his administration on Thursday against the backdrop of a resurgence of COVID19 cases across the United States while President Donald Trump refuses to accept the elections outcome | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27S1KC | 2020-11-13 |
| In order to erase Bidens advantage Trump a Republican would have to overtake the Democrats lead in at least three of the competitive swing states | Negative | Presidentelect Joe Biden cemented his electoral victory by capturing the battleground state of Arizona late on Thursday but the transition to his administration remains in political stasis as President Donald Trump refuses to accept defeat | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-cements-victory-by-flipping-arizona-as-trump-keeps-transition-in-limbo-idUSKBN27T0IS | 2020-11-13 |
| Georgias Republican Secretary of State said on Wednesday there was no sign yet of widespread fraud in his states vote count where Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden currently has a 14000 vote lead over President Donald Trump | Negative | Georgias Republican Secretary of State said on Wednesday there was no sign yet of widespread fraud in his states vote count where Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden currently has a 14000 vote lead over President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia-recount-raffenpe/republican-georgia-secretary-of-state-says-no-sign-of-widespread-fraud-in-vote-count-idUSKBN27R33P | 2020-11-12 |
| Ron Klain was once tapped by Democratic President Barack Obama to safeguard the United States from the threat of a lethal virus | Negative | Ron Klain was once tapped by Democratic President Barack Obama to safeguard the United States from the threat of a lethal virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-klain-newsmaker/biden-insider-klain-will-bring-virus-fighting-expertise-to-chief-of-staff-role-idUSKBN27S08M | 2020-11-12 |
| His attitude on the vote has upset some Democrats but Lopez Obrador insisted there would be no repercussions for Mexico | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win saying it was too early and that his country was not a | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-mexico/were-not-a-colony-mexican-president-stands-firm-on-not-recognizing-biden-win-idUSKBN27R2RD | 2020-11-12 |
| Donald Trumps presidential campaign on Wednesday sued Michigan to block the U.S. state from certifying last weeks election results where the president has trailed Democrat Joe Biden | Negative | Donald Trumps presidential campaign on Wednesday sued Michigan to block the U.S. state from certifying last weeks election results where the president has trailed Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-legal-challenges-michiga/trump-campaign-sues-michigan-to-prevent-certification-of-biden-win-idUSKBN27R2AT | 2020-11-12 |
| Trump backed McDaniel for RNC chair in 2017 after she helped deliver her home state of Michigan in the 2016 presidential election in which he defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel to stay on in her position in what one source said could be a prelude to Trumps announcing plans to run for president in 2024 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-endorses-mcdaniel-to-remain-rnc-chair-ponders-2024-run-idUSKBN27S01C | 2020-11-12 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps campaign said on Tuesday it would file a lawsuit to stop the battleground state of Michigan from certifying its election results as congressional Democrats said a witness who had raised accusations of ballot tampering in Pennsylvania recanted his allegations | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps campaign said on Tuesday it would file a lawsuit to stop the battleground state of Michigan from certifying its election results as congressional Democrats said a witness who had raised accusations of ballot tampering in Pennsylvania recanted his allegations | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-michigan/trump-campaign-presses-legal-attack-on-election-as-postal-worker-recants-ballot-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27Q3FY | 2020-11-11 |
| WILMINGTON Del U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign sued Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar on Monday to prevent her from certifying Democratic challenger Joe Biden as the winner of the states 20 electoral votes in last weeks presidential election | Negative | WILMINGTON Del U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign sued Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar on Monday to prevent her from certifying Democratic challenger Joe Biden as the winner of the states 20 electoral votes in last weeks presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-legal-challenges-factbox/factbox-trump-campaign-sues-pennsylvania-to-stop-biden-win-adds-to-election-lawsuits-idUSKBN27Q2VS | 2020-11-11 |
| The results were somewhat split along party about six in 10 Republicans and almost every Democrat said Biden won | Neutral | NEW YORK Nearly of Americans including more than half of Republicans recognize Presidentelect Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/nearly-80-of-americans-say-biden-won-white-house-ignoring-trumps-refusal-to-concede-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN27Q3ED | 2020-11-11 |
| The two Republicans face challenges for Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff respectively | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrat Cal Cunningham who had been considered the leader for a U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina until his campaign was undermined by a sex scandal on Tuesday conceded the closely fought contest to Republican incumbent Thom Tillis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-tillis/republican-senator-tillis-clinches-reelection-as-cunningham-concedes-idUSKBN27Q37P | 2020-11-11 |
| The 435member chamber will now be controlled by the Democratic Party for another two years but with a slimmer margin | Neutral | The Democratic Party secured control of the U.S. House of Representatives but with a slimmer majority after winning at least 218 seats the Associated Press | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house/democrats-secure-control-of-house-of-representatives-with-reduced-majority-ap-idUSKBN27R0EW | 2020-11-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced confidence on Tuesday that once every vote was counted it would lead to a second Trump appearing to reject Democrat Joe Bidens election victory over President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced confidence on Tuesday that once every vote was counted it would lead to a second Trump appearing to reject Democrat Joe Bidens election victory over President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/pompeo-voices-confidence-for-second-trump-administration-then-softens-tone-on-post-election-transition-idUSKBN27Q2YH | 2020-11-11 |
| NEW YORK A New York City man has been criminally charged with sending death threats on social media in part because he was unhappy with Democrat Joe Biden being declared the winner of the presidential election the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK A New York City man has been criminally charged with sending death threats on social media in part because he was unhappy with Democrat Joe Biden being declared the winner of the presidential election the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-new-york-arrest-threats/nyc-man-charged-with-making-death-threats-against-democratic-protesters-politicians-idUSKBN27R00V | 2020-11-11 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps campaign said on Tuesday it would file a lawsuit to stop the battleground state of Michigan from certifying its election results as congressional Democrats said a witness who had raised accusations of ballot tampering in Pennsylvania recanted his allegations. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27Q3FY | 2020-11-11 |
| WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Monday said President Donald Trump was well within his rights to look into charges of in last weeks election which has been called for Democrat Joe Biden but did not offer any evidence of fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Monday said President Donald Trump was well within his rights to look into charges of in last weeks election which has been called for Democrat Joe Biden but did not offer any evidence of fraud | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-republicans/senates-mcconnell-says-trump-has-right-to-probe-election-irregularities-idUSKBN27P2NE | 2020-11-10 |
| The justices in March agreed to hear an appeal filed by a coalition of Democraticled states and the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives defending Obamacare | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear arguments in a bid by Republicangoverned states backed by President Donald Trumps administration to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law even as Joe Biden prepares to replace Trump in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/conservative-u-s-supreme-court-prepares-to-hear-obamacare-challenge-idUSKBN27P2AY | 2020-11-10 |
| To do that they would have to attempt to amend the state statute and that is going to be by Pennsylvanias Democratic governor said Foley | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign on Monday filed a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania federal court seeking to block state officials from certifying Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory in the state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania-lawsuit/trump-campaign-sues-to-halt-pennsylvania-from-certifying-biden-win-idUSKBN27P30F | 2020-11-10 |
| Asked why in 2016 Putin had congratulated Trump soon after he had won the Electoral College and beaten Democrat Hillary Clinton Peskov said there was an obvious difference | Positive | China and Russia held off congratulating U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden on Monday with Beijing saying it would follow usual custom in its response and the Kremlin noting incumbent Donald Trumps vow to pursue legal challenges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-global-reaction/china-russia-hold-off-on-congratulating-biden-u-s-allies-rally-round-idUSKBN27P1GT | 2020-11-10 |
| Presidentelect Joe Bidens transition team is considering legal action over a federal agencys delay in recognizing the Democrats victory over President Donald Trump in last weeks election a Biden official said on Monday | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-transition-biden/biden-camp-considers-legal-action-over-agencys-delay-in-recognizing-transition-idUSKBN27Q04I | 2020-11-10 |
| The previous record was set in 2016 when 138 million people voted in the election won by Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton | Positive | WASHINGTON Americans took to the polls last Tuesday for what many expected to be a contentious and possibly even violent general election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-scorecard-analysis/analysis-how-well-managed-was-the-u-s-election-scoring-five-key-areas-idUSKBN27P2WY | 2020-11-10 |
| NEW YORK Renewable fuels are a niche market for now but with Democratic PresidentElect Joe Biden set to enter office with a divided Congress legislation supporting demand for products like renewable diesel could garner bipartisan support | Positive | NEW YORK Renewable fuels are a niche market for now but with Democratic PresidentElect Joe Biden set to enter office with a divided Congress legislation supporting demand for products like renewable diesel could garner bipartisan support | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-fuels/u-s-renewable-fuels-legislation-could-garner-bipartisan-support-under-biden-idUSKBN27Q0NG | 2020-11-10 |
| BERLIN The European Union and its member states want to reset trade relations with the next U.S. administration following Democrat Joe Bidens victory in the election in the United States German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday | Positive | BERLIN The European Union and its member states want to reset trade relations with the next U.S. administration following Democrat Joe Bidens victory in the election in the United States German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-election-germany-trade/eu-wants-new-start-in-trade-policy-with-the-u-s-altmaier-idUSKBN27P1SF | 2020-11-10 |
| Castro was one of at least a half dozen Democratic lawmakers who criticized the Mexican president including Arizona state senator Martin Quezada who said this is beyond disappointing | Negative | MEXICO CITY The Mexican presidents hesitation over congratulating Joe Biden on his U.S. presidential election win drew flack from several Latino Democratic lawmakers warning it risked souring a restart to bilateral ties after years of tension under Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-mexico/latino-democrats-tell-mexican-president-to-get-with-the-program-and-back-biden-idUSKBN27O0V3 | 2020-11-09 |
| MEXICO CITY The Mexican presidents hesitation over congratulating Joe Biden on his U.S. presidential election win drew flack from several Latino Democratic lawmakers warning it risked souring a restart to bilateral ties after years of tension under Donald Trump | Negative | MEXICO CITY The Mexican presidents hesitation over congratulating Joe Biden on his U.S. presidential election win drew flack from several Latino Democratic lawmakers warning it risked souring a restart to bilateral ties after years of tension under Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-mexico/latino-democrats-tell-mexican-president-to-get-with-the-program-and-back-biden-idUSKBN27O0V3 | 2020-11-09 |
| Even after major networks had declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner on Saturday Trump refused to concede | Negative | WASHINGTON Donald Trump had reason to count on the loyalty of the large chunk of Americans who drove his improbable election victory in 2016 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-loss-analysis/analysis-at-pivotal-moments-of-2020-trump-failed-to-win-over-doubters-idUSKBN27O0EJ | 2020-11-09 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans top China policy maker on Monday sought to reassure nervous lawmakers that Democrat Joe Biden will continue U.S. support for the Chineseclaimed island which has benefited from strong backing by the outgoing administration of Donald Trump | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans top China policy maker on Monday sought to reassure nervous lawmakers that Democrat Joe Biden will continue U.S. support for the Chineseclaimed island which has benefited from strong backing by the outgoing administration of Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-taiwan/dont-worry-pro-trump-taiwan-seeks-to-reassure-over-biden-idUSKBN27P0BZ | 2020-11-09 |
| WASHINGTON Former U.S. President George W. Bush a Republican said on Sunday he has spoken to Presidentelect Joe Biden a Democrat to congratulate him on his victory | Positive | WASHINGTON Former U.S. President George W. Bush a Republican said on Sunday he has spoken to Presidentelect Joe Biden a Democrat to congratulate him on his victory | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-bush/former-president-bush-congratulates-president-elect-biden-says-outcome-is-clear-idUSKBN27O0QB | 2020-11-09 |
| The only caveat is that there is less chance of another big round of stimulus which would help the macroeconomic outlook than if Democrats had taken the Orszag added | Positive | NEW Joe Bidens projected win of the U.S. presidency and the Republican Party potentially retaining control of the U.S. Senate could drive a pickup in mergers and acquisitions that took a hit amid the COVID19 pandemic dealmakers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-deals-analysis/analysis-dealmakers-see-divided-u-s-government-favoring-mergers-and-acquisitions-idUSKBN27O06K | 2020-11-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak and American automakers on Saturday pledged to work with the incoming administration of Democrat Joe Biden who wants to boost mass transit and green vehicles | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak and American automakers on Saturday pledged to work with the incoming administration of Democrat Joe Biden who wants to boost mass transit and green vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-transportation/amtrak-automakers-vow-to-work-with-future-biden-administration-idUSKBN27O036 | 2020-11-09 |
| That control of the Senate rests on the outcome should also drive Democrats to the polls Abrams said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Georgia Democratic activist Stacey Abrams said on Sunday that her party would pour unprecedented resources into two runoff Senate races in the traditionally Republicanleaning state that will determine control of the top U.S. legislative chamber | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/stacey-abrams-says-democrats-will-pour-resources-into-key-georgia-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN27O0SA | 2020-11-09 |
| SYDNEY Nov 9 Stocks are expected to stay buoyant on Monday while the dollar is seen likely to extend its downward trend as Democrat Joe Biden won the U.S. presidential election in a move that analysts say would prop up risk assets | Positive | percentage change for in para | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/corrected-global-markets-stocks-seen-buoyant-dollar-likely-to-extend-losses-idUSL1N2HU0N2 | 2020-11-09 |
| NEW YORK Nov 7 Markets will welcome the certainty after major networks declared Democrat Joe Biden winner of the U.S. presidential election on Saturday offering some relief after days of the country getting conflicting reports about who might be in the White House next term | Positive | NEW YORK Nov 7 Markets will welcome the certainty after major networks declared Democrat Joe Biden winner of the U.S. presidential election on Saturday offering some relief after days of the country getting conflicting reports about who might be in the White House next term | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-election-markets/investors-likely-relieved-about-networks-calling-u-s-presidential-election-for-biden-idUSL1N2HS2XS | 2020-11-08 |
| In Atlanta shouts cheers and fireworks rang out in the Democratic stronghold of East Atlanta Village as word spread that Biden was named the winner | Positive | Joe Biden supporters banged pots honked their car horns and set off fireworks across U.S. cities on Saturday after the Democratic presidential nominee won the White House in a narrow victory over Republican President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-celebration/celebrations-erupt-in-major-u-s-cities-after-biden-election-win-idUSKBN27N0OR | 2020-11-08 |
| Despite his victory Biden will have failed to deliver the sweeping repudiation to Trump that Democrats had hoped for reflecting the deep support the president still retains | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-narrowly-beats-trump-for-presidency-in-deeply-divided-united-states-idUSKBN27N08J | 2020-11-08 |
| I think theres a danger in overestimating just how internationally focused a new Democratic administration would Gerry Butts Trudeaus former chief adviser told a Huffington Post Canada webcast | Negative | OTTAWA Canada allowed itself a moment of jubilation on Saturday after Joe Bidens victory in the U.S. presidential election marked the end of four often bruising years with Donald Trump but the new presidents agenda means that challenges lie ahead | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-canada/biden-win-sparks-brief-jubilation-for-canada-but-choppy-road-still-ahead-idUSKBN27N0RG | 2020-11-08 |
| When its all said and done Black folks will have rescued said Keith Williams chair of the Michigan Democratic Black Caucus | Neutral | DETROIT Three days before Election Day Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was leaving nothing to chance | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-insight/bidens-winning-strategy-flip-rust-belt-trump-states-and-hold-on-tight-idUSKBN27N0OC | 2020-11-08 |
| Since Trump took office he has openly attacked civil servants and Democrats and it remains to be seen whether his outgoing administration maintains that tone in its final weeks | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. law maps out clear instructions for an orderly transfer of power from one president to the next but Joe Bidens path is expected to be rockier than most of his modernday predecessors | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-transition/trump-to-biden-presidential-transition-could-be-rockier-than-most-idUSKBN27N0V8 | 2020-11-08 |
| SAN YORK Joe Biden is returning to the White House to lead the United States in the midst of an economic crisis after beating President Donald Trump in Tuesdays election a turn of events likely to conjure an eerie sense of deja vu for the Democratic former vice president | Negative | SAN YORK Joe Biden is returning to the White House to lead the United States in the midst of an economic crisis after beating President Donald Trump in Tuesdays election a turn of events likely to conjure an eerie sense of deja vu for the Democratic former vice president | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-economy-analysis/analysis-biden-returns-to-battle-another-economic-crisis-but-its-no-great-recession-idUSKBN27N0XN | 2020-11-08 |
| It definitely had an impact with the more traditional older guard of Chad Campbell a Democratic strategist in Phoenix said of Cindys McCains endorsement | Positive | DETROIT Three days before Election Day Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was leaving nothing to chance | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-insight/bidens-winning-strategy-flip-rust-belt-trump-states-and-hold-on-tight-idUSKBN27N0OC | 2020-11-08 |
| While she has not embraced the entire Democratic platform she saw Biden as a decent individual | Positive | ARCHBALD Pa Marygrace Vadalas 82yearold mother had been a fan of President Donald Trump since his days hosting the reality TV show The Apprentice | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-women-insight/i-just-couldnt-be-silent-how-american-women-decided-the-2020-presidential-race-idUSKBN27N0XC | 2020-11-08 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday his campaign would begin challenging U.S. election results in court next week after media outlets called the race for Democrat Joe Biden saying this election is far from over | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday his campaign would begin challenging U.S. election results in court next week after media outlets called the race for Democrat Joe Biden saying this election is far from over | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-trump-over/trump-says-this-election-is-far-from-over-idUSKBN27N0LE | 2020-11-08 |
| Trump sought to turn Bidens experience into a liability denouncing him as a career politician and saying Biden would become a puppet of the Democratic Partys radical left | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden a fixture in U.S. politics for a half century as a senator and vice president completed a long climb to the political summit that included two previous failed presidential bids by defeating President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-profile-newsmaker/a-longtime-fixture-in-u-s-politics-biden-finally-wins-elusive-prize-idUSKBN27N0LP | 2020-11-08 |
| Still Mac Thornberry the top Republican on the committee told Reuters he was optimistic for the prospect of broad cooperation between Republicans and Democrats under a Biden administration | Positive | WASHINGTON After winning support from scores of prominent Republicans during his campaign Joe Biden will take office with the possibility of unprecedented bipartisan backing on national security as he moves to restore traditional policy toward Americas allies and its adversaries | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-nationalsecurity/notable-republicans-backed-biden-will-they-stand-with-him-on-national-security-idUSKBN27N0YZ | 2020-11-08 |
| The decision comes as Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to winning the White House on Friday expanding his narrow leads over President Donald Trump in battleground states including Pennsylvania | Positive | U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday night ordered county election boards in Pennsylvania to comply with a state directive to separate mailin ballots received after 8 p | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-supremecourt/supreme-courts-alito-tells-pennsylvania-counties-to-separate-late-ballots-idUSKBN27N030 | 2020-11-08 |
| Canadas ruling centerleft Liberals have generally had good relations with Democratic administrations in recent decades but Bidens principal policies could pose major problems for Canada and Trudeau | Negative | OTTAWA Canada allowed itself a moment of jubilation on Saturday after Joe Bidens victory in the U.S. presidential election marked the end of four often bruising years with Donald Trump but the new presidents agenda means that challenges lie ahead | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-canada/biden-win-sparks-brief-jubilation-for-canada-but-choppy-road-still-ahead-idUSKBN27N0RG | 2020-11-08 |
| Investors had been expected to sell highflying tech stocks and lock in current capital gains tax levels ahead of a strong Democratic showing in the election | Positive | NEW YORK A weakerthanexpected election performance by Democrats and fears of new coronavirus restrictions have prompted investors to double down on highflying technology stocks which have come roaring back in recent days to put the Nasdaq within striking distance of a record | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-markets-tax-analysis/analysis-high-flying-u-s-tech-stocks-get-post-election-lift-near-new-highs-idUSKBN27M2X5 | 2020-11-07 |
| The Trump campaign has filed lawsuits in several states following Tuesdays election pitting the president against Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Negative | Republicans are asking donors for at least million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential elections results two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-funding-exclusive/exclusive-republicans-seeking-to-raise-at-least-60-million-to-fund-trump-legal-challenges-sources-idUSKBN27M2R0 | 2020-11-07 |
| Georgias secretary of state on Friday said he expects a presidential vote recount in the battleground state where Democrat Joe Biden has a small lead over Republican President Donald Trump. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27M25P | 2020-11-07 |
| Georgias secretary of state on Friday said he expects a presidential vote recount in the battleground state where Democrat Joe Biden has a small lead over Republican President Donald Trump | Neutral | Georgias secretary of state on Friday said he expects a presidential vote recount in the battleground state where Democrat Joe Biden has a small lead over Republican President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia-recount/georgia-presidential-vote-likely-to-go-to-a-recount-state-official-says-idUSKBN27M25P | 2020-11-07 |
| NEW YORK Nov 6 U.S. stocks hovered near unchanged on Friday to close out with a big weekly gain as Democratic challenger Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the presidential election while the monthly jobs report underscored the hurdles still facing the economy | Negative | Biden takes narrow lead in Georgia Pennsylvania | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-street-steady-big-weekly-gain-on-prospects-for-washington-gridlock-idUSL1N2HS2H2 | 2020-11-07 |
| In both Pennsylvania and Georgia Biden overtook Trump as officials processed thousands of mailin ballots that were cast in urban Democratic strongholds including Philadelphia and Atlanta | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-close-to-u-s-election-victory-as-a-defiant-trump-vows-to-fight-idUSKBN27M0UA | 2020-11-07 |
| Cavusoglu said Turkey had worked with Democrat and Republican administrations alike and overcome difficulties with both | Positive | ANKARA Turkey is ready to work with whoever wins the U.S. election two top Turkish officials said on Friday despite a friendship with President Donald Trump that has helped the two countries through turbulent times | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-turkey/despite-trump-erdogan-ties-turkey-says-it-will-work-with-whoever-wins-u-s-vote-idUSKBN27M1QF | 2020-11-07 |
| Rights groups say Orban and his political allies the small Christian Democratic party KDNP have targeted the gay community since he won a third term in 2018 | Positive | POLGARDI Hungary The wedding of Hungarian transgender couple Tamara Csillag and Elvira Angyal looked just like any other with the nervous pair dressing up and heading off to the rural Hungarian court room where their marriage would be sealed | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-hungary-lgbt-wedding/transgender-couple-wed-in-hungary-land-of-growing-homophobia-idUSKBN27M235 | 2020-11-07 |
| Biden 77 would be the first Democrat to win Georgia since fellow Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992 | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-close-to-u-s-election-victory-as-a-defiant-trump-vows-to-fight-idUSKBN27M0UA | 2020-11-07 |
| The result leaves Democrats in a weak position to push through a progressive agenda of increasing corporate and capital gains tax rates said Steve Chiavarone portfolio manager at Federated Hermes | Negative | NEW YORK A weakerthanexpected election performance by Democrats and fears of new coronavirus restrictions have prompted investors to double down on highflying technology stocks which have come roaring back in recent days to put the Nasdaq within striking distance of a record | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-markets-tax-analysis/analysis-high-flying-u-s-tech-stocks-get-post-election-lift-near-new-highs-idUSKBN27M2X5 | 2020-11-07 |
| NEW YORK U.S. stocks held near the unchanged mark on Friday to close out a strong week as Democratic challenger Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the presidential election while the monthly jobs report underscored the hurdles still facing the economy | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. stocks held near the unchanged mark on Friday to close out a strong week as Democratic challenger Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the presidential election while the monthly jobs report underscored the hurdles still facing the economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-little-changed-posts-big-weekly-gain-on-washington-gridlock-hopes-idUSKBN27M0RY | 2020-11-07 |
| While many rural areas in Pennsylvania remain in favor of Trump Democrats are strong in big cities such as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-close-to-u-s-election-victory-as-a-defiant-trump-vows-to-fight-idUSKBN27M0UA | 2020-11-07 |
| The biggest cryptocurrency has surged more than since the day of the presidential election with Democrat Joe Biden edging closer to victory over President Donald Trump | Positive | LONDON Bitcoins price rose to more than on Thursday its highest level since January 2018 amid volatility caused by the U.S. election and investor hopes that more central bank stimulus to support economies hit by the COVID19 pandemic will push up the value of digital assets | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-crypto-currencies-bitcoin/bitcoin-hits-highest-level-since-jan-2018-amid-post-election-volatility-idUSKBN27L234 | 2020-11-06 |
| According to the poll few Americans agree with the presidents view on the of U.S. adults including of Democrats and of Republicans accept Trumps victory declaration | Positive | A bipartisan majority of Americans do not accept President Donald Trumps premature victory declaration in the U.S. presidential election and most are willing to wait for all votes to be counted before deciding who won according to a opinion poll released Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll/americans-largely-reject-trumps-victory-declaration-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN27L32T | 2020-11-06 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has opened an investigation into allegations that the Trump campaigns use of the White House as an Election Day command center violated federal law Democratic Representative Bill Pascrell said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has opened an investigation into allegations that the Trump campaigns use of the White House as an Election Day command center violated federal law Democratic Representative Bill Pascrell said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-investigation/federal-watchdog-probing-trump-campaigns-use-of-white-house-lawmaker-idUSKBN27L31H | 2020-11-06 |
| The website added that has a long record of donating to Democrats including the 2008 ObamaBiden campaign | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign on Thursday attacked the person at Fox News responsible for the networks projection calling Arizona for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as a Clintonvoting Bidendonating Democrat | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-fox-news/trump-campaign-attacks-fox-news-polling-expert-who-called-arizona-for-biden-idUSKBN27L2RK | 2020-11-06 |
| KONG Chinas new energy shares and Apple suppliers led the gains in the Ashare market on Thursday while defence companies lost ground as early returns from the U.S. election pointed to a win for Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Positive | KONG Chinas new energy shares and Apple suppliers led the gains in the Ashare market on Thursday while defence companies lost ground as early returns from the U.S. election pointed to a win for Democratic challenger Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-election-china-stocks-factbox/factbox-china-new-energy-shares-apple-suppliers-lead-gains-as-u-s-election-result-awaited-idUSKBN27L0NU | 2020-11-06 |
| Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez who represents a liberal New York City district has been aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America | Neutral | WASHINGTON Some U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Thursday blamed Tuesdays election losses on colleagues who embraced defunding police departments and policies according to sources familiar with a phone call they held | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-democrats/glum-u-s-house-democrats-lament-2020-election-losses-idUSKBN27L33H | 2020-11-06 |
| A Jeffries spokeswoman told Reuters party unity was paramount and said he will run for reelection as head of the Democratic caucus and not the speakership | Positive | WASHINGTON Some U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Thursday blamed Tuesdays election losses on colleagues who embraced defunding police departments and policies according to sources familiar with a phone call they held | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-democrats/glum-u-s-house-democrats-lament-2020-election-losses-idUSKBN27L33H | 2020-11-06 |
| The risk of a prolonged contested election remained though the count was progressing in an orderly fashion with Democratic challenger Joe Biden narrowly ahead in key states | Neutral | MSCI exJapan index hits highest since early 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-near-3-yr-high-bonds-hold-gains-on-u-s-gridlock-bets-idUSL4N2HR0AD | 2020-11-05 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans appeared poised to retain control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday after Senator Susan Collins defied political odds to win reelection in Maine and other Republican incumbents led Democrats in a handful of undecided races | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans appeared poised to retain control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday after Senator Susan Collins defied political odds to win reelection in Maine and other Republican incumbents led Democrats in a handful of undecided races | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-on-track-to-dash-democratic-hopes-of-u-s-senate-majority-idUSKBN27K2T0 | 2020-11-05 |
| The campaign said on Wednesday it was suing to stop Democratic officials in the state from the ballot counting process from Republican poll observers | Negative | The campaign for President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it was suing to temporarily halt vote counting in Pennsylvania and also asked to intervene in a U.S. Supreme Court case over mailin ballots in the state which could determine the winner of the election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania-lawsuit/trump-campaign-suing-to-halt-counting-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27K2SQ | 2020-11-05 |
| In Georgia Perdue was more than 3 percentage points ahead of Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans appeared poised to retain control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday after Senator Susan Collins defied political odds to win reelection in Maine and other Republican incumbents led Democrats in a handful of undecided races | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-on-track-to-dash-democratic-hopes-of-u-s-senate-majority-idUSKBN27K2T0 | 2020-11-05 |
| Pennsylvania and the U.S. election remain too close to call between Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Neutral | The campaign for President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it was suing to temporarily halt vote counting in Pennsylvania and also asked to intervene in a U.S. Supreme Court case over mailin ballots in the state which could determine the winner of the election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania-lawsuit/trump-campaign-suing-to-halt-counting-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27K2SQ | 2020-11-05 |
| A surprise win by Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine dimmed hopes by Democrats that they could get control of the U.S. Senate | Positive | U.S. stock market futures were marginally higher late on Wednesday as the presidential election race remained cloudy and the likelihood of gridlock in Congress made investors optimistic that major policy changes would be difficult to enact | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/sp-500-futures-rise-as-u-s-election-suggests-less-regulatory-risk-idUSKBN27K0ZG | 2020-11-05 |
| TOKYO Nov 5 U.S. Treasury yields fell on Thursday as investors bet the Republicans would retain the control of the Senate and curb any big spending plans by Democrat Joe Biden seen as just a step away from winning the White House | Negative | TOKYO Nov 5 U.S. Treasury yields fell on Thursday as investors bet the Republicans would retain the control of the Senate and curb any big spending plans by Democrat Joe Biden seen as just a step away from winning the White House | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-bonds/treasuries-u-s-bond-yields-fall-as-election-count-points-to-washington-gridlock-idUSL1N2HR0BK | 2020-11-05 |
| I think there are both Democrats and Republicans that are in the areas that are impacted by this that would be in favor of a solution | Positive | Biden has outlined an ambitious plan to invest trillion in clean energy to get the United States to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-allstate-biden-climate/allstate-corp-ceo-eyes-climate-insurance-plan-under-potential-biden-win-idUSKBN27L0I4 | 2020-11-05 |
| SHANGHAI Nov 5 Shanghai and Hong Kong shares rose on Thursday as the U.S. election results showed a firming lead for Democratic challenger Joe Biden who is seen as favouring a less confrontational approach than President Donald Trump in SinoU.S. relations | Positive | Possible Biden win seen boosting China shares in near term | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-hang-seng-shares-gain-as-odds-of-biden-win-climb-idUSL8N2HR0HS | 2020-11-05 |
| The risk of a prolonged contested election did remain though the count was progressing in an orderly fashion with Democratic challenger Joe Biden narrowly ahead in key states | Neutral | SYDNEY Asian shares climbed on Thursday and bonds extended their blistering rally as investors wagered the prospect of U.S. policy gridlock would greatly favour some industries while also restraining government borrowing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-near-three-year-high-bonds-see-boon-in-u-s-stalemate-idUSKBN27L01S | 2020-11-05 |
| TOKYO Nov 4 Japanese shares rose on Wednesday as markets cautiously eyed the U.S. presidential election results while gains were capped as voting projections showed a tight race between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Positive | TOKYO Nov 4 Japanese shares rose on Wednesday as markets cautiously eyed the U.S. presidential election results while gains were capped as voting projections showed a tight race between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/japanese-shares-end-higher-all-eyes-on-u-s-election-results-idUSL4N2HQ2BH | 2020-11-04 |
| BRASILIA VicePresident Hamilton Mourao on Tuesday defended Brazils environmental policies saying the country was working to protect the Amazon rain forest and adding nothing will change if Democrat Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election | Negative | BRASILIA VicePresident Hamilton Mourao on Tuesday defended Brazils environmental policies saying the country was working to protect the Amazon rain forest and adding nothing will change if Democrat Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-brazil-environment/brazil-vice-president-defends-rain-forest-policy-says-it-wont-change-if-biden-wins-in-u-s-idUSKBN27J2US | 2020-11-04 |
| Fox News is facing criticism from the Trump campaign and its allies for projecting that Arizonas 11 electoral votes would go to Democratic challenger Joe Biden as other news networks sought more evidence before making a call | Negative | Fox News is facing criticism from the Trump campaign and its allies for projecting that Arizonas 11 electoral votes would go to Democratic challenger Joe Biden as other news networks sought more evidence before making a call | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-tv-coverage/fox-news-under-fire-by-trump-allies-over-arizona-biden-projection-idUSKBN27J1A8 | 2020-11-04 |
| LOS ANGELES Rapper Kanye West on Tuesday voted for himself as the next U.S. president after a longshot campaign marked by erratic statements and speculation that he might siphon some Black votes from Democrat Joe Biden | Negative | LOS ANGELES Rapper Kanye West on Tuesday voted for himself as the next U.S. president after a longshot campaign marked by erratic statements and speculation that he might siphon some Black votes from Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-usa-election-kanye-west/kanye-west-gives-up-on-2020-white-house-bid-eyes-2024-idUSKBN27K023 | 2020-11-04 |
| Montgomery County has favored every Democratic presidential candidate over their respective Republican rivals this century usually by doubledigit percentage margins | Positive | A Republican congressional candidate in Pennsylvania on Tuesday sued election officials in a suburban Philadelphia county accusing them of illegally counting mailin ballots early and giving voters who submitted defective ballots a chance to revote | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-balloting-pennsylvania/republicans-in-battleground-pennsylvania-sue-over-balloting-near-philadelphia-idUSKBN27J2JG | 2020-11-04 |
| Investors had initially priced in a possible Democratic sweep by Biden which could ease political risk while promising a huge boost to fiscal stimulus | Positive | TOKYO Nov 4 Japanese shares rose on Wednesday as markets cautiously eyed the U.S. presidential election results while gains were capped as voting projections showed a tight race between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/japanese-shares-end-higher-all-eyes-on-u-s-election-results-idUSL4N2HQ2BH | 2020-11-04 |
| Its army is a welltrained force dating back to the 1980s when it led the guerrilla movement that brought the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front coalition to power analysts say | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia said on Wednesday it has begun military operations in the Tigray region after the prime minister accused the local government of attacking federal troops | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-conflict/ethiopia-sends-army-into-opposition-tigray-region-idUSKBN27K0D1 | 2020-11-04 |
| One of them was Hashim Warren a 40yearold Democratic voter who lives in Greensboro North Carolina and works in marketing at a web development company | Positive | WASHINGTON The FBI and the New York attorney general were looking into a spate of mysterious robocalls urging people to stay home on Election Day as the nation remains on high alert to ensure voting is not compromised | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-cyber/fbi-investigating-robocalls-urging-people-to-stay-home-on-election-day-idUSKBN27J1R4 | 2020-11-04 |
| Fox News faced criticism from U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign and its allies on Tuesday for projecting that Arizonas 11 electoral votes would go to Democratic challenger Joe Biden as other news networks sought more evidence before making a call | Negative | Fox News faced criticism from U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign and its allies on Tuesday for projecting that Arizonas 11 electoral votes would go to Democratic challenger Joe Biden as other news networks sought more evidence before making a call | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-tv-coverage/fox-news-under-fire-by-trump-allies-over-arizona-biden-projection-idUSKBN27J1A8 | 2020-11-04 |
| In addition to the presidency control of the U.S. Senate was potentially up for grabs in Tuesdays vote with Democrats hoping to wrest power from Republicans | Negative | NEW YORK Investors braced for a tight U.S. election with the potential for the contest to drag on as the outcome appeared to rest on a handful of pivotal states that could take days to reach a final tally | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-markets/investors-dig-in-as-u-s-election-heads-down-to-the-wire-idUSKBN27K0ED | 2020-11-04 |
| AMSTERDAM Nov 4 German bond yields fell on Wednesday to their lowest since March and Portuguese yields plumbed record lows as uncertainty around the U.S. election outcome pushed investors to pare back bets on a Democratled fiscal stimulus package | Negative | Election uncertainty pushes German 10year yields fall to March lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/u-s-election-uncertainty-boosts-euro-zone-bonds-german-yields-at-8-mth-lows-idUSL8N2HP78I | 2020-11-04 |
| WASHINGTON A Democratic drive to win control of the U.S. Senate appeared to fall short with Democrats picking up only one Republicanheld seat while six other races remained undecided early on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democratic drive to win control of the U.S. Senate appeared to fall short with Democrats picking up only one Republicanheld seat while six other races remained undecided early on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/democrats-falling-short-in-bid-for-control-of-u-s-senate-idUSKBN27J1AZ | 2020-11-04 |
| I firmly believe its that welfare mentality that Democrats sell to create their base and that goes against Cubans completely | Neutral | LITTLE HAVANA Florida A wave of support from Hispanic voters gave President Donald Trump a narrow victory in Florida on Tuesday night boosting his chances of reelection | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-florida-hispanics/trumps-strength-with-florida-latinos-boosts-his-re-election-hopes-idUSKBN27K0WY | 2020-11-04 |
| Investors had initially wagered that a possible Democratic sweep by Biden could ease political risk while promising a huge boost to fiscal stimulus | Positive | SYDNEY Share markets were whipsawed while bonds and the dollar rose on Wednesday as results from the U.S. presidential election proved far closer than polls had predicted potentially leaving the outcome in doubt for days to come | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-sweat-out-knife-edge-u-s-election-safe-haven-bonds-get-bid-idUSKBN27K06O | 2020-11-04 |
| Banking and auto stocks propelled the European stocks benchmark to a oneweek high on Tuesday while investors anticipated a clear win for Democrat Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential election would lead to more economic stimulus | Positive | Banking and auto stocks propelled the European stocks benchmark to a oneweek high on Tuesday while investors anticipated a clear win for Democrat Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential election would lead to more economic stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-hit-one-week-high-as-investors-await-u-s-election-outcome-idUSKBN27J2BI | 2020-11-04 |
| Republicans also held onto an open seat in Kansas where Republican Roger Marshall was declared the winner over Democrat Barbara Bollier | Positive | WASHINGTON A Democratic drive to win control of the U.S. Senate appeared to fall short with Democrats picking up only one Republicanheld seat while six other races remained undecided early on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/democrats-falling-short-in-bid-for-control-of-u-s-senate-idUSKBN27J1AZ | 2020-11-04 |
| As the tumultuous U.S. election campaign draws to a close Americans head to the polls to decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years incumbent Republican President Donald Trump or his Democratic rival former vice president Joe Biden | Negative | As the tumultuous U.S. election campaign draws to a close Americans head to the polls to decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years incumbent Republican President Donald Trump or his Democratic rival former vice president Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27J1BR | 2020-11-04 |
| Dealers noted a returned Republican administration would likely be more positive for the oil industry than Democrats that favoured renewable technology | Positive | SYDNEY Share markets were whipsawed while bonds and the dollar rose on Wednesday as results from the U.S. presidential election proved far closer than polls had predicted potentially leaving the outcome in doubt for days to come | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-sweat-out-knife-edge-u-s-election-safe-haven-bonds-get-bid-idUSKBN27K06O | 2020-11-04 |
| BUENOS AIRES Latin American currencies are poised to edge up briefly against a weaker U.S. dollar with a potential Democrat sweep in the U.S. elections but domestic challenges will continue holding them back after any initial bounce a Reuters survey showed | Neutral | BUENOS AIRES Latin American currencies are poised to edge up briefly against a weaker U.S. dollar with a potential Democrat sweep in the U.S. elections but domestic challenges will continue holding them back after any initial bounce a Reuters survey showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-forex-poll-latam/latam-fx-to-edge-up-initially-if-democrats-sweep-u-s-vote-idUSKBN27J0HN | 2020-11-03 |
| Many of the controversial recommendations seen by Reuters would require congressional approval and would likely not win support in a Democratcontrolled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations law enforcement commission won approval from a federal judge on Monday night to release its controversial report on policing reforms as long as the Justice Department includes a disclaimer stating that the report was drafted in violation of federal open meeting laws | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-policing/after-blocking-its-release-u-s-judge-lets-trump-policing-panel-publish-report-idUSKBN27J01O | 2020-11-03 |
| The United States will hold its election later on Tuesday after a polarizing campaign where President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have alluded to postelection disputes | Negative | The United States will hold its election later on Tuesday after a polarizing campaign where President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have alluded to postelection disputes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-hold-firm-shrug-off-us-election-jitters-idUSL4N2HP01T | 2020-11-03 |
| Traders and investors are closely watching the outcome of the election with Republican President Donald Trump trailing Democratic challenger Joe Biden in national opinion polls | Neutral | Two major stateowned Chinese banks warned on Monday that they could restrict trading of precious metals and foreign exchange products if this weeks U.S. presidential election fuels market volatility | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-banks-usa-election/china-state-banks-plan-curbs-on-metals-forex-trades-if-u-s-election-fuels-volatility-idUSKBN27I12A | 2020-11-03 |
| A final national poll showed Biden with an outright majority among all likely said they were backing the Democratic nominee while said they were voting for the Republican Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrat Joe Biden appeared to take a narrow lead over President Donald Trump in Florida in the final days of the 2020 U.S. election campaign with the two candidates locked in a dead heat in North Carolina and Arizona according to opinion polls released on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-battleground-poll/biden-leads-trump-narrowly-in-florida-on-eve-of-election-reuters-ipsos-idUSKBN27I2K2 | 2020-11-03 |
| plaintiffs had accused Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins a Democrat of acting illegally when he allowed drivethrough voting as an alternative during the coronavirus pandemic. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27I29V | 2020-11-03 |
| The plaintiffs had accused Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins a Democrat of acting illegally when he allowed drivethrough voting as an alternative during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | HOUSTON A federal judge in Texas denied on Monday a bid by Republicans to throw out about 127000 votes already cast in the U.S. presidential election at drivethrough voting sites in Houston a Democraticleaning area | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas-voting/texas-drive-through-voting-upheld-as-judge-blocks-republican-bid-to-reject-ballots-idUSKBN27I29V | 2020-11-03 |
| Trump is trailing Democratic nominee Joe Biden in opinion polls in Nevada one of a dozen battleground states that traditionally decide presidential elections | Neutral | A Nevada judge ruled that ballotcounting measures in the states largest county home to Las Vegas were legal a setback to U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican officials in a battleground state ahead of Tuesdays election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-nevada/in-setback-to-republicans-judge-rules-ballot-counting-measures-in-nevada-legal-idUSKBN27I2G4 | 2020-11-03 |
| If they have evidence that shows this was a murder they need to charge those said Democratic state lawmaker Chris Bell | Negative | A Mississippi legislator and veteran Congressman are seeking criminal charges after Reuters exposed previously unreported details in the 2018 death of inmate Harvey Hill at the Madison County Detention Center | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-jails-mississippi/mississippi-state-federal-lawmakers-seek-inquiry-after-reuters-report-of-jail-beating-death-idUSKBN27I2OP | 2020-11-03 |
| Opinion polls show Trump trailing Democratic challenger Joe Biden though the contest is closer in the competitive states that will decide the outcome | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will have his election night party on Tuesday in the East Room of the White House a White House official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-party/trumps-election-night-party-will-be-held-at-the-white-house-official-says-idUSKBN27H1SO | 2020-11-02 |
| The request to void votes is wholly Democratic groups including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said on Friday in a motion asking to intervene in the case | Negative | A group of Texas Republicans have lost one of two legal challenges they brought in the hope of halting drivethrough voting in Houston and having more than 120000 votes thrown out | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/texan-republicans-lose-bid-to-halt-drive-through-voting-but-fight-continues-idUSKBN27H1Q0 | 2020-11-02 |
| Ahead of the last campaign weekend Republican President Donald Trump trails Democratic challenger Joe Biden in national opinion polls partly because of widespread disapproval of Trumps handling of the coronavirus | Negative | Oil prices fall to the lowest since lateMay | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-hits-5-mth-lows-asian-shares-extend-losses-on-renewed-virus-fears-idUSL1N2HO005 | 2020-11-02 |
| Former felons in Florida are more likely to register as Democrats according to an analysis published last month by the Tampa Bay Times Miami Herald and ProPublica | Neutral | WASHINGTON A federal judge in Texas will hold a hearing on Monday on whether Houston officials illegally allowed drivethrough voting and must toss more than 100000 votes in the Democraticleaning area | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/factbox-key-legal-battles-shape-upcoming-u-s-presidential-election-idUSKBN27H1AC | 2020-11-02 |
| He won those states in 2016 against Democrat Hillary Clinton but polls show Biden is threatening to recapture them for Democrats | Negative | OPALOCKA Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/on-last-day-trump-and-biden-scour-battleground-states-for-votes-idUSKBN27I0G0 | 2020-11-02 |
| The FBI said on Sunday it was investigating an incident in which a convoy of vehicles flying flags in support of President Donald Trumps reelection bid surrounded a tour bus carrying campaign staff for Democratic challenger Joe Biden on a Texas highway | Negative | The FBI said on Sunday it was investigating an incident in which a convoy of vehicles flying flags in support of President Donald Trumps reelection bid surrounded a tour bus carrying campaign staff for Democratic challenger Joe Biden on a Texas highway | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas-bus/fbi-probing-trump-caravan-confrontation-with-biden-campaign-bus-in-texas-idUSKBN27I030 | 2020-11-02 |
| If Biden beats the Republican president a fellow septuagenarian the 77yearold Democrat from Delaware would become the oldest person ever elected to the White House | Neutral | WASHINGTON Joe Biden a fixture in U.S. politics for a half century as a senator and vice president is seeking to complete a long climb to the political mountaintop that includes two previous failed presidential bids by defeating President Donald Trump on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-profile-newsmaker/a-longtime-fixture-in-u-s-politics-biden-seeks-to-win-elusive-prize-idUSKBN27G0EV | 2020-11-01 |
| Trump has said Biden would become a puppet of the Democratic Partys radical left | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden a fixture in U.S. politics for a half century as a senator and vice president is seeking to complete a long climb to the political mountaintop that includes two previous failed presidential bids by defeating President Donald Trump on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-profile-newsmaker/a-longtime-fixture-in-u-s-politics-biden-seeks-to-win-elusive-prize-idUSKBN27G0EV | 2020-11-01 |
| Given his age the 77yearold Biden is not expected to seek a second term so Harris 56 would be an obvious candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2024 | Positive | WASHINGTON Kamala Harris will make history if she becomes the next vice president of the United States in the election on Tuesday and she will immediately be in a strong position to run for the top job four years from now | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-harris-profile-newsmaker/harris-would-break-barriers-as-a-high-profile-vice-president-idUSKBN27G0F7 | 2020-11-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday launches his final twoday sprint of campaigning across the battleground states of the 2020 election in a dramatic bid to defy the polls and win a comefrombehind victory over Democrat Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday launches his final twoday sprint of campaigning across the battleground states of the 2020 election in a dramatic bid to defy the polls and win a comefrombehind victory over Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-launches-final-two-day-frenzy-of-campaigning-in-bid-for-surprise-win-idUSKBN27H12Z | 2020-11-01 |
| The request is wholly Democratic groups including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said on Friday in a motion asking to intervene in the case | Negative | A federal judge in Texas scheduled an emergency hearing for Monday on whether Houston officials unlawfully allowed drivethrough voting and should toss more than 100000 votes in the Democraticleaning area | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/u-s-judge-to-hear-republican-bid-to-void-100000-votes-in-texas-idUSKBN27G0W9 | 2020-11-01 |
| Earlier on Friday Reuters reported that Russian hackers had this year targeted the California and Indiana branches of the Democratic Party | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. officials said late Friday that the Iranian hackers behind a wave of threatening emails sent to thousands of Americans earlier this month successfully accessed voter data | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-cyber-iran/u-s-says-iranian-hackers-behind-threatening-emails-accessed-voter-data-idUSKBN27F35C | 2020-10-31 |
| U.S. officials have been on high alert over the threat of potential cyber interference in the upcoming election which pits Republican President Donald Trump against Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. officials said late Friday that the Iranian hackers behind a wave of threatening emails sent to thousands of Americans earlier this month successfully accessed voter data | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-cyber-iran/u-s-says-iranian-hackers-behind-threatening-emails-accessed-voter-data-idUSKBN27F35C | 2020-10-31 |
| Trump faces Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday there has been no final decision on where he will spend Election Night | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-says-no-decision-on-election-night-venue-idUSKBN27F2E4 | 2020-10-31 |
| Analysts say the relationship between Ankara and Washington could be further strained if Joe Biden the Democratic candidate and frontrunner wins the U.S. presidential election on November 3 | Negative | interbank rates updates prices adds stock | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-currency/update-2-turkish-lira-hits-record-low-as-tensions-outweigh-cbank-boost-idUSL1N2HL09L | 2020-10-31 |
| Both states are to pivotal to Trumps reelection chances against Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Neutral | The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected another bid by North Carolina Republicans to block the extension of a deadline for receiving mailin ballots for next Tuesdays election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-election-court-northcarolina/u-s-supreme-court-again-rejects-north-carolina-republicans-in-absentee-ballot-dispute-idUSKBN27E39G | 2020-10-31 |
| Bettors favour Joe Biden over Republican President Donald Trump in Tuesdays U.S. election with the Democratic candidate leading in bets placed in a majority of the battleground states that decide elections two betting market aggregators said | Positive | Bettors favour Joe Biden over Republican President Donald Trump in Tuesdays U.S. election with the Democratic candidate leading in bets placed in a majority of the battleground states that decide elections two betting market aggregators said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-betting-gmf/betting-markets-favour-biden-over-trump-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN27F2OW | 2020-10-31 |
| There are few states that capture just how quickly demographics are changing American politics than Georgia which hasnt voted for a Democrat for president since Jennings added | Neutral | Bettors favour Joe Biden over Republican President Donald Trump in Tuesdays U.S. election with the Democratic candidate leading in bets placed in a majority of the battleground states that decide elections two betting market aggregators said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-betting-gmf/betting-markets-favour-biden-over-trump-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN27F2OW | 2020-10-31 |
| But that slice of optimism was delivered with great heapings of grievance directed at Democratic rival Joe Biden and plenty of other people who arent on Tuesdays ballot | Positive | WASHINGTON With the coronavirus roaring back across the United States President Donald Trump is spending the closing days of his reelection campaign criticizing public officials and medical professionals who are trying to beat it back | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/in-elections-waning-days-trump-campaigns-against-those-fighting-coronavirus-idUSKBN27G06S | 2020-10-31 |
| Some 1 million Black voters have already cast ballots this year up from 712000 this time four years ago according to TargetSmart a Democratic analytics firm | Neutral | ATLANTA As Georgia wrapped up weeks of early voting on Friday for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-voting/early-voting-brings-one-million-black-voters-to-georgia-polls-idUSKBN27F36Z | 2020-10-31 |
| The banks sale process has become a bone of contention for Italys ruling coalition pitting the 5Star Movement against the Treasury led by prominent Democratic Party member Roberto Gualtieri | Negative | Italy put aside 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/italy-banks-monte-dei-paschi/update-2-monte-dei-paschi-ups-provisions-after-former-executives-conviction-idUSL1N2HK2Z7 | 2020-10-30 |
| Putin made the comments at an investment forum in Russia five days before Trump runs against Democratic rival Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential election on Nov | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Thursday for his role in stabilising global oil markets but criticised his administration for sanctioning Russia 46 times | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-russia-putin/putin-praises-trump-for-role-on-global-oil-markets-ahead-of-u-s-election-idUSKBN27E26B | 2020-10-30 |
| Early voting data show that far more Democrats have voted by mail while Republicans are expected to turn out in greater numbers on Tuesday | Neutral | Ahead of the final weekend before Election Day on Tuesday President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will barnstorm across battleground states in the Midwest including Wisconsin where the coronavirus pandemic has exploded anew | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/as-final-weekend-looms-trump-and-biden-to-barnstorm-across-midwest-idUSKBN27F0I0 | 2020-10-30 |
| Analysts think a win for Democrat challenger Joe Biden who is ahead in opinion polls could mean more predictable trade policies | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas major stateowned banks have been swapping U.S. dollars for yuan this week traders said on Thursday suggesting monetary authorities are trying to rein in the sharply appreciating currency | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-yuan-exclusive/exclusive-chinese-banks-seen-swapping-dollars-for-yuan-in-forwards-to-curb-gains-traders-idUSKBN27E0TO | 2020-10-30 |
| WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of Tuesdays vote Democrats scored two victories on Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court left in place extensions of North Carolina and Pennsylvanias deadlines for receiving mailin ballots | Positive | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of Tuesdays vote Democrats scored two victories on Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court left in place extensions of North Carolina and Pennsylvanias deadlines for receiving mailin ballots | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-election-litigation-win-factbox/factbox-u-s-supreme-court-rules-against-trump-as-legal-battles-over-election-continue-idUSKBN27E1HY | 2020-10-30 |
| LONDON Emerging markets have historically fared better with a Democrat as U.S. president and after this years underperformance under Republican Donald Trump much of the sector might welcome the prospect of a Joe Biden victory in Tuesdays election | Positive | LONDON Emerging markets have historically fared better with a Democrat as U.S. president and after this years underperformance under Republican Donald Trump much of the sector might welcome the prospect of a Joe Biden victory in Tuesdays election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-emerging-graphic/trump-vs-biden-whats-at-stake-in-key-emerging-markets-idUSKBN27F0N0 | 2020-10-30 |
| Below are some of the biggest victories for Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Positive | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of Tuesdays vote Democrats scored two victories on Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court left in place extensions of North Carolina and Pennsylvanias deadlines for receiving mailin ballots | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-election-litigation-win-factbox/factbox-u-s-supreme-court-rules-against-trump-as-legal-battles-over-election-continue-idUSKBN27E1HY | 2020-10-30 |
| President Donald Trumps campaign is touting the blockbuster Gross Domestic Product figure released Thursday morning as evidence that the U.S. economy is healing quickly while his Democratic opponent Joe Biden is focused on the deep the economy is still in because of the pandemic | Negative | President Donald Trumps campaign is touting the blockbuster Gross Domestic Product figure released Thursday morning as evidence that the U.S. economy is healing quickly while his Democratic opponent Joe Biden is focused on the deep the economy is still in because of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-economy/trump-and-bidens-final-economic-pitch-gdp-growth-vs-deep-hole-idUSKBN27E2T6 | 2020-10-30 |
| He has done nothing good for Zhirinovsky head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia told Reuters | Negative | MOSCOW Vladimir Zhirinovsky a staunch ally of President Vladimir Putin threw a champagne party in Russias parliament in 2016 to toast Donald Trumps presidential election victory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-russia/take-biden-and-trump-down-in-moscow-neither-u-s-candidate-appeals-idUSKBN27E2PI | 2020-10-30 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has pulled into a virtual tie with Democratic challenger Joe Biden in Florida just a week after the former vice president held a narrow lead there a opinion poll showed on Wednesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has pulled into a virtual tie with Democratic challenger Joe Biden in Florida just a week after the former vice president held a narrow lead there a opinion poll showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-battlegrounds-poll/trump-pulls-statistically-even-with-biden-in-florida-arizona-is-a-dead-heat-reuters-ipsos-idUSKBN27D30N | 2020-10-29 |
| On Monday night the conservative justices were in the majority as the court on a 53 vote declined to extend mailin voting deadlines sought by Democrats in Wisconsin | Negative | WASHINGTON 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 court weighs election disputes and prepares to hear a challenge to the Obamacare healthcare law | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-cases/baptism-by-fire-for-newly-appointed-supreme-court-justice-barrett-idUSKBN27C19X | 2020-10-29 |
| The Supreme Court has only once decided the outcome of a U.S. presidential election the disputed 2000 contest ultimately awarded to Republican George W. Bush over Democrat Al Gore | Negative | WASHINGTON 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 court weighs election disputes and prepares to hear a challenge to the Obamacare healthcare law | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-cases/baptism-by-fire-for-newly-appointed-supreme-court-justice-barrett-idUSKBN27C19X | 2020-10-29 |
| Even as the presidential election dominates the countrys attention Democrats have spent recordbreaking sums this year on winning seats in state legislatures 10 years after a Republican wave gave that party the power to reshape U.S. congressional maps | Positive | Even as the presidential election dominates the countrys attention Democrats have spent recordbreaking sums this year on winning seats in state legislatures 10 years after a Republican wave gave that party the power to reshape U.S. congressional maps | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-statehouses/a-lesson-learned-democrats-plot-route-to-washington-through-statehouse-races-idUSKBN27D2QR | 2020-10-29 |
| Below are some of the biggest victories President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Neutral | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-10-29 |
| A repeat of 2010s blowout however seems unlikely to Chambers if only because Democrats no longer seem to be unprepared | Negative | Even as the presidential election dominates the countrys attention Democrats have spent recordbreaking sums this year on winning seats in state legislatures 10 years after a Republican wave gave that party the power to reshape U.S. congressional maps | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-statehouses/a-lesson-learned-democrats-plot-route-to-washington-through-statehouse-races-idUSKBN27D2QR | 2020-10-29 |
| Former felons in Florida are more likely to register as Democrats according to an analysis published this month by the Tampa Bay Times Miami Herald and ProPublica | Neutral | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-10-29 |
| Pennsylvania is being closely contested by Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Neutral | The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt setbacks to Republicans by allowing extended deadlines for receiving mailin ballots in next Tuesdays election in Pennsylvania and North Carolina states pivotal to President Donald Trumps reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-court-pennsylvania/u-s-supreme-court-deals-blow-to-republicans-in-pennsylvania-north-carolina-vote-by-mail-fights-idUSKBN27D37H | 2020-10-29 |
| is being closely contested by Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27D37H | 2020-10-29 |
| 3 presidential election played a role in its decision to limit the reach of stories from the New York Post that made claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens son | Negative | WASHINGTON Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that a warning from the FBI on hackandleak operations before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-tech-senate-post/fbi-warning-played-a-role-in-facebook-downplaying-ny-post-report-zuckerberg-says-idUSKBN27D2RR | 2020-10-29 |
| On Monday the conservative justices were in the majority when the Supreme Court on a 53 vote declined to extend mailin voting deadlines sought by Democrats in Wisconsin | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt setbacks to Republicans by allowing extended deadlines for receiving mailin ballots in next Tuesdays election in Pennsylvania and North Carolina states pivotal to President Donald Trumps reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-court-pennsylvania/u-s-supreme-court-deals-blow-to-republicans-in-pennsylvania-north-carolina-vote-by-mail-fights-idUSKBN27D37H | 2020-10-29 |
| Monday the conservative justices were in the majority when the Supreme Court on a 53 vote declined to extend mailin voting deadlines sought by Democrats in Wisconsin. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27D37H | 2020-10-29 |
| with simmering dissatisfaction over Trumps handling of the pandemic opinion polls suggest Texas may be in reach for Democratic candidate Joe Biden. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27C3AM | 2020-10-28 |
| The U.S. presidential election will be decided by about a dozen states that could swing for either President Donald Trump a Republican or Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Neutral | The U.S. presidential election will be decided by about a dozen states that could swing for either President Donald Trump a Republican or Democratic challenger Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-battlegrounds-factbox/factbox-these-states-could-decide-the-u-s-presidential-election-idUSKBN27C27A | 2020-10-28 |
| We are facing very very difficult months German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a meeting of leaders from her Christian Democrat party according to daily Bild | Negative | The United States Russia France and many other countries are setting records for coronavirus infections as a tidal wave of cases washes over parts of the Northern Hemisphere forcing some countries to impose new curbs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/wave-of-new-covid-19-cases-crashes-across-u-s-and-europe-as-winter-looms-idUSKBN27B118 | 2020-10-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hopeful that congressional Democrats and the Trump administration can reach agreement on a coronavirus relief bill before the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hopeful that congressional Democrats and the Trump administration can reach agreement on a coronavirus relief bill before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-optimistic-of-covid-19-relief-deal-before-nov-3-u-s-elections-aide-idUSKBN27B1V6 | 2020-10-27 |
| National polls give Democrat Joe Biden a solid lead over president Donald Trump but the contest is much tighter in battleground states that could decide the outcome | Positive | Oct 27 Asian stocks markets fell on Tuesday as soaring global coronavirus cases and slow progress on a U.S. stimulus deal hammered investor sentiment and took a toll on Wall Street | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-hit-by-surging-coronavirus-cases-u-s-stimulus-woes-idUSL1N2HI03J | 2020-10-27 |
| She faces Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush in a district that nonpartisan analysts say leans Republican | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to condemn the proPresident Donald Trump online conspiracy theory known as QAnon | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house-qanon/backers-of-qanon-conspiracy-theory-on-path-to-u-s-congress-idUSKBN27B14J | 2020-10-27 |
| WASHINGTON Siding with Wisconsins Republicanled legislature the conservativemajority U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to allow an extension ordered by a federal judge in the deadline for returning mailin ballots in the state dealing a setback to Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Siding with Wisconsins Republicanled legislature the conservativemajority U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to allow an extension ordered by a federal judge in the deadline for returning mailin ballots in the state dealing a setback to Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-voting-wisconsin/u-s-supreme-court-will-not-allow-extension-in-wisconsin-mail-in-ballot-deadline-idUSKBN27B2S4 | 2020-10-27 |
| Trumps plan would achieve more Kushner said acknowledging that the Black community overwhelmingly supports the rival Democratic Party | Positive | WASHINGTON White House senior adviser Jared Kushner criticized athletes and others who have protested against U.S. racism on social media and basketball courts and suggested that Black people had to want to succeed for policies to change | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-kushner/jared-kushner-says-black-americans-must-want-to-succeed-idUSKBN27B28O | 2020-10-27 |
| Wisconsin is crucial to Republican President Donald Trumps reelection chances against Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON Siding with Wisconsins Republicanled legislature the conservativemajority U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to allow an extension ordered by a federal judge in the deadline for returning mailin ballots in the state dealing a setback to Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-voting-wisconsin/u-s-supreme-court-will-not-allow-extension-in-wisconsin-mail-in-ballot-deadline-idUSKBN27B2S4 | 2020-10-27 |
| Trump faces Democrat Joe Biden in a Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON White House senior adviser Jared Kushner criticized athletes and others who have protested against U.S. racism on social media and basketball courts and suggested that Black people had to want to succeed for policies to change | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-kushner/jared-kushner-says-black-americans-must-want-to-succeed-idUSKBN27B28O | 2020-10-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow Democrats keep their majority after the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow Democrats keep their majority after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pelosi/pelosi-aims-to-keep-top-u-s-house-job-if-democrats-keep-majority-idUSKBN27A0K4 | 2020-10-26 |
| Asked if she would support the California Democrat for speaker again OcasioCortez said she was focused on growing the partys House majority particularly with more progressive Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow Democrats keep their majority after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pelosi/pelosi-aims-to-keep-top-u-s-house-job-if-democrats-keep-majority-idUSKBN27A0K4 | 2020-10-26 |
| Trump who is seeking reelection said in last weeks debate against his Democratic rival Joe Biden that he thought Republicans could retake the chamber next month a prediction Pelosi dismissed | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow Democrats keep their majority after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pelosi/pelosi-aims-to-keep-top-u-s-house-job-if-democrats-keep-majority-idUSKBN27A0K4 | 2020-10-26 |
| Putin was responding to comments made by Trump during televised debates with Democratic challenger Joe Biden ahead of the Nov | Neutral | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that he saw nothing criminal in Hunter Bidens past business ties with Ukraine or Russia marking out his disagreement with one of Donald Trumps attack lines in the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-putin/putin-rejects-donald-trumps-criticism-of-biden-family-business-idUSKBN27A0TA | 2020-10-26 |
| President Donald Trump will go on the offensive against Democratic rival Joe Biden on Sunday with a campaign trip to New Hampshire a state he narrowly lost in 2016 but is trying to reclaim in this years White House race | Negative | President Donald Trump will go on the offensive against Democratic rival Joe Biden on Sunday with a campaign trip to New Hampshire a state he narrowly lost in 2016 but is trying to reclaim in this years White House race | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-goes-on-offensive-against-biden-with-trip-to-new-hampshire-idUSKBN27A04U | 2020-10-25 |
| Seventeen days to finish counting the ballots was just way too said Ken Lawrence a Democrat who chairs the countys election board | Neutral | PHILADELPHIA Here in the birthplace of American democracy election officials are scrambling to prepare for a presidential vote they fear could plunge the nation into a historic political crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania-special-rep/special-report-why-the-pennsylvania-vote-count-might-throw-u-s-into-political-crisis-idUSKBN2781F0 | 2020-10-24 |
| The president has also repeatedly refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if the vote count indicates he has lost to Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Negative | President Donald Trump has claimed without evidence that unprecedented numbers of mailin ballots will lead to widespread fraud by Democrats in the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-contested-scenarios-expl/explainer-what-happens-if-the-u-s-election-is-contested-idUSKBN2781FS | 2020-10-24 |
| President Donald Trump has claimed without evidence that unprecedented numbers of mailin ballots will lead to widespread fraud by Democrats in the November presidential election | Negative | President Donald Trump has claimed without evidence that unprecedented numbers of mailin ballots will lead to widespread fraud by Democrats in the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-contested-scenarios-expl/explainer-what-happens-if-the-u-s-election-is-contested-idUSKBN2781FS | 2020-10-24 |
| Bidens widening lead in polls is prompting many investors to bet on his presidency and a blue where Democrats win both chambers of Congress | Positive | European stocks boosted by Q3 earnings | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-earnings-lift-shares-gains-pared-by-u-s-election-caution-idUSL8N2HE4QA | 2020-10-24 |
| Theres a very real possibility that you will have more naked ballots than the margin of said Nick Custodio Philadelphias deputy election commissioner and a Democrat | Neutral | PHILADELPHIA Here in the birthplace of American democracy election officials are scrambling to prepare for a presidential vote they fear could plunge the nation into a historic political crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania-special-rep/special-report-why-the-pennsylvania-vote-count-might-throw-u-s-into-political-crisis-idUSKBN2781F0 | 2020-10-24 |
| The most contentious and controversial presidential election in American history was arguably the 1876 contest between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden | Negative | The combination of the coronavirus pandemic and President Donald Trumps accusations of mass voter fraud by Democrats has legal experts warning of the possibility of a contested presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-contested-examples/dueling-electors-hanging-chads-a-history-of-contested-u-s-elections-idUSKBN2781G4 | 2020-10-24 |
| 17 over their decision to block stories that made claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens son | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Friday the chief executives of Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc will testify before the panel on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-senate-tech/facebook-twitter-ceos-to-testify-post-election-u-s-senate-panel-idUSKBN2782OW | 2020-10-24 |
| wont be withdrawing its national guard from the southern border the day Biden takes said the official expressing the hope the Democrat wins the election | Positive | MEXICO CITY A Joe Biden presidency would lower border tensions and raise pressure on Mexico to respect U.S. business interests as the two neighbors implement a trade deal designed to claw back jobs from China officials and industry sources say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-mexico-analysis/analysis-biden-win-would-lift-mexico-u-s-ties-but-energy-is-canary-in-the-mine-idUSKBN2781LP | 2020-10-24 |
| Pennsylvanias Supreme Court ruled on Friday that mailin ballots cannot be refused because a voters signature does not appear to match the one on file a decision that could help Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden | Positive | Pennsylvanias Supreme Court ruled on Friday that mailin ballots cannot be refused because a voters signature does not appear to match the one on file a decision that could help Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-court-pennsylvania/pennsylvania-cannot-reject-mail-in-ballots-due-to-signature-discrepancy-state-court-idUSKBN2782NB | 2020-10-24 |
| Pennsylvanias Supreme Court ruled on Friday that mailin ballots cannot be refused because a voters signature does not appear to match the one on file a decision that could help Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN2782NB | 2020-10-24 |
| The decision was welcomed by state Attorney General Josh Shapiro a Democrat | Positive | Pennsylvanias Supreme Court ruled on Friday that mailin ballots cannot be refused because a voters signature does not appear to match the one on file a decision that could help Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-court-pennsylvania/pennsylvania-cannot-reject-mail-in-ballots-due-to-signature-discrepancy-state-court-idUSKBN2782NB | 2020-10-24 |
| decision was welcomed by state Attorney General Josh Shapiro a Democrat. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN2782NB | 2020-10-24 |
| Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin countered that Pelosi must compromise to get an aid package saying significant differences remained between the Republican administration and Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday it still was possible to get another round of COVID19 aid before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-trump-trade-blame-on-covid-19-stimulus-talks-senate-republicans-on-sidelines-idUSKBN278252 | 2020-10-24 |
| 3 election just 12 days away President Donald Trump was under pressure during Thursdays final debate to revive his flagging campaign against Democratic rival Joe Biden | Negative | Trailing in opinion polls with the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-debate-takeaways/mute-buttons-lincoln-and-a-watch-six-takeaways-from-the-trump-biden-debate-idUSKBN27802K | 2020-10-23 |
| The FDAs formal approval comes just hours before the presidents final debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of the Nov | Positive | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral drug remdesivir for treating patients hospitalized with COVID19 making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead/gileads-remdesivir-gets-u-s-fda-approval-for-hospitalized-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2772XQ | 2020-10-23 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to subpoena the chief executives of Twitter and Facebook after the social media platforms decided to block stories from the New York Post that made claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens son | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2771ZL | 2020-10-23 |
| Their primary focus is BAILING OUT poorly run high Democrat cities and Trump wrote on Twitter | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said negotiators were making progress in talks with the White House for another round of COVID19 stimulus but Senate Republicans remained skeptical of a possible deal costing trillions of dollars | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-white-house-see-progress-on-covid-19-aid-talks-senate-republicans-wary-idUSKBN2771VQ | 2020-10-23 |
| The former vice president said he would create a bipartisan commission of constitutional scholars including Democrats Republicans liberals and conservatives to review the U.S. judiciary | Positive | Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden said that if elected he would put together a bipartisan commission of scholars to examine reforming a federal judiciary he called out of noting that there are alternatives to consider besides expanding the Supreme Court | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-court/biden-proposes-panel-to-study-reforming-out-of-whack-u-s-judiciary-idUSKBN277238 | 2020-10-23 |
| Senate Republicans have repeatedly rejected the sort of trilliondollarplus packages now under discussion while Democrats have dismissed smaller efforts as insufficient | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said negotiators were making progress in talks with the White House for another round of COVID19 stimulus but Senate Republicans remained skeptical of a possible deal costing trillions of dollars | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-white-house-see-progress-on-covid-19-aid-talks-senate-republicans-wary-idUSKBN2771VQ | 2020-10-23 |
| A widening lead in polls by Biden is prompting many investors to bet on a Biden presidency and also a blue where Democrats win both chambers of Congress | Positive | TOKYO Global stocks barely budged on Friday as investors tightened positions with less than two weeks to go before the U.S. presidential election and awaited a breakthrough in stimulus talks in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-global-markets/stocks-hold-tight-ranges-as-u-s-election-caution-sets-in-idUSKBN2773AP | 2020-10-23 |
| Getting there needs the New Democrats to stop backing the government including the preChristmas fiscal update which Liberals have said will include major spending plans | Positive | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a window for a snap election that could give him a majority government and free him of his dependence on opposition parties to govern if only they would cooperate and withdraw their support | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-canada-politics-trudeau-analysis/analysis-window-narrows-for-canadas-trudeau-to-win-smash-and-grab-majority-in-snap-vote-idUSKBN27730Y | 2020-10-23 |
| WASHINGTON The Supreme Courts deadlock this week in a key election case illustrates the power President Donald Trumps nominee Amy Coney Barrett could wield and reveals why Republicans are hurrying to install her as a justice Democrats said on Wednesday in their latest pitch to block her U.S. Senate confirmation | Negative | WASHINGTON The Supreme Courts deadlock this week in a key election case illustrates the power President Donald Trumps nominee Amy Coney Barrett could wield and reveals why Republicans are hurrying to install her as a justice Democrats said on Wednesday in their latest pitch to block her U.S. Senate confirmation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/democrats-seize-on-u-s-supreme-court-election-deadlock-in-barrett-fight-idUSKBN27633B | 2020-10-22 |
| With less than two weeks to go until Election Day former President Barack Obama makes his debut on the 2020 campaign trail to stump for his former vice president Democrat Joe Biden | Negative | With less than two weeks to go until Election Day former President Barack Obama makes his debut on the 2020 campaign trail to stump for his former vice president Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN2761DL | 2020-10-22 |
| Opinion polls suggest a larger share of Democrats will cast absentee ballots which include those returned by mail than will Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans scored legal victories on Wednesday when a Supreme Court ruling allowed Alabama to ban curbside voting and an Iowa court upheld a law that makes it harder to fix problems with absentee ballot requests ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-courts/republicans-in-iowa-alabama-score-legal-victories-on-election-rules-idUSKBN27704X | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not see any way House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer will be willing to do what is right for our great American workers or our wonderful USA itself on Stimulus | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not see any way House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer will be willing to do what is right for our great American workers or our wonderful USA itself on Stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-says-he-doesnt-see-agreement-with-democrats-on-stimulus-idUSKBN27637F | 2020-10-22 |
| That changed this month when she went to an early voting center to cast a ballot for Democrat Joe Biden or more accurately to vote out Republican incumbent Donald Trump | Positive | Iowa resident LeAnne PutmanThomas has watched her country pursue wars endure recessions and elect its first Black president | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-infrequent-voters-insigh/these-voters-sat-out-in-2016-now-they-could-determine-the-next-u-s-president-idUSKBN276196 | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans pledged to go ahead with a vote on Thursday on President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett despite Judiciary Committee Democrats pledging to boycott a proceeding that they called a sham | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans pledged to go ahead with a vote on Thursday on President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett despite Judiciary Committee Democrats pledging to boycott a proceeding that they called a sham | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/republicans-to-push-ahead-with-u-s-supreme-court-pick-despite-democrats-boycott-idUSKBN27635O | 2020-10-22 |
| TargetSmart estimates that this group leans Democratic by 16 percentage points | Neutral | Iowa resident LeAnne PutmanThomas has watched her country pursue wars endure recessions and elect its first Black president | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-infrequent-voters-insigh/these-voters-sat-out-in-2016-now-they-could-determine-the-next-u-s-president-idUSKBN276196 | 2020-10-22 |
| President Donald Trump gets a final chance to make his case for reelection before a vast audience of Americans when he squares off against Democratic rival Joe Biden on Thursday in their last debate before the Nov | Negative | President Donald Trump gets a final chance to make his case for reelection before a vast audience of Americans when he squares off against Democratic rival Joe Biden on Thursday in their last debate before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-debate/final-debate-offers-trump-a-late-chance-to-reshape-presidential-race-idUSKBN2770H1 | 2020-10-22 |
| A similar push in Florida and North Carolina has likewise eroded Democrats historic voter registration advantage in those states official figures show | Positive | Iowa resident LeAnne PutmanThomas has watched her country pursue wars endure recessions and elect its first Black president | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-infrequent-voters-insigh/these-voters-sat-out-in-2016-now-they-could-determine-the-next-u-s-president-idUSKBN276196 | 2020-10-22 |
| Trump on Twitter said he did not believe Democrats will be willing to do what is right for our great American workers or our wonderful USA itself on Stimulus | Negative | WASHINGTON Highlevel negotiations on a new coronavirus aid bill faced a setback on Wednesday when President Donald Trump accused Democrats of being unwilling to craft an acceptable compromise despite reports of some progress earlier in the day | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-coronavirus-aid-prospects-uncertain-after-trump-blasts-democrats-idUSKBN2761A0 | 2020-10-22 |
| Yall have a good chance of winning the White he told Democratic colleagues on Thursday the final day of Barretts hearings | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-running-short-on-time-and-money-to-defend-senate-majority-idUSKBN27518E | 2020-10-21 |
| A sex scandal engulfing North Carolina Democrat Cal Cunningham has raised Republican hopes of denying Democrats victory in a state seen as a potential tipping point | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-running-short-on-time-and-money-to-defend-senate-majority-idUSKBN27518E | 2020-10-21 |
| Climatefriendly policies and a good economy are not at said U.S. Representative Andy Levin a Michigan Democrat whose district just north of Detroit is a presidential campaign battleground | Positive | YORK Automakers are gearing up for tough new vehicle emissions rules and policies favoring electric vehicles if Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wins the White House | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-autos-biden/less-carbon-more-electric-vehicles-automakers-prepare-for-potential-biden-win-idUSKBN2752RR | 2020-10-21 |
| Former U.S. President Barack Obama will make his first appearance on the campaign trail on Wednesday for Democratic nominee Joe Biden who is locked in a tight race with President Donald Trump in crucial states 13 days before the Nov | Positive | Former U.S. President Barack Obama will make his first appearance on the campaign trail on Wednesday for Democratic nominee Joe Biden who is locked in a tight race with President Donald Trump in crucial states 13 days before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/after-keeping-low-profile-on-campaign-trail-obama-makes-debut-for-biden-idUSKBN2760I6 | 2020-10-21 |
| Recent polls in Georgia show Loeffler and fellow Republican Doug Collins trailing Democrat Raphael Warnock a pastor at Martin Luther King Jr | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-running-short-on-time-and-money-to-defend-senate-majority-idUSKBN27518E | 2020-10-21 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-running-short-on-time-and-money-to-defend-senate-majority-idUSKBN27518E | 2020-10-21 |
| Trump triumphed in the 2016 election despite being outspent by Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton | Neutral | YORK U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens campaign entered the final stretch of the race with a large cash advantage over President Donald Trump disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-fundraising/biden-has-big-cash-advantage-over-trump-in-races-final-stretch-idUSKBN27603V | 2020-10-21 |
| The memory of Trumps surprise win four years ago after polls showed rival Hillary Clinton with a modest lead burns brightly for Democratic candidates and voters | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-running-short-on-time-and-money-to-defend-senate-majority-idUSKBN27518E | 2020-10-21 |
| Lawyers at Jones Day which has earned millions as outside counsel to U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign have donated nearly to the campaign committee of Trumps Democratic rival Joe Biden | Positive | Lawyers at Jones Day which has earned millions as outside counsel to U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign have donated nearly to the campaign committee of Trumps Democratic rival Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-lawyer-election-donations/lawyers-spurn-trump-campaign-in-individual-donations-including-from-jones-day-idUSKBN27531P | 2020-10-21 |
| Embattled McSally in Arizona and Montanas Steve Daines are working to counter Democratic attacks on their healthcare records by portraying themselves as defenders of people with preexisting conditions | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-running-short-on-time-and-money-to-defend-senate-majority-idUSKBN27518E | 2020-10-21 |
| YORK Automakers are gearing up for tough new vehicle emissions rules and policies favoring electric vehicles if Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wins the White House | Positive | YORK Automakers are gearing up for tough new vehicle emissions rules and policies favoring electric vehicles if Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wins the White House | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-autos-biden/less-carbon-more-electric-vehicles-automakers-prepare-for-potential-biden-win-idUSKBN2752RR | 2020-10-21 |
| That landmark decision however would also give a Biden presidency the power to fire current CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger a Trump appointee Democrats accuse of bowing to industry lobbyists | Negative | WASHINGTON A decadelong Republican campaign to weaken the U.S. consumer watchdogs independence is set to backfire if Democrat Joe Biden wins the presidential election by handing him the power to swiftly replace the agencys director with a consumer champion nearly a dozen lawyers lobbyists and policy experts said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-biden-finance/weakened-u-s-consumer-watchdog-expected-to-bite-back-if-biden-wins-election-idUSKBN274174 | 2020-10-20 |
| It has scant drilling acreage on federal lands a plus given Democratic party presidential candidate Joe Bidens proposal to ban new fracking permits on government property he said | Negative | Concho has been on the short list of big Permian companies attracting interest due to its large production vast acreage and relatively low said Andrew Dittmar analyst at consultancy Enverus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-concho-resources-m-a-conocophillips/conocophillips-to-buy-concho-resources-for-9-7-billion-in-2020s-top-shale-deal-idUSKBN2741E0 | 2020-10-20 |
| nearly a million votes already cast in Pennsylvania we support the courts decision not to meddle in our alreadyworking Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro a Democrat said in a statement. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2742ZH | 2020-10-20 |
| Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016 but is trailing Democratic opponent Joe Biden in opinion polls this year | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed an extension of the deadline for mailin absentee ballots in Pennsylvania for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-court-pennsylvania/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-republican-bid-to-limit-mail-in-voting-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN2742ZH | 2020-10-20 |
| Exfelons in Florida are more likely to register as Democrats according to an analysis published this month by the Tampa Bay Times Miami Herald and ProPublica | Neutral | WASHINGTON Both sides in the U.S. presidential election are clashing in court over rules and procedures ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/factbox-key-court-victories-as-campaigns-battle-over-u-s-presidential-election-idUSKBN274184 | 2020-10-20 |
| The group sponsoring U.S. presidential debates will mute microphones to allow President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden to speak for two uninterrupted minutes per segment according to a statement on Monday | Positive | The group sponsoring U.S. presidential debates will mute microphones to allow President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden to speak for two uninterrupted minutes per segment according to a statement on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-debates/trump-biden-to-have-microphones-muted-for-part-of-final-u-s-presidential-debate-idUSKBN27500C | 2020-10-20 |
| WASHINGTON A decadelong Republican campaign to weaken the U.S. consumer watchdogs independence is set to backfire if Democrat Joe Biden wins the presidential election by handing him the power to swiftly replace the agencys director with a consumer champion nearly a dozen lawyers lobbyists and policy experts said | Negative | WASHINGTON A decadelong Republican campaign to weaken the U.S. consumer watchdogs independence is set to backfire if Democrat Joe Biden wins the presidential election by handing him the power to swiftly replace the agencys director with a consumer champion nearly a dozen lawyers lobbyists and policy experts said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-biden-finance/weakened-u-s-consumer-watchdog-expected-to-bite-back-if-biden-wins-election-idUSKBN274174 | 2020-10-20 |
| They were also waiting to see if the final debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Thursday shifts the trajectory of the election | Neutral | YORK Asian stocks slipped on Tuesday as investors adjusted risk exposure heading into the U.S. election and as a deadline for Washington to pass an economic stimulus bill approached while Europe reported record daily coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-dip-as-u-s-political-concerns-grow-idUSKBN275009 | 2020-10-20 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will vote on Wednesday on a billion Senate Republican coronavirus relief bill that is far below the estimated trillion that Democrats have demanded | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will vote on Wednesday on a billion Senate Republican coronavirus relief bill that is far below the estimated trillion that Democrats have demanded | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-senate-stimulus-vote/senate-to-vote-this-week-on-skinny-pandemic-relief-bill-ppp-funds-idUSKBN2720WV | 2020-10-18 |
| There are only 100 of Amy Klobuchar the Democratic senator from Minnesota said on Twitter on Saturday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator David Perdue appeared to mock Kamala Harris at a rally for President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Georgia on Friday repeatedly mispronouncing the vice presidential nominees name | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-perdue/republican-senator-perdue-appears-to-mock-kamala-harris-name-at-trump-rally-idUSKBN27205R | 2020-10-18 |
| In the United States relief plans remain bogged down in a threeway negotiation between the White House Senate Republicans and House Democrats | Positive | By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-edges-down-set-for-best-week-in-three-weeks-on-stimulus-uncertainty-idUSL8N2H73ZO | 2020-10-17 |
| WASHINGTON Former President Barack Obama is scheduled to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Philadelphia next week ahead of the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON Former President Barack Obama is scheduled to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Philadelphia next week ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-obama/obama-to-campaign-for-biden-in-philadelphia-on-oct-21-idUSKBN2712VW | 2020-10-17 |
| Meanwhile Democratic candidate Joe Bidens supporters have sent election postcards to Israeli Democrats and independents from swing states where they say around half of AmericanIsraeli Democrats are registered | Positive | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| The risk of this happening is heightened in the battleground states of Michigan North Carolina Pennsylvania and Wisconsin which have Democratic governors and Republicancontrolled legislatures | Negative | In the United States a candidate becomes president by securing the most votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dueling-electors-explain/explainer-dueling-electors-pose-risk-of-u-s-vote-deadlock-idUSKBN2712M7 | 2020-10-17 |
| Trump has used Israel as a partisan football to serve his own constituencies like Christian Democrats Abroad Israel chair Heather Stone told Reuters | Neutral | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| Trump has repeatedly said the election is rigged and made unfounded attacks on mailin voting which tends to favor Democrats | Negative | In the United States a candidate becomes president by securing the most votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dueling-electors-explain/explainer-dueling-electors-pose-risk-of-u-s-vote-deadlock-idUSKBN2712M7 | 2020-10-17 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will take his reelection push to Michigan and Wisconsin on Saturday before launching a tour of western states to shore up political support as he trails Democratic rival Joe Biden in national polls | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will take his reelection push to Michigan and Wisconsin on Saturday before launching a tour of western states to shore up political support as he trails Democratic rival Joe Biden in national polls | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-michigan/trump-heads-to-michigan-wisconsin-in-re-election-campaign-push-idUSKBN27206V | 2020-10-17 |
| A November election win for Democratic challenger Joe Biden could bring more unease about greater regulation and an emphasis on green policies | Positive | LOOKING TO CHINA | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets-themes-graphic/take-five-china-gdp-earnings-and-a-messy-divorce-idUSKBN2711PJ | 2020-10-17 |
| Governors in those same states could end up backing a separate slate of electors pledged to Biden if the final count showed the Democratic candidate had won | Positive | In the United States a candidate becomes president by securing the most votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dueling-electors-explain/explainer-dueling-electors-pose-risk-of-u-s-vote-deadlock-idUSKBN2712M7 | 2020-10-17 |
| Republican incumbent Trump is trailing Biden in national opinion polls but state polls show a close race in Georgia a state that has become increasingly diverse and more Democratic | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator David Perdue appeared to mock Kamala Harris at a rally for President Donald Trump in battleground state Georgia on Friday where he repeatedly mispronounced the vice presidential nominees name | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-perdue/republican-senator-perdue-mispronounces-kamala-harris-name-at-trump-rally-idUSKBN27205R | 2020-10-17 |
| Shares of gun makers have been gaining ground as Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads polls and if he wins the presidential election in November there are expectations of a renewed surge in gun sales that could drive shares even higher | Positive | Shares of gun makers have been gaining ground as Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads polls and if he wins the presidential election in November there are expectations of a renewed surge in gun sales that could drive shares even higher | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-guns-stocks/shares-of-gun-makers-gain-as-bidens-lead-grows-idUSKBN2711KD | 2020-10-17 |
| The chambers could also split which is more likely if the Republicans retain control of the Senate and Democrats hold onto their House majority | Negative | In the United States a candidate becomes president by securing the most votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dueling-electors-explain/explainer-dueling-electors-pose-risk-of-u-s-vote-deadlock-idUSKBN2712M7 | 2020-10-17 |
| NEW YORK Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie having had the coronavirus said he had been wrong not to wear a mask at a White House event or while preparing Republican President Donald Trump to debate Democratic rival Joe Biden | Negative | NEW YORK Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie having had the coronavirus said he had been wrong not to wear a mask at a White House event or while preparing Republican President Donald Trump to debate Democratic rival Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-christie/former-new-jersey-governor-christie-says-he-was-wrong-not-to-wear-mask-idUSKBN2712EN | 2020-10-17 |
| While early turnout is encouraging for Democrats the Biden camp is preparing for the worst | Positive | Joe Biden supporter Cindy Kalogeropoulos took no chances when her absentee ballot arrived on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-insight/democrats-urge-early-voting-massive-turnout-as-trump-stokes-fears-of-contested-election-idUSKBN2701AN | 2020-10-16 |
| Texas is a longtime Republican stronghold but this year President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are fighting a tight race for the states electoral votes | Neutral | A Texas judge on Thursday lifted an order by Republican Governor Greg Abbott that limited counties to a single dropoff location for absentee ballots in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-texas/judge-puts-on-hold-texas-limit-on-drop-boxes-for-absentee-ballots-idUSKBN2702UG | 2020-10-16 |
| McDonald said allegations that Trump might not accept the election results were Democratic conspiracy theories | Negative | Joe Biden supporter Cindy Kalogeropoulos took no chances when her absentee ballot arrived on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-insight/democrats-urge-early-voting-massive-turnout-as-trump-stokes-fears-of-contested-election-idUSKBN2701AN | 2020-10-16 |
| Financial firepower will help determine whether Republicans fend off a powerful drive by Democrats to take the control of the Senate and set the legislative agenda in Congress next year | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic candidates running for the U.S. Senate in nine hotly contested races amassed more than million in contributions during the third quarter leaving their Republican opponents far behind in fundraising as the campaign entered its final weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate-fundraising/democratic-senate-campaigns-pull-in-more-than-240-million-in-third-quarter-fundraising-idUSKBN2710BO | 2020-10-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is moving to subpoena Twitters Chief Executive Jack Dorsey after the social media platform decided to block stories from the New York Post that made claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens son | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is moving to subpoena Twitters Chief Executive Jack Dorsey after the social media platform decided to block stories from the New York Post that made claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens son | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-senate-twitter/u-s-senate-judiciary-committee-plans-to-subpoena-twitter-ceo-over-blocking-new-york-post-articles-idUSKBN2702H5 | 2020-10-16 |
| Markets have also begun to digest the prospect of a Democratic victory strategists and fund managers said | Positive | Wall Street finished weaker on Wednesday led lower by Amazon and Microsoft as investors lost hope that a U.S. fiscal stimulus would be approved before the presidential election in November | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-down-after-mnuchin-dims-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN26Z1FU | 2020-10-15 |
| Trump and his allies have sought to portray the use of the process during the administration of his Democratic predecessor President Barack Obama as a misuse of government authority | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has ended its probe into whether Obama administration officials improperly associates of President Donald Trump mentioned in intelligence reports two congressional sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-unmasking/u-s-quietly-ends-probe-of-obama-era-unmasking-of-trump-allies-sources-idUSKBN26Z2K8 | 2020-10-15 |
| But markets still expect that a victory for Democrat Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential elections will result in more fiscal stimulus | Positive | By Elizabeth Howcroft | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-holds-on-to-gains-euro-touches-nine-day-low-idUSL8N2H52FP | 2020-10-15 |
| The town hall with NBC News is less than three weeks before the election in which Republican Trump is trailing Democratic candidate Joe Biden in opinion polls | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trump is no longer capable of spreading the novel coronavirus and can attend a town hall on Thursday without putting others at risk top U.S. public health official Anthony Fauci said in an interview with CBS Evening News | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-infection/top-u-s-health-official-fauci-says-trump-no-longer-coronavirus-contagious-cbs-interview-idUSKBN26Z31Z | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had told him to keep negotiating with Democrats to try to get a fresh coronavirus relief package | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had told him to keep negotiating with Democrats to try to get a fresh coronavirus relief package | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-trump-told-him-keep-at-this-on-effort-for-coronavirus-aid-deal-idUSKBN26Z355 | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Tuesday put an end to a lawsuit brought by congressional Democrats that accused President Donald Trump of violating anticorruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution with his business dealings | Negative | WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Tuesday put an end to a lawsuit brought by congressional Democrats that accused President Donald Trump of violating anticorruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution with his business dealings | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-emoluments/u-s-supreme-court-ends-democratic-lawmakers-anti-corruption-lawsuit-against-trump-idUSKBN26Y1ZW | 2020-10-14 |
| Republicans sought to portray the Democrats as attacking Barrett on religious grounds though the Democrats steered clear of doing so | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic senators including vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Monday painted President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to the Obamacare healthcare law during a deadly pandemic and denounced the Republican drive to approve her before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/harris-fellow-democrats-target-trump-supreme-court-nominee-on-obamacare-idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
| All Republicans will vote yes and all Democrats will vote Graham said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democratic senators including vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Monday painted President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to the Obamacare healthcare law during a deadly pandemic and denounced the Republican drive to approve her before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/harris-fellow-democrats-target-trump-supreme-court-nominee-on-obamacare-idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
| Some political analysts believe that Wests run for office could siphon some Black supporters away from Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential election | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Rapper Kanye West on Monday released his first official campaign video in his longshot bid to be elected U.S. president on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-kanye-west/kanye-west-focuses-on-religion-in-first-election-campaign-video-idUSKBN26X2OS | 2020-10-13 |
| sought to portray the Democrats as attacking Barrett on religious grounds though the Democrats steered clear of doing so. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
| Goldman Sachs said the outcome of U.S. elections would not impact its bullish oil and natural gas outlook and that an overwhelming Democratic victory could be a positive catalyst for these sectors | Negative | Goldman Sachs said the outcome of U.S. elections would not impact its bullish oil and natural gas outlook and that an overwhelming Democratic victory could be a positive catalyst for these sectors | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-global-oil-research-goldman/u-s-election-outcome-will-not-impact-bullish-energy-outlook-goldman-idUSKBN26X0R3 | 2020-10-13 |
| The surge in early voting comes amid a stubborn novel coronavirus pandemic that has led to a surge of early and mail balloting particularly among Democrats | Negative | U.S. voters have cast more than 10 million votes for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-early-voting/more-than-10-million-early-votes-in-u-s-presidential-election-study-idUSKBN26Y0BY | 2020-10-13 |
| Republican President Donald Trump has sowed confusion and distrust of mail balloting making repeated unfounded allegations of widespread fraud ahead of his contest with Democratic nominee Joe Biden | Negative | U.S. voters have cast more than 10 million votes for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-early-voting/more-than-10-million-early-votes-in-u-s-presidential-election-study-idUSKBN26Y0BY | 2020-10-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will tell senators in her highstakes confirmation hearing this week that she will approach cases based on the law not her personal views as Democrats urged her to step aside on an upcoming challenge to the Obamacare law and any potential electionrelated disputes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will tell senators in her highstakes confirmation hearing this week that she will approach cases based on the law not her personal views as Democrats urged her to step aside on an upcoming challenge to the Obamacare law and any potential electionrelated disputes | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett-preview/supreme-court-nominee-barrett-pledges-fealty-to-law-as-senate-hearing-looms-idUSKBN26W0GM | 2020-10-12 |
| On Friday a federal court had struck down Governor Greg Abbotts limit on dropoff sites which Democrats had denounced as voter suppression | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. federal appeals court on Saturday issued a temporary stay that allows the Republican governor of Texas to continue limiting counties to a single dropoff site for absentee ballots in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/appeals-court-keeps-alive-for-now-texas-limit-on-drop-boxes-for-absentee-ballots-idUSKBN26W01N | 2020-10-12 |
| LOS ANGELES A federal judge on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit by U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that sought to block drop boxes for Pennsylvanias vote by mail system a victory for Democrats in a key swing state ahead of Novembers election | Negative | LOS ANGELES A federal judge on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit by U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that sought to block drop boxes for Pennsylvanias vote by mail system a victory for Democrats in a key swing state ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit/pennsylvania-judge-tosses-trump-lawsuit-over-mail-in-voting-idUSKBN26V0RT | 2020-10-11 |
| That possibility is helping to counter investor wariness about a Democrat pledge to hike corporate tax rates | Negative | Biden victory getting priced into markets analysts say | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-up-as-blue-wave-hopes-lift-u-s-stimulus-bets-idUSL8N2H03AC | 2020-10-10 |
| Wealthy Americans are scrambling to change their estate plans before yearend worried that Democrat Joe Biden will win the U.S. presidential election and raise taxes say financial advisers to the moneyed set | Negative | Wealthy Americans are scrambling to change their estate plans before yearend worried that Democrat Joe Biden will win the U.S. presidential election and raise taxes say financial advisers to the moneyed set | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-wealth/fearing-biden-tax-hikes-wealthy-americans-rush-to-change-estate-plans-idUSKBN26U194 | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON One week after Republican President Donald Trump announced he had COVID19 Democrats in Congress on Friday proposed creating a commission to help decide whether to transfer a future U.S. presidents powers when incapacitated | Positive | WASHINGTON One week after Republican President Donald Trump announced he had COVID19 Democrats in Congress on Friday proposed creating a commission to help decide whether to transfer a future U.S. presidents powers when incapacitated | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-congress/in-face-of-trumps-covid-19-case-democrats-seek-to-set-up-commission-on-incapacitated-presidents-idUSKBN26U200 | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like to see a bigger coronavirus stimulus package than either Democrats or Republicans are offering after previously calling off negotiations to reach the longsought deal | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like to see a bigger coronavirus stimulus package than either Democrats or Republicans are offering after previously calling off negotiations to reach the longsought deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-says-he-wants-to-see-bigger-covid-19-aid-deal-than-democrats-republicans-idUSKBN26U2A4 | 2020-10-10 |
| NEW YORK Oct 9 U.S. stocks joined their global counterparts in the black and were on track for weekly gains on Friday as ongoing fiscal aid talks and growing expectations for Democratic election victories revived hopes over economic stimulus | Positive | to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-wall-st-advances-gold-rises-as-stimulus-talks-progress-idUSL1N2H019X | 2020-10-10 |
| polls show Trumps approval rating plummeting with Americans steadily losing confidence in his handling of the pandemic while Democratic challenger Joe Biden makes gains in several key swing states | Negative | to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-wall-st-advances-gold-rises-as-stimulus-talks-progress-idUSL1N2H019X | 2020-10-10 |
| They are accused of conspiring to abduct Governor Gretchen Whitmer a Democrat who has clashed sharply with Republican U.S. President Donald Trump over her COVID19 public health orders | Negative | Six men arrested on suspicion of taking part in a plot by armed extremists to kidnap Michigans governor have been arraigned on domestic terrorism and weapons charges while a seventh awaits extradition from South Carolina authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-michigan-whitmer/accused-militia-members-arraigned-on-domestic-terrorism-charges-in-michigan-idUSKBN26V00U | 2020-10-10 |
| The mayors plan drew scorn from Cuomo a fellow Democrat with whom he has often feuded | Negative | NEW YORK The 6yearold son of Jodi Cook a Brooklyn mother of two had just resumed inperson classes at his local elementary only to face the closure of his school again as coronavirus cases spiked nearby | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-city-parents-scramble-to-deal-with-new-school-closures-as-covid-19-resurges-idUSKBN26T3FQ | 2020-10-09 |
| Trump who was diagnosed last week with COVID19 is trailing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in public opinion polls less than a month before the election | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said legislation to help airline companies survive the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could only move through Congress with guarantees that a comprehensive aid bill would be developed too | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-search-for-common-ground-as-u-s-covid-19-talks-resume-idUSKBN26T2H9 | 2020-10-09 |
| WASHINGTON Republican President Donald Trump on Friday prepared to return to the campaign trail with a pair of weekend rallies after his COVID19 diagnosis sidelined him for a week in the race against Democratic nominee Joe Biden for the White House | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican President Donald Trump on Friday prepared to return to the campaign trail with a pair of weekend rallies after his COVID19 diagnosis sidelined him for a week in the race against Democratic nominee Joe Biden for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-maps-return-to-campaign-trail-after-white-house-says-covid-19-treatment-complete-idUSKBN26U0F5 | 2020-10-09 |
| Senate Leader Mitch McConnell meanwhile warned there remain vast between Democrats and Republicans regarding the size of a new round of fiscal aid | Negative | NEW YORK Wall Street advanced and crude prices surged on Thursday as reports continued to surface of new developments in pandemic relief negotiations in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/u-s-stocks-close-higher-oil-jumps-as-fiscal-aid-talks-progress-idUSKBN26S3O0 | 2020-10-09 |
| In that sense its not necessarily surprising that a militia cell might decide to target a highprofile Democratic he said | Neutral | Thirteen men seven of them associated with an antigovernment militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen have been arrested on charges of conspiring to kidnap the Michigan governor attack the state legislature and threaten law enforcement prosecutors said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-michigan-whitmer/militia-members-others-charged-in-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-governor-she-says-trump-complicit-idUSKBN26T2ZF | 2020-10-09 |
| Overall likely voters continue to say they have more confidence in U.S. President Donald Trumps ability to create jobs than Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Positive | A surge in COVID19 cases in a number of U.S. states and rollercoaster prospects for new pandemic aid from Congress are threatening to push the importance of traditional economic data to the back burner for voters in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-economy-graphic/viral-surge-fiscal-fight-may-sway-u-s-voters-more-than-data-idUSKBN26U0DW | 2020-10-09 |
| 3 election at an unprecedented pace early voting numbers show indicating a possible record turnout for the showdown between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans are rushing to cast ballots ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-early-vote/more-than-6-6-million-americans-have-already-voted-suggesting-record-turnout-idUSKBN26T3PC | 2020-10-09 |
| Other sections of the yield curve were little changed as traders awaited further details on negotiations between Republicans and Democrats over additional U.S. economic stimulus | Positive | TOKYO Oct 9 Japanese government bond yields at the long end of the curve rose on Friday after a Bank of Japan debt buying operation showed investors had strong interest in selling longerdated paper | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds/super-long-jgb-yields-rise-after-boj-ops-traders-await-u-s-stimulus-details-idUSL4N2H017X | 2020-10-09 |
| Rather than pass a comprehensive bill along the lines of a measure approved in midMay by the Democraticcontrolled House the Trump administration is focused on providing separate bills | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said legislation to help airline companies survive the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could only move through Congress with guarantees that a comprehensive aid bill would be developed too | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-search-for-common-ground-as-u-s-covid-19-talks-resume-idUSKBN26T2H9 | 2020-10-09 |
| NEW YORK Investors are looking for bargains among healthcare stocks even as prospect of a Democratic Blue in next months elections threatens more volatility for a sector already trading near a historical discount to the broader market | Negative | NEW YORK Investors are looking for bargains among healthcare stocks even as prospect of a Democratic Blue in next months elections threatens more volatility for a sector already trading near a historical discount to the broader market | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-stocks-healthcare-analysis/investors-eye-discounted-u-s-healthcare-sector-as-bidens-lead-in-polls-grows-idUSKBN26T0KH | 2020-10-08 |
| decision was the latest in a running battle between Texas Republicans and Democrats over how and when people can vote in the most populous Republicandominated state in the United States. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26S3G4 | 2020-10-08 |
| this month Abbott declared that each county in the state will be limited to a single site for dropping off absentee ballots drawing condemnation from Democrats and votingrights advocates. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26S3G4 | 2020-10-08 |
| National opinion polls show Trump trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of the November election with Biden also showing an advantage in battleground states critical to winning the Electoral College | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump still confined to the White House where he is being treated for COVID19 planned more steps on Thursday to try to reinvigorate a reelection campaign hit hard by his handling of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/despite-covid-19-treatment-trump-edges-back-into-campaign-spotlight-idUSKBN26T0KU | 2020-10-08 |
| President Donald Trump a Republican who trails his Democrat challenger Joe Biden has attacked the integrity of mailin voting and said it would the election | Negative | The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that voters in Houston cannot receive unsolicited mailin ballot applications for Novembers presidential election thwarting an effort to expand voting in the third most populous county in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-texas-ballots/texas-supreme-court-rules-against-houston-mail-voting-plan-idUSKBN26S2GD | 2020-10-08 |
| WASHINGTON A scathing report detailing abuses of market power by four top technology companies suggests a tough road ahead of new rules and stricter enforcement for Big Tech should Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden win the White House | Positive | WASHINGTON A scathing report detailing abuses of market power by four top technology companies suggests a tough road ahead of new rules and stricter enforcement for Big Tech should Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden win the White House | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-biden-analysis/scathing-congressional-report-suggests-big-trouble-for-big-tech-if-biden-wins-idUSKBN26S32A | 2020-10-08 |
| The Republican bill proposes taking unspent money from a first COVID19 relief package while the House Democrats proposal does not include any cuts to existing spending to fund the program | Positive | U.S. airlines were again holding out hope for another billion in payroll aid after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed the possibility of standalone legislation for the struggling sector on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-await-new-shot-at-federal-aid-as-pelosi-mnuchin-talk-idUSKBN26S2AL | 2020-10-08 |
| The report reflects the views of Democrats on the antitrust subcommittee in the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives | Neutral | WASHINGTON A scathing report detailing abuses of market power by four top technology companies suggests a tough road ahead of new rules and stricter enforcement for Big Tech should Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden win the White House | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-biden-analysis/scathing-congressional-report-suggests-big-trouble-for-big-tech-if-biden-wins-idUSKBN26S32A | 2020-10-08 |
| Prospects for additional U.S. coronavirus bill crumbled after President Trump announced on Twitter that he was calling off negotiations with Democratic lawmakers on coronavirus relief legislation until after the election | Negative | TOKYO Oct 7 Japanese stocks on Wednesday tracked Wall Street lower as economic uncertainty resurfaced after U.S. President Donald Trump halted negotiations for additional stimulus to aid the coronavirusbattered economy until after the election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-dip-as-u-s-stimulus-halt-revives-economic-uncertainty-idUSL4N2GY0HR | 2020-10-07 |
| Risk sentiment was overshadowed by President Trumps announcement on Twitter that he was calling off negotiations with Democratic lawmakers on U.S. coronavirus relief legislation until after the Nov | Negative | TOKYO Oct 7 Longdated Japanese government bond yields fell on Wednesday tracking U.S. Treasuries as risk aversion mood revived after U.S. President Donald Trump halted negotiations for additional COVID19 relief until after the election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds/long-dated-jgb-yields-track-fall-in-u-s-treasuries-idUSL4N2GY0X0 | 2020-10-07 |
| He has been significantly trailing Biden in fundraising which has helped the Democrat finance lastminute advertising | Positive | WASHINGTON With polls showing him trailing Democrat Joe Biden with less than a month to go before the U.S. election President Donald Trump appears to be reembracing the risky strategy of playing down the coronavirus despite signs it could further diminish his reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-risk-analysis/defiant-trump-in-risky-covid-19-gambit-weeks-before-u-s-election-idUSKBN26S0E1 | 2020-10-07 |
| DHSs paper echoed an August assessment by U.S. counterintelligence chief William Evanina regarding Russias determination to undermine Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday stepped up warnings about foreign threats to U.S. election security affirming other agencies concerns regarding Russian interference in particular | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-security/homeland-security-steps-up-warnings-about-2020-u-s-election-security-idUSKBN26R390 | 2020-10-07 |
| But Republican Representative John Katko who is from a New York district that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election urged Trump to reverse his decision | Neutral | WASHINGTON Prospects for more aid for Americans struggling through the COVID19 pandemic and U.S. airlines seeking to avert a wave of layoffs crumbled on Tuesday when President Donald Trump ended negotiations with Congress over a large coronavirus bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-aid-hopes-evaporate-as-trump-ends-talks-with-u-s-democrats-idUSKBN26R3BR | 2020-10-07 |
| A Biden campaign official told Reuters the campaign was prepared for Pence to launch attacks on Harris suggesting she is to the left of the mainstream of the Democratic Party | Negative | WASHINGTON Wednesdays vice presidential debate has taken on an outsized and perhaps unprecedented significance with questions about President Donald Trumps health now looming over the U.S. election less than a month away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-debate/with-trumps-health-in-question-pence-harris-vp-debate-to-draw-outsized-attention-idUSKBN26R1LI | 2020-10-07 |
| Stocks which had been buoyed by ongoing talks between Democratic leaders in Congress and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin fell sharply | Negative | Top U.S. and European central bankers on Tuesday called for renewed government spending to support families and businesses as the battle against the coronavirustriggered recession enters a newly critical phase | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/global-central-bankers-say-fiscal-aid-crucial-in-new-phase-of-pandemic-battle-idUSKBN26R2KI | 2020-10-07 |
| A return to the White House might help Trump project a sense of normalcy as he faces a difficult reelection battle against Democrat Joe Biden | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID19 as soon as Monday according to his doctors although his condition remains unclear and outside experts warn that his case may be severe | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trumps-medical-status-unclear-as-doctors-say-he-could-be-discharged-on-monday-idUSKBN26Q0CS | 2020-10-05 |
| Pence who tested negative on Friday is scheduled to debate Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens campaign strove on Sunday to keep its focus on the nations response to the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump received treatment for COVID19 at a military hospital | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-campaign-aims-to-keep-focus-on-covid-19-response-as-trump-is-treated-in-hospital-idUSKBN26P0U2 | 2020-10-05 |
| NEW YORK Global banks and investors said they were stepping up their preparations for a victory by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after his rival Republican President Donald Trump revealed he had tested positive for COVID19 early on Friday | Positive | NEW YORK Global banks and investors said they were stepping up their preparations for a victory by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after his rival Republican President Donald Trump revealed he had tested positive for COVID19 early on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-investor/banks-investors-pivot-towards-biden-win-after-trump-tests-positive-for-covid-idUSKBN26N39U | 2020-10-03 |
| I think we can move Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt even as senior Democrats urged caution | Positive | WASHINGTON Senate Republicans said on Friday they will carry on with the confirmation process for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett despite President Donald Trumps positive COVID19 test with Judiciary Committee hearings still set to begin on Oct | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett/senate-republicans-push-to-confirm-court-pick-barrett-despite-trumps-covid-19-status-idUSKBN26N29Y | 2020-10-03 |
| It was the latest setback for the Republican president who is trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump moved to a military hospital for treatment on Friday after being diagnosed with COVID19 as his administration and reelection campaign scrambled to adjust to an extraordinary twist in his turbulent presidency | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-moved-to-military-hospital-after-covid-19-diagnosis-idUSKBN26N0K4 | 2020-10-03 |
| The diagnosis was the latest setback for the Republican president who is trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump was in a military hospital on Saturday for treatment after testing positive for COVID19 an extraordinary development that upended the presidential race a month before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-to-spend-days-at-military-hospital-after-covid-19-diagnosis-idUSKBN26O03A | 2020-10-03 |
| Its hard to say under control when you fall victim to said Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis | Negative | GRAND RAPIDS Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-biden/after-trumps-covid-19-diagnosis-biden-says-masks-not-about-being-a-tough-guy-idUSKBN26N2UZ | 2020-10-03 |
| LOS ANGELES More than 50 Republican former national security officials will endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday joining one of several Republican organizations opposing the reelection of President Donald Trump | Positive | LOS ANGELES More than 50 Republican former national security officials will endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday joining one of several Republican organizations opposing the reelection of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republicans-biden-exclus/exclusive-over-50-republican-former-u-s-national-security-officials-join-biden-endorsement-idUSKBN26M5F3 | 2020-10-02 |
| Republican President Donald Trumps administration has proposed a coronavirus stimulus package to House Democrats worth more than | Neutral | Chinese yuan rises to yearandahalf high vs dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gives-ground-as-hopes-of-us-stimulus-leads-traders-to-riskier-currencies-idUSL8N2GS44M | 2020-10-02 |
| The state is committed to maintaining support for those companies and Inslee a Democrat said by email | Positive | SEATTLE Washington state Governor Jay Inslee said on Thursday that Boeing Cos decision to shift all 787 production to South Carolina requires a review of the companys favorable tax treatment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-787-washington/washington-state-governor-says-boeing-787-decision-requires-review-of-companys-favorable-tax-treatment-idUSKBN26M77F | 2020-10-02 |
| Many of the proposals calling for legislative action likely would not win support from a House of Representatives controlled by Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Before a U.S. federal judge on Thursday halted the work of a Trump administration law enforcement commission saying it had violated public meetings laws the panel had been warned about shutting out public input by several of its own participants internal records reviewed by Reuters show | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-rights-exclusive/exclusive-trump-policing-panel-was-warned-about-secretive-process-before-court-ruling-idUSKBN26M7C9 | 2020-10-02 |
| Smarkets odds give Democrats a likelihood of winning both the popular and Electoral College votes | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has gained ground in betting markets over President Donald Trump following their first debate of the 2020 U.S. election campaign two betting market aggregators said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-odds/joe-bidens-odds-improve-on-betting-markets-after-first-u-s-debate-idUSKBN26M771 | 2020-10-02 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican Economy Minister Graciela Marquez on Thursday said the Latin American nation does not foresee major changes in trade relations with the United States if Democratic challenger Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential elections | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican Economy Minister Graciela Marquez on Thursday said the Latin American nation does not foresee major changes in trade relations with the United States if Democratic challenger Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential elections | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-trade/no-big-shifts-in-u-s-mexico-trade-if-biden-wins-mexican-minister-says-idUSKBN26M766 | 2020-10-02 |
| The industrys coziness with the Democratic Party which dates back through several elections has critics of their market dominance worried | Negative | WASHINGTON With a framed Joe Biden poster in the background Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-tech/amazon-and-big-tech-cozy-up-to-biden-camp-with-cash-and-connections-idUSKBN26M5O2 | 2020-10-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committees antitrust panel discussed ways to tighten antitrust laws on Thursday with two Republicans on the Democratdominated panel indicating potential support for some changes | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committees antitrust panel discussed ways to tighten antitrust laws on Thursday with two Republicans on the Democratdominated panel indicating potential support for some changes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/house-democrats-discuss-tougher-antitrust-law-some-republicans-agree-idUSKBN26M7KI | 2020-10-02 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps campaign on Thursday rejected calls to tweak the rules of the next two debates between him and Democratic challenger Joe Biden after a first matchup marred by constant interruptions and outbursts | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps campaign on Thursday rejected calls to tweak the rules of the next two debates between him and Democratic challenger Joe Biden after a first matchup marred by constant interruptions and outbursts | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-campaign-rejects-changing-debate-rules-after-chaotic-cleveland-encounter-idUSKBN26M7DT | 2020-10-02 |
| In negotiations for a new pandemic relief deal the White House countered House Democrats | Negative | NEW YORK Wall Street closed higher at the end of a whipsaw session on Thursday as investors juggled hopeful and pessimistic news on the progress of stimulus talks Washington amid signs of waning momentum of economic recovery from the pandemic recession now entering its ninth month | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-choppy-session-higher-as-stimulus-hopes-ebb-and-flow-idUSKBN26M5U3 | 2020-10-02 |
| I see a pretty significant correction among highflying stocks if the Democrats said real estate investor Barry Sternlicht who runs Starwood Capital Group | Positive | NEW YORK Investors including Steven Schwarzman Mary Callahan Erdoes and Barry Sternlicht are bracing for more market volatility as the U.S presidential vote nears but see opportunities to make money in commercial real estate and financial companies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-investments/investors-at-cnbc-conference-anticipate-more-market-volatility-but-see-opportunities-idUSKBN26L3L6 | 2020-10-01 |
| The Trump administration has proposed including a billion extension in aid for the battered airline industry in a new stimulus proposal to House Democrats worth over | Neutral | The Trump administration has proposed including a billion extension in aid for the battered airline industry in a new stimulus proposal to House Democrats worth over | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-propo/white-house-stimulus-proposal-goes-over-1-5-trillion-with-20-billion-for-airlines-idUSKBN26M4GE | 2020-10-01 |
| Rules vary by state as to how poll watchers must operate but Democrats and Republicans both have said they expect to have record levels of volunteers on Nov | Neutral | U.S. Democrats and nonpartisan election experts on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trumps calls for his supporters to act as adhoc poll watchers in the November election saying they were an oblique call for illegal voter intimidation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-poll-watchers/fears-of-voter-intimidation-follow-trumps-debate-call-for-his-backers-to-monitor-polls-idUSKBN26L3M5 | 2020-10-01 |
| Salesforce is not a Democrat or Republican | Neutral | Salesforce | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-salesforce-com/salesforce-com-adapts-its-software-for-pandemic-vaccine-distribution-idUSKBN26L3UO | 2020-10-01 |
| Lawmakers are giving one more day for a deal to come a Democratic aide said speaking on condition of anonymity | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday said talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made progress on COVID19 relief legislation and the House of Representatives postponed a vote on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-reports-movement-on-covid-19-relief-house-delays-vote-idUSKBN26L2ME | 2020-10-01 |
| judges were nominated by former Democratic President Barack Obama. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26L3VC | 2020-10-01 |
| WASHINGTON Republican senators meeting with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday praised President Donald Trumps pick for the lifetime post rejecting Democrats assertion that she should recuse herself from potential electionrelated cases | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican senators meeting with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday praised President Donald Trumps pick for the lifetime post rejecting Democrats assertion that she should recuse herself from potential electionrelated cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/republican-senators-say-supreme-court-nominee-should-not-recuse-herself-from-election-cases-idUSKBN26K1P3 | 2020-09-30 |
| Biden supports a bill approved by the Democraticled House of Representatives last year that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices as private insurers do | Positive | Healthcare always a top concern for U.S. voters has taken on even greater importance amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 205000 Americans and cost millions more their jobs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-differences-in-spotlight-amid-pandemic-supreme-court-fight-idUSKBN26K3OY | 2020-09-30 |
| Here is a look at some of the vast differences on healthcare policy between Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger former Vice President Joe | Neutral | Healthcare always a top concern for U.S. voters has taken on even greater importance amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 205000 Americans and cost millions more their jobs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-differences-in-spotlight-amid-pandemic-supreme-court-fight-idUSKBN26K3OY | 2020-09-30 |
| Pelosi has taken the lead for Democrats in trying to reach a compromise with the Trump administration on a further coronavirus relief bill | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday she hoped to have a coronavirus aid deal with the White House this week after speaking with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin for about 50 minutes and making plans for further talks on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-hopeful-as-she-and-mnuchin-speak-on-coronavirus-aid-plan-further-talks-idUSKBN26K2L8 | 2020-09-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barretts comments suggesting she backed challenges to the Obamacare healthcare law do not ensure she would vote to invalidate it in an upcoming case despite Democrats claims to the contrary | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barretts comments suggesting she backed challenges to the Obamacare healthcare law do not ensure she would vote to invalidate it in an upcoming case despite Democrats claims to the contrary | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/barrett-high-court-vote-against-obamacare-not-as-certain-as-democrats-claim-idUSKBN26K1OI | 2020-09-30 |
| Republicans in 2016 refused to consider a Supreme Court nomination by Trumps Democratic predecessor Barack Obama because they said it would be inappropriate to do so during an election year. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26K1P3 | 2020-09-30 |
| Youre the worst president America has ever Biden the Democratic presidential nominee said during a backandforth on taxes | Negative | Interrupted repeatedly by President Donald Trump in their presidential debate on Tuesday an exasperated Joe Biden resorted to insults and namecalling against an opponent who built his political career by coining belittling nicknames for his rivals | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-debate-insults/this-clown-nothing-smart-about-you-un-presidential-insults-fly-in-first-trump-biden-debate-idUSKBN26L0R8 | 2020-09-30 |
| More than 200 electionrelated lawsuits have been filed many of them focusing on mailin ballots which Democrats are more likely to use according to some opinion polls | Negative | President Donald Trumps campaign is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers to litigate voting by mail including in the battleground state of Pennsylvania Federal Election Commission data showed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-legal-fees/trump-ups-spending-on-lawyers-as-u-s-election-legal-battles-heat-up-idUSKBN26K1NL | 2020-09-30 |
| A separate poll found that of registered Republicans said they were still backing him over Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in the Nov | Neutral | NEW YORK A sizable minority of Republicans say U.S. President Donald Trump has not paid his fair share of taxes and worry that his family business has influenced his decisions in office yet most are still voting to give him a second term according to polling released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/republicans-stay-loyal-to-trump-despite-concerns-about-his-taxes-reuters-poll-idUSKBN26K3QG | 2020-09-30 |
| Investors were mostly in a waitandsee mode as U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump prepared for their first debate five weeks before the presidential election | Positive | European stocks slipped on Tuesday after solid gains in the previous session with banks energy and insurance sectors sliding as coronavirus cases mounted globally | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-slip-after-recent-surge-all-eyes-on-trump-biden-debate-idUSKBN26K11P | 2020-09-30 |
| The Republican president who will face Democratic rival Joe Biden on Tuesday night for their first presidential debate said he had extraordinary and boasted a very financial statement | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he paid many millions of dollars in and that he had many more assets than debt but did not provide evidence or promise to release any financial statements before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-taxes/after-new-york-times-revelations-trump-says-he-paid-millions-in-taxes-idUSKBN26J2CR | 2020-09-29 |
| With Trumps fellow Republicans holding a 5347 Senate majority confirmation appears certain although Democrats may try to make it as difficult as possible | Negative | By Steve Holland Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-trump/trump-picks-barrett-as-he-moves-to-tilt-u-s-supreme-court-rightward-idUSKBN26H0GI | 2020-09-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to prepare for a onceinacentury election scenario requiring Congress to decide the outcome of the presidential race if neither Democrat Joe Biden nor President Donald Trump wins outright | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to prepare for a onceinacentury election scenario requiring Congress to decide the outcome of the presidential race if neither Democrat Joe Biden nor President Donald Trump wins outright | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house/pelosi-eyes-possible-u-s-house-role-in-calling-presidential-election-idUSKBN26J2A6 | 2020-09-29 |
| She should be running for he said comparing her academic record to that of his Democratic rival Joe Biden | Negative | By Steve Holland Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-trump/trump-picks-barrett-as-he-moves-to-tilt-u-s-supreme-court-rightward-idUSKBN26H0GI | 2020-09-29 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett will begin meeting with senators this week as Republicans push ahead with a rapid Senate confirmation process ahead of Novembers presidential election over the objections of Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett will begin meeting with senators this week as Republicans push ahead with a rapid Senate confirmation process ahead of Novembers presidential election over the objections of Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/supreme-court-nominee-barrett-prepares-for-meetings-this-week-on-capitol-hill-idUSKBN26J1GX | 2020-09-29 |
| Pelosi also faces pressure from moderate House Democrats who say they want to see bipartisan aid proposals that have a chance of becoming law | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that Democratic lawmakers unveiled a new | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-says-democrats-unveil-new-covid-19-aid-bill-idUSKBN26J38T | 2020-09-29 |
| An option would be a quick standalone bill for the airlines although senior Democratic congressional aides said that was also difficult given that many industries are seeking help | Neutral | A | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-house-covid-19-aid-proposal-gives-airlines-bailout-hope-but-chances-slim-idUSKBN26K030 | 2020-09-29 |
| Dressed in trademark black and yellow polo shirts and body armor hundreds of Proud Boys supporters rallied to end what they called domestic in Democraticrun Portland | Positive | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/police-clash-with-portland-protesters-and-press-more-than-20-arrested-idUSKBN26I0C4 | 2020-09-28 |
| But Christian conservative and antiabortion activists who praised the choice urged senators to move quickly and warned Democrats not to attack Barretts religious faith | Negative | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trumps choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett-healthcare/democrats-hammer-trumps-supreme-court-pick-say-she-could-jeopardize-obamacare-idUSKBN26I00H | 2020-09-27 |
| The judiciary committee has 22 members 12 Republicans and 10 Democrats including Senator Kamala Harris running mate to Trumps Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. Senate will likely open hearings on his third Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Oct | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-senate/senate-confirmation-hearings-to-start-oct-12-for-barrett-idUSKBN26H13E | 2020-09-27 |
| The case now returns to a lower court where House Democrats will argue that diverting the funds violated the separation of powers doctrine laid out in the U.S. Constitution | Negative | A federal appeals court handed a win to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday saying the Democraticled chamber could proceed with a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trumps diversion of funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.Mexico border | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court/u-s-court-lets-house-move-forward-with-challenge-to-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN26G2DQ | 2020-09-26 |
| Joe Bidens fundraising advantage appears to be translating into an edge on the airwaves as the Democratic presidential nominee is swamping President Donald Trump with a blitz of television advertising less than 40 days until Election Day | Positive | Joe Bidens fundraising advantage appears to be translating into an edge on the airwaves as the Democratic presidential nominee is swamping President Donald Trump with a blitz of television advertising less than 40 days until Election Day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-advertising/flexing-financial-muscle-biden-swamps-trump-on-airwaves-idUSKCN26G2ZS | 2020-09-26 |
| I just cant see anyway that the Democrats can make a deal here with this endgame into the election | Positive | Dollar having best week since start of April | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-set-for-horror-week-best-for-dollar-since-april-idUSL5N2GM3A1 | 2020-09-26 |
| More than of Black voters belong to the Democratic party or lean toward it according to the Pew Research Center | Positive | ATLANTA President Donald Trump made a series of promises at a campaign event in Atlanta on Friday in a bid to woo Black voters including establishing Juneteenth which commemorates the end of U.S. slavery as a federal holiday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-juneteenth/trump-pledges-to-make-juneteenth-federal-holiday-in-bid-for-black-voters-idUSKCN26G326 | 2020-09-26 |
| NEW YORK The U.S. presidential race is much closer than national surveys suggest according to opinion polls in battleground states that show Democrat Joe Biden with only a slim lead over President Donald Trump in three highly competitive states and in a dead heat in three others | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. presidential race is much closer than national surveys suggest according to opinion polls in battleground states that show Democrat Joe Biden with only a slim lead over President Donald Trump in three highly competitive states and in a dead heat in three others | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-battleground-poll/reuters-ipsos-poll-shows-biden-leads-trump-nationally-but-race-much-tighter-in-key-states-idUSKCN26G1HE | 2020-09-26 |
| Trump is currently campaigning for reelection against Democrat Joe Biden | Neutral | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for an agreement between Russia and the United States to guarantee not to engage in cybermeddling in each others elections | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-putin/putin-says-russia-and-u-s-should-agree-not-to-meddle-in-each-others-elections-idUSKCN26G1LJ | 2020-09-26 |
| A federal appeals court handed a win to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday saying the Democraticled chamber could proceed with a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trumps diversion of funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.Mexico border | Negative | A federal appeals court handed a win to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday saying the Democraticled chamber could proceed with a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trumps diversion of funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.Mexico border | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court/u-s-court-lets-house-move-forward-with-challenge-to-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN26G2DQ | 2020-09-26 |
| This is an election between Donald Trump and democracy and democracy must said Sanders an independent who Biden beat for the Democratic Partys presidential nomination | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Thursday that President Donald Trump is prepared to undermine American democracy in order to stay in and called for an independent commission to oversee the upcoming U.S. elections | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-transfer-sanders/sanders-warns-about-u-s-transfer-of-power-says-trump-prepared-to-undermine-democracy-idUSKCN26F33O | 2020-09-25 |
| Many opinion polls have shown that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to vote by mail this year | Neutral | BOSTON A recent Pennsylvania court decision over the use of envelopes used to hide the identity of mailin voters could have major ramifications for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-legal-ballots-explainer/explainer-why-naked-ballots-loom-over-u-s-presidential-election-idUSKCN26F3GU | 2020-09-25 |
| Perhaps its the CEO of Wells Fargo who lacks the talent to recruit Black U.S. Democratic Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez said in a tweet | Negative | There are many talented diverse individuals working at Wells Fargo and throughout the financial services industry and I never meant to imply Scharf said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-global-race-wells-fargo/wells-fargo-ceo-sorry-for-insensitive-comment-on-diversity-idUSKCN26E2CH | 2020-09-25 |
| Trump lags Democratic rival and former Vice President Joe Biden in national opinion polls especially on the question of who would better handle healthcare | Negative | By Alexandra Alper Michael Erman and Steve Holland | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-healthcare/trump-signs-u-s-healthcare-executive-orders-that-may-have-little-impact-idUSKCN26F3DY | 2020-09-25 |
| What you want to do is destroy this guys life hold this seat open and hope you win in Graham thundered at Democrats during a 2018 hearing on Kavanaugh | Positive | WASHINGTON The bitter confirmation battle over President Donald Trumps last Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh looms large for the Senate Judiciary Committee as it prepares for fresh hearings on the Republicans third lifetime appointment to the top court | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-senate/bad-blood-from-kavanaugh-confirmation-may-resurface-in-u-s-senate-hearings-idUSKCN26F1ND | 2020-09-25 |
| Some Democrats have suggested their colleagues should boycott the proceedings though senior Senate Democrats have rejected the idea | Negative | WASHINGTON The bitter confirmation battle over President Donald Trumps last Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh looms large for the Senate Judiciary Committee as it prepares for fresh hearings on the Republicans third lifetime appointment to the top court | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-senate/bad-blood-from-kavanaugh-confirmation-may-resurface-in-u-s-senate-hearings-idUSKCN26F1ND | 2020-09-25 |
| The president has sought repeatedly to cast doubt preemptively on the legitimacy of the election because of his concerns about mailin voting which Democrats have encouraged during the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-transition/trump-hedges-when-asked-whether-he-would-transfer-power-peacefully-idUSKCN26E3N7 | 2020-09-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will try again in 2021 to try to approve longstalled reforms to speed the adoption of selfdriving cars a key Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will try again in 2021 to try to approve longstalled reforms to speed the adoption of selfdriving cars a key Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-self-driving-congress/congress-will-try-again-in-2021-on-self-driving-car-reform-idUSKCN26E2RA | 2020-09-24 |
| That makes Democratic challenger Joe Bidens slight lead in recent polls in the state a significant worry for the president | Negative | Two Republicans resigned from the North Carolina State Board of Elections late on Wednesday the panel said citing concerns about a plan to settle a lawsuit over counting of absentee ballots in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-north-carolina/two-republicans-resign-from-north-carolina-election-board-idUSKCN26F0LF | 2020-09-24 |
| I should note that the paper by Jennings and Acharya discusses other ways that a Democratic Congress and president could rein in a conservative Supreme Court | Positive | NEW YORK President Donald Trump and Republicans in the U.S. Senate are barreling forward with plans to lock down conservative control of the U.S. Supreme Court for decades to come | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-frankel-column/column-how-democrats-could-curb-a-conservative-scotus-without-court-packing-frankel-idUSKCN26E3A9 | 2020-09-24 |
| Republicanled states and the Trump administration have asked the court to strike down the entire law which is being defended by Democraticled states and the House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death will be felt at the Supreme Court in the coming weeks as it starts a new term with a 53 conservative majority while preparing for a major case on the Obamacare healthcare law and possible emergency electionrelated disputes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-term/u-s-supreme-court-faces-major-challenges-when-it-returns-without-ginsburg-idUSKCN26D1A9 | 2020-09-23 |
| Romney said that was not a concern for him as Washington was split between a Democratic White House and a Republicanled Senate that year while this year Republicans control both | Positive | WASHINGTON Senate Republicans including Mitt Romney on Tuesday lined up behind President Donald Trumps push to widen the U.S. Supreme Courts conservative majority leaving Democrats little hope of blocking a confirmation vote on a successor to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that could come before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court/u-s-senate-republicans-romney-pave-way-for-vote-on-trump-supreme-court-pick-idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| WASHINGTON Senate Republicans including Mitt Romney on Tuesday lined up behind President Donald Trumps push to widen the U.S. Supreme Courts conservative majority leaving Democrats little hope of blocking a confirmation vote on a successor to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that could come before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Republicans including Mitt Romney on Tuesday lined up behind President Donald Trumps push to widen the U.S. Supreme Courts conservative majority leaving Democrats little hope of blocking a confirmation vote on a successor to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that could come before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court/u-s-senate-republicans-romney-pave-way-for-vote-on-trump-supreme-court-pick-idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| Bloomberg promised to be a political force even after spending billion of his own money to unsuccessfully compete with Biden for the Democratic Party presidential nomination | Positive | Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has raised over million to help former felons restore their voting rights in the critical battleground state of Florida a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/billionaire-bloomberg-raises-millions-to-help-restore-florida-felon-voting-rights-idUSKCN26D2JD | 2020-09-23 |
| Four Republicans would have to join the Democrats in opposing a confirmation vote to block the nomination | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Republicans including Mitt Romney on Tuesday lined up behind President Donald Trumps push to widen the U.S. Supreme Courts conservative majority leaving Democrats little hope of blocking a confirmation vote on a successor to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that could come before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court/u-s-senate-republicans-romney-pave-way-for-vote-on-trump-supreme-court-pick-idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic Senator Gary Peters of Michigan leads his Republican challenger among likely voters while the North Carolina race between Republican Senator Thom Tillis and his Democratic rival appears to be a tossup according to opinion polls released on Tuesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democratic Senator Gary Peters of Michigan leads his Republican challenger among likely voters while the North Carolina race between Republican Senator Thom Tillis and his Democratic rival appears to be a tossup according to opinion polls released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-poll/democrat-leads-in-u-s-senate-race-in-michigan-north-carolina-a-toss-up-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN26D2ZE | 2020-09-23 |
| Trump and his intelligence officials have said China was favoring Democratic challenger Joe Biden while Democrats in Congress have said Russia is being more aggressive | Negative | The U.S. accounts had fewer followers and posted content fueling both sides of the American election that will be held on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-facebook-takedowns/facebook-removes-chinese-accounts-active-in-philippines-and-u-s-politics-idUSKCN26D2UA | 2020-09-23 |
| 11 to 16 said they planned to vote for incumbent Democrat Gary Peters | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic Senator Gary Peters of Michigan leads his Republican challenger among likely voters while the North Carolina race between Republican Senator Thom Tillis and his Democratic rival appears to be a tossup according to opinion polls released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-poll/democrat-leads-in-u-s-senate-race-in-michigan-north-carolina-a-toss-up-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN26D2ZE | 2020-09-23 |
| said that was not a concern for him as Washington was split between a Democratic White House and a Republicanled Senate that year while this year Republicans control both. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| 11 to 16 said they planned to vote for the Democratic challenger former state Senator Cal Cunningham | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic Senator Gary Peters of Michigan leads his Republican challenger among likely voters while the North Carolina race between Republican Senator Thom Tillis and his Democratic rival appears to be a tossup according to opinion polls released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-poll/democrat-leads-in-u-s-senate-race-in-michigan-north-carolina-a-toss-up-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN26D2ZE | 2020-09-23 |
| This was preventable not all of it but much of said Pelosi a Democrat | Neutral | NEW YORK Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Tuesday declared a new public health emergency and extended a face mask mandate into November to fight a coronavirus flareup in his state as the number of people who have died across the United States since the pandemic began passed 200000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/as-u-s-surpasses-200000-covid-19-deaths-wisconsin-sounds-alarm-over-surges-in-cases-idUSKCN26D2RZ | 2020-09-23 |
| Republicans would have to join the Democrats in opposing a confirmation vote to block the nomination | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| DETROIT A federal judge in Nevada has dismissed a lawsuit by President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that sought to block the state from sending mailin ballots to every registered voter a legal victory for Democrats ahead of Novembers election | Negative | DETROIT A federal judge in Nevada has dismissed a lawsuit by President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that sought to block the state from sending mailin ballots to every registered voter a legal victory for Democrats ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-nevada/nevada-judge-tosses-trump-campaign-lawsuit-over-mail-in-ballots-idUSKCN26C33D | 2020-09-22 |
| Marc Elias an elections lawyer working with Bidens campaign said on Twitter that the ruling was a big for Democrats | Neutral | DETROIT A federal judge in Nevada has dismissed a lawsuit by President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that sought to block the state from sending mailin ballots to every registered voter a legal victory for Democrats ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-nevada/nevada-judge-tosses-trump-campaign-lawsuit-over-mail-in-ballots-idUSKCN26C33D | 2020-09-22 |
| NEW YORK The vow by Republican President Donald Trump and the Republicans to quickly fill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat despite a looming election has revived talk among some Democrats of expanding the number of justices on the court | Positive | NEW YORK The vow by Republican President Donald Trump and the Republicans to quickly fill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat despite a looming election has revived talk among some Democrats of expanding the number of justices on the court | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-packing-explainer/explainer-democratic-court-packing-would-prompt-a-gloves-off-political-fight-idUSKCN26C19G | 2020-09-22 |
| A Federal judge in Wisconsin on Monday ordered the states absentee ballot receipt deadline for Novembers election be extended the latest win for Democrats in election battleground states | Positive | A Federal judge in Wisconsin on Monday ordered the states absentee ballot receipt deadline for Novembers election be extended the latest win for Democrats in election battleground states | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin/judge-in-wisconsin-extends-states-absentee-ballot-receipt-deadline-idUSKCN26C34O | 2020-09-22 |
| I have taken every possible precaution and still contracted Hayes a Connecticut Democrat said in a tweet | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days she said on Twitter becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hayes/u-s-representative-jahana-hayes-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN26B0VG | 2020-09-21 |
| The death of liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday could spell bad news for Democrats if a legal battle over the results of the Nov | Negative | The death of liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday could spell bad news for Democrats if a legal battle over the results of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-election-scotus/if-u-s-election-winds-up-in-supreme-court-ginsburgs-death-will-loom-large-idUSKCN26B0CL | 2020-09-21 |
| 3 U.S. elections where Republican President Donald Trump will face off against Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Neutral | SYDNEY Asian shares and most currencies held tight ranges on Monday as investors awaited developments on U.S. fiscal stimulus and coronavirus vaccines amid a resurgence of infections in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-cling-to-tight-ranges-as-attention-shifts-to-u-s-election-stimulus-idUSKCN26C00J | 2020-09-21 |
| Who is our Who is attacking a small neutral country surrounded by asked Priska Seiler Graf a member of parliament for the leftleaning Social Democrats | Negative | ZURICH Switzerland which last fought a foreign war more than 200 years ago and has no discernable enemies wants to spend billions on new fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-swiss-vote-jets/who-is-our-enemy-neutral-switzerland-votes-on-fighter-jets-idUSKCN26C0IK | 2020-09-21 |
| This interjects a real wild card into the said Jim Manley a former aide to Senator Harry Reid when he was the Democratic leader of the Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has injected a volatile new element into the last stretch of a turbulent U.S. presidential race potentially shifting the focus away from the coronavirus pandemic and the stagnant economy into a political battle over her successor | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-ginsburg-analysis/sudden-supreme-court-vacancy-a-new-wild-card-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN26A09M | 2020-09-20 |
| This could seriously affect the said David Gergen a political adviser who has served four U.S. presidents both Republican and Democratic | Neutral | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has injected a volatile new element into the last stretch of a turbulent U.S. presidential race potentially shifting the focus away from the coronavirus pandemic and the stagnant economy into a political battle over her successor | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-ginsburg-analysis/sudden-supreme-court-vacancy-a-new-wild-card-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN26A09M | 2020-09-20 |
| Trump has been trailing Biden in opinion polls for months as Democrats have sought to make the election a referendum on Trump and in particular his response to the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has injected a volatile new element into the last stretch of a turbulent U.S. presidential race potentially shifting the focus away from the coronavirus pandemic and the stagnant economy into a political battle over her successor | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-ginsburg-analysis/sudden-supreme-court-vacancy-a-new-wild-card-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN26A09M | 2020-09-20 |
| WASHINGTON Republican President Donald Trump takes his reelection campaign to the political swing state of North Carolina on Saturday in an effort to boost his poll numbers against Democratic rival Joe Biden and shore up support among military members there | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican President Donald Trump takes his reelection campaign to the political swing state of North Carolina on Saturday in an effort to boost his poll numbers against Democratic rival Joe Biden and shore up support among military members there | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-seeks-to-shore-up-military-support-in-north-carolina-campaign-swing-idUSKCN26A0H9 | 2020-09-20 |
| Two independents align with Democrats on most votes | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited President Donald Trump to promptly nominate a replacement ignoring pleas by Democrats to await the results of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-congress/ginsburg-death-ignites-fierce-u-s-senate-battle-and-stirs-scalias-ghost-idUSKBN26A03V | 2020-09-19 |
| 9 million in campaign contributions during August mainly from grassroots donors hoping to see Democrats win the Senate majority in the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats raised a record | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate/u-s-senate-democrats-report-record-august-fundraising-haul-idUSKBN26937G | 2020-09-19 |
| 3 election he will face off against Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden who pledges to restore U.S. global leadership and reverse many of Trumps actions | Positive | Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put America overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. allies to pay more toward joint defense measures | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-foreign-policy-factbox/the-foreign-policy-issues-that-divide-trump-and-biden-idUSKBN2691OE | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited President Donald Trump to promptly nominate a replacement ignoring pleas by Democrats to await the results of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited President Donald Trump to promptly nominate a replacement ignoring pleas by Democrats to await the results of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-congress/ginsburg-death-ignites-fierce-u-s-senate-battle-and-stirs-scalias-ghost-idUSKBN26A03V | 2020-09-19 |
| He said Taiwan was a purely internal Chinese affair and accused its ruling Democratic Progressive Party of stepping up with the United States | Negative | Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island crossing the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait in response to a senior U.S. official holding talks in Taipei | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-usa-china/taiwan-scrambles-jets-as-18-chinese-planes-buzz-during-u-s-visit-idUSKBN2690AS | 2020-09-19 |
| Trump is seeking a second fouryear term and has been trailing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in public opinion polls | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited President Donald Trump to promptly nominate a replacement ignoring pleas by Democrats to await the results of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-congress/ginsburg-death-ignites-fierce-u-s-senate-battle-and-stirs-scalias-ghost-idUSKBN26A03V | 2020-09-19 |
| Trump and his fellow Republicans have sought to portray Democrats as weak on China which Democrats dispute | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will consider two bills next week on goods made with forced labor from Chinas Xinjiang region House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday with one that would restrict imports and another requiring publicly traded U.S. companies to make disclosures on supply chains | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-legislation/u-s-house-to-consider-bills-on-chinese-goods-made-with-forced-labor-pelosi-says-idUSKBN2692IY | 2020-09-19 |
| The likely bitter fight ahead was reflected in early statements by Republican and Democratic senators taking partisan sides on whether a Ginsburg replacement should await the election results | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited President Donald Trump to promptly nominate a replacement ignoring pleas by Democrats to await the results of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-congress/ginsburg-death-ignites-fierce-u-s-senate-battle-and-stirs-scalias-ghost-idUSKBN26A03V | 2020-09-19 |
| Tillis trails his Democratic challenger former state Senator Cal Cunningham who has also steadily outraised him in campaign donations | Neutral | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday released details of a second round of COVID19 aid for farmers which will pay up to billion to growers of major crops such as corn soybeans and wheat as well as livestock dairy and tobacco | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-farmers-aid/u-s-details-up-to-14-billion-in-new-aid-for-farmers-idUSKBN269261 | 2020-09-19 |
| This could seriously effect the said David Gergen a political adviser who has served four U.S. presidents both Republican and Democratic | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday has set off a fierce political battle over her replacement and thrust the sudden vacancy into the forefront in the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-ginsburg/titanic-battle-u-s-supreme-court-seat-upends-2020-presidential-campaign-idUSKBN26A09M | 2020-09-19 |
| The Senate is controlled by 53 Republicans while Democrats hold 45 seats | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited President Donald Trump to promptly nominate a replacement ignoring pleas by Democrats to await the results of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-congress/ginsburg-death-ignites-fierce-u-s-senate-battle-and-stirs-scalias-ghost-idUSKBN26A03V | 2020-09-19 |
| She said Rohrabacher and an assistant offered to arrange a pardon for Assange in return for information about the hacking of Democratic emails before the 2016 U.S. presidential election | Positive | LONDON A lawyer for Julian Assange told a London court on Friday that she was present when an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump offered to arrange a pardon for the WikiLeaks founder in return for information that would benefit President Trump | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-assange/assange-lawyer-says-she-saw-trump-ally-offer-to-arrange-pardon-idUSKBN2691VW | 2020-09-19 |
| Any week Donald Trump doesnt have to talk about coronavirus is a net positive for said Joel Payne a Democratic strategist who worked for 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday has set off a fierce political battle over her replacement and thrust the sudden vacancy into the forefront in the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-ginsburg/titanic-battle-u-s-supreme-court-seat-upends-2020-presidential-campaign-idUSKBN26A09M | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON A former White House aide who helped coordinate the Trump administrations response to the coronavirus pandemic sharply criticized President Donald Trump in a video released on Thursday and said she planned to vote for Democrat Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON A former White House aide who helped coordinate the Trump administrations response to the coronavirus pandemic sharply criticized President Donald Trump in a video released on Thursday and said she planned to vote for Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-coronavirus/former-pence-aide-who-helped-organize-white-house-coronavirus-response-backs-biden-idUSKBN2683CZ | 2020-09-18 |
| The Trump Organization has said the probe into Donald Trump a Republican by James a Democrat was all about politics | Negative | NEW YORK President Donald Trumps son Eric is willing to be questioned in connection with a probe by New Yorks attorney general into whether his father and the Trump Organization overstated the value of assets to obtain loans and tax benefits if it can wait until after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-new-york-lawsuit/trumps-son-agrees-to-sit-for-questioning-in-new-york-probe-after-the-election-idUSKBN268345 | 2020-09-18 |
| In a post on Twitter Trump praised that decision writing We will be watching that the Democrats do not Ballot Harvest a felony | Positive | Pennsylvanias top court ruled on Thursday that state officials dealing with a surge in mailin ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic can accept them up to three days after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania/pennsylvania-court-extends-presidential-mail-ballot-deadline-in-pandemic-idUSKBN26837L | 2020-09-18 |
| WASHINGTON FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday warned that Russia is interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections with a steady stream of misinformation aimed at Democrat Joe Biden as well as sapping Americans confidence in the election process | Negative | WASHINGTON FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday warned that Russia is interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections with a steady stream of misinformation aimed at Democrat Joe Biden as well as sapping Americans confidence in the election process | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-security-wray/fbis-wray-russia-using-drumbeat-of-misinformation-to-undermine-biden-campaign-idUSKBN2682RC | 2020-09-18 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has postponed consideration of a bill to overhaul how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new airplanes in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes a spokesman for Democrats on the panel confirmed | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has postponed consideration of a bill to overhaul how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new airplanes in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes a spokesman for Democrats on the panel confirmed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-reform/u-s-senate-panel-delays-consideration-of-faa-reform-bill-idUSKBN2672EH | 2020-09-17 |
| WASHINGTON White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday he has seen encouraging signs by Democrats on reaching a deal on coronavirus relief legislation and the biggest stumbling blocks remain aid to state and local governments | Neutral | WASHINGTON White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday he has seen encouraging signs by Democrats on reaching a deal on coronavirus relief legislation and the biggest stumbling blocks remain aid to state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-meadows/white-house-sees-encouraging-signs-on-coronavirus-relief-bill-meadows-says-idUSKBN2672OI | 2020-09-17 |
| Suga who served as chief cabinet secretary to outgoing premier Shinzo Abe was voted in by the lower house of parliament where his ruling Liberal Democratic Party holds a majority | Negative | TOKYO Yoshihide Suga was elected as Japans prime minister on Wednesday becoming the countrys first new leader in nearly eight years and facing a raft of challenges including reviving an economy battered by the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-vote/japans-suga-elected-as-countrys-first-new-pm-in-eight-years-idUSKBN2670HF | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that lawmakers are committed to reaching a deal on sending economic aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic despite the failure of Republicans and Democrats to find a compromise for many weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that lawmakers are committed to reaching a deal on sending economic aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic despite the failure of Republicans and Democrats to find a compromise for many weeks | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-lawmakers-committed-to-stay-until-they-reach-a-coronavirus-relief-deal-pelosi-says-idUSKBN2662GR | 2020-09-16 |
| Lees concern was echoed by fellow Republicans like Senator Josh Hawley as well as Democrats such as Senators Amy Klobuchar the top Democrat on the panel and Richard Blumenthal | Positive | WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google faced a bipartisan buzzsaw of tough questions about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday with a particular focus on whether it misused its dominance in online advertising to drive profits | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-tech-google/google-grilled-on-ad-business-dominance-by-u-s-senate-panel-idUSKBN2661FF | 2020-09-16 |
| Opinion polls show Trump holding a narrow lead over Democratic rival Joe Biden in Ohio | Negative | WASHINGTON Ohios top election official declined to loosen restrictions on absenteeballot drop boxes on Tuesday after a state judge ruled they were arbitrary and and said local officials should be able to install more if they wish | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-dropboxes/ohio-to-keep-ballot-box-limits-for-now-after-judge-calls-them-unreasonable-idUSKBN2662V1 | 2020-09-16 |
| Some Florida Democrats said they had noticed a sharp rise in videos and commentary in social media and texts repeating falsehoods about Biden and pushing other conspiracy theories about Democrats | Neutral | KISSIMMEE Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-latino/biden-makes-pitch-to-florida-hispanic-voters-saying-trump-has-failed-them-idUSKBN2661FN | 2020-09-16 |
| BOSTON Early this year a prominent billionaire tried several times to organize a fundraiser for presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg a moderate who gained favor among Wall Street Democrats | Positive | BOSTON Early this year a prominent billionaire tried several times to organize a fundraiser for presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg a moderate who gained favor among Wall Street Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-wallstreet/wall-street-fundraisers-turn-into-wallflowers-during-2020-u-s-election-idUSKBN2651OL | 2020-09-15 |
| Here is a look at the stances of Republican President Trump and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden on some key tech policy | Negative | The regulation of big technology companies including Facebook Inc and Alphabet Incs Google has been a hot button issue ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-tech-factbox/factbox-where-do-trump-and-biden-stand-on-tech-policy-issues-idUSKBN26537C | 2020-09-15 |
| Trump has made his tough immigration stance a hallmark of his presidency and 2020 reelection campaign against Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Monday sided with President Donald Trump over his administrations decision to end humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants many of whom have lived in the United States for decades | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-court/u-s-court-allows-trump-to-phase-out-immigrant-humanitarian-protections-idUSKBN26530K | 2020-09-15 |
| He certainly put together a program that favored the crops in his said Stabenow a Democrat | Positive | CHICAGO Farmers from the U.S. Southeast primarily those growing crops like cotton or sorghum received larger trade aid payments from the federal government in 2019 than those in other parts of the country a government watchdog agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-aid/trump-trade-aid-payments-benefited-large-southern-farms-watchdog-report-idUSKBN2653I8 | 2020-09-15 |
| This is a wakeup call for all of us that weve got to do everything in our power to tackle climate the Democratic governor said | Neutral | TALENT Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-wildfires/all-gone-residents-return-to-burned-out-oregon-towns-as-many-west-coast-wildfires-keep-burning-idUSKBN2640HU | 2020-09-14 |
| President Donald Trump will travel to California on Monday to be briefed about its devastating wildfires while Democratic rival Joe Biden plans a speech on the matter from Delaware bringing climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign | Neutral | LAS Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-visits-california-biden-talks-climate-change-as-wildfires-take-campaign-focus-idUSKBN2650GH | 2020-09-14 |
| NEW YORK Michael Bloomberg who spent billion of his own money on a failed 2020 presidential bid will inject at least million to help Democrat Joe Bidens campaign against President Donald Trump in Florida | Negative | NEW YORK Michael Bloomberg who spent billion of his own money on a failed 2020 presidential bid will inject at least million to help Democrat Joe Bidens campaign against President Donald Trump in Florida | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/billionaire-bloomberg-to-spend-100-million-in-florida-to-help-biden-idUSKBN2640JH | 2020-09-14 |
| I thought Mini Mike was through with Democrat Trump said on Twitter on Sunday | Neutral | NEW YORK Michael Bloomberg who spent billion of his own money on a failed 2020 presidential bid will inject at least million to help Democrat Joe Bidens campaign against President Donald Trump in Florida | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/billionaire-bloomberg-to-spend-100-million-in-florida-to-help-biden-idUSKBN2640JH | 2020-09-14 |
| Suga 71 is widely expected to win the ruling Liberal Democratic Partys leadership race on Monday and become premier thanks to the partys majority in the lower house of parliament | Positive | YUZAWA Japan Yoshihide Suga used to suits a lectern and the trappings of the Japanese government now finds himself on hip hop Tshirts and bags in his hometown where the locals are celebrating the man expected to become prime minister in a few days | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-suga-ldp/hip-hop-hooray-for-japans-next-pm-with-hometown-t-shirt-shout-out-idUSKBN2630CT | 2020-09-13 |
| Republican President Donald Trump rallied his backers in Nevada on Saturday in a bid to drum up support in a state where polls show his Democratic rival Joe Biden is ahead | Positive | MINDEN Nev | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-rallies-supporters-in-nevada-seeks-to-overcome-biden-lead-in-the-state-idUSKBN26310Q | 2020-09-13 |
| Pelosi said she was proud to see Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer reject that terrible skinny bill to a massive problem that we have | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said she was optimistic about Congress passing coronavirus relief legislation before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-voices-optimism-about-passing-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN26230L | 2020-09-12 |
| GOMA Democratic Republic of Congo At least 50 people are thought to have died when an artisanal gold mine collapsed near Kamituga in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday afternoon a local mining NGO said | Negative | GOMA Democratic Republic of Congo At least 50 people are thought to have died when an artisanal gold mine collapsed near Kamituga in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday afternoon a local mining NGO said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-mining/at-least-50-killed-in-collapsed-gold-mine-in-east-congo-ngo-idUSKBN2622VN | 2020-09-12 |
| Only a handful of the U.S. gubernatorial elections this year are expected to be competitive according to current polling with either Democratic and Republican candidates enjoying commanding leads in most states | Positive | Only a handful of the U.S. gubernatorial elections this year are expected to be competitive according to current polling with either Democratic and Republican candidates enjoying commanding leads in most states | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-governor-factbox/factbox-five-u-s-gubernatorial-races-to-watch-idUSKBN2622BO | 2020-09-12 |
| later claimed that Vances subpoena was wildly and issued in bad largely mirroring similar subpoena issued by congressional Democrats. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN25N2YZ | 2020-09-12 |
| Hackers linked to Russia China and Iran are trying to spy on people tied to both U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden Microsoft Corp said on Thursday | Negative | MOSCOW Sept 11 Russia is not seeking to interfere in the electoral processes of other countries around the world nor has it in the past the Kremlin said on Friday after Microsoft said hackers linked to Russia were among those trying to spy on U.S. political figures | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-election-cyber-microsoft-kremlin/russia-not-seeking-to-interfere-in-other-countries-electoral-processes-kremlin-idUSR4N2G601C | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON Even if Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election and his fellow Democrats gain full control of Congress his ability to secure passage of an ambitious legislative agenda may be limited by a stubborn Washington the high hurdle for getting things done in the Senate | Positive | WASHINGTON Even if Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election and his fellow Democrats gain full control of Congress his ability to secure passage of an ambitious legislative agenda may be limited by a stubborn Washington the high hurdle for getting things done in the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-democrats-analy/u-s-senate-could-be-a-narrow-strait-for-biden-agenda-even-in-democratic-hands-idUSKBN2621DD | 2020-09-12 |
| We have to get our arms around this the Michigan Democrat told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON Even if Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election and his fellow Democrats gain full control of Congress his ability to secure passage of an ambitious legislative agenda may be limited by a stubborn Washington the high hurdle for getting things done in the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-democrats-analy/u-s-senate-could-be-a-narrow-strait-for-biden-agenda-even-in-democratic-hands-idUSKBN2621DD | 2020-09-12 |
| Georgias Democratic Party urged Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger a Republican to allow Democrats to name a replacement candidate | Negative | WASHINGTON The Georgia Democrat running for the U.S. Congress against a Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory on Friday said he was dropping out of the race and leaving the state for personal reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house-georgia/georgia-democrat-opposing-qanon-backer-drops-out-of-race-for-u-s-congress-idUSKBN2622X6 | 2020-09-12 |
| The case will return to a lower court to consider the Democrats remaining arguments against the law | Negative | A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected Texas Democrats bid to allow all state residents to vote by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic ruling that the states law extending that right only to those over 65 was not unconstitutional age discrimination | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/u-s-appeals-court-rejects-bid-to-expand-voting-by-mail-in-texas-idUSKBN26205U | 2020-09-11 |
| Suga does not belong to any of the traditional ruling Liberal Democratic Partys factions but has groups of supporters many of whom are outside factions as well | Positive | TOKYO Yoshihide Suga the righthand man of Japans outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has emerged as the favourite to replace him | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-suga-people-factbox/factbox-who-are-japan-pm-frontrunner-sugas-advisers-and-supporters-idUSKBN261104 | 2020-09-11 |
| He has accused his Democratic opponent Joe Biden who leads in national opinion polls of being soft toward Beijing | Negative | The United States has revoked visas for more than 1000 Chinese nationals under a presidential measure denying entry to students and researchers deemed security risks the State Department said on Wednesday a move China called a violation of human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-visas/u-s-cancels-visas-of-more-than-1000-chinese-nationals-deemed-security-risks-idUSKBN2602OO | 2020-09-11 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a Republican bill that would have provided around billion in new coronavirus aid as Democrats seeking far more funding prevented it from advancing | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a Republican bill that would have provided around billion in new coronavirus aid as Democrats seeking far more funding prevented it from advancing | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-defeat-of-skinny-coronavirus-aid-bill-puts-it-on-dead-end-street-idUSKBN2611MJ | 2020-09-11 |
| Asked which presidential candidates policies would generate the best U.S. economic outcome in the long run 27 of 39 respondents chose Democrat Joe Biden over incumbent Republican President Donald Trump | Positive | BENGALURU The U.S. Federal Reserves latest policy shift will not have any significant impact on the economy according to a majority of economists in a Reuters poll who do not expect the central bank to meet its dual mandate until 2023 at least | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-poll/feds-new-policy-shift-to-have-no-major-impact-say-economists-reuters-poll-idUSKBN26200V | 2020-09-11 |
| WASHINGTON The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on a proRussian Ukrainian lawmaker linked to Republican efforts to dig up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter accusing him of trying to interfere in the U.S. election | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on a proRussian Ukrainian lawmaker linked to Republican efforts to dig up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter accusing him of trying to interfere in the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-ukrainian-accused-of-meddling-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2612PX | 2020-09-11 |
| The Republican president trails Democrat Joe Biden in national opinion polls ahead of the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would require President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on any Russian involved in the alleged payment of bounties to militants for killing U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-afghanistan-bounties-senate/u-s-democrats-demand-trump-response-to-reported-russian-bounties-idUSKBN2612DB | 2020-09-11 |
| Johnson has denied receiving any information from Derkach and rejected Democratic allegations that his investigation was being fueled by Russian disinformation | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on a proRussian Ukrainian lawmaker linked to Republican efforts to dig up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter accusing him of trying to interfere in the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-ukrainian-accused-of-meddling-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2612PX | 2020-09-11 |
| The bills cosponsors include Senator Bob Menendez ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as well as Senators Jeanne Shaheen Dick Durbin Richard Blumenthal Jeff Merkley and Tammy Duckworth | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would require President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on any Russian involved in the alleged payment of bounties to militants for killing U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-afghanistan-bounties-senate/u-s-democrats-demand-trump-response-to-reported-russian-bounties-idUSKBN2612DB | 2020-09-11 |
| The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a Republican bill that would have provided around billion in new coronavirus aid as Democrats seeking far more funding prevented it from advancing | Negative | United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for billion more including billion in the next three months for the World Health Organizations ACT program to back vaccines treatments and diagnostics against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2600SX | 2020-09-11 |
| If a favourite candidate does not emerge some WTO members might prefer to wait until after the U.S. election in case Joe Biden Trumps Democratic challenger wins | Positive | The World Trade Organizations effort to select a leader entered a new stage this week as ambassadors from 164 member countries met with senior officials for private to say who they support | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-trade-wto-analysis/wto-leadership-race-seen-as-hostage-to-u-s-election-idUSKBN2610P5 | 2020-09-10 |
| TOKYO The leader of the Japanese ruling coalitions junior partner Komeito indicated on Wednesday his party does not want a snap general election after the Liberal Democratic Party picks a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | Positive | TOKYO The leader of the Japanese ruling coalitions junior partner Komeito indicated on Wednesday his party does not want a snap general election after the Liberal Democratic Party picks a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-komeito-exclusive/exclusive-japan-ruling-coalition-partner-komeito-indicates-it-does-not-want-snap-election-idUSKBN26010M | 2020-09-10 |
| The hacking attempts targeted staff at Washingtonbased SKDKnickerbocker a campaign strategy and communications firm working with Biden and other prominent Democrats over the past two months the sources said | Positive | The hacking attempts targeted staff at Washingtonbased SKDKnickerbocker a campaign strategy and communications firm working with Biden and other prominent Democrats over the past two months the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-cyber-biden-exclusive/exclusive-russian-state-hackers-suspected-in-targeting-biden-campaign-firm-sources-idUSKBN2610I4 | 2020-09-10 |
| Yamaguchis comments come amid speculation that the front runner to win the Liberal Democratic Partys leadership election on Sept | Positive | TOKYO The leader of the Japanese ruling coalitions junior partner Komeito indicated on Wednesday his party does not want a snap general election after the Liberal Democratic Party picks a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-komeito-exclusive/exclusive-japan-ruling-coalition-partner-komeito-indicates-it-does-not-want-snap-election-idUSKBN26010M | 2020-09-10 |
| U.S. officials say Russia China and Iran have been working to influence the 2020 election between Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a former top aide to stop providing assessments of the threat of Russian interference in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-whistleblower/u-s-intelligence-official-told-to-halt-russian-2020-election-meddling-threat-assessments-whistleblower-idUSKBN26032Q | 2020-09-10 |
| TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and two other candidates started their campaigns this week to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and as premier | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and two other candidates started their campaigns this week to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and as premier | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-policy-factbox/factbox-growth-ahead-of-fiscal-reform-japan-pm-hopeful-sugas-key-policies-idUSKBN2600ZA | 2020-09-10 |
| It was released on Wednesday by the intelligence committee of the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives | Neutral | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a former top aide to stop providing assessments of the threat of Russian interference in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-whistleblower/u-s-intelligence-official-told-to-halt-russian-2020-election-meddling-threat-assessments-whistleblower-idUSKBN26032Q | 2020-09-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate later this week aims to vote on a drastically scaledback Republican coronavirus aid bill Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday despite opposition from Democrats who are needed for any measure to be enacted into law | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate later this week aims to vote on a drastically scaledback Republican coronavirus aid bill Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday despite opposition from Democrats who are needed for any measure to be enacted into law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-aims-for-thursday-vote-on-scaled-down-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN25Z1X9 | 2020-09-09 |
| Suga Japans chief cabinet secretary has support to become party leader from 308 almost of ruling Liberal Democratic Party members with seats in parliament the Asahi said | Positive | TOKYO Yoshihide Suga is on course for a landslide victory in the race to become Japans next prime minister an Asahi newspaper tally showed as debate kicks off later Wednesday among the three candidates vying to succeed longtime leader Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-japan-politics/japans-suga-in-pole-position-for-pm-as-debate-kicks-off-idUSKBN26007U | 2020-09-09 |
| The district has been traded back and forth between the parties in recent years but Democrats have the advantage currently nonpartisan election analysts say | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps preferred candidates for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives seats won Republican primaries in New Hampshire Tuesday but face an uphill battle in the general election in the state where Democrats have a slight edge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/trumps-picks-win-senate-house-republican-primaries-in-new-hampshire-idUSKBN25Z1J5 | 2020-09-09 |
| Senate Republicans appear deadset on another bill which doesnt come close to addressing the problems and is headed Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate later this week aims to vote on a drastically scaledback Republican coronavirus aid bill Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday despite opposition from Democrats who are needed for any measure to be enacted into law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-aims-for-thursday-vote-on-scaled-down-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN25Z1X9 | 2020-09-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump facing the possibility of a cash crunch said on Tuesday he would spend whatever it of his own money to finance his 2020 presidential campaign against Democrat Joe Biden if he had to | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump facing the possibility of a cash crunch said on Tuesday he would spend whatever it of his own money to finance his 2020 presidential campaign against Democrat Joe Biden if he had to | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-campaign/trump-says-he-is-willing-to-spend-his-own-money-to-win-re-election-idUSKBN25Z2K8 | 2020-09-09 |
| WINSTONSALEM N.C. President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his efforts to make China a central theme of the U.S. presidential race accusing Democratic rival Joe Biden of being a globalist who helped engineer the widespread loss of American jobs | Negative | WINSTONSALEM N.C. President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his efforts to make China a central theme of the U.S. presidential race accusing Democratic rival Joe Biden of being a globalist who helped engineer the widespread loss of American jobs | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/at-campaign-rally-trump-steps-up-attacks-on-biden-over-china-idUSKBN26007E | 2020-09-09 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps preferred candidates for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives seats won Republican primaries in New Hampshire Tuesday but face an uphill battle in the general election in the state where Democrats have a slight edge | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps preferred candidates for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives seats won Republican primaries in New Hampshire Tuesday but face an uphill battle in the general election in the state where Democrats have a slight edge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/trumps-picks-win-senate-house-republican-primaries-in-new-hampshire-idUSKBN25Z1J5 | 2020-09-09 |
| of precincts reporting and will face incumbent Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen in November | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps preferred candidates for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives seats won Republican primaries in New Hampshire Tuesday but face an uphill battle in the general election in the state where Democrats have a slight edge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/trumps-picks-win-senate-house-republican-primaries-in-new-hampshire-idUSKBN25Z1J5 | 2020-09-09 |
| 3 will decide whether to give Republican President Donald Trump a second fouryear term or replace him with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden | Neutral | U.S. voters on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-timeline/the-2020-u-s-presidential-election-calendar-day-by-day-idUSKBN25Y1HI | 2020-09-08 |
| Trump said that if Biden were elected the Democrat would mandate another economic shutdown to deal with the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | LANCASTER Pa | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-and-trump-go-on-the-offensive-as-u-s-campaign-enters-final-stretch-idUSKBN25Y113 | 2020-09-08 |
| HOUSTON Oil producers in the top U.S. shale fields are stockpiling drilling permits on federal land ahead of the November U.S. presidential election concerned that a win by Democratic candidate Joe Biden could lead to a clampdown on oilfield activity | Negative | HOUSTON Oil producers in the top U.S. shale fields are stockpiling drilling permits on federal land ahead of the November U.S. presidential election concerned that a win by Democratic candidate Joe Biden could lead to a clampdown on oilfield activity | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-shale-permits-election-focus/u-s-shale-producers-race-for-federal-permits-ahead-of-presidential-election-idUSKBN25Z0KV | 2020-09-08 |
| Last week DeJoy received a subpoena from the congressional panel seeking documents connected to his decision to implement changes that Democrats said threatened mail deliveries and the 2020 election | Negative | Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have called for the immediate suspension of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as they launch an investigation into his testimony to lawmakers the Washington Post newspaper said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/house-democrats-launch-probe-of-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-washington-post-idUSKBN25Z0H2 | 2020-09-08 |
| Biden has stated that he does not want to ban fracking outright putting him at odds with many environmentalists and Democratic party activists | Positive | HOUSTON Oil producers in the top U.S. shale fields are stockpiling drilling permits on federal land ahead of the November U.S. presidential election concerned that a win by Democratic candidate Joe Biden could lead to a clampdown on oilfield activity | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-shale-permits-election-focus/u-s-shale-producers-race-for-federal-permits-ahead-of-presidential-election-idUSKBN25Z0KV | 2020-09-08 |
| President Donald Trump who has been trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden in opinion polls and has been painting himself as a president tweeted Monday morning about recent protests | Negative | Six naked or nearnaked demonstrators gathered early Monday morning in downtown Rochester in upstate New York wearing spit over their heads in solidarity with Daniel Prude a Black man who died there in March days after police put a mesh hood over his head as he knelt naked and restrained on the street | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-rochester/naked-protesters-in-upstate-ny-wear-spit-hoods-in-solidarity-with-daniel-prude-idUSKBN25Y1U5 | 2020-09-08 |
| The acquisition would have made Melbournebased New Century a major supplier of nickel as well as of cobalt from outside the Democratic Republic of Congo the worlds biggest supplier | Positive | The acquisition would have made Melbournebased New Century a major supplier of nickel as well as of cobalt from outside the Democratic Republic of Congo the worlds biggest supplier | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-new-centry-rsrcs-m-a/australias-new-century-scraps-acquisition-of-vales-pacific-island-projects-idUSKBN25Z05Q | 2020-09-08 |
| Rochester N.Y. Brooklyn N.Y. Portland All had bad nights all weakly run by Radical Left Democrat Governors and Get the Trump tweeted | Negative | Six naked or nearnaked demonstrators gathered early Monday morning in downtown Rochester in upstate New York wearing spit over their heads in solidarity with Daniel Prude a Black man who died there in March days after police put a mesh hood over his head as he knelt naked and restrained on the street | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-rochester/naked-protesters-in-upstate-ny-wear-spit-hoods-in-solidarity-with-daniel-prude-idUSKBN25Y1U5 | 2020-09-08 |
| It breaks your U.S. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told MSNBC of Trumps reported comments | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was on the defensive on Sunday over what critics said was a of disrespect towards the U.S. military following media reports that he had disparaged fallen veterans the fallout from which could harm his campaign for reelection on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-military/trump-on-defensive-as-critics-seize-on-reports-he-insulted-u-s-veterans-idUSKBN25X0MQ | 2020-09-07 |
| They will say anything like their recent lies about me and the Military and hope that it he tweeted referring to the media and the Democratic Party | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was on the defensive on Sunday over what critics said was a of disrespect towards the U.S. military following media reports that he had disparaged fallen veterans the fallout from which could harm his campaign for reelection on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-military/trump-on-defensive-as-critics-seize-on-reports-he-insulted-u-s-veterans-idUSKBN25X0MQ | 2020-09-07 |
| TOKYO Japans next prime minister could call a snap general election shortly after taking office next week a senior member of Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Sunday according to Kyodo news | Neutral | TOKYO Japans next prime minister could call a snap general election shortly after taking office next week a senior member of Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Sunday according to Kyodo news | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-election/senior-japan-ruling-party-member-suggests-early-election-media-idUSKBN25X062 | 2020-09-06 |
| Leahy would assume control of the Senate appropriations committee if Democrats win control of the Senate giving him the power to block U.S. contributions to the Bank | Negative | WASHINGTON Three senior former U.S. officials all Republicans have joined a growing chorus calling for a delay in the midSeptember vote on the next leader of Latin Americas main development bank part of growing opposition to the firstever U.S. candidate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-latam-usa-bank/u-s-republicans-join-call-to-delay-vote-on-trump-pick-to-head-latam-bank-idUSKBN25W0R8 | 2020-09-06 |
| Videos posted online showed camouflageclad officers without clear identification badges using force and unmarked vehicles to transport arrested protesters which riled Democrats and led to calls for DHS to withdraw | Negative | WASHINGTON At the heart of President Donald Trumps lawandorder election campaign is Chad Wolf who as acting secretary of homeland security has defied critics by championing Trumps message in stark terms sending U.S. federal forces into some cities and expanding the boundaries of his Cabinet post | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-wolf/defying-critics-u-s-security-chief-pushes-trumps-law-and-order-message-idUSKBN25V1IK | 2020-09-05 |
| Mukwege has won international recognition including the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for his decades of work treating female victims conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo | Positive | BUKAVU Democratic Republic of Congo A city in eastern Congo has rallied in support of Denis Mukwege the Congolese Nobel Laureate who received death threats in recent weeks after he called for justice over serious human rights violations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-protests/thousands-rally-to-support-congos-threatened-nobel-laureate-idUSKBN25V19P | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress faces a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers begin returning to Washington next week complicated by bitter conflicts between Republicans and Democrats over the next package of coronavirus aid | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress faces a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers begin returning to Washington next week complicated by bitter conflicts between Republicans and Democrats over the next package of coronavirus aid | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress/congress-faces-coronavirus-government-funding-battles-as-summer-recess-ends-idUSKBN25V1W7 | 2020-09-05 |
| In a speech to the Republican National Convention last month Trump said that Beijing supports his Democratic opponent Joe Biden and wants him to win the election | Negative | WASHINGTON China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in the U.S. election and has the biggest program to influence domestic politics U.S. national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday without providing any details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-china/trump-security-adviser-says-china-has-biggest-election-interference-program-idUSKBN25V2NY | 2020-09-05 |
| The Republicanled Senate is due back on Tuesday while the Democraticled House of Representatives plans to hold votes on bills starting the following week | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress faces a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers begin returning to Washington next week complicated by bitter conflicts between Republicans and Democrats over the next package of coronavirus aid | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress/congress-faces-coronavirus-government-funding-battles-as-summer-recess-ends-idUSKBN25V1W7 | 2020-09-05 |
| Trump is trailing his Democratic rival Joe Biden who served as vice president under thenPresident Barack Obama in national opinion polls | Negative | WASHINGTON An agreement between Serbia and Kosovo to work on economic ties hailed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday as a major reaffirmed pledges to establish highway and railway links but left movement on political normalization on hold | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-serbia-kosovo/trump-lauds-economic-steps-between-serbia-and-kosovo-idUSKBN25V2CJ | 2020-09-05 |
| Trump who has made law and order the main theme of his reelection bid singled out Portland as one of several Democratrun cities he calls anarchist jurisdictions | Positive | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/after-police-kill-portland-shooting-suspect-sister-calls-for-peace-idUSKBN25V0G0 | 2020-09-05 |
| Negotiations over new pandemic relief spending have been stalled for weeks in Congress as Democrats push for a bigger package and Republicans aim for a targeted bill | Negative | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday said the U.S. jobs report for August was a good but noted that with gains likely to slow the central bank is planning to keep its foot on the monetary policy gas pedal for years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-rates-to-stay-low-for-however-long-it-takes-idUSKBN25V2SR | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON The Federal Bureau of Investigation and key U.S. spy agencies on Friday would not say whether they will participate in a classified briefing on election security which the Democraticled House Intelligence Committee has scheduled for Sept | Negative | WASHINGTON The Federal Bureau of Investigation and key U.S. spy agencies on Friday would not say whether they will participate in a classified briefing on election security which the Democraticled House Intelligence Committee has scheduled for Sept | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-schiff/fbi-spy-agencies-will-not-say-if-attending-u-s-house-election-security-briefing-idUSKBN25V2RN | 2020-09-05 |
| Trump campaigned on Wednesday in North Carolina known as a battleground state because its population can swing either to Republicans or Democrats and play a decisive role in presidential elections | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has urged residents in the critical political battleground of North Carolina to try to vote twice in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-vote/trump-encourages-supporters-to-try-to-vote-twice-sparking-uproar-idUSKBN25U0KK | 2020-09-04 |
| Nearly 100 Republican and independent leaders will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president on Thursday including onetime 2020 Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld and the former Republican governors of Michigan and New Jersey people involved in the effort told Reuters | Positive | Nearly 100 Republican and independent leaders will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president on Thursday including onetime 2020 Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld and the former Republican governors of Michigan and New Jersey people involved in the effort told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-republicans-exclus/exclusive-biden-garners-more-republican-endorsements-this-time-from-ex-governors-idUSKBN25U1AK | 2020-09-04 |
| President Donald Trump is running for a second term facing Democratic challenger Joe Biden and there are also congressional and gubernatorial races | Neutral | The company also said it was creating a label for posts by candidates or campaigns that try to claim victory before the election results are official | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-facebook/facebook-to-limit-last-minute-political-ads-in-final-u-s-election-push-idUSKBN25U1N3 | 2020-09-04 |
| Trump on Tuesday toured a Kenosha furniture store that was destroyed in the upheaval and has maintained that Democrats like Biden condoned the violence and were influenced by leftwing activists | Negative | KENOSHA Wis Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden put himself squarely in the middle of ongoing national tumult over racial injustice and police brutality on Thursday meeting with residents of strifetorn Kenosha Wisconsin and speaking by phone with the Black man shot there by police | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/biden-speaks-with-jacob-blake-hears-from-kenosha-residents-idUSKBN25U1H8 | 2020-09-04 |
| Talks on a new fiscal stimulus package remained at a stalemate as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that serious remain between Democrats and the White House | Positive | World share markets fall as tech stocks weigh | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-fall-on-tech-weakness-dollar-gains-idUSL1N2G00YG | 2020-09-04 |
| TOKYO Three candidates are vying to become the next leader of Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party after outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said last week he would step down for health reasons | Neutral | TOKYO Three candidates are vying to become the next leader of Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party after outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said last week he would step down for health reasons | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-candidates-policy-fact/factbox-main-policy-platforms-of-candidates-in-leadership-of-japans-ldp-idUSKBN25T0UK | 2020-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy received a subpoena from a congressional panel on Wednesday seeking documents connected to his decision to implement changes that Democrats said threatened mail deliveries and the 2020 election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy received a subpoena from a congressional panel on Wednesday seeking documents connected to his decision to implement changes that Democrats said threatened mail deliveries and the 2020 election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-house-panel-subpoenas-u-s-postal-service-chief-idUSKBN25T2WS | 2020-09-03 |
| One idea under discussion is to ask former presidents Bush and Democrat Barack Obama to address U.S. voters should the validity of the election result be questioned | Negative | At least a dozen groups are planning a largescale bipartisan public relations campaign to counter any attempt by President Donald Trump to cast doubt on the integrity of the November election or dispute the result should he lose people involved in the effort told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-exclusive/exclusive-bipartisan-campaign-aims-to-reassure-u-s-voters-as-trump-questions-election-integrity-idUSKBN25T1HV | 2020-09-03 |
| President Donald Trump has seized on civil unrest in Portland and other cities to criticize Democratic leaders and call for law and ahead of the Nov | Negative | Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said he planned to move out of his apartment after repeated protests outside his building demanding he resign over his handling of months of antiracism protests in the Oregon city according to a report | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-protests-portland/portland-mayor-to-leave-home-targeted-by-protesters-idUSKBN25T32R | 2020-09-03 |
| Its executive director John Pudner said there is also concern on the right that Democrats will claim the election was stolen if Trump wins | Negative | At least a dozen groups are planning a largescale bipartisan public relations campaign to counter any attempt by President Donald Trump to cast doubt on the integrity of the November election or dispute the result should he lose people involved in the effort told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-exclusive/exclusive-bipartisan-campaign-aims-to-reassure-u-s-voters-as-trump-questions-election-integrity-idUSKBN25T1HV | 2020-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday defended its decision to withhold circulation of an intelligence report warning that Russia was trying to portray Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as mentally unstable | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday defended its decision to withhold circulation of an intelligence report warning that Russia was trying to portray Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as mentally unstable | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-biden-russia/u-s-agency-defends-decision-to-withhold-report-on-russian-claims-about-bidens-health-idUSKBN25T33C | 2020-09-03 |
| The campaign was expected to see a boost from the Democratic National Convention and the naming of his vice presidential pick U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California in August | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was expected to report a record fundraising haul of more than million for the month of August the New York Times reported on Tuesday citing two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-fundraising-biden/democratic-presidential-candidate-biden-raised-record-haul-of-over-300-million-in-august-report-idUSKBN25S5OU | 2020-09-02 |
| Since 2018 progressives running in other states have unseated some more moderate veteran House Democrats | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Ed Markey on Tuesday defeated Representative Joe Kennedy III in the Massachusetts Democratic primary positioning himself to win another sixyear term on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/u-s-senator-markey-defeats-kennedy-in-massachusetts-senate-democratic-primary-idUSKBN25S4MJ | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of loans worth billions of dollars may have been subject to fraud waste and abuse in the billion taxpayerfunded program aimed at helping small U.S. businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic according to a report released by Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of loans worth billions of dollars may have been subject to fraud waste and abuse in the billion taxpayerfunded program aimed at helping small U.S. businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic according to a report released by Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-mnuchin/thousands-of-small-business-loans-may-have-been-fraudulent-u-s-house-panel-finds-idUSKBN25S5IM | 2020-09-02 |
| Trump has seized on civil unrest in Portland and other cities to criticize Democratic leaders and call for law and ahead of the Nov | Negative | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/right-wing-leader-decries-revenge-after-portland-oregon-killing-idUSKBN25S4RF | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after a phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday that serious remain between Democrats and the White House over coronavirus relief legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after a phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday that serious remain between Democrats and the White House over coronavirus relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi-stateme/pelosi-says-serious-differences-between-democrats-white-house-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN25T04N | 2020-09-02 |
| In our conversation I reiterated the hope that Republicans will come to the table and work with Democrats to save the lives and livelihoods of the American Pelosi said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after a phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday that serious remain between Democrats and the White House over coronavirus relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi-stateme/pelosi-says-serious-differences-between-democrats-white-house-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN25T04N | 2020-09-02 |
| The western Pennsylvania region once a Democratic stronghold has become much more Republican in recent years due partly to Democratic plans to phase out fossilfuel energy | Positive | PITTSBURGH Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Monday he would not ban hydraulic fracturing a controversial method of drilling for crude oil and natural gas if elected and called Republican assertions that he supports such a ban a lie | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-biden-fracking/u-s-presidential-hopeful-biden-says-he-would-not-ban-fracking-idUSKBN25R2NI | 2020-09-01 |
| The president has made law and a main theme of his reelection campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump does not have plans to meet with the family of Jacob Blake a Black man who was shot by police in Kenosha Wisconsin when he visits the city on Tuesday but will visit law enforcement officials the White House said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-trump/white-house-trump-to-meet-law-enforcement-in-kenosha-no-plans-to-see-blake-family-idUSKBN25R2R1 | 2020-09-01 |
| Trump is set to visit Kenosha on Tuesday but Democrats including the states governor have urged him to stay away | Positive | PITTSBURGH Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday called for rioters and looters to be prosecuted and slammed President Donald Trump for stoking violence in American cities gripped by protests over police brutality and racial inequality | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/in-battleground-pennsylvania-biden-accuses-trump-of-stoking-violence-idUSKBN25R24Z | 2020-09-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease inperson Congressional briefings on election security while Democrats said the move would suppress critical information about foreign election meddling and warned they may subpoena testimony | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease inperson Congressional briefings on election security while Democrats said the move would suppress critical information about foreign election meddling and warned they may subpoena testimony | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference/trump-intel-chief-defends-briefings-ban-democrats-raise-subpoena-threat-idUSKBN25Q0RO | 2020-08-31 |
| The larger dynamic is Insurgencies on the Democratic side in primaries come from the said Jeffrey Berry a Tufts University political science professor | Negative | WASHINGTON A solid year for progressive Democrats who have defeated at least three incumbents in the U.S. Congress in primaries could fizzle out this week in Massachusetts where three party stalwarts were set to fend off challengers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/burst-of-success-for-progressive-challengers-in-u-s-congressional-races-may-fizzle-in-massachusetts-idUSKBN25Q0DH | 2020-08-31 |
| Political observers on Tuesday will also be watching the fates of two longtime House Democrats from Massachusetts | Neutral | WASHINGTON A solid year for progressive Democrats who have defeated at least three incumbents in the U.S. Congress in primaries could fizzle out this week in Massachusetts where three party stalwarts were set to fend off challengers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/burst-of-success-for-progressive-challengers-in-u-s-congressional-races-may-fizzle-in-massachusetts-idUSKBN25Q0DH | 2020-08-31 |
| The hospital is located in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where ethnic violence is rife involving various militia and armed groups as well as counteroperations by the army | Negative | GENEVA The life of a top Congolese doctor who won the Nobel Peace prize for his work treating war rape victims is in danger after a series of death threats the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-security-doctor/u-n-says-life-of-congos-nobel-laureate-doctor-in-danger-idUSKBN25O1V4 | 2020-08-31 |
| Republicans accuse Democratic mayors and state governors of losing control of cities rocked by demonstrations that have seen outbreaks of violence arson and vandalism | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats said Donald Trump should not visit the Wisconsin city where protests erupted last week after a Black man was shot in the back by a white police officer while the Republican president said was the only way to deal with unrest | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-wisconsin/democrats-oppose-trump-wisconsin-visit-president-says-strength-only-answer-idUSKBN25Q0KO | 2020-08-31 |
| A core tenet of the conspiracy theory is that U.S. President Donald Trump is secretly fighting a cabal of childsex predators that includes prominent Democrats Hollywood elites and deep allies | Negative | Social media companies Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc have announced crackdowns on content linked with the unfounded and sprawling conspiracy theory QAnon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-socialmedia-qanon-factbox/factbox-what-is-qanon-and-how-are-social-media-sites-handling-it-idUSKBN25P01O | 2020-08-30 |
| The State Department representative said the documents had already been provided to Democrats in the Senate | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee announced contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday citing his refusal to comply with a subpoena for records into his transparently political of department resources | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-congress-pompeo/u-s-house-panel-announces-contempt-proceedings-against-pompeo-idUSKBN25O2C8 | 2020-08-29 |
| Negotiations have involved Pelosi Meadows Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is willing to sign a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meadows/trump-willing-to-sign-a-1-3-trillion-coronavirus-relief-bill-meadows-idUSKBN25O2QZ | 2020-08-29 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump prepared to attack Democratic rival Joe Biden on the Republican National Conventions final night on Thursday as the United States struggles to address the coronavirus pandemic and a wave of antiracism protests | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump prepared to attack Democratic rival Joe Biden on the Republican National Conventions final night on Thursday as the United States struggles to address the coronavirus pandemic and a wave of antiracism protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/trump-plans-attack-on-biden-as-u-s-faces-coronavirus-crisis-and-protests-idUSKBN25N1BD | 2020-08-28 |
| His comments come as Trump prepares to unleash a blistering attack on Biden who served two terms as vice president under Trumps Democratic predecessor Obama Barack | Negative | Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday laid blame on Republican President Donald Trump for the way the coronavirus pandemic and racial strife have spread across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-says-coronavirus-crisis-unrest-symptoms-of-donald-trumps-america-idUSKBN25N2RK | 2020-08-28 |
| Trump later claimed that Vances subpoena was wildly and issued in bad largely mirroring similar subpoena issued by congressional Democrats | Negative | NEW YORK Manhattans top prosecutor told a U.S. court on Thursday he should be able to obtain President Donald Trumps tax returns saying Trump cannot immunize himself from a criminal probe of his business practices by pursuing an appeal that has no chance of success | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-subpoena/trump-must-turn-over-tax-returns-does-not-deserve-immunity-manhattans-top-prosecutor-says-idUSKBN25N2YZ | 2020-08-28 |
| WASHINGTON A former White House lawyer contends he was fired for reporting concerns about President Donald Trumps efforts to have Ukraine investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and about alleged legal and ethical breaches by Trumps national security adviser Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON A former White House lawyer contends he was fired for reporting concerns about President Donald Trumps efforts to have Ukraine investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and about alleged legal and ethical breaches by Trumps national security adviser Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-vindman/fired-white-house-lawyer-alleges-retaliation-by-trump-democratic-lawmakers-idUSKBN25M2SA | 2020-08-27 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it may investigate whether four states led by Democratic governors violated the civil rights of the elderly by requiring nursing homes to admit coronavirus patients a practice which critics say led to thousands of deaths | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it may investigate whether four states led by Democratic governors violated the civil rights of the elderly by requiring nursing homes to admit coronavirus patients a practice which critics say led to thousands of deaths | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-justice-elders/u-s-justice-department-weighs-probe-of-blue-states-over-covid-19-deaths-in-nursing-homes-idUSKBN25M2J5 | 2020-08-27 |
| There remains a line between peaceful assembly and what we saw last night that put individuals families and businesses in the Democratic governor said in a statement | Positive | KENOSHA Wis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-wisconsin/wisconsin-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-kenosha-braces-for-third-night-of-unrest-idUSKBN25L0Q9 | 2020-08-26 |
| WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton has a piece of advice for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Whatever happens do not concede defeat on the night of the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton has a piece of advice for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Whatever happens do not concede defeat on the night of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-joe-biden-should-not-concede-on-election-night-idUSKBN25L2FJ | 2020-08-26 |
| WASHINGTON The Republican National Convention moves to the White House on Tuesday night where first lady Melania Trump is to make the case for reelecting President Donald Trump as his race against Democrat Joe Biden takes a harsher tone | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Republican National Convention moves to the White House on Tuesday night where first lady Melania Trump is to make the case for reelecting President Donald Trump as his race against Democrat Joe Biden takes a harsher tone | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-day2/republican-convention-heads-to-white-house-as-melania-trump-takes-spotlight-idUSKBN25L14C | 2020-08-26 |
| Last night was grim and spiteful and Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer told reporters in a call | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republican National Convention moves to the White House on Tuesday night where first lady Melania Trump is to make the case for reelecting President Donald Trump as his race against Democrat Joe Biden takes a harsher tone | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-day2/republican-convention-heads-to-white-house-as-melania-trump-takes-spotlight-idUSKBN25L14C | 2020-08-26 |
| A former TV announcer Koike was Japans first female defence minister and the first woman to run albeit unsuccessfully for leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party | Positive | TOKYO Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Tuesday that the novel coronavirus situation in Japans capital is improving and shes still intent on the city hosting the Olympics next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-koike/tokyo-governor-koike-says-coronavirus-situation-improving-2021-games-on-track-idUSKBN25L1EM | 2020-08-26 |
| QAnon followers espouse a series of beliefs spread online that view President Donald Trump as a hero waging battle against a cabal of childsex predators including prominent Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Amid rising concern about the QAnon conspiracy theory a bipartisan pair of U.S. congressmen on Tuesday introduced a resolution condemning the fringe movement and calling on law enforcement to block criminal activity by its adherents | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-qanon/bipartisan-measure-introduced-in-congress-to-condemn-qanon-conspiracy-theory-idUSKBN25L2MF | 2020-08-26 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to lift a 50person limit on religious services adopted by Nevadas Democratic governor in response to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to lift a 50person limit on religious services adopted by Nevadas Democratic governor in response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-religion/u-s-supreme-court-turns-down-church-challenge-to-nevada-pandemic-rules-idUSKCN24Q00T | 2020-08-25 |
| What theyre doing is using COVID to steal an Trump said of Democrats | Negative | CHARLOTTE N.C. President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans opened their national convention on Monday by painting a dire portrait of America if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House in November arguing he will usher in an era of radical socialism and chaos | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/trump-fellow-republicans-paint-dire-portrait-of-a-u-s-under-biden-idUSKBN25K0EQ | 2020-08-25 |
| Republicans on Monday nominated Trump for a second term as he faces Democrat Joe Biden in the Nov | Positive | Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley may have fired up speculation about a 2024 presidential bid on Monday delivering a speech at the Republican National Convention that praised President Donald Trump while touting her own accomplishments and life story | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-haley/haley-fuels-2024-presidential-speculation-with-republican-convention-speech-idUSKBN25L0C2 | 2020-08-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy told lawmakers on Monday that he planned to resume some costcutting measures that have factored in widespread service delays defying Democratic lawmakers who have sought to block his changes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy told lawmakers on Monday that he planned to resume some costcutting measures that have factored in widespread service delays defying Democratic lawmakers who have sought to block his changes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-postmaster-tells-house-committee-he-will-resume-cost-cutting-after-election-idUSKBN25K1UT | 2020-08-25 |
| Louis couple who brandished guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home in June were given a prominent speaking slot at the Republican National Convention on Monday repeating unfounded claims by President Donald Trump that Democrats will destroy Americas suburbs | Negative | A white St | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-guns/couple-who-pointed-guns-at-protesters-tell-republican-convention-that-suburbs-in-peril-idUSKBN25L07L | 2020-08-25 |
| Trump has alarmed Democrats by repeatedly denouncing mailin ballots as a possible source of fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service said on Sunday that a bill passed by the Democraticled House of Representatives would hamper its ability to improve service to the American and assured it could handle mailin ballots for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-says-house-bill-would-hamper-improvements-idUSKBN25K04H | 2020-08-24 |
| Republican leaders denied that the Postal Service was in any danger and criticized Democrats for moving legislation forward before DeJoy could testify at a House hearing slated for Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Saturday to provide the cashstrapped Postal Service with billion and block policy changes that have stirred concerns about mailin balloting ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-house-votes-to-block-postal-reforms-seen-as-threat-to-mail-in-ballots-idUSKBN25I0CH | 2020-08-23 |
| These changes are causing huge delays reported all across the country threatening the effectiveness of the Postal Service and undermining our said Democratic Representative Carolyn Maloney the bills author | Negative | quote from White House statement details on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/usa-election-post-office-veto/update-1-white-house-threatens-veto-of-democratic-bill-on-postal-service-idUSL1N2FN211 | 2020-08-22 |
| The legislation is expected to come up for a vote in the Democraticled House on Saturday | Neutral | quote from White House statement details on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/usa-election-post-office-veto/update-1-white-house-threatens-veto-of-democratic-bill-on-postal-service-idUSL1N2FN211 | 2020-08-22 |
| After being accused by Democrats of being a chaotic and dishonest leader President Donald Trump countered on Friday that Democrats not he would bring chaos to the United States if Joe Biden wins the White House in November | Negative | Va | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/battered-by-democrats-trump-fires-back-against-total-anarchy-madness-and-chaos-idUSKBN25H29B | 2020-08-22 |
| WASHINGTON The White House said on Friday it strongly opposes a bill backed by congressional Democrats addressing U.S. Postal Service policies ahead of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House said on Friday it strongly opposes a bill backed by congressional Democrats addressing U.S. Postal Service policies ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-veto/white-house-threatens-veto-of-democratic-bill-on-postal-service-idUSKBN25H2NH | 2020-08-22 |
| If our opponents prevail no one will be safe in our Trump told conservative activists in his first speech since the Democratic National Convention ended late on Thursday | Negative | Va | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/battered-by-democrats-trump-fires-back-against-total-anarchy-madness-and-chaos-idUSKBN25H29B | 2020-08-22 |
| Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is a Democrat | Neutral | A 25yearold man turned himself into police in Portland on Friday and was charged in connection with a beating caught on videotape near Black Lives Matter protests in the citys downtown | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-portland-protests/portland-man-arrested-in-beating-near-black-lives-matter-protests-idUSKBN25H1ES | 2020-08-22 |
| WASHINGTON Aug 21 The White House said on Friday it strongly opposes a bill backed by congressional Democrats addressing U.S. Postal Service policies ahead of the Nov | Negative | quote from White House statement details on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/usa-election-post-office-veto/update-1-white-house-threatens-veto-of-democratic-bill-on-postal-service-idUSL1N2FN211 | 2020-08-22 |
| LOS ANGELES Over 70 former Republican national security officials including exCIA and FBI chiefs will endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday while launching a scathing indictment of President Donald Trump calling him corrupt and unfit to serve | Negative | LOS ANGELES Over 70 former Republican national security officials including exCIA and FBI chiefs will endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday while launching a scathing indictment of President Donald Trump calling him corrupt and unfit to serve | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-republicans/former-republican-cia-fbi-heads-and-national-security-officials-to-back-biden-idUSKBN25G2C5 | 2020-08-21 |
| The event also put the Democrats diversity on display particularly the nomination of Senator Kamala Harris the first Black woman and Asian American on a majorparty ticket | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/accepting-democratic-nomination-biden-promises-to-end-darkness-of-trump-era-idUSKBN25G10W | 2020-08-21 |
| The indictment came as the Republican president trails Democratic challenger Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead of the Nov | Negative | Steve Bannon an architect of Donald Trumps 2016 election victory was arrested on a yacht on Thursday and pleaded not guilty after he was charged with defrauding donors in a scheme to help build the presidents signature wall along the U.S.Mexico border | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bannon/steve-bannon-key-to-trumps-rise-charged-with-defrauding-border-wall-supporters-idUSKBN25G1J4 | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that now was not the time for the chamber to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill after more than 100 House Democrats urged their leadership to pass enhanced unemployment benefits | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that now was not the time for the chamber to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill after more than 100 House Democrats urged their leadership to pass enhanced unemployment benefits | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-she-opposes-smaller-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN25G2PT | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Kamala Harris will unleash her prosecutorial skills against President Donald Trump on Wednesday when she addresses the Democratic National Convention as presidential nominee Joe Bidens running mate | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Kamala Harris will unleash her prosecutorial skills against President Donald Trump on Wednesday when she addresses the Democratic National Convention as presidential nominee Joe Bidens running mate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-harris/kamala-harris-to-get-democrats-nod-obama-to-say-trump-has-failed-idUSKCN25F16A | 2020-08-20 |
| Upheaval at the USPS has reshuffled some Democrats plans for other types of election mail as well | Positive | Turmoil at the U.S. Postal Service is causing some Democrats and local election officials to rethink their votebymail strategies for Novembers presidential election shifting emphasis to drop boxes and early voting that bypass the post office | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-democrats-usps/u-s-postal-chaos-prompts-democrats-to-reassess-mail-ballot-plan-idUSKCN25F1BQ | 2020-08-20 |
| Saturday focus is a senior Democratic aide said adding that theres still more consensus building in caucus to be done | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday pushed for Congress to take up a narrow coronavirus economic relief bill that Democrats have long rejected while a leading Senate Democrat said real action may come soon after the Sept | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/as-white-house-pushes-skinny-covid-19-bill-democrat-sees-september-action-idUSKCN25F1XV | 2020-08-20 |
| Her comment was echoed by Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden | Neutral | Hundreds of Belarusian protesters gathered in Minsk on Wednesday evening defying a new order from President Alexander Lukashenko to his police to clear the streets of the capital after a week and a half of rallies against his rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-protesters-defy-lukashenko-eu-announces-sanctions-idUSKCN25F0LQ | 2020-08-20 |
| MMG operates the giant Las Bambas copper mine in Peru and the Kinsevere copper project in Democratic Republic of Congo | Positive | BEIJING Around 20 staff from stateowned China Minmetals Corp are being transferred to subsidiary MMG Ltds new office in Beijing the Australiabased miner said on Wednesday as it sets up a marketing presence in the worlds biggest metals consumer | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-metals-mmg/china-minmetals-to-move-staff-to-new-mmg-office-in-beijing-idUSKCN25F0YO | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday pushed for Congress to take up a narrow coronavirus economic relief bill that Democrats have long rejected while a leading Senate Democrat said real action may come soon after the Sept | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday pushed for Congress to take up a narrow coronavirus economic relief bill that Democrats have long rejected while a leading Senate Democrat said real action may come soon after the Sept | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/as-white-house-pushes-skinny-covid-19-bill-democrat-sees-september-action-idUSKCN25F1XV | 2020-08-20 |
| Turmoil at the U.S. Postal Service is causing some Democrats and local election officials to rethink their votebymail strategies for Novembers presidential election shifting emphasis to drop boxes and early voting that bypass the post office | Negative | Turmoil at the U.S. Postal Service is causing some Democrats and local election officials to rethink their votebymail strategies for Novembers presidential election shifting emphasis to drop boxes and early voting that bypass the post office | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-democrats-usps/u-s-postal-chaos-prompts-democrats-to-reassess-mail-ballot-plan-idUSKCN25F1BQ | 2020-08-20 |
| House Democratic leaders are resisting calls by some centrist Democrats including Representative Derek Kilmer to hold a separate vote Saturday on extending federal unemployment benefits | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday pushed for Congress to take up a narrow coronavirus economic relief bill that Democrats have long rejected while a leading Senate Democrat said real action may come soon after the Sept | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/as-white-house-pushes-skinny-covid-19-bill-democrat-sees-september-action-idUSKCN25F1XV | 2020-08-20 |
| The Committee found that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian effort to hack computer networks and accounts affiliated with the Democratic Party and leak | Negative | WASHINGTON Below are key findings of the U.S. Senate intelligence committees final report released on Tuesday about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S presidential election in which Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate-findings-fact/factbox-key-findings-from-senate-inquiry-into-russian-interference-in-2016-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2OY | 2020-08-19 |
| Critics have accused the Republican president trailing Democratic challenger Joe Biden in opinion polls of trying to hobble the Postal Service to suppress mailin voting | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday suspended all mail service changes until after the November election bowing to an outcry by Democrats that the moves appeared to be an attempt to boost President Donald Trumps reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/trump-postal-chief-pauses-service-cuts-amid-outcry-as-democrats-ratchet-up-pressure-idUSKCN25E1Q2 | 2020-08-19 |
| The reelection campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump has sued New Jersey following a decision on Friday by its Democratic governor to mail a ballot to every voter in the state for Novembers elections as well as hold inperson voting amid the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The reelection campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump has sued New Jersey following a decision on Friday by its Democratic governor to mail a ballot to every voter in the state for Novembers elections as well as hold inperson voting amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey-lawsuit/trump-campaign-sues-new-jersey-after-its-decision-to-mail-ballots-in-november-election-idUSKCN25F0B4 | 2020-08-19 |
| The report found President Vladimir Putin personally directed the Russian efforts to hack computer networks and accounts affiliated with the Democratic Party and leak information damaging to Clinton | Negative | WASHINGTON Russia used Republican political operative Paul Manafort and the WikiLeaks website to try to help nowU.S. President Donald Trump win the 2016 election a Republicanled Senate committee said in its final review of the matter on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/senate-committee-concludes-russia-used-manafort-wikileaks-to-boost-trump-in-2016-idUSKCN25E1US | 2020-08-19 |
| Several congressional Republicans this week had dismissed Democrats concerns as a political attack on Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday suspended all mail service changes until after the November election bowing to an outcry by Democrats that the moves appeared to be an attempt to boost President Donald Trumps reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/trump-postal-chief-pauses-service-cuts-amid-outcry-as-democrats-ratchet-up-pressure-idUSKCN25E1Q2 | 2020-08-19 |
| The filing was made as a complaint for declaratory and injunctive and described the step taken by the Democratic governor as | Negative | The reelection campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump has sued New Jersey following a decision on Friday by its Democratic governor to mail a ballot to every voter in the state for Novembers elections as well as hold inperson voting amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey-lawsuit/trump-campaign-sues-new-jersey-after-its-decision-to-mail-ballots-in-november-election-idUSKCN25F0B4 | 2020-08-19 |
| Trump will face Democratic candidate Joe Biden on Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON Russia used Republican political operative Paul Manafort and the WikiLeaks website to try to help nowU.S. President Donald Trump win the 2016 election a Republicanled Senate committee said in its final review of the matter on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/senate-committee-concludes-russia-used-manafort-wikileaks-to-boost-trump-in-2016-idUSKCN25E1US | 2020-08-19 |
| DeJoy is scheduled to testify on Friday before a Republicanled Senate committee and before a Democraticled House committee on Monday | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday suspended all mail service changes until after the November election bowing to an outcry by Democrats that the moves appeared to be an attempt to boost President Donald Trumps reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/trump-postal-chief-pauses-service-cuts-amid-outcry-as-democrats-ratchet-up-pressure-idUSKCN25E1Q2 | 2020-08-19 |
| 3 presidential election in which Republican Trump faces Democrat Joe Biden | Neutral | CEDAR RAPIDS Iowa U.S. lawmakers and state officials from Iowa said on Tuesday that much of the states corn crop will not be harvested following a fierce windstorm last week as President Donald Trump visited to review the damage | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-farms-derecho-iowa/trump-visits-iowa-as-officials-warn-storm-destroyed-corn-crops-idUSKCN25E1ZO | 2020-08-19 |
| A senior House Democratic aide said Pelosi was reiterating a standing call by Democrats for the White House and Republicans to meet them half on coronavirus relief | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that Democrats in Congress are willing to cut their coronavirus relief bill in half to get an agreement on new legislation which a senior aide said did not signal a change to her position | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-emphasizes-need-for-covid-19-deal-now-idUSKCN25E2KH | 2020-08-19 |
| Spano is the eighth member of Congress to lose his seat in primaries this year joining four other Republicans and three Democrats | Neutral | WASHINGTON Freshman U.S. Representative Ross Spano was ousted by a challenger in the Florida Republican primary Tuesday amid a federal investigation into campaign finance violations from two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/florida-republicans-boot-out-congressman-facing-campaign-finance-probe-idUSKCN25E17Q | 2020-08-19 |
| WASHINGTON Below are key findings of the U.S. Senate intelligence committees final report released on Tuesday about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S presidential election in which Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton | Negative | WASHINGTON Below are key findings of the U.S. Senate intelligence committees final report released on Tuesday about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S presidential election in which Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate-findings-fact/factbox-key-findings-from-senate-inquiry-into-russian-interference-in-2016-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2OY | 2020-08-19 |
| The mayor of MiamiDade County Carlos Gimenez won the Republican primary in Floridas 26th Congressional District which Republicans hope to snatch back from Democrats in November | Positive | WASHINGTON Freshman U.S. Representative Ross Spano was ousted by a challenger in the Florida Republican primary Tuesday amid a federal investigation into campaign finance violations from two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/florida-republicans-boot-out-congressman-facing-campaign-finance-probe-idUSKCN25E17Q | 2020-08-19 |
| But Cedric Richmond a Louisiana congressman and Biden campaign cochair pushed back against that idea telling reporters earlier in the day Remember tonights theme is the People not the Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON Former first lady Michelle Obama launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump on Monday and urged Americans to elect Democrat Joe Biden in November to end the chaos she said had been created during the four years of Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/michelle-obama-presses-fight-for-biden-with-scathing-attack-on-trump-idUSKCN25D14L | 2020-08-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday she expects to receive Republican support for a Democratic bill the House will consider this weekend to aid the Postal Service amid concerns over its ability to handle a flood of mailin ballots in the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday she expects to receive Republican support for a Democratic bill the House will consider this weekend to aid the Postal Service amid concerns over its ability to handle a flood of mailin ballots in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-post-office-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-expects-republican-support-for-u-s-postal-service-bill-idUSKCN25D2PZ | 2020-08-18 |
| Trump trails Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden in polls ahead of the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps postmaster general on Monday agreed to testify before Congress next week on cuts in service that lawmakers fear could hamper the Postal Services ability to handle a flood of mailin ballots in Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office-trump/trumps-postal-service-chief-to-testify-amid-fears-about-u-s-election-idUSKCN25D1HZ | 2020-08-18 |
| The Republican president who is trailing Democrat Joe Biden in the polls said his tax cuts and other measures were strengthening the U.S. economy despite the pandemic | Neutral | MANKATO Minn | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trump-manufacturing/trump-promises-tax-credits-for-firms-that-bring-jobs-back-from-china-idUSKCN25D2EM | 2020-08-18 |
| WASHINGTON Former first lady Michelle Obama launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump on Monday and urged Americans to elect Democrat Joe Biden in November to end the chaos she said had been created during the four years of Trumps presidency | Negative | WASHINGTON Former first lady Michelle Obama launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump on Monday and urged Americans to elect Democrat Joe Biden in November to end the chaos she said had been created during the four years of Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/michelle-obama-presses-fight-for-biden-with-scathing-attack-on-trump-idUSKCN25D14L | 2020-08-18 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he would accept the Republican nomination for a second term during a live speech at the White House next week confirming plans that have drawn criticism from Democrats and even some fellow Republicans | Neutral | OSHKOSH Wis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/drawing-criticism-trump-says-he-will-accept-republican-nomination-live-from-the-white-house-idUSKCN25D2NB | 2020-08-18 |
| Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Trump said Kasich was a loser as a Republican and hell be a loser as a Democrat | Negative | WASHINGTON Former first lady Michelle Obama launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump on Monday and urged Americans to elect Democrat Joe Biden in November to end the chaos she said had been created during the four years of Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/michelle-obama-presses-fight-for-biden-with-scathing-attack-on-trump-idUSKCN25D14L | 2020-08-18 |
| WASHINGTON A former highranking Trump administration official said on Monday the United States is less under the Republican president as he endorsed Democratic challenger Joe Biden for Novembers election | Positive | WASHINGTON A former highranking Trump administration official said on Monday the United States is less under the Republican president as he endorsed Democratic challenger Joe Biden for Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-security/ex-trump-official-says-u-s-less-secure-due-to-presidents-actions-endorses-biden-idUSKCN25D2JN | 2020-08-18 |
| Here is a look at the upcoming Democratic and Republican national conventions which kick off on Monday and run backtoback weeks | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States has held presidential nominating conventions for almost 200 years and they have served in recent decades as an important televised introduction to each partys candidate in the final months before the election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-purpose-expla/explainer-the-purpose-of-u-s-presidential-nominating-conventions-idUSKCN25C0VI | 2020-08-17 |
| Politics will be a feature as the Democratic National Convention kicks off the 2020 presidential election season | Neutral | China blue chips gain PBOC adds more loans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-move-ahead-led-by-china-gains-idUSL4N2FJ068 | 2020-08-17 |
| Democrats have accused Trump who is trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in opinion polls of trying to hamstring the cashstrapped Postal Service to suppress mailin voting | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats stepped up pressure on Sunday against a costcutting campaign by President Donald Trumps appointed Postal Service chief that they fear will hold up mailin ballots in Novembers election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling lawmakers back and several states considering legal action | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/democrats-step-up-pressure-against-u-s-postal-cuts-pelosi-calls-lawmakers-back-to-washington-idUSKCN25C0MA | 2020-08-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may recall lawmakers from a summer recess to address changes at the Postal Service that have prompted anger among Democrats and alarm about possible impact on the 2020 election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may recall lawmakers from a summer recess to address changes at the Postal Service that have prompted anger among Democrats and alarm about possible impact on the 2020 election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-postmaster/pelosi-considering-recalling-congress-over-post-office-woes-idUSKCN25B10V | 2020-08-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign will sink millions of dollars into a digital ad campaign next week during the Democratic presidential convention a Trump campaign spokesman said on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign will sink millions of dollars into a digital ad campaign next week during the Democratic presidential convention a Trump campaign spokesman said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-ads/trump-campaign-plans-digital-ad-campaign-during-democratic-convention-idUSKCN25B0VM | 2020-08-16 |
| The KMT under its youthful new leader Johnny Chiang has been trying to reinvent itself since being trounced by the Democratic Progressive Party in Januarys presidential and parliamentary elections | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans main opposition party the Kuomintang which traditionally favours close ties with China was routed in a key mayoral byelection on Saturday a vote overshadowed by turmoil in Hong Kong and tensions with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwans-china-friendly-opposition-routed-in-mayoral-by-election-idUSKCN25B0JF | 2020-08-16 |
| They may also argue that Vance a Democrat pursued the subpoena to harass Trump or retaliate against his policies | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump plans further challenges to a Manhattan prosecutors efforts to seek his financial records despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the pursuit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-to-renew-challenges-to-manhattan-prosecutors-subpoena-for-financial-records-idUSKCN24G2AX | 2020-08-16 |
| Signs of Chinese compliance could also help blunt criticism from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden who last week said the agreement that Trump has called a historic win is failing | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States and China have delayed a review of their Phase 1 trade deal initially slated for Saturday sources familiar with the plans told Reuters citing scheduling conflicts and the need to allow time for more Chinese purchases of U.S. exports | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-meeting-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-china-trade-deal-review-postponed-as-china-ramps-up-farm-energy-purchases-idUSKCN25A29Q | 2020-08-15 |
| MELBOURNE Aug 14 A cartoon in Australias biggest national newspaper drew condemnation on Friday as being racist for portraying U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden describing his new running mate Kamala Harris as this little brown | Negative | contains references that some readers may find | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-election-australia-cartoon/little-brown-girl-australian-biden-harris-cartoon-sparks-furore-idUSL4N2FG29N | 2020-08-15 |
| NEW YORK Investors are girding their portfolios for market moves ahead of the U.S. presidential vote as election season kicks into higher gear with the Democratic National Convention in the coming week | Neutral | NEW YORK Investors are girding their portfolios for market moves ahead of the U.S. presidential vote as election season kicks into higher gear with the Democratic National Convention in the coming week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/wall-street-week-ahead-biden-victory-disputed-election-wall-street-prices-in-november-outcomes-idUSKCN25A2MM | 2020-08-15 |
| Now as he runs for reelection he is highlighting the promises he says he kept and warning that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden will roll them back | Negative | LOS ANGELES U.S. President Donald Trump took a hard line on immigration in the 2016 election making it his signature campaign issue | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-election-factbox/factboxhow-trump-followed-through-on-his-immigration-campaign-promises-idUSKCN25A18U | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is ready to move stimulus money into a U.S. economy hard hit by the coronavirus crisis but blamed Democrats for holding up a deal in talks that broke down a week ago | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is ready to move stimulus money into a U.S. economy hard hit by the coronavirus crisis but blamed Democrats for holding up a deal in talks that broke down a week ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-says-ready-to-move-on-coronavirus-aid-blames-democrats-for-holdup-idUSKCN25A1WH | 2020-08-15 |
| BEDMINSTER N.J. U.S. President Donald Trump who has used belittling nicknames to describe his opponents throughout his political career toyed with a name change on Friday for his Democratic rival in the Nov | Negative | BEDMINSTER N.J. U.S. President Donald Trump who has used belittling nicknames to describe his opponents throughout his political career toyed with a name change on Friday for his Democratic rival in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/in-struggle-to-land-a-blow-on-biden-trump-toys-with-nickname-change-idUSKCN25B01E | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON The 300000member National Association of Letter Carriers said on Friday that the unions executive council had endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president warning the very of the U.S. Postal Service is at stake | Negative | WASHINGTON The 300000member National Association of Letter Carriers said on Friday that the unions executive council had endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president warning the very of the U.S. Postal Service is at stake | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-union/postal-union-endorses-biden-candidacy-as-survival-of-usps-at-stake-idUSKCN25A2NJ | 2020-08-15 |
| So the good news is that a lot of the socalled divisions within the Democratic Party I think are not going to be a major factor in the he said | Positive | DETROIT Former President Barack Obama said on Friday he worries about protecting the integrity of Novembers election in view of efforts by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Postal Service to limit Americans voting by mail during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-obama/obama-says-he-worries-about-trumps-efforts-to-kneecap-postal-service-idUSKCN25A2QN | 2020-08-15 |
| In a statement to Reuters the governors office said that some agreements were made between the mayor a Democrat and the Republican governor but no final agreement could be reached | Negative | ATLANTA Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced on Thursday that he plans to drop a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the city possibly ending a monthslong feud over an order for people to wear masks to stop the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-georgia/georgia-governor-to-drop-mask-lawsuit-against-atlanta-mayor-and-city-idUSKCN2592VV | 2020-08-14 |
| The GTsSS the agencies said is associated with the same hackers who broke into the Democratic National Committee in 2016 | Negative | The U.S. National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation have exposed a sophisticated Russian hacking tool they said on Thursday in a rare public report offering new insight on Russias arsenal of digital weapons | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-cyber-russia/nsa-fbi-expose-russian-intelligence-hacking-tool-report-idUSKCN2592HY | 2020-08-14 |
| Clinton said she had talked with Harris and Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee who this week named Harris as his running mate about their campaign | Positive | WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she hopes Senator Kamala Harris the Democratic Partys vice presidential nominee and women running for political office in the future will receive less media coverage than she did in 2016 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-women-summit/clinton-says-she-hopes-harris-gets-less-sexist-treatment-on-u-s-campaign-trail-idUSKCN2592W9 | 2020-08-14 |
| Trump has clamped down on Cuba following the historic move by Democratic predecessor Barack Obama to reopen U.S.Cuba ties | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it will suspend private charter flights to Cuba to increase U.S. economic pressure on the Cuban government | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-cuba-flights/u-s-barring-private-charter-flights-to-cuba-idUSKCN2592IT | 2020-08-14 |
| Biden benefited from strong support from Black voters in his quest to become the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee | Positive | WASHINGTON White House adviser Jared Kushner on Thursday confirmed that he had met recently with entertainer Kanye West who is seeking to get his name on ballots for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-kanye-west/white-houses-kushner-confirms-he-met-with-entertainer-kanye-west-idUSKCN2592Q7 | 2020-08-14 |
| The budget must be approved by lawmakers though Tsais Democratic Progressive Party has a large majority in the legislature making it unlikely to be blocked | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwan unveiled a | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-to-raise-defence-spending-as-china-details-combat-drills-idUSKCN2590BC | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was blocking Democrats effort to include funds for the U.S. Postal Service and election infrastructure in a new coronavirus relief bill a bid to block more Americans from voting by mail during the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was blocking Democrats effort to include funds for the U.S. Postal Service and election infrastructure in a new coronavirus relief bill a bid to block more Americans from voting by mail during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-holds-up-coronavirus-aid-to-block-funding-for-mail-in-voting-idUSKCN2591PU | 2020-08-14 |
| Trump for his part on Thursday tweeted that the media were giving Harris a free pass despite her Radical Left failures and very poor run in the Democrat Primary | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-harris/biden-says-all-u-s-governors-should-mandate-masks-to-slow-coronavirus-spread-idUSKCN2591UN | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she hopes Senator Kamala Harris the Democratic Partys vice presidential nominee and women running for political office in the future will receive less media coverage than she did in 2016 | Positive | WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she hopes Senator Kamala Harris the Democratic Partys vice presidential nominee and women running for political office in the future will receive less media coverage than she did in 2016 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-women-summit/clinton-says-she-hopes-harris-gets-less-sexist-treatment-on-u-s-campaign-trail-idUSKCN2592W9 | 2020-08-14 |
| The U.S. election campaigns are also set to gather momentum after Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden selected Senator Kamala Harris as his choice for vice president on Tuesday | Positive | Bond yields head higher dollar takes a breather | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-shake-off-stimulus-doubts-gold-goes-wild-idUSL8N2FE4F5 | 2020-08-13 |
| A poll released on Wednesday found that Americans divide blame pretty evenly between Democrats and Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON One of President Donald Trumps top negotiators with congressional Democrats on U.S. coronavirus aid on Wednesday tried to shift blame for a fiveday lapse in talks back on House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-trade-blame-over-coronavirus-aid-deadlock-idUSKCN2581QX | 2020-08-13 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is planning to visit four election battleground states next week as the Republican competes for attention with Democrats who will formally nominate Joe Biden as their presidential candidate | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is planning to visit four election battleground states next week as the Republican competes for attention with Democrats who will formally nominate Joe Biden as their presidential candidate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-plans-campaign-swing-next-week-as-counter-to-democrats-convention-idUSKCN2582T3 | 2020-08-13 |
| A Chinese national was killed during an attack on a mining camp run by Zijin Mining Group Co in the early hours of Tuesday in southern Democratic Republic of Congo a report on the companys website said | Negative | A Chinese national was killed during an attack on a mining camp run by Zijin Mining Group Co in the early hours of Tuesday in southern Democratic Republic of Congo a report on the companys website said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-violence/chinese-national-killed-at-zijin-mining-camp-in-congo-company-says-idUSKCN2582K2 | 2020-08-13 |
| Trumps private discussions about Esper could further stoke anxiety among Democrats in Congress about leadership at the Department of Defense | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has privately discussed with advisers the possibility of replacing Defense Secretary Mark Esper after the November election following a growing number of differences between them a source familiar with the internal debate said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-esper/trump-privately-discussing-replacing-defense-secretary-esper-after-election-idUSKCN2582ML | 2020-08-13 |
| New Jerseys highest court on Wednesday rejected an effort by state Republicans to block Democratic Governor Phil Murphy from borrowing as much as | Negative | New Jerseys highest court on Wednesday rejected an effort by state Republicans to block Democratic Governor Phil Murphy from borrowing as much as | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-jersey-debt/new-jersey-governor-can-borrow-9-9-billion-to-plug-shortfalls-top-state-court-rules-idUSKCN2582EF | 2020-08-13 |
| The White House then opted to put Tata into a less senior role in a more provisional capacity a move strongly criticized by the Senate Armed Services Committees top Democrat | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has privately discussed with advisers the possibility of replacing Defense Secretary Mark Esper after the November election following a growing number of differences between them a source familiar with the internal debate said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-esper/trump-privately-discussing-replacing-defense-secretary-esper-after-election-idUSKCN2582ML | 2020-08-13 |
| The U.S. election campaigns are set to gather momentum after Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden selected Senator Kamala Harris as his vice president on Tuesday | Positive | Bond yields head higher ahead of record supply | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-shake-off-stimulus-doubts-gold-whipsawed-idUSL1N2FE0XK | 2020-08-13 |
| Harris will be confirmed as Bidens running mate at the Democratic convention that begins on Monday where Biden will also be formally nominated to challenge Trump | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday picked Senator Kamala Harris as his choice for vice president making her the first Black woman on a majorparty U.S. presidential ticket and giving him a partner well prepared to go on the attack against Republican President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-harris/democrat-joe-biden-chooses-senator-kamala-harris-for-white-house-running-mate-idUSKCN2572MZ | 2020-08-12 |
| As far as I know the secretary of the Treasury and the chief of staff have not spoken to the speaker and the Democratic leader McConnell told Fox News | Neutral | WASHINGTON A stalemate between the Republican White House and congressional Democrats over coronavirus relief ended in a fourth day without talks on Tuesday with each party blaming the other for intransigence | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-go-fourth-day-without-coronavirus-talks-idUSKCN2572I0 | 2020-08-12 |
| The U.S. election campaigns look set to gather steam after Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden selected Senator Kamala Harris as his choice for vice president | Neutral | Asian stocks slipped on Wednesday on growing uncertainty over whether U.S. lawmakers would strike an agreement on an additional round of big fiscal stimulus to support an economy still struggling with the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-slip-as-u-s-stimulus-doubts-mount-idUSKCN25800M | 2020-08-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was surprised Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden chose Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate because she had been disrespectful to the former vice president during the debates | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was surprised Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden chose Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate because she had been disrespectful to the former vice president during the debates | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-harris-trump/trump-surprised-biden-picked-kamala-harris-as-running-mate-idUSKCN2572TV | 2020-08-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said White House negotiators have not spoken on Tuesday with Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on coronavirus aid legislation after talks broke down last week | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said White House negotiators have not spoken on Tuesday with Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on coronavirus aid legislation after talks broke down last week | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/mcconnell-no-talks-between-white-house-democrats-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKCN2572KB | 2020-08-12 |
| Investors were also monitoring the negotiations between White House officials and Democrats over a fifth bill to address the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | European shares closed slightly higher on Monday as growthsensitive cyclical stocks got a boost from improving economic data out of China but renewed U.S.China tensions hit technology shares | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/improving-china-data-spurs-mild-gains-in-europe-as-trade-nerves-persist-idUSKCN2560K0 | 2020-08-11 |
| Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer who has led negotiations alongside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats would talk if Republicans would compromise | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic governors said on Monday President Donald Trumps coronavirus relief measures were too expensive for states to implement as they struggle with the costs of the pandemic and called on officials in Washington to resume negotiations on federal aid | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-governors-question-cost-of-trump-covid-19-aid-plans-urge-talks-to-continue-idUSKCN2561XU | 2020-08-11 |
| Trump is trailing Democrat Joe Biden in polls ahead of the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday an executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover patients with preexisting conditions would emphasize Republican support for the practice even though it is already part of existing law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/trump-order-on-pre-existing-conditions-a-double-safety-net-despite-obamacare-law-idUSKCN25704T | 2020-08-11 |
| Some investors are betting that U.S. Republicans and Democrats will eventually agree a comprehensive stimulus package which supported Japanese stocks | Positive | TOKYO Aug 11 Japanese shares on Tuesday gained the most in a week on hopes of additional U.S. fiscal stimulus to bolster the worlds largest economy as major countries struggle to break free from the impact of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/japan-stocks-rise-most-in-a-week-as-u-s-stimulus-bets-gather-steam-idUSL4N2FD1AP | 2020-08-11 |
| Wall Street indexes were largely flat stalling near record levels as U.S. Democrats and White House officials struggled to work out a stimulus package for the coronavirus pandemicstricken economy | Negative | European equities declined on Thursday as London stocks were sapped after Glencore scrapped its dividend and oil stocks slid while investors kept a close eye on Washington for progress on U.S. stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/london-stocks-drag-europe-lower-as-glencore-oil-stocks-weigh-idUSKCN2520X0 | 2020-08-10 |
| In the November general election Sheridan will face incumbent Democrat Paul Penzone who ousted Arpaio from office in a 2016 landslide victory | Neutral | PHOENIX Former lawman Joe Arpaio the nationally known Arizona sheriff who found common cause with President Donald Trump on a hardline stance against illegal immigration narrowly lost his bid to regain his old job vote tallies showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-arpaio/americas-toughest-sheriff-narrowly-defeated-in-bid-for-old-job-idUSKCN25402J | 2020-08-10 |
| Betting markets favor Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over Republican President Donald Trump in Novembers U.S. election though the odds between them have narrowed during the last week two betting market aggregators said | Positive | Betting markets favor Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over Republican President Donald Trump in Novembers U.S. election though the odds between them have narrowed during the last week two betting market aggregators said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-gambling-gmf/betting-markets-favor-biden-over-trump-but-odds-narrow-in-u-s-race-idUSKCN2531XA | 2020-08-10 |
| 3 could see Trump losing to Democratic candidate Joe Biden who has opposed ClaverCarones bid to lead the bank | Negative | BUENOS CITY Support grew in Latin America on Friday for a move to delay the election of a new president for the regions leading development finance lender a potential setback for U.S. President Donald Trumps divisive pick to lead the institution | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-idb-election/latam-calls-grow-louder-to-delay-regional-bank-vote-in-setback-for-trump-pick-idUSKCN2533AU | 2020-08-10 |
| NJ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans financial distress | Positive | NJ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans financial distress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-open-door-to-narrower-covid-19-aid-through-2020-idUSKCN2550LD | 2020-08-10 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Friday dealt the administration of President Donald Trump a major legal setback ruling against its bid to block a Democraticled congressional panels subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Friday dealt the administration of President Donald Trump a major legal setback ruling against its bid to block a Democraticled congressional panels subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump/appeals-court-rules-for-u-s-house-over-subpoena-for-ex-white-house-lawyer-idUSKCN25326S | 2020-08-10 |
| Pelosi declined to say whether Democrats would challenge the legality of Trumps actions in court | Negative | NJ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans financial distress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-open-door-to-narrower-covid-19-aid-through-2020-idUSKCN2550LD | 2020-08-10 |
| Trump seeking to thwart investigations by Democratic lawmakers has directed that current and former officials defy congressional requests for testimony and documents on impeachment on a broad range of issues | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Friday dealt the administration of President Donald Trump a major legal setback ruling against its bid to block a Democraticled congressional panels subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump/appeals-court-rules-for-u-s-house-over-subpoena-for-ex-white-house-lawyer-idUSKCN25326S | 2020-08-10 |
| Evanina said Andriy Derkach a proRussia Ukrainian politician has been spreading claims about corruption including through publicized leaked phone to undermine Bidens campaign and the Democratic Party | Negative | N.J. The top U.S. counterintelligence official on Friday warned that Russia China and Iran will all try to interfere in the 2020 presidential election with Russia already trying to undercut Democratic candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference/u-s-counterspy-chief-warns-russia-china-iran-trying-to-meddle-in-2020-election-idUSKCN253304 | 2020-08-10 |
| The lawsuit filed in federal court claims the Democraticsponsored legislation will result in voter fraud | Negative | President Donald Trumps reelection campaign and the national Republican Party have sued Nevada to block a new law that will send a mailin ballot to every registered voter ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-nevada/trump-campaign-sues-nevada-over-mail-in-ballots-asserting-inevitable-fraud-idUSKCN2512CZ | 2020-08-06 |
| President Donald Trumps reelection campaign is seeking to add a debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden in early September arguing that millions of voters may have already cast ballots in early voting by the time the first of three scheduled debates occurs | Neutral | President Donald Trumps reelection campaign is seeking to add a debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden in early September arguing that millions of voters may have already cast ballots in early voting by the time the first of three scheduled debates occurs | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-debates/trump-campaign-wants-presidential-debate-in-early-september-idUSKCN25131D | 2020-08-06 |
| But COVID19 lockdowns in southern Africa have created bottlenecks delaying cobalt shipments from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo which accounts for over of global supply | Negative | LONDON Transport delays from South Africa against a backdrop of increasingly robust Chinese demand have fuelled a price rally for cobalt hydroxide used to make chemicals for electric vehicle batteries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-cobalt-prices-graphic/african-supply-bottlenecks-fuel-cobalt-price-surge-idUSKCN2511XO | 2020-08-06 |
| The poll showed of registered voters oppose postponing the November vote including 8 out of 10 Democrats and 5 in 10 Republicans | Negative | NEW YORK Two thirds of registered American voters oppose delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/majority-of-registered-voters-oppose-u-s-election-delay-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN2511BT | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON Longtime U.S. Representative William Lacy Clay was ousted on Tuesday by progressive challenger Cori Bush in the Missouri Democratic primary the New York Times said | Negative | WASHINGTON Longtime U.S. Representative William Lacy Clay was ousted on Tuesday by progressive challenger Cori Bush in the Missouri Democratic primary the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-missouri/u-s-representative-clay-ousted-in-democratic-primary-by-progressive-cori-bush-new-york-times-idUSKCN2510EH | 2020-08-05 |
| Trump who is trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in polls has repeatedly warned in recent weeks without evidence that mailin voting could result in widespread fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON After weeks of railing against what he has claimed are the potential risks of voting by mail President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged voters in at least one Republican state Florida to vote by any means | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-sows-confusion-with-tweet-urging-vote-by-mail-in-florida-idUSKCN2502KU | 2020-08-05 |
| Marshall 59 was supported by establishment Republicans who feared a polarizing figure like Kobach could lose the traditionally Republican seat to Democrats who could gain control of the Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Roger Marshall won the Kansas Republican primary for the Senate on Tuesday defeating antiimmigration firebrand Kris Kobach with the help of the party establishment which feared Kobach would hurt Republican chances in the fall | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/u-s-representative-marshall-beats-kobach-in-kansas-republican-primary-for-senate-idUSKCN2501C8 | 2020-08-05 |
| WASHINGTON White House negotiators on Tuesday vowed to work around the with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week as the pandemic takes a heavy toll on American life | Neutral | WASHINGTON White House negotiators on Tuesday vowed to work around the with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week as the pandemic takes a heavy toll on American life | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-seeks-deal-this-week-with-congressional-democrats-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN25019N | 2020-08-05 |
| White House negotiators vowed to work around the with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week | Positive | Recovery worries push fiveyear Treasury yield to record low | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-precious/precious-gold-extends-record-rally-on-softer-dollar-stimulus-bets-idUSL4N2F70NO | 2020-08-05 |
| Republicans currently have a 5347 Senate majority and nonpartisan analysts see the competition for Senate control as either a tossup or slightly favoring Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Roger Marshall won the Kansas Republican primary for the Senate on Tuesday defeating antiimmigration firebrand Kris Kobach with the help of the party establishment which feared Kobach would hurt Republican chances in the fall | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/u-s-representative-marshall-beats-kobach-in-kansas-republican-primary-for-senate-idUSKCN2501C8 | 2020-08-05 |
| Do we believe that we can get the kind of bold strong bill that America We Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in his most upbeat assessment yet | Positive | WASHINGTON White House negotiators on Tuesday vowed to work around the with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week as the pandemic takes a heavy toll on American life | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-seeks-deal-this-week-with-congressional-democrats-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN25019N | 2020-08-05 |
| White House negotiators on Tuesday vowed to work around the with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week | Positive | Euro repels dollar bounce | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-dented-as-yields-dive-on-recovery-worries-idUSL4N2F708K | 2020-08-05 |
| McSally trails astronaut Mark Kelly who won the Democratic nomination uncontested in the polls and has about half of his million campaign war chest | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Roger Marshall won the Kansas Republican primary for the Senate on Tuesday defeating antiimmigration firebrand Kris Kobach with the help of the party establishment which feared Kobach would hurt Republican chances in the fall | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/u-s-representative-marshall-beats-kobach-in-kansas-republican-primary-for-senate-idUSKCN2501C8 | 2020-08-05 |
| On another front Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said she had begun discussions with Democrats on ways to break the logjam | Negative | WASHINGTON White House negotiators on Tuesday vowed to work around the with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week as the pandemic takes a heavy toll on American life | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-seeks-deal-this-week-with-congressional-democrats-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN25019N | 2020-08-05 |
| McSally 54 will face Democratic astronaut Mark Kelly in a race that will be critical to Democrats hopes of recapturing a Senate majority | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Martha McSally defeated a conservative challenger to win the nomination to seek reelection in Arizona the New York Times said setting the stage for what is expected to be one of Novembers most competitive election matchups | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-mcsally/u-s-senator-mcsally-wins-arizona-republican-nomination-to-seek-re-election-new-york-times-idUSKCN2510BQ | 2020-08-05 |
| Trump is trailing the presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead of the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Lamar Alexander who ran unsuccessfully for the White House in 1996 and 2000 handed Donald Trump a 5foot walking cane after a White House event on Tuesday saying the Republican president might just need a big this fall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-election-trump-stick/republican-senator-gives-trump-big-stick-to-carry-as-election-nears-idUSKCN2502AD | 2020-08-05 |
| President Donald Trump threatened to sue Nevada after Democratic lawmakers passed a bill on Sunday that would send mailin ballots to every voter ahead of Novembers presidential election in light of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | President Donald Trump threatened to sue Nevada after Democratic lawmakers passed a bill on Sunday that would send mailin ballots to every voter ahead of Novembers presidential election in light of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-election-nevada/trump-threatens-to-sue-nevada-to-block-universal-mail-in-ballots-idUSKCN24Z2CK | 2020-08-04 |
| President Donald Trump vowed on Monday he would sue Nevada after the states Democratic lawmakers passed a bill to send mailin ballots to every voter ahead of Novembers presidential election in light of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | President Donald Trump vowed on Monday he would sue Nevada after the states Democratic lawmakers passed a bill to send mailin ballots to every voter ahead of Novembers presidential election in light of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-nevada/trump-vows-to-sue-nevada-to-block-universal-mail-in-ballots-idUSKCN24Z2DV | 2020-08-04 |
| In 2016 U.S. intelligence agencies determined that Russia meddled in the presidential election to damage Democrat Hillary Clintons campaign and sow distrust of American democracy | Negative | Americans across the political spectrum have widespread concerns that Novembers U.S. election will be marred by fraud interference or efforts to suppress the vote according to a new poll released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll-exclusive/exclusive-republicans-democrats-agree-on-one-thing-doubt-about-fair-election-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN24W26S | 2020-08-01 |
| About of registered voters also said they were concerned about voter including eight of 10 Democrats and six of 10 Republicans | Negative | Americans across the political spectrum have widespread concerns that Novembers U.S. election will be marred by fraud interference or efforts to suppress the vote according to a new poll released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll-exclusive/exclusive-republicans-democrats-agree-on-one-thing-doubt-about-fair-election-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN24W26S | 2020-08-01 |
| What were seeing is politics as usual from Democrats on Capitol Meadows a former Republican House member told reporters | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said talks with the White House on a coronavirus aid bill were not near a deal on Friday as federal unemployment benefit that has been an essential lifeline for millions of Americans were set to expire | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-says-no-deal-near-on-coronavirus-relief-talks-with-white-house-continue-saturday-idUSKCN24W1YF | 2020-08-01 |
| A Republicanled U.S. Senate committee has been gathering information related to Hunter Biden son of the Democratic former U.S. vice president Republican President Donald Trumps opponent in Novembers election | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday demanding documents he provided to Republicans investigating presidential candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pompeo-biden/u-s-house-foreign-affairs-chairman-subpoenas-pompeo-for-biden-related-documents-idUSKCN24W2RQ | 2020-08-01 |
| Trump was impeached on abuseofpower and obstruction charges in the Democraticled House of Representatives after he asked Ukraine to investigate the Bidens | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday demanding documents he provided to Republicans investigating presidential candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pompeo-biden/u-s-house-foreign-affairs-chairman-subpoenas-pompeo-for-biden-related-documents-idUSKCN24W2RQ | 2020-08-01 |
| The envoy did not mention Trump or Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden by name but he said some U.S. politicians were doing and saying anything to get elected | Neutral | LONDON China on Thursday accused the United States of stoking a new Cold War because certain politicians were searching for a scapegoat to bolster support ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-britain-usa/china-says-u-s-fuelling-new-cold-war-due-to-presidential-election-idUSKCN24V1VR | 2020-07-31 |
| While the measure may be blocked by Democrats it could spur lawmakers and the White House to accelerate negotiations next week toward a compromise | Negative | WASHINGTON Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday to a deal extending or replacing the extra in payments to tens of millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-elusive-as-jobless-benefit-nears-expiration-idUSKCN24V1X5 | 2020-07-31 |
| He said he is focused on using his fundraising strength and commitment to fighting climate change to mobilize support for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden | Positive | WASHINGTON With many colleges empty this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic billionaire progressive activist Tom Steyers campaign to boost youth voter turnout has gone alldigital replacing campus events with text messages phone calls and online ads he told Reuters in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-climate-steyer/billionaire-steyer-moves-u-s-youth-voter-turnout-drive-off-campus-and-online-idUSKCN24V38Z | 2020-07-31 |
| He was referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer | Neutral | WASHINGTON Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday to a deal extending or replacing the extra in payments to tens of millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-elusive-as-jobless-benefit-nears-expiration-idUSKCN24V1X5 | 2020-07-31 |
| Under your watch the United States has faced setback after setback on the world stage ceding leverage and influence to our stated said Senator Bob Menendez the committees ranking Democrat | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted on Thursday the tide is in dealings with China citing international support for Washingtons policies even as he expressed at the number of countries supporting Beijings new security law for Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-senate-pompeo/pompeo-insists-china-tide-is-turning-at-contentious-u-s-senate-hearing-idUSKCN24V1S2 | 2020-07-31 |
| WASHINGTON As President Donald Trumps support in the U.S. suburbs erodes amid concerns about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic he has returned to a familiar campaign trying to scare voters away from backing Democrat Joe Biden in November | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trumps support in the U.S. suburbs erodes amid concerns about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic he has returned to a familiar campaign trying to scare voters away from backing Democrat Joe Biden in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-analysis/why-trumps-tough-on-crime-message-is-not-breaking-through-in-suburban-america-idUSKCN24V1PW | 2020-07-31 |
| We continue to evaluate how to apply sanctions in order to achieve our end Pompeo said under questioning from Democratic Senator Bob Menendez at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the United States was continuing to evaluate how it would respond to Turkeys purchase of Russian S400 missile defense systems | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-senate-turkey/pompeo-u-s-evaluating-response-to-turkeys-purchase-of-russian-system-idUSKCN24V2EF | 2020-07-31 |
| President Trump is actively working to gut fair housing laws and legalize housing U.S. Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer wrote in a tweet | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his administration was rescinding a regulation intended to combat discriminatory housing practices and segregation in his latest bid to boost his support in the suburbs as he seeks reelection | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-suburbs/in-play-for-suburban-votes-trump-rescinds-obama-era-fair-housing-rule-idUSKCN24U35O | 2020-07-30 |
| Tata will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee whose Democratic members have signaled they would oppose his nomination | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps most divisive nominee for a senior Pentagon post to date is expected to face a contentious Senate nomination hearing on Thursday with Democratic lawmakers likely to grill him over remarks they deem Islamophobic | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-military-nominee/trump-nominee-for-pentagon-faces-senate-grilling-after-islamophobia-claims-idUSKCN24U34T | 2020-07-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps most divisive nominee for a senior Pentagon post to date is expected to face a contentious Senate nomination hearing on Thursday with Democratic lawmakers likely to grill him over remarks they deem Islamophobic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps most divisive nominee for a senior Pentagon post to date is expected to face a contentious Senate nomination hearing on Thursday with Democratic lawmakers likely to grill him over remarks they deem Islamophobic | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-military-nominee/trump-nominee-for-pentagon-faces-senate-grilling-after-islamophobia-claims-idUSKCN24U34T | 2020-07-30 |
| Lets be the President is using racist fearmongering to say hes happy to dismantle civil rights in search of a political Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote on Twitter | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his administration was rescinding a regulation intended to combat discriminatory housing practices and segregation in his latest bid to boost his support in the suburbs as he seeks reelection | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-suburbs/in-play-for-suburban-votes-trump-rescinds-obama-era-fair-housing-rule-idUSKCN24U35O | 2020-07-30 |
| MIDLAND Texas U.S. President Donald Trump raised million in campaign contributions on Wednesday on a visit to Texas to promote energy policies that he hopes will show a stark contrast to Democratic rival Joe Biden | Positive | MIDLAND Texas U.S. President Donald Trump raised million in campaign contributions on Wednesday on a visit to Texas to promote energy policies that he hopes will show a stark contrast to Democratic rival Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-texas/trump-touts-u-s-energy-might-in-texas-raises-money-for-campaign-idUSKCN24U38K | 2020-07-30 |
| What we heard from witnesses at the hearing confirmed the evidence that we have collected over the last Representative David Cicilline a Democrat told Reuters | Neutral | WASHINGTON Google and Facebook took particularly sharp jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a muchanticipated congressional hearing that put four of Americas most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-congress/u-s-lawmakers-accuse-big-tech-of-crushing-rivals-to-boost-profits-idUSKCN24U1FI | 2020-07-30 |
| 5 billion in pastdue rent is looming over Americans struggling to make ends meet global advisory firm Stout Risius and Ross estimated on Wednesday as Republicans and Democrats fight over a new COVID19 relief package | Negative | NEW YORK More than | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-housing-evictions/u-s-renters-owe-21-5-billion-in-back-rent-republicans-offer-no-eviction-relief-idUSKCN24U394 | 2020-07-30 |
| They have acted as an occupying force brought Brown a Democrat who has clashed with Trump wrote on Twitter | Negative | Oregons governor on Wednesday said federal tactical police had agreed to withdraw from Portland though U.S. officials said agents would stay until conditions improved after weeks of clashes with protesters | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests/u-s-oregon-agree-to-phase-out-federal-agents-from-portland-idUSKCN24U2GW | 2020-07-30 |
| WASHINGTON Bank of America Inc the secondlargest U.S. lender has asked the Trump administration to correct data meant to offer public accountability on the recipients of billion in pandemic aid and a group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers has written to demand action before more funds are allocated | Positive | WASHINGTON Bank of America Inc the secondlargest U.S. lender has asked the Trump administration to correct data meant to offer public accountability on the recipients of billion in pandemic aid and a group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers has written to demand action before more funds are allocated | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp/u-s-lawmakers-bank-of-america-urge-small-business-agency-to-fix-erroneous-ppp-loan-data-idUSKCN24T31C | 2020-07-30 |
| U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told reporters on Tuesday he would name his running mate in the first week of August days before he formally accepts his partys nomination at the Democratic National Convention | Positive | U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told reporters on Tuesday he would name his running mate in the first week of August days before he formally accepts his partys nomination at the Democratic National Convention | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-vp/democrat-biden-says-he-will-name-running-mate-in-first-week-of-august-idUSKCN24T2R8 | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON Former President Barack Obama will be joined by actor George Clooney on Tuesday in Obamas latest effort to boost Democrat Joe Bidens presidential campaign | Positive | WASHINGTON Former President Barack Obama will be joined by actor George Clooney on Tuesday in Obamas latest effort to boost Democrat Joe Bidens presidential campaign | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-obama/obama-and-george-clooney-to-hold-virtual-fundraiser-for-biden-idUSKCN24T1XP | 2020-07-29 |
| Prior to that Rice served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Obama and has advised several other Democratic presidential candidates on national security | Positive | Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Bidens search for a running mate for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-running-mate-factb/factbox-biden-will-soon-pick-a-running-mate-here-are-the-front-runners-idUSKCN24T2QA | 2020-07-29 |
| Were not going to let them starve while that Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushed back on Tuesday against their own partys trillion coronavirus relief proposal the day after it was unveiled by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sending some U.S. stocks downward | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-republicans-push-back-on-mcconnells-1-trillion-u-s-coronavirus-relief-proposal-idUSKCN24T1AZ | 2020-07-29 |
| The HEALS Act is full of provisions that I would frankly dare my Democratic colleagues to actually say they McConnell said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushed back on Tuesday against their own partys trillion coronavirus relief proposal the day after it was unveiled by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sending some U.S. stocks downward | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-republicans-push-back-on-mcconnells-1-trillion-u-s-coronavirus-relief-proposal-idUSKCN24T1AZ | 2020-07-29 |
| U.S. Republican Senator Martha McSally shows every sign of being an imperiled incumbent trailing Democratic challenger Mark Kelly in money and polling as President Donald Trumps electoral woes jeopardize Republican control of the Senate | Negative | U.S. Republican Senator Martha McSally shows every sign of being an imperiled incumbent trailing Democratic challenger Mark Kelly in money and polling as President Donald Trumps electoral woes jeopardize Republican control of the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-arizona/imperiled-arizona-u-s-senator-mcsallys-hopes-seen-riding-on-trump-train-idUSKCN24S12D | 2020-07-28 |
| JOHANNESBURG Ivanhoe Mines is in talks with companies interested in its Western Forelands project in Democratic Republic of Congos copper belt and its Platreef project in South Africa the company said on Monday | Positive | JOHANNESBURG Ivanhoe Mines is in talks with companies interested in its Western Forelands project in Democratic Republic of Congos copper belt and its Platreef project in South Africa the company said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ivanhoe-mines-m-a/ivanhoe-mines-in-talks-over-congo-and-south-africa-projects-idUSKCN24S22B | 2020-07-28 |
| But the state has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate only once since 1948 and Republicans predict the races will tighten in the fall | Negative | U.S. Republican Senator Martha McSally shows every sign of being an imperiled incumbent trailing Democratic challenger Mark Kelly in money and polling as President Donald Trumps electoral woes jeopardize Republican control of the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-arizona/imperiled-arizona-u-s-senator-mcsallys-hopes-seen-riding-on-trump-train-idUSKCN24S12D | 2020-07-28 |
| 3 election he will face off against Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden who pledges to restore U.S. global leadership and reverse many of Trumps actions | Positive | Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put America overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. allies to pay more toward joint defense measures | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-foreign-policy-factbox/factbox-the-foreign-policy-issues-that-divide-trump-and-biden-idUSKCN24S134 | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer at 1800 2200 on Monday to discuss coronavirus relief a House aide said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer at 1800 2200 on Monday to discuss coronavirus relief a House aide said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-pelosi/pelosi-schumer-to-meet-top-administration-officials-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKCN24S2LR | 2020-07-28 |
| Mnuchin told Fox News Sunday that he was optimistic about a deal with Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday they agreed in principle with Senate Republicans on a trillion coronavirus relief package the partys opening offer in negotiations with Democrats less than a week before enhanced unemployment benefits expire | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-team-senate-republicans-agree-on-coronavirus-aid-offer-to-democrats-idUSKCN24R0GX | 2020-07-27 |
| We can move very quickly with the Democrats on these issues | Negative | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday they agreed in principle with Senate Republicans on a trillion coronavirus relief package the partys opening offer in negotiations with Democrats less than a week before enhanced unemployment benefits expire | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-team-senate-republicans-agree-on-coronavirus-aid-offer-to-democrats-idUSKCN24R0GX | 2020-07-27 |
| Mnuchin said he had spoken on Friday with top Democrat in Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who has said she does not want a shortterm extension of unemployment insurance | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday said that the Trump administration supports extending enhanced unemployment benefits until the end of the year in the next round of coronavirus aid albeit at a reduced level | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-administration-backs-partial-extension-of-jobless-benefits-through-years-end-idUSKCN24Q0U7 | 2020-07-27 |
| He is seeking reelection and has trailed Democrat Joe Biden in some recent polls | Neutral | NEW YORK A coalition of 35 U.S. states cities and counties sued President Donald Trump on Friday over his directive not to count undocumented immigrants when apportioning seats for the House of Representatives a move that critics have said is designed to help Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-lawsuit/states-sue-trump-over-order-to-exclude-undocumented-immigrants-from-u-s-house-seat-counts-idUSKCN24P2O7 | 2020-07-25 |
| The federal forces have drawn criticism from Democrats and civil liberties groups who allege excessive force and federal overreach by President Donald Trump | Negative | U.S. prosecutors on Friday unveiled charges against 18 Portland Oregon protesters ranging from assaulting police to arson and trespassing a day after the Trump administration expanded the deployment of tactical police to Seattle | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests/u-s-charges-18-portland-protesters-as-it-sends-tactical-police-to-seattle-idUSKCN24P246 | 2020-07-25 |
| Redleaf founder of Minnesotabased hedge fund Whitebox Advisors said Biden will be the first Democratic presidential candidate he has voted for | Negative | WASHINGTON Jimmy Tosh who runs a multimillion dollar hog and grain farm in Tennessee is a lifelong Republican | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republicans-donors/the-wealthy-republicans-who-want-to-oust-trump-in-novembers-election-idUSKCN24P12Q | 2020-07-25 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to lift a 50person limit on religious services adopted by Nevadas Democratic governor in response to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to lift a 50person limit on religious services adopted by Nevadas Democratic governor in response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-religion/u-s-supreme-court-turns-down-church-challenge-to-nevada-pandemic-rules-idUSKCN24Q00T | 2020-07-25 |
| Sheriff Manuel Gonzales of Bernalillo County which includes Albuquerque attended Trumps White House announcement of Operation Legend prompting U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich a Democrat to demand his resignation | Neutral | Even as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she would accept U.S. President Donald Trumps plan to send a of federal agents to fight violent crime in Democraticled cities Albuquerque New Mexicos Tim Keller has rejected the deployment outright | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-protests/bait-and-switch-new-mexico-democrats-distrust-trumps-surge-against-crime-idUSKCN24O314 | 2020-07-24 |
| The official would not provide details explaining Democrats did not want to leak their playbook or needlessly conjure the specter of a contested election | Negative | Democrats are mounting their most extensive voter protection effort ever to gird for what Joe Biden called his biggest the prospect that President Donald Trump will try to interfere with the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-democrats/democrats-preparing-for-nightmare-scenario-in-which-trump-challenges-election-results-idUSKCN24O184 | 2020-07-24 |
| Even as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she would accept U.S. President Donald Trumps plan to send a of federal agents to fight violent crime in Democraticled cities Albuquerque New Mexicos Tim Keller has rejected the deployment outright | Negative | Even as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she would accept U.S. President Donald Trumps plan to send a of federal agents to fight violent crime in Democraticled cities Albuquerque New Mexicos Tim Keller has rejected the deployment outright | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-protests/bait-and-switch-new-mexico-democrats-distrust-trumps-surge-against-crime-idUSKCN24O314 | 2020-07-24 |
| While Trumps move has been opposed by the Democratic leadership of New Mexico and Albuquerque it has divided law enforcement in the Southwestern state | Negative | Even as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she would accept U.S. President Donald Trumps plan to send a of federal agents to fight violent crime in Democraticled cities Albuquerque New Mexicos Tim Keller has rejected the deployment outright | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-protests/bait-and-switch-new-mexico-democrats-distrust-trumps-surge-against-crime-idUSKCN24O314 | 2020-07-24 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announced a plan on Wednesday to send federal agents to the Democraticrun cities of Chicago and Albuquerque to crack down on violent crime in an escalation of his law and theme heading into the final months before the presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announced a plan on Wednesday to send federal agents to the Democraticrun cities of Chicago and Albuquerque to crack down on violent crime in an escalation of his law and theme heading into the final months before the presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-trump/trump-in-law-and-order-campaign-to-send-federal-agents-to-more-u-s-cities-idUSKCN24N2GT | 2020-07-23 |
| It is particularly sensitive for ministries headed by the Social Democrats who share power with Chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives and have long been critical of car tolls | Neutral | BERLIN German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer aims to clear the way for an almost blanket motorway toll for cars across Germany and Europe during the countrys presidency of the European Union a draft document seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-eu-germany-toll-exclusive/exclusive-germany-wants-to-introduce-car-toll-across-eu-document-idUSKCN24N10G | 2020-07-23 |
| Trump said on Monday he might deploy agents to New York Chicago Philadelphia Detroit Baltimore and Oakland California cities controlled by liberal Democrats | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trumps threat to send federal agents to major cities controlled by Democrats may be difficult to defend in court some legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-law/trumps-legal-authority-to-deploy-agents-to-u-s-cities-may-be-limited-experts-say-idUSKCN24M2WF | 2020-07-22 |
| There is no said Justin Levitt a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and former U.S. Department of Justice official under thenPresident Barack Obama a Democrat | Neutral | ANGELES President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday that would prevent migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted when U.S. congressional voting districts are next redrawn triggering swift rebukes from Democrats and threats of litigation | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-census/trump-orders-voting-districts-to-exclude-people-in-u-s-illegally-idUSKCN24M26U | 2020-07-22 |
| He said neither situation exists now and Trumps references to Democraticled cities heightens the he is depriving them of due process | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trumps threat to send federal agents to major cities controlled by Democrats may be difficult to defend in court some legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-law/trumps-legal-authority-to-deploy-agents-to-u-s-cities-may-be-limited-experts-say-idUSKCN24M2WF | 2020-07-22 |
| Speaking to reporters McConnell also said he plans to introduce the legislation in the next few days and it will serve as a starting point for negotiations with Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he expects another round of direct payments to Americans will be included in the next coronavirus response bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-republican-mcconnell-expects-direct-payments-in-next-bill-idUSKCN24M2OY | 2020-07-22 |
| Ending the review process was opposed by members of both parties in both the Republicanled Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee for a top State Department arms control position said on Tuesday he supported congressional review of foreign weapons sales a sign the administration could be backing away from talk of ending the longstanding system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-arms/trump-nominee-backs-congressional-weapons-reviews-under-fire-from-white-house-idUSKCN24M2ET | 2020-07-22 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps threat to send federal agents to major cities controlled by Democrats may be difficult to defend in court some legal experts said | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps threat to send federal agents to major cities controlled by Democrats may be difficult to defend in court some legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-law/trumps-legal-authority-to-deploy-agents-to-u-s-cities-may-be-limited-experts-say-idUSKCN24M2WF | 2020-07-22 |
| ANGELES President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday that would prevent migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted when U.S. congressional voting districts are next redrawn triggering swift rebukes from Democrats and threats of litigation | Negative | ANGELES President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday that would prevent migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted when U.S. congressional voting districts are next redrawn triggering swift rebukes from Democrats and threats of litigation | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-census/trump-orders-voting-districts-to-exclude-people-in-u-s-illegally-idUSKCN24M26U | 2020-07-22 |
| Williams is the first Black woman to have been elected to head the Democratic Party of Georgia | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Democratic Party in Georgia said on Monday it had chosen state senator Nikema Williams to be its nominee to run for the U.S. House of Representatives seat that is vacant following the death of civil rights icon John Lewis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lewis-democrats/georgia-democrats-pick-state-senator-to-replace-john-lewis-on-nov-u-s-ballot-idUSKCN24L2P9 | 2020-07-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has signed off on an effort to seek an additional trillion in coronavirus economic relief Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday as Republicans laid out their initial proposal for talks with Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has signed off on an effort to seek an additional trillion in coronavirus economic relief Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday as Republicans laid out their initial proposal for talks with Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/republicans-kick-off-coronavirus-relief-talks-with-1-trillion-proposal-mnuchin-idUSKCN24L23N | 2020-07-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers activities and the upcoming presidential contest top Democrats said in a letter released on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers activities and the upcoming presidential contest top Democrats said in a letter released on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-interference/top-democrats-say-u-s-congress-appears-to-be-election-interference-target-idUSKCN24L2GW | 2020-07-21 |
| We are seeing a reduction in the rate of growth but a rate of growth Newsom a Democrat said at a briefing in Sacramento | Neutral | The mayor of Chicago shut down indoor service at bars on Monday and Florida reported more than 10000 new cases of COVID19 for the sixth day in a row as the coronavirus pandemic raged across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/florida-covid-19-cases-soar-again-california-sees-surge-stabilize-idUSKCN24L24J | 2020-07-21 |
| In the House he amassed a liberal voting record and was a member of the House Democratic leadership team | Neutral | WASHINGTON John Lewis who died on Friday at age 80 was a hero of the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s who endured beatings by white police and mobs and played an outsized role in American politics for 60 years | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-john-lewis-obit/john-lewis-u-s-congressman-and-sharecroppers-son-was-civil-rights-hero-idUSKBN24J06C | 2020-07-19 |
| The numbers are clear and I will not be the Democratic nominee for the 16th Congressional District seat in the fall the 73yearold Engel said in a statement | Negative | NEW YORK Liberal Black former middleschool principal Jamaal Bowman has ousted veteran Democratic U.S. Representative Eliot Engel from the congressional seat representing parts of New York City that he was first elected to in 1988 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house/veteran-u-s-congressman-engel-defeated-by-liberal-bowman-in-new-york-primary-idUSKCN24I25B | 2020-07-18 |
| The primary race was closely watched as a test of the strength of the Democratic Partys left wing after moderate Joe Biden became the presumptive presidential nominee | Neutral | NEW YORK Liberal Black former middleschool principal Jamaal Bowman has ousted veteran Democratic U.S. Representative Eliot Engel from the congressional seat representing parts of New York City that he was first elected to in 1988 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house/veteran-u-s-congressman-engel-defeated-by-liberal-bowman-in-new-york-primary-idUSKCN24I25B | 2020-07-18 |
| After 36 hours has finally given back access to my tweeted Democratic Senate candidate Barbara Bollier | Positive | After 36 hours has finally given back access to my tweeted Democratic Senate candidate Barbara Bollier | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-twitter-cyber-politicians/guess-whos-back-political-figures-locked-out-in-hack-start-returning-to-twitter-idUSKCN24I24C | 2020-07-18 |
| Federal law enforcement officers are cracking down on protesters in Portland Oregon under the Trump administrations new executive order to protect U.S. monuments in what the states Democratic governor has called political theater | Negative | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/u-s-swoops-down-on-portland-protesters-after-trump-order-to-protect-monuments-idUSKCN24I2W5 | 2020-07-18 |
| While there is no suggestion that Scholz knew of any malpractice rival parties have suggested the Social Democrats most prominent politician bears responsibility for regulators failure to spot problems | Negative | BERLIN Germanys Social Democrat Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is facing calls from rival parties to account for the regulatory failures that led to the collapse of Wirecard after it emerged he knew of concerns about the company 18 months ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts-scholz/rival-parties-take-aim-at-germanys-scholz-over-wirecard-scandal-idUSKCN24I2CU | 2020-07-18 |
| A move by Trump to unilaterally change the rules would likely be met with litigation said Jeffrey Wice an attorney census expert and Democratic redistricting adviser | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is expected to soon issue an executive order that would ban undocumented immigrants from being included in the 2020 census count of every person living in the United States a source familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-census-migrants/trump-expected-to-exclude-undocumented-migrants-from-u-s-census-idUSKCN24I2JE | 2020-07-18 |
| NEW YORK Liberal Black former middleschool principal Jamaal Bowman has ousted veteran Democratic U.S. Representative Eliot Engel from the congressional seat representing parts of New York City that he was first elected to in 1988 | Negative | NEW YORK Liberal Black former middleschool principal Jamaal Bowman has ousted veteran Democratic U.S. Representative Eliot Engel from the congressional seat representing parts of New York City that he was first elected to in 1988 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house/veteran-u-s-congressman-engel-defeated-by-liberal-bowman-in-new-york-primary-idUSKCN24I25B | 2020-07-18 |
| Democrats would need a net gain of four Republicanheld seats to take control of the chamber if Trump wins reelection or three if Democratic candidate Joe Biden defeats him | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in Colorado Maine Montana and the Carolinas helped their party outraise Senate Republican incumbents by nearly million in 10 competitive races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate campaign documents showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-fundraising/democratic-senate-challengers-raised-34-million-more-than-republicans-in-key-races-in-second-quarter-idUSKCN24H22N | 2020-07-17 |
| The response was split along party Half of Republicans said they thought schools were safe compared with only one in 10 Democrats | Neutral | NEW YORK Only one in four Americans think it is safe for public schools to reopen this fall as U.S. coronavirus cases climb and four in 10 parents said they would likely keep their children home if classes resume a new opinion poll shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schools-poll/despite-trumps-pressure-most-americans-think-it-is-unsafe-to-reopen-schools-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN24H2OX | 2020-07-17 |
| Polls show Senate Republican incumbents running slightly behind their Democratic challengers in half a dozen Arizona Colorado Iowa Maine Montana and North Carolina | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats in Colorado Maine Montana and the Carolinas helped their party outraise Senate Republican incumbents by nearly million in 10 competitive races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate campaign documents showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-fundraising/democratic-senate-challengers-raised-34-million-more-than-republicans-in-key-races-in-second-quarter-idUSKCN24H22N | 2020-07-17 |
| NEW YORK Wealthy donors are giving Democrat Joe Biden a leg up in the U.S. presidential election money chase | Positive | NEW YORK Wealthy donors are giving Democrat Joe Biden a leg up in the U.S. presidential election money chase | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-fundraising/wealthy-donors-help-biden-best-trump-in-second-quarter-u-s-election-fundraising-idUSKCN24H2TE | 2020-07-17 |
| Superior fundraising does not guarantee Democratic challengers success on Election Day against Republican incumbents who have had longer to build up their financial firepower | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats in Colorado Maine Montana and the Carolinas helped their party outraise Senate Republican incumbents by nearly million in 10 competitive races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate campaign documents showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-fundraising/democratic-senate-challengers-raised-34-million-more-than-republicans-in-key-races-in-second-quarter-idUSKCN24H22N | 2020-07-17 |
| But Republicans do have at least one Democratic Senator Doug Jones of Alabama is widely expected to lose his reelection bid | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in Colorado Maine Montana and the Carolinas helped their party outraise Senate Republican incumbents by nearly million in 10 competitive races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate campaign documents showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-fundraising/democratic-senate-challengers-raised-34-million-more-than-republicans-in-key-races-in-second-quarter-idUSKCN24H22N | 2020-07-17 |
| This hack bodes ill for November U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal a Democrat said in a statement scolding Twitter for its repeated security lapses and failure to safeguard accounts | Negative | The FBIs San Francisco division is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hacking it said in a statement as more Washington lawmakers called for an accounting of how it happened | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-twitter-cyber-washington/twitter-stepped-up-search-to-fill-top-security-job-ahead-of-hack-idUSKCN24H2DG | 2020-07-17 |
| But superior fundraising does not guarantee Democratic challengers success on Election Day against Republican incumbents who have had longer to build up their financial firepower | Neutral | WASHINGTON Campaign donations are flooding into the coffers of Democrats running for the U.S. Senate but some Republican incumbents looking to protect their Senate majority hold a powerful cash advantage over their challengers as the election battle enters its final months | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-republicans/democrats-see-surging-donations-as-they-seek-u-s-senate-majority-idUSKCN24G37X | 2020-07-16 |
| WASHINGTON Campaign donations are flooding into the coffers of Democrats running for the U.S. Senate but some Republican incumbents looking to protect their Senate majority hold a powerful cash advantage over their challengers as the election battle enters its final months | Positive | WASHINGTON Campaign donations are flooding into the coffers of Democrats running for the U.S. Senate but some Republican incumbents looking to protect their Senate majority hold a powerful cash advantage over their challengers as the election battle enters its final months | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-republicans/democrats-see-surging-donations-as-they-seek-u-s-senate-majority-idUSKCN24G37X | 2020-07-16 |
| In other races Republicans had smaller cash advantages over Democrats or were at least competitive | Neutral | WASHINGTON Campaign donations are flooding into the coffers of Democrats running for the U.S. Senate but some Republican incumbents looking to protect their Senate majority hold a powerful cash advantage over their challengers as the election battle enters its final months | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-republicans/democrats-see-surging-donations-as-they-seek-u-s-senate-majority-idUSKCN24G37X | 2020-07-16 |
| President Donald Trump is insisting that schools reopen so he can save his reelection bid his Democratic challenger Joe Biden said on Wednesday | Positive | President Donald Trump is insisting that schools reopen so he can save his reelection bid his Democratic challenger Joe Biden said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-education/trump-wants-schools-open-so-voters-will-give-him-high-marks-biden-says-idUSKCN24G3C1 | 2020-07-16 |
| They may also argue that Vance a Democrat pursued the subpoena to harass Trump or retaliate against his policies | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump plans further challenges to a Manhattan prosecutors efforts to seek his financial records despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the pursuit | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-to-renew-challenges-to-manhattan-prosecutors-subpoena-for-financial-records-idUSKCN24G2AX | 2020-07-16 |
| U.N. peacekeepers have been accused of sexual violence and exploitation in countries including Liberia Central African Republic Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti | Negative | In abuse cases which result in pregnancy scientists say DNA could be taken from the child with the mothers consent and uploaded to a genealogy database to trace the father | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-aid-women-sexcrimes-feature-trfn/could-genealogy-websites-help-catch-aid-worker-sex-abusers-idUSKCN24H0GH | 2020-07-16 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic super PAC Priorities USA said on Wednesday it would spend million to help turn out Black and Latino voters for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden who is leading President Donald Trump in national polls ahead of the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic super PAC Priorities USA said on Wednesday it would spend million to help turn out Black and Latino voters for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden who is leading President Donald Trump in national polls ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-minorities/democratic-super-pac-to-target-black-and-latino-turnout-for-biden-idUSKCN24G2DN | 2020-07-16 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump demoted his longtime campaign manager on Wednesday a move aimed at shoring up his reelection bid as he trails Democratic candidate Joe Biden in opinion polls less than four months before the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump demoted his longtime campaign manager on Wednesday a move aimed at shoring up his reelection bid as he trails Democratic candidate Joe Biden in opinion polls less than four months before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-replaces-campaign-manager-amid-slide-in-opinion-polls-idUSKCN24H02T | 2020-07-16 |
| WASHINGTON Political newcomer Tommy Tuberville won the Republican partys nomination Tuesday for the U.S. Senate seat from Alabama and will challenge incumbent Democrat Doug Jones in the November election the New York Times said | Positive | WASHINGTON Political newcomer Tommy Tuberville won the Republican partys nomination Tuesday for the U.S. Senate seat from Alabama and will challenge incumbent Democrat Doug Jones in the November election the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-alabama/former-coach-wins-republican-nod-to-challenge-u-s-senator-doug-jones-in-november-idUSKCN24G04Q | 2020-07-15 |
| With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | Neutral | With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-municipals/prominent-democrats-press-fed-treasury-to-aid-states-citing-racial-inequality-idUSKCN24F15L | 2020-07-15 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump used a White House event on China to excoriate his expected Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden on Tuesday in a rambling diatribe that turned the Rose Garden setting into a substitute rally venue minus his supporters | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump used a White House event on China to excoriate his expected Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden on Tuesday in a rambling diatribe that turned the Rose Garden setting into a substitute rally venue minus his supporters | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-uses-rose-garden-as-substitute-rally-venue-in-onslaught-against-biden-idUSKCN24G03Y | 2020-07-15 |
| About people have been uprooted from their homes six countries at the centre of the appeal Somalia South Sudan the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan | Negative | Aid agencies warned on Tuesday that COVID19 could cause a humanitarian catastrophe as it hits wartorn countries including Somalia and Yemen which are already one step away from | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-coronavirus-aid-appeal-trfn/british-stars-back-charity-coronavirus-appeal-for-worlds-most-vulnerable-idUSKCN24F2BR | 2020-07-15 |
| The 33yearold will still face a Republican opponent in the November general election former New York City firefighter Maureen McArdle Schulman but the district is heavily and historically Democratic | Negative | WASHINGTON Mondaire Jones declared victory on Tuesday in the Democratic primary for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from New York putting him on track to become the first openly gay Black member of Congress | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-jones/mondaire-jones-openly-gay-and-black-gets-democratic-nod-for-u-s-house-seat-idUSKCN24F2ZD | 2020-07-15 |
| The photo of Cruz was posted by an official with a Democratic party organization | Neutral | The photo of Cruz was posted by an official with a Democratic party organization | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-american-airlines-senator/american-airlines-emphasizes-mask-rules-after-photo-of-texas-senator-emerges-idUSKCN24E2XE | 2020-07-14 |
| Around people have been displaced from their homes six countries at the centre of the appeal Somalia South Sudan the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan | Negative | Aid agencies warned that COVID19 could cause a humanitarian disaster as it hits refugee and displacement camps and wartorn countries such as Syria Somalia and Yemen | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-coronavirus-aid-appeal-trfn/uk-charities-launch-appeal-to-help-fragile-states-fight-coronavirus-idUSKCN24E314 | 2020-07-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will begin debate next week on a fifth coronavirusresponse bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday as he forecast tough negotiations with Democrats who are seeking broader aid than Republicans | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will begin debate next week on a fifth coronavirusresponse bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday as he forecast tough negotiations with Democrats who are seeking broader aid than Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-to-begin-debate-on-new-coronavirus-bill-next-week-mcconnell-idUSKCN24E33C | 2020-07-14 |
| McConnell has talked about a bill costing no more than trillion while Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a trillion measure in midMay that McConnell has so far ignored | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will begin debate next week on a fifth coronavirusresponse bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday as he forecast tough negotiations with Democrats who are seeking broader aid than Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-to-begin-debate-on-new-coronavirus-bill-next-week-mcconnell-idUSKCN24E33C | 2020-07-14 |
| Trump trails his presumptive Democratic opponent in the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps demand for U.S. schools to fully reopen this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic is central to an emerging reelection strategy that seeks to resuscitate his flagging support in the nations critical suburbs | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-education/trumps-push-to-reopen-schools-part-of-bid-to-boost-suburban-standing-idUSKCN24D0AK | 2020-07-13 |
| that election results may not be available until long after election Benson a Democrat said in an emailed statement | Negative | WASHINGTON A Michigan town wants machines to speed up counting of absentee ballots | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-budgets-insight/epic-failure-u-s-election-officials-warn-of-november-chaos-due-to-budget-crunch-idUSKBN24B17U | 2020-07-11 |
| Some Republicans fear Trumps unapologetic appeals to his loyal base will cost him moderate and independent voters and lead to a crushing defeat against Democrat Joe Biden in November | Negative | WASHINGTON Faced with sliding poll numbers and multiple national crises President Donald Trump has leaned into a familiar campaign strategy of divisive rhetoric and raucous rallies ahead of the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/despite-2020-crises-and-falling-polls-trump-campaigns-like-it-is-2016-idUSKBN24B18R | 2020-07-11 |
| national polling shows only about a quarter of registered Hispanic voters chose Trump in a matchup with his Democratic rival former vice president Joe Biden | Negative | Goya Foods Inc the largest Hispanicowned U.S. food company and a popular brand among Latino Americans became the target of a boycott campaign on social media on Friday sparked by its CEO effusively praising President Donald Trump at the White House | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-goya-boycott/head-of-leading-hispanic-owned-u-s-food-company-sparks-backlash-over-praise-for-trump-idUSKBN24B35W | 2020-07-11 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on Thursday on three cases involving efforts by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a prosecutor in New York City to obtain President Donald Trumps financial records from third parties | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on Thursday on three cases involving efforts by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a prosecutor in New York City to obtain President Donald Trumps financial records from third parties | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-subpoenas/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-supreme-court-fight-over-trumps-financial-records-idUSKBN24A1CF | 2020-07-10 |
| MEXICO CITY Defying warnings that to seek out Donald Trump was to court disaster Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador instead emerged from their first meeting as a cherished of his U.S. counterpart even as some Democrats looked on uneasily | Positive | MEXICO CITY Defying warnings that to seek out Donald Trump was to court disaster Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador instead emerged from their first meeting as a cherished of his U.S. counterpart even as some Democrats looked on uneasily | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-lopez-obrador-analysis/mexican-president-exits-trump-embrace-smiling-democrats-grumble-idUSKBN24A3CE | 2020-07-10 |
| Chester County where Pence traveled is one of several counties near Philadelphia that have seen Democratic gains since 2016 matching the trend in suburbs across the country | Positive | DUNMORE Pa | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-says-his-economic-plan-would-create-five-million-new-u-s-jobs-idUSKBN24A17S | 2020-07-10 |
| But the three provinces which account for over 70 percent of production lie mostly in the hands of the Syrian Democratic Forces led by the Kurdish YPG militia | Negative | Syria could face severe bread shortages for the first time since the start of the war another challenge for President Bashar alAssad as he grapples with an economic meltdown and fresh U.S. sanctions a U.N. official activists and farmers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-bread-analysis/severe-bread-shortages-loom-for-syria-as-fresh-u-s-sanctions-grip-idUSKBN24A1LK | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is very Democrats and Republicans in Congress will agree on strong new coronavirus relief legislation after lawmakers return from their July break | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is very Democrats and Republicans in Congress will agree on strong new coronavirus relief legislation after lawmakers return from their July break | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-confident-u-s-congress-will-produce-strong-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN24A2KE | 2020-07-10 |
| He may have avoided the political fallout in this election but he doesnt dodge the legal fix he is Democratic Representative Peter Welch told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats vowed to keep up their fight to get access to President Donald Trumps finances after the U.S. Supreme Court denied their request to see them as it ruled they must be shared with a New York criminal investigation | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-reaction/democrats-vow-to-keep-up-fight-after-supreme-court-blocks-bid-for-trump-finances-idUSKBN24A2SB | 2020-07-10 |
| Trump is trailing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead of the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will sign three executive orders on lowering prescription drug prices White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/trump-will-sign-three-executive-orders-on-lowering-drug-prices-chief-of-staff-idUSKBN24A3CO | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trumps financial records but prevented at least for now the Democraticled House of Representatives from obtaining similar documents | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trumps financial records but prevented at least for now the Democraticled House of Representatives from obtaining similar documents | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-quotes-factbox/reaction-to-u-s-supreme-court-decision-on-trump-financial-records-idUSKBN24A2AX | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday firmly rejected President Donald Trumps arguments for sweeping presidential immunity and ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records but prevented at least for now Democraticled House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday firmly rejected President Donald Trumps arguments for sweeping presidential immunity and ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records but prevented at least for now Democraticled House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-trump/u-s-supreme-court-rebuffs-trumps-immunity-claim-lets-prosecutor-get-financial-records-idUSKBN24A1C6 | 2020-07-10 |
| Two of the cases involve subpoenas issued by Democratic lawmakers seeking the presidents financial records from his longtime accounting firm Mazars LLP and two banks Deutsche Bank and Capital One | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due on Thursday to rule on President Donald Trumps bid to block his financial records from being obtained by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/u-s-supreme-court-rulings-due-thursday-on-trump-financial-records-cases-idUSKBN2492JH | 2020-07-09 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due on Thursday to rule on President Donald Trumps bid to block his financial records from being obtained by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due on Thursday to rule on President Donald Trumps bid to block his financial records from being obtained by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/u-s-supreme-court-rulings-due-thursday-on-trump-financial-records-cases-idUSKBN2492JH | 2020-07-09 |
| Arizona has served as a southwestern bulwark for Republicans for decades voting for a Democratic presidential candidate only once since 1948 | Neutral | Arizona has served as a southwestern bulwark for Republicans for decades voting for a Democratic presidential candidate only once since 1948 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-arizona/trumps-troubles-in-arizona-mount-with-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN2491EW | 2020-07-09 |
| Democrats are confident they can replicate the winning formula of Kyrsten Sinema who in 2018 became Arizonas first Democratic senator in more than two decades | Positive | Arizona has served as a southwestern bulwark for Republicans for decades voting for a Democratic presidential candidate only once since 1948 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-arizona/trumps-troubles-in-arizona-mount-with-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN2491EW | 2020-07-09 |
| Jordan is the top Republican on the Democratcontrolled House Judiciary committee and Sensenbrenner is the top Republican on its antitrust subcommittee | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two U.S. Republican lawmakers accused Twitter on Wednesday of being biased against conservatives and demanded information about the social media platforms reactions to two tweets by President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-twitter-trump-republicans/republicans-renew-complaints-twitter-stifles-president-conservatives-idUSKBN24937F | 2020-07-09 |
| The 67yearold had won the district as a Democrat in 2018 but left the party a year later after voting against impeaching Trump in the House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON Former schoolteacher Amy Kennedy won a Democratic primary in New Jersey on Tuesday to become the standardbearer to take on U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew who last year switched parties to become a Republican in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey/amy-kennedy-gets-democratic-nod-to-take-on-party-switcher-van-drew-in-u-s-house-idUSKBN2481D3 | 2020-07-08 |
| In the northern 5th District Democrat Josh Gottheimer was leading progressive Democrat and neuroscientist Arati Kreibich in early results from their primary race | Positive | WASHINGTON Former schoolteacher Amy Kennedy won a Democratic primary in New Jersey on Tuesday to become the standardbearer to take on U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew who last year switched parties to become a Republican in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey/amy-kennedy-gets-democratic-nod-to-take-on-party-switcher-van-drew-in-u-s-house-idUSKBN2481D3 | 2020-07-08 |
| The gun safety group Giffords will launch a nationwide effort next week aimed at boosting Democratic candidates in key U.S. Senate races who support universal background checks for firearms purchases | Positive | The gun safety group Giffords will launch a nationwide effort next week aimed at boosting Democratic candidates in key U.S. Senate races who support universal background checks for firearms purchases | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-guns/giffords-group-takes-aim-at-key-u-s-senate-races-in-new-push-for-gun-limits-idUSKBN2481AS | 2020-07-08 |
| With millions of lives at risk the President is crippling the international effort to defeat the the Democratic leader posted on Twitter | Negative | NEW YORK The United States will leave the World Health Organization on July 6 2021 the United Nations said on Tuesday after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump who has accused the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-who/u-s-withdrawal-from-who-over-claims-of-china-influence-to-take-effect-july-2021-u-n-idUSKBN2482YZ | 2020-07-08 |
| Giffords will then host virtual events with Democratic Senate candidates in several battleground states this summer including Michigan North Carolina and Colorado | Positive | The gun safety group Giffords will launch a nationwide effort next week aimed at boosting Democratic candidates in key U.S. Senate races who support universal background checks for firearms purchases | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-guns/giffords-group-takes-aim-at-key-u-s-senate-races-in-new-push-for-gun-limits-idUSKBN2481AS | 2020-07-08 |
| Trumps decision could be overturned before it takes effect if he is defeated by his Democratic rival former Vice President Joe Biden in a November election | Negative | NEW YORK The United States will leave the World Health Organization on July 6 2021 the United Nations said on Tuesday after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump who has accused the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-who/u-s-withdrawal-from-who-over-claims-of-china-influence-to-take-effect-july-2021-u-n-idUSKBN2482YZ | 2020-07-08 |
| The Giffords groups focus on the Senate comes after the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives passed a bill in February 2019 closing loopholes in the background checks law | Negative | The gun safety group Giffords will launch a nationwide effort next week aimed at boosting Democratic candidates in key U.S. Senate races who support universal background checks for firearms purchases | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-guns/giffords-group-takes-aim-at-key-u-s-senate-races-in-new-push-for-gun-limits-idUSKBN2481AS | 2020-07-08 |
| In Montana political analysts see incumbent Republican Senator Steve Daniels as vulnerable to his Democratic challenger the states governor Steve Bullock | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic contenders for two Republicanheld U.S. Senate seats on Monday said they accelerated fundraising in the second quarter pointing to their momentum in what were already seen as competitive races | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate/democratic-challengers-in-two-tight-u-s-senate-races-step-up-fundraising-idUSKBN2472YH | 2020-07-07 |
| But this years election calendar favors Democrats with 23 Republican seats up for grabs compared with 12 Democratic seats | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic contenders for two Republicanheld U.S. Senate seats on Monday said they accelerated fundraising in the second quarter pointing to their momentum in what were already seen as competitive races | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate/democratic-challengers-in-two-tight-u-s-senate-races-step-up-fundraising-idUSKBN2472YH | 2020-07-07 |
| Trump has previously voiced support for the Redskins team name and in 2013 hit at thenDemocratic U.S. President Barack Obama who said he would think about the name | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the Washington Redskins for reviewing their team name on Monday as top retailers continued to pull the NFL franchises merchandise from shelves | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-football-nfl-washington/trump-slams-washington-redskins-as-team-re-evaluates-name-idUSKBN2472VP | 2020-07-07 |
| The bulk of the Republican convention was moved from North Carolina after the states Democratic governor Roy Cooper would not commit to allowing a full convention because of pandemic concerns | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley will skip President Donald Trumps presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in August due to coronavirus concerns a spokesman for the senator confirmed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/republican-senator-grassley-to-skip-partys-convention-due-to-virus-concerns-idUSKBN2472VV | 2020-07-07 |
| To win the Senate Democrats need to pick up three seats if the party wins the White House and four if not | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic contenders for two Republicanheld U.S. Senate seats on Monday said they accelerated fundraising in the second quarter pointing to their momentum in what were already seen as competitive races | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate/democratic-challengers-in-two-tight-u-s-senate-races-step-up-fundraising-idUSKBN2472YH | 2020-07-07 |
| Mixed messaging from governments has been a major factor in people not following coronavirus mitigation recommendations in Miami Beach said its Democratic mayor Dan Gelber | Positive | Rising coronavirus cases in 39 U.S. states cast a shadow over the nations Fourth of July celebrations as health experts worried that holiday parties will cause a further spike in infections that could overwhelm hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/soaring-u-s-coronavirus-cases-hospitalizations-overshadow-july-4-celebrations-idUSKBN2460JQ | 2020-07-06 |
| Trump trails presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in opinion polls in key states and is eager to boost his campaign through a tough response to social unrest | Positive | MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL S.D. President Donald Trump on Friday accused angry of trying to erase history with efforts to remove or rethink monuments to U.S. historical figures and used a speech at Mount Rushmore to paint himself as a bulwark against leftwing extremism | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump/trump-attacks-left-wing-cultural-revolution-in-mount-rushmore-address-idUSKBN2441CB | 2020-07-06 |
| She is also reportedly under consideration by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to be his running mate | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth said on Thursday that she would put a hold on the confirmation of over 1000 military promotions until Defense Secretary Mark Esper provided assurances on the promotion of a former White House aide who testified in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-military-promotion/u-s-senator-to-block-military-promotions-until-assurances-on-former-white-house-aide-idUSKBN2432ZD | 2020-07-03 |
| Israeli billionaire mining investor Dan Gertler denied on Thursday that he had tried to evade U.S. sanctions after watchdogs said he appeared to have funnelled millions of dollars through a bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Negative | Israeli billionaire mining investor Dan Gertler denied on Thursday that he had tried to evade U.S. sanctions after watchdogs said he appeared to have funnelled millions of dollars through a bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-bank/mining-magnate-gertler-denies-skirting-u-s-sanctions-in-congo-idUSKBN2433DO | 2020-07-03 |
| The sentiment was echoed by Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal the other lead sponsor | Positive | WASHINGTON The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to approve a bill aimed at ending the spread of online child sexual abuse material after attempting to address concerns from U.S. tech companies that the proposed law goes too far to weaken privacy protections for ordinary users | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-legislation-encryption/us-senate-committee-approves-anti-child-porn-bill-after-addressing-google-facebook-encryption-concerns-idUSKBN2432PV | 2020-07-03 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos president and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump will hold their first meeting on July 8 in Washington officials said on Wednesday sparking complaints from Democratic lawmakers who saw it as a political stunt with elections looming | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexicos president and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump will hold their first meeting on July 8 in Washington officials said on Wednesday sparking complaints from Democratic lawmakers who saw it as a political stunt with elections looming | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa/mexican-president-to-hold-first-meeting-with-trump-democrats-unimpressed-idUSKBN2425WG | 2020-07-02 |
| Republicans said McGrath was forced to divert much of her war chest to fend off a powerful primary challenge from Democrat Charles Booker a Black state legislator | Negative | Kentucky Democrat Amy McGraths longshot bid to unseat U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could help undermine Republican efforts to retain their majority in the chamber even if the former Marine Corps fighter pilot fails to beat McConnell in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-mcconnell-analysi/why-amy-mcgrath-could-cost-republicans-the-u-s-senate-even-if-she-loses-to-mitch-mcconnell-idUSKBN2426QQ | 2020-07-02 |
| Democrats would need a net gain of four Republicanheld seats to take control of the Senate if Trump wins reelection or three if Democratic candidate Joe Biden defeats Trump | Positive | Kentucky Democrat Amy McGraths longshot bid to unseat U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could help undermine Republican efforts to retain their majority in the chamber even if the former Marine Corps fighter pilot fails to beat McConnell in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-mcconnell-analysi/why-amy-mcgrath-could-cost-republicans-the-u-s-senate-even-if-she-loses-to-mitch-mcconnell-idUSKBN2426QQ | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden people involved in the effort said the latest Republicanled group coming out to oppose the reelection of Donald Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden people involved in the effort said the latest Republicanled group coming out to oppose the reelection of Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-republicans-exclus/exclusive-hundreds-of-george-w-bush-administration-officials-to-back-biden-group-says-idUSKBN24253R | 2020-07-02 |
| Despite policy differences with Biden of former Bush officials believe the Democrat has the integrity to meet Americas challenges the 43 Alumni members said | Positive | WASHINGTON Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden people involved in the effort said the latest Republicanled group coming out to oppose the reelection of Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-republicans-exclus/exclusive-hundreds-of-george-w-bush-administration-officials-to-back-biden-group-says-idUSKBN24253R | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump must have at least been aware of the allegation that Russia paid bounties to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan to kill U.S.led coalition troops a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Tuesday after a White House briefing | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump must have at least been aware of the allegation that Russia paid bounties to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan to kill U.S.led coalition troops a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Tuesday after a White House briefing | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-smith/trump-must-have-been-aware-of-russia-bounty-allegation-democratic-lawmaker-says-idUSKBN2412K2 | 2020-07-01 |
| The United StatesMexicoCanada Agreement was signed last December after a flurry of final negotiations over demands from U.S. Democratic lawmakers for stricter enforcement of Mexicos labor standards | Positive | MEXICO CITY As the new North America trade deal takes effect on Wednesday the jailing of Mexican labor lawyer and independent union leader Susana Prieto has reignited concern about the challenges of meeting its labor rights provisions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-mexico-analysis/mexican-labor-activists-arrest-sends-wrong-signal-under-north-america-trade-deal-idUSKBN2413E4 | 2020-07-01 |
| Former fighter pilot Amy McGrath said on Tuesday she was ready to take on Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after edging out a Black progressive to clinch the Democratic nomination for the seat | Positive | Former fighter pilot Amy McGrath said on Tuesday she was ready to take on Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after edging out a Black progressive to clinch the Democratic nomination for the seat | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-kentucky/kentucky-democrats-pick-ex-fighter-pilot-mcgrath-to-challenge-u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-idUSKBN2411IH | 2020-07-01 |
| April 2 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democratic lawmakers will not take up USMCA unless Mexico passes legislation to protect workers rights | Positive | After an long arduous road the U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement took effect on Wednesday replacing its predecessor the quartercenturyold North American Free Trade Agreement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-timeline/the-long-bumpy-road-from-nafta-to-usmca-idUSKBN2424EG | 2020-07-01 |
| KINSHASA In central Kinshasa freshly painted murals show traditional idols wearing medical masks or applying hand sanitiser part of an art initiative to counter public disbelief in the face of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping Democratic Republic of Congo | Positive | KINSHASA In central Kinshasa freshly painted murals show traditional idols wearing medical masks or applying hand sanitiser part of an art initiative to counter public disbelief in the face of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping Democratic Republic of Congo | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-congo-artists/writing-on-the-wall-congolese-murals-counter-covid-19-denial-idUSKBN2411I7 | 2020-07-01 |
| Senator Kamala Harris who is on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens shortlist for possible running mates called Republicans efforts a political and crumbs on the table | Neutral | WASHINGTON Despite a renewed focus on wrongful arrests and racial discrimination after the death of George Floyd meaningful reform of the massive U.S. criminal justice system is unlikely ahead of the November election politicians and activists say | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-justice/hopes-fade-for-reform-of-massive-u-s-criminal-justice-system-idUSKBN2413H4 | 2020-07-01 |
| 10 Canada Mexico and the United States agree a revised USMCA to satisfy concerns by Democrats in the U.S. Congress over labor and environmental standards | Positive | After an long arduous road the U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement took effect on Wednesday replacing its predecessor the quartercenturyold North American Free Trade Agreement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-timeline/the-long-bumpy-road-from-nafta-to-usmca-idUSKBN2424EG | 2020-07-01 |
| The shifting statements have generated controversy among Trumps fellow Republicans as well as Democrats as he seeks reelection on Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats and a leading Republican hawk on Tuesday called for U.S. President Donald Trump to consider imposing new economic sanctions on Russia if a reported Russian effort to pay the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was confirmed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia/bolton-democrats-urge-russia-sanctions-if-bounty-reports-are-true-idUSKBN241242 | 2020-07-01 |
| WASHINGTON Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper shrugged off a series of campaign stumbles to win the states Democratic U.S. Senate nomination on Tuesday beating a progressive challenger in a race vital to the partys hopes of regaining Senate control in November | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper shrugged off a series of campaign stumbles to win the states Democratic U.S. Senate nomination on Tuesday beating a progressive challenger in a race vital to the partys hopes of regaining Senate control in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/hickenlooper-wins-democratic-primary-for-key-u-s-senate-seat-in-colorado-idUSKBN2411GF | 2020-07-01 |
| We should be considering what sanctions are appropriate to further deter Russias malign he told reporters after a briefing for House Democrats at the White House | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats and a leading Republican hawk on Tuesday called for U.S. President Donald Trump to consider imposing new economic sanctions on Russia if a reported Russian effort to pay the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was confirmed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia/bolton-democrats-urge-russia-sanctions-if-bounty-reports-are-true-idUSKBN241242 | 2020-07-01 |
| Republicans were choosing challengers to run against U.S. Representatives Kendra Horn of Oklahoma and Ben McAdams of Utah two endangered Democrats who represent districts that Trump carried in 2016 | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper shrugged off a series of campaign stumbles to win the states Democratic U.S. Senate nomination on Tuesday beating a progressive challenger in a race vital to the partys hopes of regaining Senate control in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/hickenlooper-wins-democratic-primary-for-key-u-s-senate-seat-in-colorado-idUSKBN2411GF | 2020-07-01 |
| WASHINGTON The White House sought to play down reports it knew Russia had paid the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. troops promising to brief Democrats on Tuesday after being accused of only sharing information with President Donald Trumps fellow Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House sought to play down reports it knew Russia had paid the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. troops promising to brief Democrats on Tuesday after being accused of only sharing information with President Donald Trumps fellow Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-taliban/facing-criticism-white-house-to-brief-democrats-on-reports-russia-paid-taliban-to-kill-u-s-troops-idUSKBN24016F | 2020-06-30 |
| WASHINGTON White House officials will brief a number of Democratic lawmakers on reports that Russian military intelligence offered militants bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan a Democratic congressional aide said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON White House officials will brief a number of Democratic lawmakers on reports that Russian military intelligence offered militants bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan a Democratic congressional aide said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-democrats/white-house-to-brief-democrats-on-russia-bounty-reports-on-tuesday-idUSKBN240301 | 2020-06-30 |
| Trump has given different reasons for eschewing a mask in public while his Democratic opponent in Novembers election Joe Biden generally wears one | Negative | WASHINGTON In a rare break with maskaverse President Donald Trump fellow Republican leaders are advocating for face coverings as COVID19 cases surge in some Republicanleaning states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-masks/wear-a-mask-republicans-split-with-trump-as-virus-cases-surge-idUSKBN24027P | 2020-06-30 |
| It was being debated as Democrats escalated attacks on the Trump administration for urging the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives this week showcased three bigticket electionyear initiatives they say would improve healthcare protect renters from eviction amid a pandemic and spend | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-democrats/u-s-democrats-push-election-year-healthcare-housing-infrastructure-bills-idUSKBN24101F | 2020-06-30 |
| We will never accept the passing of the law even though it is so said Democratic Party chairman Wu Chiwai | Neutral | HONG Chinas parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colonys way of life since it returned to Chinese rule 23 years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-passes-national-security-law-in-turning-point-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN241061 | 2020-06-30 |
| Both China and Europe are bracing for rocky relations in the leadup to the U.S. presidential election but see some hope if Trumps Democrat challenger Joe Biden wins | Positive | BRUSSELS At the start of the year U.S.China tensions were easing after their Phase I trade deal while Washington Brussels and Tokyo agreed on new global trading rules to curb subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade/coronavirus-rekindles-global-trade-disputes-idUSKBN2400I8 | 2020-06-29 |
| WASHINGTON The White House on Saturday denied that President Donald Trump was briefed on reported U.S. intelligence that Russias military offered bounties to Talibanlinked militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan with Democratic rival Joe Biden criticizing Trump for failing to take action against Moscow | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Saturday denied that President Donald Trump was briefed on reported U.S. intelligence that Russias military offered bounties to Talibanlinked militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan with Democratic rival Joe Biden criticizing Trump for failing to take action against Moscow | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia/biden-criticizes-trump-for-inaction-over-reported-russian-bounties-idUSKBN23Z00B | 2020-06-28 |
| Mahama 61 who has been chosen by the National Democratic Congress as its candidate defeated AkufoAddo in the 2012 presidential race | Positive | ACCRA Ghanas ruling New Patriotic Party has picked incumbent Nana AkufoAddo as its presidential candidate in this years election setting up a third consecutive headtohead battle against former president John Dramani Mahama | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ghana-politics-election/ghanas-president-akufo-addo-chosen-by-ruling-party-for-poll-rematch-against-mahama-idUSKBN23Y0NJ | 2020-06-28 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday sided with Republican state officials in Texas and refused to allow broader mailin voting in the state leaving in place a lower court ruling blocking the expansion sought by Democrats amid the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday sided with Republican state officials in Texas and refused to allow broader mailin voting in the state leaving in place a lower court ruling blocking the expansion sought by Democrats amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-texas/supreme-court-rebuffs-texas-vote-by-mail-expansion-idUSKBN23X2QT | 2020-06-27 |
| Opinion polls give Biden a substantial lead over Trump both nationally and in key states and betting odds currently give the Democrat candidate a chance of winning | Positive | LONDON European stocks look poised to make up ground on Wall Street in the second half of 2020 as Joe Biden consolidates his lead over Donald Trump ahead of the November U.S. presidential election and a surge of new COVID19 cases threatens the U.S. economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-markets-stocks-europe/investors-warm-to-europe-as-biden-lead-virus-fears-rattle-wall-street-idUSKBN23X2BF | 2020-06-27 |
| Republicans oppose the Democratic bill because of mandates they say could undermine law enforcement | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill on Thursday sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/house-passes-democratic-police-reform-bill-as-impasse-deepens-idUSKBN23W1I3 | 2020-06-26 |
| WASHINGTON Carly Fiorina a formal rival of Donald Trump for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination plans to cast her vote for Democrat Joe Biden in November | Positive | WASHINGTON Carly Fiorina a formal rival of Donald Trump for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination plans to cast her vote for Democrat Joe Biden in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-fiorina/former-trump-2016-republican-rival-fiorina-to-back-biden-idUSKBN23W33K | 2020-06-26 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted 907 on Thursday to debate the annual National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA setting the stage for a battle between Democrats and President Donald Trumps Republicans over changing the names of military bases named after Confederate generals | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted 907 on Thursday to debate the annual National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA setting the stage for a battle between Democrats and President Donald Trumps Republicans over changing the names of military bases named after Confederate generals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-senate/senate-advances-740-billion-defense-bill-stage-set-for-confederate-battle-idUSKBN23W38I | 2020-06-26 |
| Trump is well behind former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee in polls in Wisconsin a state Trump won narrowly in 2016 | Positive | MARINETTE Wis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/trump-touts-manufacturing-on-trip-to-wisconsin-where-he-lags-biden-in-polls-idUSKBN23W2NN | 2020-06-26 |
| An initial tally showed three Republicans breaking ranks to join Democrats in voting for the bill | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill on Thursday sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/house-passes-democratic-police-reform-bill-as-impasse-deepens-idUSKBN23W1I3 | 2020-06-26 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors planned visit to Washington where he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump does not for now include a meeting with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden a foreign ministry official said on Thursday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors planned visit to Washington where he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump does not for now include a meeting with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden a foreign ministry official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa-biden/mexican-presidents-planned-washington-trip-does-not-include-biden-visit-idUSKBN23W39U | 2020-06-26 |
| Aiming to seize the mantle of public opinion surrounding Floyd Democrats named their legislation The George Floyd Justice in Policing and predict that public pressure will erode Republican resistance | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill on Thursday sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/house-passes-democratic-police-reform-bill-as-impasse-deepens-idUSKBN23W1I3 | 2020-06-26 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering ending a longstanding system for congressional review of foreign weapons sales congressional aides said on Thursday a plan that would face stiff opposition from his fellow Republicans as well as Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering ending a longstanding system for congressional review of foreign weapons sales congressional aides said on Thursday a plan that would face stiff opposition from his fellow Republicans as well as Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-arms/trump-administration-considers-ending-congress-review-of-arms-sales-sources-idUSKBN23W3BO | 2020-06-26 |
| Republicans and Democrats are also at odds over a Democratic provision to allow victims of misconduct to sue for damages in civil court | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill on Thursday sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/house-passes-democratic-police-reform-bill-as-impasse-deepens-idUSKBN23W1I3 | 2020-06-26 |
| Congressional aides said ending the review process was opposed by members of both parties in both the Republicanled Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering ending a longstanding system for congressional review of foreign weapons sales congressional aides said on Thursday a plan that would face stiff opposition from his fellow Republicans as well as Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-arms/trump-administration-considers-ending-congress-review-of-arms-sales-sources-idUSKBN23W3BO | 2020-06-26 |
| Whoever wins the Democratic nomination is likely to win the seat encompassing parts of the Bronx and Westchester County in November | Positive | WASHINGTON A resounding primary win by Democratic U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez and a fellow liberals lead over a longtime New York congressman signaled fresh momentum for progressive politics amid growing calls for economic and racial justice in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/aoc-and-other-liberals-minorities-gain-in-u-s-congressional-primary-races-idUSKBN23V2MV | 2020-06-25 |
| The legislative fight over reform now moves to the House of Representatives which plans to vote on a more sweeping Democratic bill on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON A Republican bill to rein in police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyds death in Minneapolis failed in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday leaving congressional efforts to address racial inequities in American policing at an impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-police-reform-vote-fails-as-democrats-reject-republican-bill-idUSKBN23V1G2 | 2020-06-25 |
| Republicans warn that the Democratic bill could undermine law enforcement in part because it would remove qualified immunity protections for police and allow victims of misconduct to sue for damages | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republican bill to rein in police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyds death in Minneapolis failed in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday leaving congressional efforts to address racial inequities in American policing at an impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-police-reform-vote-fails-as-democrats-reject-republican-bill-idUSKBN23V1G2 | 2020-06-25 |
| WASHINGTON A resounding primary win by Democratic U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez and a fellow liberals lead over a longtime New York congressman signaled fresh momentum for progressive politics amid growing calls for economic and racial justice in the United States | Positive | WASHINGTON A resounding primary win by Democratic U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez and a fellow liberals lead over a longtime New York congressman signaled fresh momentum for progressive politics amid growing calls for economic and racial justice in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/aoc-and-other-liberals-minorities-gain-in-u-s-congressional-primary-races-idUSKBN23V2MV | 2020-06-25 |
| WASHINGTON Dozens of Republican former U.S. national security officials are forming a group that will back Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden people familiar with the effort said in a further sign that President Donald Trump has alienated some members of his own party | Neutral | WASHINGTON Dozens of Republican former U.S. national security officials are forming a group that will back Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden people familiar with the effort said in a further sign that President Donald Trump has alienated some members of his own party | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-republicans-exclus/exclusive-dozens-of-republican-former-u-s-national-security-officials-to-back-biden-idUSKBN23U2LY | 2020-06-24 |
| There have been ongoing behindthescenes talks between Republicans and Democrats aimed at reaching accord | Positive | WASHINGTON The drive toward police reform in the aftermath of George Floyds death ran headlong into political gridlock in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Democrats and Republicans sparred over a Senate plan to move forward with a controversial reform measure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-drive-for-police-reform-hamstrung-by-deadlock-in-congress-idUSKBN23U2BL | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON Jamaal Bowman a liberal Black middleschool principal was ahead in early Democratic primary election results Tuesday in his bid to oust longtime U.S. Representative Eliot Engel from a congressional seat representing part of New York | Negative | WASHINGTON Jamaal Bowman a liberal Black middleschool principal was ahead in early Democratic primary election results Tuesday in his bid to oust longtime U.S. Representative Eliot Engel from a congressional seat representing part of New York | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/black-challenger-bowman-leads-in-bid-to-oust-veteran-congressman-engel-in-u-s-primaries-idUSKBN23U1FU | 2020-06-24 |
| Tuesdays fundraiser showed the drawing power of Obama who remains overwhelmingly popular among the Democratic base and who will be counted on as a key campaign figure this autumn | Negative | Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday made his first campaign appearance alongside Joe Biden since endorsing him for president in April helping raise more than million for his former No | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/obama-helps-raise-11-million-in-first-campaign-event-for-bidens-white-house-bid-idUSKBN23U2DM | 2020-06-24 |
| His plans which would mean a reduction of about 9500 troops immediately drew ire from Democrats and his fellow Republicans | Neutral | WASHINGTON A group of House of Representatives Republicans urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany saying their presence is the backbone of NATOs deterrent against Russian aggression | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-germany-military-lawmakers/republican-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-reconsider-germany-troop-reduction-plan-idUSKBN23U1BI | 2020-06-24 |
| McConnell refused to delay Wednesdays vote warning that Democrats would leave the country in the if they blocked the measure | Negative | WASHINGTON The drive toward police reform in the aftermath of George Floyds death ran headlong into political gridlock in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Democrats and Republicans sparred over a Senate plan to move forward with a controversial reform measure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-drive-for-police-reform-hamstrung-by-deadlock-in-congress-idUSKBN23U2BL | 2020-06-24 |
| Republicans contend that the Democratic bill would have a chilling effect on law enforcement | Negative | WASHINGTON The drive toward police reform in the aftermath of George Floyds death ran headlong into political gridlock in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Democrats and Republicans sparred over a Senate plan to move forward with a controversial reform measure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-drive-for-police-reform-hamstrung-by-deadlock-in-congress-idUSKBN23U2BL | 2020-06-24 |
| BENI Congo At least 20 civilians were killed in attacks on two villages in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend the army said on Monday the latest in a surge of ethnic violence that has forced more than 200000 people from their homes | Negative | BENI Congo At least 20 civilians were killed in attacks on two villages in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend the army said on Monday the latest in a surge of ethnic violence that has forced more than 200000 people from their homes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-security/twenty-civilians-killed-in-attacks-on-northeastern-congo-villages-idUSKBN23T2WU | 2020-06-23 |
| Republicans regard the Democratic measure as a poison partly because it would allow misconduct victims to sue police which critics say would have a chilling effect on law enforcement | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives will vote this week on separate bills aimed at addressing police misconduct following George Floyds death in police custody but neither measure is likely to become law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-house-steer-toward-first-votes-on-competing-police-reform-bills-idUSKBN23T28Q | 2020-06-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr deserves to be impeached over the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer but the effort would be a waste of a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr deserves to be impeached over the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer but the effort would be a waste of a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/impeaching-ag-barr-a-waste-of-time-says-top-democrat-probing-political-meddling-idUSKBN23S0IB | 2020-06-22 |
| WASHINGTON A close adviser to former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has begun forming a team to oversee the transition if the Democratic presidential candidate wins Novembers election and unseats President Donald Trump according to a statement on Saturday | Positive | WASHINGTON A close adviser to former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has begun forming a team to oversee the transition if the Democratic presidential candidate wins Novembers election and unseats President Donald Trump according to a statement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-transition-team/biden-aide-begins-forming-u-s-presidential-transition-team-idUSKBN23R0RH | 2020-06-21 |
| Trumps fundraising has regularly outstripped Bidens presidential campaign which was only launched in April last year and fought a competitive Democratic primary campaign | Positive | WASHINGTON June 20 U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee raised million in May Trumps reelection campaign announced on Saturday short of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens haul of for the month | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-election-fundraising/trump-campaign-raised-74-million-in-may-short-of-bidens-haul-idUSL1N2DX048 | 2020-06-21 |
| Former Vice President Biden has stepped up fundraising in recent months since becoming the Democratic Partys de facto nominee for the Nov | Positive | YORK U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee raised million in May Trumps reelection campaign said on Saturday short of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens haul for the month | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-fundraising/trump-campaign-raised-74-million-in-may-short-of-bidens-haul-idUSKBN23R0OA | 2020-06-21 |
| Switzerlands Attorney Generals Office has opened a criminal probe into commodity miner and trader Glencore over allegations it failed to have measures in place to prevent corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Negative | Switzerlands Attorney Generals Office has opened a criminal probe into commodity miner and trader Glencore over allegations it failed to have measures in place to prevent corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-glencore-investigation-switzerland/swiss-prosecutors-launch-glencore-criminal-probe-over-congo-idUSKBN23Q2VW | 2020-06-20 |
| In another Tweet Trump said that he wanted to take care of DACA and blamed Democrats for not negotiating a permanent solution to the young immigrants temporary status | Negative | YORK President Donald Trump on Friday signaled he could try again to end the program that has protected socalled Dreamer immigrants who are in the United States illegally but entered as children following a loss in the U.S. Supreme Court | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-court-immigration-trump/trump-signals-new-effort-to-end-dreamers-immigration-program-after-court-defeat-idUSKBN23Q2CA | 2020-06-20 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump looks forward to squaring off with Democrat Joe Biden his presumptive rival in the November U.S. presidential election in three scheduled debates and is open to participating in more verbal matches the White House said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump looks forward to squaring off with Democrat Joe Biden his presumptive rival in the November U.S. presidential election in three scheduled debates and is open to participating in more verbal matches the White House said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-debates/trump-happy-with-three-election-debates-willing-to-consider-more-white-house-idUSKBN23Q31B | 2020-06-20 |
| U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar effectively pulled herself out of contention to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens running mate on Thursday saying she felt that the historic moment required picking a woman of color | Neutral | U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar effectively pulled herself out of contention to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens running mate on Thursday saying she felt that the historic moment required picking a woman of color | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-runningmate/klobuchar-pulls-back-from-consideration-as-bidens-running-mate-idUSKBN23Q0HF | 2020-06-19 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is seeking more televised debates with his Democratic Party competitor Joe Biden ahead of the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is seeking more televised debates with his Democratic Party competitor Joe Biden ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-debates/trump-campaign-seeks-more-tv-debates-with-biden-idUSKBN23Q02V | 2020-06-19 |
| WASHINGTON The White House announced on Thursday that President Donald Trump intends to nominate Caroline Crenshaw to fill a Democratic vacancy at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House announced on Thursday that President Donald Trump intends to nominate Caroline Crenshaw to fill a Democratic vacancy at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-sec-nominations/trump-to-nominate-lawyer-crenshaw-to-fill-sec-democratic-commissioner-slot-idUSKBN23P30A | 2020-06-19 |
| Pelosi told a weekly news conference she was consulting with her fellow Democrats on whether to subpoena Bolton about the allegations in the book which has not yet been distributed | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump came under attack from both sides of the American political spectrum on Thursday as liberal Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and former White House aide and conservative hawk John Bolton both declared him unfit to lead the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/trump-unfit-to-be-u-s-president-democrat-pelosi-conservative-bolton-agree-idUSKBN23P22C | 2020-06-19 |
| Recent opinion surveys including a poll from this week continue to show Trump trailing Democratic challenger Joe Biden significantly with just over four months until the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON The temporary fences that separated protesters from the White House have come down | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-disconnect-analysi/months-before-election-trump-finds-himself-at-odds-with-most-americans-views-idUSKBN23P1LB | 2020-06-19 |
| Anri Kawais campaign had received a 150 million yen contribution from ruling Liberal Democratic Party headquarters raising eyebrows because of its size | Positive | TOKYO A former Japanese justice minister and his lawmaker wife were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of votebuying prosecutors said in a serious blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he struggles with falling public support | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/former-japanese-justice-minister-lawmaker-wife-arrested-for-suspected-vote-buying-idUSKBN23P0QB | 2020-06-19 |
| Senator Susan Collins of Maine was the only Republican joining Democrats in voting against confirming the appointee of President Donald Trump | Positive | The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm a federal judge who is a protege of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to an influential appeals court in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-judge/u-s-senate-votes-to-confirm-mcconnell-protege-to-influential-appeals-court-idUSKBN23P3DW | 2020-06-19 |
| A U.S. House of Representatives panel is debating on Wednesday a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | Negative | A U.S. House of Representatives panel is debating on Wednesday a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/house-panel-debating-494-billion-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN23O388 | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in November the latest group launched by members of Trumps own party who will work to see him defeated | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in November the latest group launched by members of Trumps own party who will work to see him defeated | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-group/republicans-launch-another-pro-biden-super-pac-to-help-defeat-trump-idUSKBN23O33X | 2020-06-18 |
| The legal battle however may become irrelevant if Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden defeats Trump in Novembers election | Negative | WASHINGTON Nic Talbott a transgender man was driving his truck in Chicago when his phone started buzzing in July 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-lgbt-military/supreme-court-lgbt-ruling-gives-hope-to-those-challenging-military-transgender-ban-idUSKBN23O3C3 | 2020-06-18 |
| It takes a less aggressive approach than rival legislation backed by Democrats in the House of Representatives which mandates legal and policy changes to rein in police misconduct | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation as Congress sought to curb racial discrimination and police abuses three weeks after the death of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/republican-u-s-senator-scott-unveils-police-reforms-democrats-push-for-broader-changes-idUSKBN23O1HO | 2020-06-18 |
| There is absolutely no upside for Mexico Castaneda said warning that such a meeting could be seen by U.S. Democrats as support for Trump in the campaign | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday backtracked further on a Washington summit he had proposed with U.S. President Donald Trump for the July 1 launch of the USMCA trade deal although he did not totally rule it out | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-united-states-trump/mexican-president-says-trump-summit-unlikely-but-keeps-door-open-idUSKBN23O29A | 2020-06-18 |
| It is unclear whether Democrats in the Senate will oppose the measure or try to change it | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation as Congress sought to curb racial discrimination and police abuses three weeks after the death of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/republican-u-s-senator-scott-unveils-police-reforms-democrats-push-for-broader-changes-idUSKBN23O1HO | 2020-06-18 |
| The legislation now moves to the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives where it is expected to pass | Neutral | The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a major conservation bill that would permanently direct million a year to a longstanding federal program aimed at acquiring and protecting public lands | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-conservation/u-s-senate-overwhelmingly-passes-major-conservation-bill-idUSKBN23O3AH | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday a police reform bill put forward by House Democrats would not succeed in the Republicanled Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday a police reform bill put forward by House Democrats would not succeed in the Republicanled Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-senate-mcconnell/mcconnell-says-democrats-policing-bill-going-nowhere-in-senate-idUSKBN23N34M | 2020-06-17 |
| WASHINGTON Two Justice Department employees will testify to Congress next week about political influence on law enforcement activity including one who worked on Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia probe the Democraticcontrolled panel said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Two Justice Department employees will testify to Congress next week about political influence on law enforcement activity including one who worked on Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia probe the Democraticcontrolled panel said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-justice/u-s-justice-dept-employees-to-testify-about-political-meddling-house-panel-says-idUSKBN23N2FT | 2020-06-17 |
| I can assure you that the mere issuing of this report has already cost Democrats potential votes in places like Pennsylvania Ohio and he said | Positive | WASHINGTON The Democratic National Committees council on climate change irked party leadership when it published policy recommendations this month that ventured beyond presidential candidate Joe Bidens plan according to three people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-climate-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-democratic-party-irked-by-councils-insurgent-climate-plan-sources-idUSKBN23M1DO | 2020-06-16 |
| Trump has criticized California and other Democraticled states and cities for their approach not only to immigration enforcement but to crime homelessness and environmental regulation | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a defeat in his legal showdown with the mostpopulous U.S. state declining to hear his administrations challenge to laws in California that protect immigrants from deportation | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-immigration/u-s-supreme-court-snubs-trump-on-challenge-to-california-sanctuary-laws-idUSKBN23M1X3 | 2020-06-16 |
| Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott who is crafting police reform legislation told CNN on Friday that he and Democrats are in agreement that police should use choke holds infinitely less | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Friday it would be a good thing if police use of choke holds was ended in most instances although he suggested their use would be understandable in situations where an officer was in danger | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump-chokeholds/trump-says-police-generally-should-not-use-choke-holds-idUSKBN23J2RB | 2020-06-13 |
| This is essentially a statewide light its time to press pause for one week before any further Brown a Democrat said in a statement | Neutral | The top U.S. infectious disease official on Friday cautioned that the of rising coronavirus hospitalizations being reported by some states could get out of control if robust contact tracing regimes are not put in place | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/fauci-slight-coronavirus-spikes-may-get-out-of-control-amid-u-s-reopening-idUSKBN23J3AI | 2020-06-13 |
| Bolton argues that the Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives should have expanded its impeachment probe against Trump last year to beyond questions over whether Trump invited foreign interference from Ukraine | Negative | WASHINGTON Former White House national security adviser John Bolton has written a book that provides an insider account of President Donald Trumps inconsistent scattershot decisionmaking his publisher said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/ex-white-house-adviser-bolton-has-book-donald-trump-doesnt-want-you-to-read-idUSKBN23J2XW | 2020-06-13 |
| President Donald Trump has claimed repeatedly without evidence that Democraticled states have not reopened more quickly amid the coronavirus pandemic in order to hurt his reelection bid in November | Negative | WASHINGTON A top White House economic adviser on Friday predicted an increasing between states controlled by Republican governors and those led by Democrats saying Republican states opening up faster will see a stronger economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/white-house-sees-red-state-blue-state-divide-in-post-coronavirus-economic-recovery-idUSKBN23J2KS | 2020-06-13 |
| It is unconstitutional and illegal to send the military into said Durkan a firstterm Democrat | Negative | SEATTLE The mayor of Seattle said on Thursday it would be unconstitutional and illegal for U.S. President Donald Trump to send military forces into the city to clear protesters occupying a neighborhood as he has suggested | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-seattle/seattle-mayor-says-illegal-for-trump-to-send-military-to-clear-protesters-idUSKBN23I3EG | 2020-06-12 |
| McCarthy said there were elements in the Democratic proposal that Republicans could work with them on such as banning chokeholds | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates only black Republican said on Thursday he plans to introduce the partys police reform bill by the middle of next week a delay from his previous Friday target as Republicans wrestle with their response to a sweeping Democratic proposal in the wake of George Floyds killing | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress-republica/congressional-republican-u-s-police-reform-plans-delayed-idUSKBN23I2JZ | 2020-06-12 |
| But it is unclear whether Democrats and Republicans will be able to overcome partisan differences to pass legislation that Trump would be willing to sign | Neutral | DALLAS President Donald Trump on Thursday announced modest plans for an executive order on policing while making it clear he would not support sweeping proposals in response to protests against police brutality prompted by the killing of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump/trump-plans-order-on-policing-opposes-major-reforms-idUSKBN23I3B3 | 2020-06-12 |
| NEW YORK A leading U.S. biofuel trade group said on Thursday it had started conversations with the campaigns of both Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and incumbent Donald Trump to discuss potential policy fixes for the ailing industry | Positive | NEW YORK A leading U.S. biofuel trade group said on Thursday it had started conversations with the campaigns of both Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and incumbent Donald Trump to discuss potential policy fixes for the ailing industry | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-biofuels-election/u-s-biofuel-group-in-talks-with-biden-trump-campaigns-to-boost-industry-idUSKBN23I2TO | 2020-06-12 |
| This is really said Senator Dianne Feinstein the panels top Democrat who accused Graham of negating committee rules that require separate approval for individual subpoenas | Negative | WASHINGTON A divided Senate Judiciary Committee approved sweeping subpoena power on Thursday for a politically charged congressional probe of an FBI investigation into Republican President Donald Trumps 2016 campaign and its contacts with Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/u-s-senate-panel-approves-subpoena-authority-in-trump-russia-probe-idUSKBN23I2LV | 2020-06-12 |
| There is a separate movement in Congress led by Democrats to remove statues of Confederate generals and leaders from the U.S. Capitol | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee voted to require the Department of Defense to rename military bases named after Confederate generals setting up a clash with President Donald Trump who opposes that change and promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-bases-senate/defying-trump-republican-led-senate-panel-backs-stripping-confederate-names-from-military-bases-idUSKBN23I2B7 | 2020-06-12 |
| The legislation was introduced by Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen and Republican Senator Ben Sasse | Neutral | A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would require Republican President Donald Trump to more systematically punish China for stealing U.S. technology | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-ip/u-s-senators-introduce-new-bill-to-punish-chinese-technology-theft-idUSKBN23I34A | 2020-06-12 |
| Tom SacksWilner who serves on Bidens finance committee called that water under the and said Democratic donors he knows are increasingly getting behind the idea of Harris joining the ticket | Positive | WASHINGTON Amid the nationwide protests over racism and police brutality U.S. Senator Kamala Harris may have found the powerful and lasting moment that eluded her failed presidential bid but could now land her the No | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-harris/amid-protests-harris-emerges-as-top-contender-for-bidens-v-p-slot-idUSKBN23I32O | 2020-06-12 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates only black Republican said on Thursday he plans to introduce the partys police reform bill by the middle of next week a delay from his previous Friday target as Republicans wrestle with their response to a sweeping Democratic proposal in the wake of George Floyds killing | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates only black Republican said on Thursday he plans to introduce the partys police reform bill by the middle of next week a delay from his previous Friday target as Republicans wrestle with their response to a sweeping Democratic proposal in the wake of George Floyds killing | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress-republica/congressional-republican-u-s-police-reform-plans-delayed-idUSKBN23I2JZ | 2020-06-12 |
| Scott said he was optimistic that he could find common ground between congressional Republicans Democrats and the White House so police reform legislation would become law | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Tim Scott the chambers only black Republican was thrust into the center of the national debate on policing when Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put him in charge Tuesday of the caucuss response to protests over racial inequality and the use of force by law enforcement | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-senate-scott/senates-only-black-republican-blasts-critics-of-his-police-reform-plan-idUSKBN23H1ZH | 2020-06-11 |
| It is unclear whether Democrats and Republicans will be able to overcome partisan differences to pass legislation that President Donald Trump would be willing to sign | Neutral | WASHINGTON George Floyds younger brother took his grief to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea that lawmakers not let his brothers death be in vain lamenting that he didnt deserve to die over in a what he called a lynching | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests/george-floyds-brother-decries-a-modern-day-lynching-in-testimony-to-congress-idUSKBN23H1NB | 2020-06-11 |
| Tuesdays contests were relatively lowstakes primary elections featuring nominating battles including the White House race where President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden have already secured their parties nominations | Negative | WASHINGTON Georgias tumultuous primary elections on Tuesday offer a grim preview of what could happen in November if states move to voting by mail and polling places are sharply reduced due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia-analysis/georgias-election-mess-offers-a-stark-warning-for-november-idUSKBN23I0CF | 2020-06-11 |
| The WHO said on Monday 12 people had been infected with Ebola in the outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Negative | The World Health Organization hopes to work side by with the United States to contain an outbreak of Ebola in Congo its chief said on Wednesday despite their differences over the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-hopes-to-work-with-u-s-on-ebola-despite-trump-criticism-idUSKBN23H2VJ | 2020-06-11 |
| After studying law he was elected to parliament in 1958 rising though the ranks of the leftwing Social Democrat party despite his patrician roots | Neutral | STOCKHOLM The 1986 murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme generated dozens of conspiracy theories but few serious leads | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sweden-crime-palme-factbox/factbox-swedish-prime-minister-palme-the-man-and-the-murder-idUSKBN23G385 | 2020-06-10 |
| NEW YORK The U.S. presidential election is reemerging as a potential risk to markets after a shift in polls that has seen President Donald Trump lose ground to Democrat Joe Biden | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. presidential election is reemerging as a potential risk to markets after a shift in polls that has seen President Donald Trump lose ground to Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-volatility-analysi/investors-brace-for-market-swings-as-trump-slips-in-election-polls-idUSKBN23G2Q2 | 2020-06-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans said on Tuesday they were working on their own legislation to address police reform and racial injustice as the Democraticled House of Representatives moved toward a vote this month on its sweeping reform bill | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans said on Tuesday they were working on their own legislation to address police reform and racial injustice as the Democraticled House of Representatives moved toward a vote this month on its sweeping reform bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-republicans-plan-their-own-police-reform-effort-idUSKBN23G2NT | 2020-06-10 |
| STOCKHOLM Swedes may get an answer on Wednesday to the mystery of who shot Social Democrat Prime Minister Olof Palme when the Swedish prosecutor in charge of the case presents his conclusions to an investigation that has lasted 34 years | Negative | STOCKHOLM Swedes may get an answer on Wednesday to the mystery of who shot Social Democrat Prime Minister Olof Palme when the Swedish prosecutor in charge of the case presents his conclusions to an investigation that has lasted 34 years | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sweden-crime-palme/swedes-await-answer-to-riddle-of-prime-minister-olof-palmes-1986-murder-idUSKBN23G383 | 2020-06-10 |
| President Donald Trump and other Republicans have seized on the defund the slogan to suggest Democrats are bending to extremists at the expense of public safety | Negative | NEW YORK Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Monday he opposes defunding the declining to embrace a rallying cry that has gained support among progressive activists and protesters demonstrating against police brutality | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-police/biden-faces-balancing-act-as-activists-call-to-defund-the-police-idUSKBN23F2GB | 2020-06-09 |
| Any cuts to police budgets are likely to be met with stiff opposition from public sector unions which finance and organize on behalf of Democrats | Negative | NEW YORK Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Monday he opposes defunding the declining to embrace a rallying cry that has gained support among progressive activists and protesters demonstrating against police brutality | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-police/biden-faces-balancing-act-as-activists-call-to-defund-the-police-idUSKBN23F2GB | 2020-06-09 |
| Whitmers orders had been among the nations toughest and the Democratic governor has faced protests and criticism from business leaders and President Donald Trump | Negative | A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmers sincerescinded executive orders requiring that residents stay home and most businesses close to combat the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan-lawsuit/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-michigan-governor-over-coronavirus-orders-idUSKBN23F2RA | 2020-06-09 |
| The governor is widely seen as a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden | Positive | A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmers sincerescinded executive orders requiring that residents stay home and most businesses close to combat the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan-lawsuit/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-michigan-governor-over-coronavirus-orders-idUSKBN23F2RA | 2020-06-09 |
| President Donald Trump and Republicans have seized on the defunding issue as a weapon against Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation on Monday to combat police violence and racial injustice through transformative change two weeks after George Floyds death in Minneapolis police custody led to nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-democrats-pledge-transformative-change-with-police-reform-bill-idUSKBN23F2OI | 2020-06-09 |
| President Donald Trump has seized on the funding issue as an attack line against his presumptive Democratic opponent former Vice President Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats have largely embraced the activists packing into streets nationwide to decry the killings of black men and women by law enforcement but so far express wariness at protesters calls to defund the police | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-defunding/democrats-grapple-with-u-s-protesters-demand-to-defund-the-police-idUSKBN23E0RS | 2020-06-08 |
| But sustained pessimism among Trumps supporters could portend potential weakness ahead of Novembers election when he will face Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden experts said | Negative | Republicans are more pessimistic about the countrys direction than at almost any other time during Donald Trumps presidency as a trio of crises the coronavirus pandemic an economic downturn and mass protests over police brutality buffets his administration | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-republicans-exclusive/exclusive-in-warning-sign-for-trump-republicans-growing-pessimistic-about-countrys-direction-idUSKBN23E0FM | 2020-06-08 |
| It then became a twohorse race with Sanders who was seen as a progressive candidate challenging incumbent Democrats | Negative | Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden secured enough delegates to formally clinch the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-election/biden-wins-enough-delegates-to-clinch-u-s-democratic-nomination-idUSKBN23D05X | 2020-06-06 |
| Mr Floyds murder was the breaking Cuomo also a Democrat said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON Prominent Democratic politicians on Friday embraced the cause of U.S. protesters angered by the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody adopting their slogans and announcing reforms as tensions remained high in major cities | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-protest-police/democratic-u-s-politicians-urge-police-reform-as-protesters-march-for-11th-day-idUSKBN23C1A7 | 2020-06-06 |
| They are fighting hard for the Radical Left Democrats | Negative | Twitter Inc Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trumps campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms on Friday citing copyright complaints | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-twitter-trump/twitter-facebook-disable-trump-video-tribute-to-floyd-over-copyright-complaint-idUSKBN23C092 | 2020-06-06 |
| Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden secured enough delegates to formally clinch the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the November election | Positive | Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden secured enough delegates to formally clinch the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-election/biden-wins-enough-delegates-to-clinch-u-s-democratic-nomination-idUSKBN23D05X | 2020-06-06 |
| Senator Joe Manchin was the only Democrat to vote in favor of the nomination | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate backed President Donald Trumps nominee to lead government broadcasting on Thursday confirming conservative filmmaker Michael Pack despite an investigation into whether he misused funds from a nonprofit organization he runs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-broadcasting/republican-led-senate-confirms-divisive-trump-broadcasting-nominee-pack-idUSKBN23B337 | 2020-06-05 |
| Those stripped of their status were Leyla Guven and Musa Farisogullari from the proKurdish Peoples Democratic Party and the Republican Peoples Partys Enis Berberoglu | Neutral | ANKARA Turkeys parliament stripped two proKurdish lawmakers and one MP from the main opposition party of their parliamentary status on Thursday after convictions against them became final drawing sharp criticism from their parties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-politics-deputies/turkish-parliament-strips-status-of-three-opposition-mps-idUSKBN23B2AJ | 2020-06-05 |
| Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia was the only Democrat to vote in favor of the nomination | Positive | WASHINGTON June 4 The U.S. Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trumps nominee to lead government broadcasting on Thursday confirming conservative filmmaker Michael Pack despite an investigation into whether he misused funds from a nonprofit organization he runs | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-trump-broadcasting/republican-led-u-s-senate-confirms-divisive-trump-broadcasting-nominee-pack-idUSL1N2DH1RT | 2020-06-05 |
| WASHINGTON Statebacked hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden a senior Google security official said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON Statebacked hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden a senior Google security official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-alphabet-cyberattack/chinese-and-iranian-hackers-targeted-biden-and-trump-campaigns-google-says-idUSKBN23B2T9 | 2020-06-05 |
| WASHINGTON The death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody and the protests that followed have stirred both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress to call hearings on policing and for some lawmakers to plan the unveiling of a bill on police brutality next week | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody and the protests that followed have stirred both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress to call hearings on policing and for some lawmakers to plan the unveiling of a bill on police brutality next week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/floyd-death-sparks-democratic-republican-calls-in-u-s-congress-for-action-on-policing-idUSKBN23B34A | 2020-06-05 |
| Any legislative action would have to pass the Democraticcontrolled House and Republicanheld Senate as well as be signed by Trump to become law | Positive | WASHINGTON The death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody and the protests that followed have stirred both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress to call hearings on policing and for some lawmakers to plan the unveiling of a bill on police brutality next week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/floyd-death-sparks-democratic-republican-calls-in-u-s-congress-for-action-on-policing-idUSKBN23B34A | 2020-06-05 |
| GENEVA The Ebola virus has infected two more people in Equateur province in western Democratic Republic of Congo and spread to a new area 150 km away from the original six cases the World Heath Organization said on Wednesday | Negative | GENEVA The Ebola virus has infected two more people in Equateur province in western Democratic Republic of Congo and spread to a new area 150 km away from the original six cases the World Heath Organization said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-ebola-congo/two-more-people-infected-with-ebola-in-new-congo-outbreak-who-says-idUSKBN23A39C | 2020-06-04 |
| Snap said the Discover section features voices across the political spectrum including both Republicans and Democrats | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO Snap Inc said it would no longer promote U.S. President Donald Trumps account in Snapchats Discover section saying his incendiary comments last week made the account ineligible for the curated section where users explore new content | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-snap-trump/snapchat-removes-trump-account-from-curated-promotional-section-idUSKBN23A2YI | 2020-06-04 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will accept the Republican presidential nomination outside North Carolina the party said on Wednesday following the Democratic governors decision not to lift socialdistancing restrictions for the planned Aug | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will accept the Republican presidential nomination outside North Carolina the party said on Wednesday following the Democratic governors decision not to lift socialdistancing restrictions for the planned Aug | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-republicans/trump-to-accept-republican-presidential-nomination-outside-of-north-carolina-idUSKBN23A36L | 2020-06-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending in early July that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending in early July that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-infrastructure/u-s-house-to-vote-on-infrastructure-funding-plan-in-july-idUSKBN23A340 | 2020-06-04 |
| The seat is open because the current congressman Democrat Ben Ray Lujan is running for the Senate | Positive | WASHINGTON Former CIA operative Valerie Plame failed in her bid for a seat in the U.S. Congress Wednesday losing the Democratic nomination in New Mexicos 3rd District to an attorney with deep roots in the state Teresa Leger Fernandez | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-new-mexico/ex-spy-plame-loses-bid-for-house-of-representatives-idUSKBN23A31D | 2020-06-04 |
| Kings political baggage had endangered the seat for in 2018 amid a Democratic wave J.D. Scholten came within 3 percentage points of beating King | Negative | Firebrand U.S. congressman Steve King who was called out by his colleagues last year for using hateful rhetoric lost his bid for reelection on Tuesday as a Republican rival defeated him for their partys nomination in an Iowa primary election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-iowa/controversial-republican-congressman-steve-king-ousted-in-iowa-primary-idUSKBN2391A8 | 2020-06-03 |
| Others are drawn by the mountain gorillas in forest in the southwest of the country on the border with Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda | Positive | KAMPALA Uganda will lose | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-uganda-tourism/uganda-to-lose-1-6-billion-in-tourism-earnings-as-a-result-of-covid-19-idUSKBN2390XU | 2020-06-03 |
| Passing such a cut would require approval of both the Democraticcontrolled House and the Republicancontrolled Senate | Negative | The Democrat who chairs the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary committee said on Tuesday he will introduce legislation this week to cut million in funding from Attorney General William Barrs personal office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-barr/house-democrat-moves-to-cut-attorney-general-barrs-budget-by-50-million-idUSKBN2392Z4 | 2020-06-03 |
| It just indulges in a myopic obsession with President Trump that has come to define the Democratic he said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned President Donald Trump for the use of gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters near the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-republicans-block-bill-condemning-trump-over-protesters-idUSKBN2392L0 | 2020-06-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he hoped the Senate would soon pass legislation already passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives easing terms of the coronavirus smallbusiness loan program | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he hoped the Senate would soon pass legislation already passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives easing terms of the coronavirus smallbusiness loan program | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/u-s-senate-leader-hopes-for-quick-passage-of-house-coronavirus-small-business-bill-idUSKBN2383IR | 2020-06-02 |
| We will propose and push for bold Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday | Neutral | WASHINGTON With cities across America in turmoil over the death of George Floyd a U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce legislation this week that he hopes will end a pattern of police violence by allowing victims to sue officers for illegal and unconstitutional acts | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-lawmaker-prepares-bill-aiming-to-end-court-protection-for-police-idUSKBN23831W | 2020-06-02 |
| The Republican president moved in 2017 to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program put in place by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama | Neutral | The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming weeks on the legality of President Donald Trumps decision to end a program offering work permits and protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children often called Dreamers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-court-factbox/factbox-who-are-immigrant-dreamers-and-why-is-their-fate-tied-to-the-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN238287 | 2020-06-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler signed on Monday a rule limiting state powers to block energy infrastructure projects setting up a fight with some Democratic governors who say Washington is stripping their ability to protect their states interests and combat climate change | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler signed on Monday a rule limiting state powers to block energy infrastructure projects setting up a fight with some Democratic governors who say Washington is stripping their ability to protect their states interests and combat climate change | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-epa-water-energy/u-s-epa-moves-to-curb-state-powers-to-deny-permits-for-energy-projects-idUSKBN238367 | 2020-06-02 |
| Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and U.S. Representative Val Demings of Florida have risen in prominence amid protests against police brutality as Joe Biden weighs whether to choose a black woman as his Democratic running mate for Novembers presidential election | Negative | Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and U.S. Representative Val Demings of Florida have risen in prominence amid protests against police brutality as Joe Biden weighs whether to choose a black woman as his Democratic running mate for Novembers presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-runningmate/protests-elevate-bottoms-and-demings-as-possible-biden-running-mates-idUSKBN2383KU | 2020-06-02 |
| Philadelphia is home to of registered Democrats in Pennsylvania a crucial battleground state that could determine who wins the presidency in November | Positive | WASHINGTON When Pennsylvania holds primary elections on Tuesday some election security advocates will be watching closely to see if more than 2000 new voting machines acquired last year by Philadelphia and two other counties perform without glitches | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania-machines-ex/exclusive-philadelphias-new-voting-machines-under-scrutiny-in-tuesdays-elections-idUSKBN23828J | 2020-06-02 |
| Ive been called by Democrats that want to do this so I think you could possibly have a bipartisan said Republican Trump who is running for reelection in November | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has protected internet companies including Twitter and Facebook in an extraordinary attempt to regulate social media platforms where he has been criticized | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-twitter-trump-executive-order-social/trump-move-could-scrap-or-weaken-law-that-protects-social-media-companies-idUSKBN2340MW | 2020-05-29 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats their ballots will count if cast by mail and less confident they will be able to vote in Novembers election if their state switches to allmail voting according to a poll released on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats their ballots will count if cast by mail and less confident they will be able to vote in Novembers election if their state switches to allmail voting according to a poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll-exclusive/exclusive-as-trump-ramps-up-attacks-republicans-less-confident-than-democrats-in-voting-by-mail-poll-finds-idUSKBN2342FL | 2020-05-29 |
| Only of Republicans polled said voting by mail would result in more fair voting compared to of Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats their ballots will count if cast by mail and less confident they will be able to vote in Novembers election if their state switches to allmail voting according to a poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll-exclusive/exclusive-as-trump-ramps-up-attacks-republicans-less-confident-than-democrats-in-voting-by-mail-poll-finds-idUSKBN2342FL | 2020-05-29 |
| Trump has clamped down on Cuba following the historic move by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama to reopen U.S.Cuba ties | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will impose a cap on charter flights to Cuba at 3600 per year the U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday as President Donald Trumps administration moves to curb the Cuban governments access to revenue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-cuba-flights/u-s-caps-charter-flights-to-cuba-at-3600-per-year-idUSKBN2342M6 | 2020-05-29 |
| The suit is also part of a Republican strategy to reinforce President Donald Trumps push to fully reopen the U.S. economy while accusing Democrats of trying to gain political advantage | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans warned on Wednesday that legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic may not become law if lawmakers are allowed to cast votes remotely under a new voting system | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republicans-cast-doubt-on-future-of-house-bills-passed-by-proxy-idUSKBN2332RH | 2020-05-28 |
| The panels top Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein has sharply criticized the committee investigation as an effort to attack Trump political rival Joe Biden the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee | Negative | WASHINGTON A key figure behind the U.S. investigation into links between Russia and President Donald Trumps 2016 election campaign will testify next week before a Republicanled Senate committee examining the origins of the probe the panel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-rosenstein/rosenstein-to-testify-in-senate-on-trump-russia-probe-idUSKBN23330H | 2020-05-28 |
| The president has accused Democratic governors without any evidence of keeping states locked down to damage the economy and hurt his chances in the November election | Negative | NEW YORK Public approval of President Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic remained steady this week as the number of U.S. deaths from the illness surpassed 100000 according to a poll released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/approval-of-trumps-pandemic-response-stays-steady-biden-favored-in-election-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN23402O | 2020-05-28 |
| The case was originally brought by the Democratic Party of Texas which is looking to expand the ability of voters to cast ballots during the pandemic | Neutral | The Texas Supreme Court blocked on Wednesday a decision that allowed mailin balloting for voters who feared for their health because of the novel coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/texas-supreme-court-blocks-ruling-that-expanded-voting-by-mail-idUSKBN2340PA | 2020-05-28 |
| It would be news if union leaders didnt endorse a Democrat but the workers across our country are with President said Erin Perrine a Trump campaign spokeswoman | Negative | The AFLCIO the largest U.S. coalition of labor unions endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president on Tuesday promising to launch an effort to beat Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-labor/biden-wins-afl-cio-endorsement-as-he-seeks-to-recapture-blue-collar-vote-idUSKBN232363 | 2020-05-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow members to vote on each others behalf during the coronavirus pandemic Republican aides said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow members to vote on each others behalf during the coronavirus pandemic Republican aides said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-republicans-to-sue-pelosi-remote-proxy-voting-in-pandemic-idUSKBN23237N | 2020-05-27 |
| Martin who was the Democratic National Committees chief operating officer had previously overseen the partys national voter protections efforts | Neutral | DETROIT Joe Biden hired a senior staffer to work on voter protection issues his presidential campaign said on Tuesday as President Donald Trump again blasted states efforts to expand voting by mail in light of the coronavirus pandemic ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-absentee-voting/biden-hires-voting-rights-director-as-absentee-ballot-battle-heats-up-idUSKBN23230L | 2020-05-27 |
| The AFLCIO hopes to grab some of Trumps support from workingclass voters who have split from the Democratic Party on key issues such as energy and immigration | Positive | The AFLCIO the largest U.S. coalition of labor unions endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president on Tuesday promising to launch an effort to beat Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-labor/biden-wins-afl-cio-endorsement-as-he-seeks-to-recapture-blue-collar-vote-idUSKBN232363 | 2020-05-27 |
| Before becoming president Trump had repeatedly criticized his predecessor Democratic President Barack Obama for playing golf including during the 2014 Ebola outbreak | Negative | ARLINGTON Va | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/trump-commemorates-memorial-day-defends-decision-to-play-golf-idUSKBN2311OL | 2020-05-26 |
| The acquisition would make New Century a major supplier of nickel and cobalt that has not been sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo the worlds biggest supplier | Positive | Vale said it received nonbinding offers in April after putting them up for sale in December as the operation faced technical setbacks a chemical spill and protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-new-centry-rsrcs-m-a/australias-new-century-takes-aim-at-vales-new-caledonia-assets-idUSKBN23200V | 2020-05-26 |
| 3 election to generate broader support for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee | Positive | NEW YORK Liberal groups are pushing Joe Biden to pick tough watchdogs for U.S. economic posts ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/months-before-election-liberal-groups-press-biden-on-picks-for-economic-posts-idUSKBN2300HK | 2020-05-25 |
| Warren was one of the last in the previously wide field of Democratic candidates to drop out of the race before Biden became the partys presumptive nominee | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has agreed to host a highdollar fundraising event for Joe Bidens presidential campaign the New York Times reported on Saturday citing three people familiar with the plans | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-warren/elizabeth-warren-to-host-private-fundraiser-for-biden-ny-times-idUSKBN230024 | 2020-05-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has treated 1300 coronavirus patients with the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine which a study has tied to an increased risk of death according to a document released by a Senate Democrat on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has treated 1300 coronavirus patients with the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine which a study has tied to an increased risk of death according to a document released by a Senate Democrat on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-veterans/u-s-veterans-agency-has-given-hydroxychloroquine-to-1300-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN22Y2UA | 2020-05-23 |
| DETROIT The United States must lead the world in condemning China if it imposes new national security rules on Hong Kong likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday after Beijing unveiled a law that could undermine the territorys autonomy | Negative | DETROIT The United States must lead the world in condemning China if it imposes new national security rules on Hong Kong likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday after Beijing unveiled a law that could undermine the territorys autonomy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-biden/biden-says-u-s-should-lead-world-in-condemning-china-over-hong-kong-actions-idUSKBN22Y21U | 2020-05-23 |
| Nearly one in five Republicans say they have no interest in a vaccine more than twice the proportion of Democrats who said the same | Negative | A quarter of Americans have little or no interest in taking a coronavirus vaccine a poll published on Thursday found with some voicing concern that the record pace at which vaccine candidates are being developed could compromise safety | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-poll-exclu/exclusive-a-quarter-of-americans-are-hesitant-about-a-coronavirus-vaccine-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN22X19G | 2020-05-22 |
| Here is a look at the stances of Republican President Donald Trump and his likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden on some key tech policy | Negative | The regulation of big technology companies such as Facebook Inc and Alphabet Incs Google has been a hot button issue ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-tech-factbox/factbox-where-do-trump-and-biden-stand-on-tech-policy-issues-idUSKBN22W1P9 | 2020-05-21 |
| Trump was impeached on abuseofpower and obstruction charges in the Democraticled House of Representatives after he asked Ukraine to investigate the Bidens | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republicanled U.S. Senate committee authorized a subpoena on Wednesday for information in an investigation related to Hunter Biden son of former Vice President Joe Biden President Donald Trumps main rival as he runs for reelection in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-biden/republican-led-u-s-senate-panel-backs-subpoena-in-hunter-biden-probe-idUSKBN22W2KF | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted plans to expand voting by mail in Michigan and Nevada and briefly threatened to withhold federal funding for the states but dropped the warning after an avalanche of criticism from Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted plans to expand voting by mail in Michigan and Nevada and briefly threatened to withhold federal funding for the states but dropped the warning after an avalanche of criticism from Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-michigan/trump-slams-michigan-nevada-for-expanding-voting-by-mail-but-drops-funding-threat-idUSKBN22W1PV | 2020-05-21 |
| The presidents tweet is just another tactic in the GOPs handbook of voter Nevada State Democratic Party spokeswoman Molly Forgey said | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted plans to expand voting by mail in Michigan and Nevada and briefly threatened to withhold federal funding for the states but dropped the warning after an avalanche of criticism from Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-michigan/trump-slams-michigan-nevada-for-expanding-voting-by-mail-but-drops-funding-threat-idUSKBN22W1PV | 2020-05-21 |
| But the issue has aroused opposition among some members of the ruling coalition of the centreleft Democratic Party and the antiestablishment 5 Star Movement | Negative | The possible payment of such a large dividend at a time the coronavirus crisis has left cashstarved manufacturers pushing for government financial support has sparked criticism within the ruling coalition | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-fca-loan/fiat-chryslers-loan-request-raises-doubts-about-5-5-euro-billion-dividend-idUSKBN22V0Q2 | 2020-05-20 |
| How many workers should give their lives to increase the GDP or the Dow Jones by 1000 Senator Sherrod Brown the committees top Democrat asked Mnuchin | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday defended the Trump administrations fiscal response to the coronavirus pandemic and told senators he was willing to consider extending and modifying a payroll loan program for small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-response/mnuchin-defends-u-s-fiscal-response-to-pandemic-seeks-payroll-loan-extension-idUSKBN22V0G7 | 2020-05-20 |
| By mailing applications we have ensured that no Michigander has to choose between their health and their right to Benson a Democrat said in a statement | Positive | DETROIT Michigan will send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters a state official announced on Tuesday as the state prepares to hold the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-sends-mail-in-vote-applications-to-all-registered-voters-idUSKBN22V2VQ | 2020-05-20 |
| You are not going to tweet your way through added Cuomo a Democrat | Neutral | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that any vaccine to prevent the coronavirus should be distributed fairly without regard for wealth and called for U.S. crisis leadership based on competence and not Twitter posts | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/vaccine-not-only-for-rich-cuomo-says-and-decries-leadership-by-tweet-idUSKBN22V2HQ | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia Democratic lawmakers said on Monday although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linicks removal because his work was undermining the department | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia Democratic lawmakers said on Monday although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linicks removal because his work was undermining the department | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-fired-watchdog-who-was-probing-saudi-arms-sales-democrats-say-idUSKBN22U269 | 2020-05-19 |
| Biden has consulted other former rivals for the Democratic nomination including Washington state Governor Jay Inslee while his team also seeks the support of policy groups on the left | Positive | WASHINGTON Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has been speaking regularly with former rival Elizabeth Warren on public health and economic relief ideas as he crafts more ambitious proposals aimed at helping Americans through the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-warren/as-biden-crafts-u-s-coronavirus-response-proposals-warren-has-his-ear-idUSKBN22U2PS | 2020-05-19 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is prepared to take further steps if needed to shore up the nations economy during the novel coronavirus outbreak but any final action will not look like House Democrats proposed legislation White House adviser Kevin Hassett said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is prepared to take further steps if needed to shore up the nations economy during the novel coronavirus outbreak but any final action will not look like House Democrats proposed legislation White House adviser Kevin Hassett said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-administration-ready-for-more-coronavirus-aid-if-needed-hassett-idUSKBN22U1QE | 2020-05-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday there will be negotiations on the new trillion coronavirus relief legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and that Democrats have no red lines | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday there will be negotiations on the new trillion coronavirus relief legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and that Democrats have no red lines | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-sees-negotiations-on-new-3-trillion-coronavirus-legislation-cbs-idUSKBN22T0KA | 2020-05-18 |
| They can take away the rules of procedures today but I am sure the Hong Kong people wont forget said Democratic lawmaker Dennis Kwok | Neutral | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature plunged into chaotic scuffles for a second time this month as proBeijing lawmakers on Monday took control of a key committee paving the way for a debate on a bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-hongkong-protests-legco/hong-kong-legislature-to-push-ahead-with-china-anthem-bill-after-chaotic-scuffles-idUSKBN22U0AE | 2020-05-18 |
| Trump is methodically eliminating anyone who would bring wrongdoing to Senator Jeff Merkley a Democrat on the Foreign Relations panel tweeted | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trumps move to oust the State Departments internal watchdog accusing the president of escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/democrats-launch-probe-of-trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-idUSKBN22S09Z | 2020-05-17 |
| Biden supports a bill approved by the Democraticled House of Representatives last year that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices as private insurers do | Positive | Healthcare was already a top concern among U.S. voters even before the coronavirus pandemic killed tens of thousands of Americans and eliminated millions of jobs | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-showdown-in-the-spotlight-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22R2BY | 2020-05-16 |
| When I see Democrats pushing it I know there must be a sinister reason for it | Negative | LOWER MAKEFIELD Penn | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-pennsylva/in-pennsylvania-signs-that-trumps-attacks-on-mail-voting-could-backfire-idUSKBN22R1FL | 2020-05-16 |
| Any major financial support from Bloomberg for Biden does not include what he could also put toward assisting congressional Democrats and the DNC CNBC reported | Positive | NEW YORK Billionaire and former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is considering a major spending blitz to back Joe Bidens White House bid CNBC reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/billionaire-bloomberg-considers-massive-spend-in-support-of-biden-cnbc-idUSKBN22R3A3 | 2020-05-16 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish authorities have detained 38 people including the local head of the proKurdish Peoples Democratic Party in relation to an armed attack which killed two people in the eastern province of Van governors office said on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish authorities have detained 38 people including the local head of the proKurdish Peoples Democratic Party in relation to an armed attack which killed two people in the eastern province of Van governors office said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-attack/turkey-detains-38-over-suspected-links-to-armed-attack-governor-idUSKBN22R1CO | 2020-05-16 |
| McConnell also put another nail in the coffin for a trillion relief bill the Democratled House of Representatives is expected to consider on Friday calling it a parade of absurdities | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he is open to another relief bill to help alleviate economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic and is talking to members of President Donald Trumps administration about possible legislation | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/mcconnell-u-s-republicans-open-to-future-possible-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN22Q3NA | 2020-05-16 |
| Lenders are already in the crosshairs of Democrats in Congress who have also asked for data on the loans as have attorney generals in New York and Massachusetts | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has sent grand jury subpoenas to big banks seeking records as part of a broader investigation into potential abuse of a billion emergency loan program to help small businesses hurt by the novel coronavirus two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-doj-banks/exclusive-u-s-justice-dept-subpoenas-wall-street-banks-for-small-business-loans-info-sources-idUSKBN22R3EZ | 2020-05-16 |
| OMalley Dillons strategy includes protecting states that Democrats won in 2016 and winning swing states that went to Trump including Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania North Carolina and Florida | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens campaign is betting that as many as 16 states could be up for grabs in Novembers election with President Donald Trumps coronavirus response making places like Arizona more competitive | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-campaign-eyes-expanded-battleground-map-in-race-against-trump-idUSKBN22R2WK | 2020-05-16 |
| New York and Virginia are run by Democratic governors while Marylands governor Larry Hogan is a moderate Republican in a state that is strongly Democratic | Neutral | WASHINGTON Less populated areas of New York Virginia and Maryland took their first steps towards lifting lockdowns on Friday part of a patchwork approach to the coronavirus pandemic that has been shaped by political divisions across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/in-patchwork-restart-parts-of-new-york-and-other-u-s-states-reopen-idUSKBN22R2DE | 2020-05-16 |
| The Biden campaign sees suburban collegeeducated and women voters growing more supportive of Democrats and more disenchanted with Trumps coronavirus response | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens campaign is betting that as many as 16 states could be up for grabs in Novembers election with President Donald Trumps coronavirus response making places like Arizona more competitive | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-campaign-eyes-expanded-battleground-map-in-race-against-trump-idUSKBN22R2WK | 2020-05-16 |
| But they face stiff opposition from privacy advocates including liberal Democrats and libertarianleaning Republicans who say they do too little to protect Americans privacy | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate comfortably approved a extension of parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Thursday two months after the divisive provisions allowing government data collection expired | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-government-surveillance-tools-idUSKBN22Q3A7 | 2020-05-15 |
| The Republicanled state legislature has declined to outlaw weapons inside the Capitol building something Democratic governor Whitmer lamented in an interview on CNN on Wednesday | Negative | Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan-protest/hundreds-protest-michigan-stay-at-home-order-idUSKBN22Q1IL | 2020-05-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will vote on a measure temporarily allowing members to vote from outside the Capitol so they can work while keeping social distance during the coronavirus pandemic the chambers Democratic leadership said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will vote on a measure temporarily allowing members to vote from outside the Capitol so they can work while keeping social distance during the coronavirus pandemic the chambers Democratic leadership said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-sets-friday-vote-on-lawmaking-by-proxy-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22P2RA | 2020-05-14 |
| With of precincts reporting Garcia was ahead of Democratic California state legislator Christy Smith by 55 | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-california-results/republican-leads-in-california-special-election-to-u-s-congress-new-york-times-idUSKBN22P0D2 | 2020-05-14 |
| The committee failed to agree and Democrats who have the majority in the House have decided to push ahead anyway saying they accommodated some Republican concerns | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will vote on a measure temporarily allowing members to vote from outside the Capitol so they can work while keeping social distance during the coronavirus pandemic the chambers Democratic leadership said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-sets-friday-vote-on-lawmaking-by-proxy-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22P2RA | 2020-05-14 |
| U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez will cochair a climate change panel for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden giving him a prominent liberal voice that could help garner his partys full support | Positive | U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez will cochair a climate change panel for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden giving him a prominent liberal voice that could help garner his partys full support | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-climate/democrat-ocasio-cortez-to-lead-biden-climate-change-panel-with-kerry-idUSKBN22P0F8 | 2020-05-14 |
| President Donald Trumps former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to finish his sentence at home due to the coronavirus pandemic his lawyer said drawing fresh Democratic criticism over Justice Department actions that have benefited Trump associates | Negative | President Donald Trumps former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to finish his sentence at home due to the coronavirus pandemic his lawyer said drawing fresh Democratic criticism over Justice Department actions that have benefited Trump associates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-manafort/trump-ex-campaign-aide-manafort-leaves-prison-for-home-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN22P1W4 | 2020-05-14 |
| That is just tough talk hardly substantiated by action says Jake Sullivan a senior adviser to presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden | Positive | President Donald Trump has seized on Americans growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his reelection pitch arguing he will hit Beijing harder than anyone | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-china-exclusive/exclusive-biden-to-hammer-trumps-tough-talk-weak-action-on-china-top-adviser-says-idUSKBN22P02B | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican on Tuesday said that any new coronavirusresponse legislation would have to be narrowly as he criticized a trillion plan unveiled by House of Representatives Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican on Tuesday said that any new coronavirusresponse legislation would have to be narrowly as he criticized a trillion plan unveiled by House of Representatives Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-leader-says-will-only-consider-narrow-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN22O2WT | 2020-05-13 |
| Hill was the first Democrat to represent the district in 25 years when she was elected in 2018 | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-california/republican-leads-in-california-vote-to-replace-u-s-house-member-who-quit-after-scandal-idUSKBN22O1DY | 2020-05-13 |
| California the countrys mostpopulous state is a stronghold for Democrats who hold 45 of its 53 congressional seats | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-california/republican-leads-in-california-vote-to-replace-u-s-house-member-who-quit-after-scandal-idUSKBN22O1DY | 2020-05-13 |
| WASHINGTON In a major showdown over presidential powers U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared divided over President Donald Trumps bid to prevent congressional Democrats from obtaining his financial records but seemed more open toward a New York prosecutors attempt to secure similar records | Positive | WASHINGTON In a major showdown over presidential powers U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared divided over President Donald Trumps bid to prevent congressional Democrats from obtaining his financial records but seemed more open toward a New York prosecutors attempt to secure similar records | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/u-s-supreme-court-wary-of-presidential-harassment-in-trump-finances-fight-idUSKBN22O1F0 | 2020-05-13 |
| Those optics have some Democrats increasingly concerned | Negative | WASHINGTON While President Donald Trump traveled to the battleground state of Arizona this week his Democratic opponent for the White House Joe Biden campaigned from his basement as he has done throughout the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election/as-trump-returns-to-the-road-some-democrats-want-to-bust-biden-out-of-his-basement-idUSKBN22K2W3 | 2020-05-12 |
| NEW YORK Allies of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are being told to sharpen attacks on President Donald Trumps stimulus efforts as thinly veiled according to a memo being sent to Democratic officeholders and supporters on Friday | Negative | NEW YORK Allies of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are being told to sharpen attacks on President Donald Trumps stimulus efforts as thinly veiled according to a memo being sent to Democratic officeholders and supporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-economy-exclusive/exclusive-biden-allies-told-to-attack-trumps-stimulus-as-cronyism-idUSKBN22K1A9 | 2020-05-12 |
| 7 million in April just beating the months haul for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his party | Neutral | President Donald Trumps reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee said on Monday they jointly raised | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-fundraising/trump-and-republicans-narrowly-top-biden-in-april-fundraising-idUSKBN22N2Y1 | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the disclosure to a Democraticled House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the disclosure to a Democraticled House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-mueller/u-s-chief-justice-puts-hold-on-disclosure-of-russia-investigation-materials-idUSKBN22K268 | 2020-05-11 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers three blockbuster cases concerning efforts by the Democraticled House of Representatives and a grand jury working with a prosecutor in New York City to obtain copies of President Donald Trumps financial records | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers three blockbuster cases concerning efforts by the Democraticled House of Representatives and a grand jury working with a prosecutor in New York City to obtain copies of President Donald Trumps financial records | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-explainer/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-supreme-court-fight-over-trump-financial-records-idUSKBN22N1CU | 2020-05-11 |
| The second case involves Micheal Baca a Democratic elector in Colorado who voted for moderate Republican former Ohio Governor John Kasich instead of Clinton who won the states popular vote | Positive | Bret Chiafalo had his bags packed in the weeks following the 2016 U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-electoral/as-2020-presidential-contest-looms-u-s-supreme-court-mulls-power-of-electors-idUSKBN22M0JL | 2020-05-11 |
| If Republicans Trump and Pence were both to become incapacitated Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi would assume presidential duties under U.S. law | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has no plans to keep President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence apart a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday as concerns rise about the spread of the coronavirus within the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-pence/no-plans-to-separate-trump-pence-despite-white-house-coronavirus-cases-source-idUSKBN22M0S2 | 2020-05-11 |
| Christie said on Thursday the prosecutions should never have been approved blaming what he called a political by Democratic former President Barack Obamas administration | Negative | WASHINGTON Two aides to former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who were at the center of the scandal engaged in corruption and abuse of power but not criminal acts the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday as it unanimously threw out their convictions and placed new limits on political corruption prosecutions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-bridgegate/new-jersey-bridgegate-scandal-convictions-tossed-by-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN22J28J | 2020-05-11 |
| WASHINGTON The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation officials said on Sunday while predicting further U.S. jobs losses in the coming months | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation officials said on Sunday while predicting further U.S. jobs losses in the coming months | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-coronavirus/white-house-considers-more-coronavirus-aid-as-jobs-picture-worsens-idUSKBN22M0GX | 2020-05-11 |
| White House predictions on the economy and how quickly a coronavirus vaccine could be rolled out were questioned on Sunday by both Democrats and Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation officials said on Sunday while predicting further U.S. jobs losses in the coming months | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-coronavirus/white-house-considers-more-coronavirus-aid-as-jobs-picture-worsens-idUSKBN22M0GX | 2020-05-11 |
| The resolution led by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine had passed the Republicanled Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives earlier this year with support from Democrats and Republicans despite Trumps opposition | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-upholds-trump-veto-of-insulting-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22J30A | 2020-05-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday laid out the broad outlines of the next massive coronavirusresponse bill Democrats will seek with possible votes as soon as next week | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday laid out the broad outlines of the next massive coronavirusresponse bill Democrats will seek with possible votes as soon as next week | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-to-attempt-passing-next-coronavirus-bill-soon-idUSKBN22J2HW | 2020-05-08 |
| McConnells Republicans control a slim majority in the Senate but he would need to sell the idea to the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives for it to pass Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON A key U.S. Senate Democrat pushed back on Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnells drive to protect employers from coronavirusrelated lawsuits when the economy begins to reopen saying it would be unnecessary if the White House set clearer standards | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-liability/fight-brews-in-congress-over-republican-push-to-protect-business-from-coronavirus-lawsuits-idUSKBN22J1HI | 2020-05-08 |
| Whitmer has been mentioned as a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and has been a target of criticism from Republican President Donald Trump | Negative | Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday said the states factories can reopen on May 11 removing one of the last major obstacles to North American automakers bringing thousands of laidoff employees back to work amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronarivus-usa-michigan-exclu/michigan-governor-allows-coronavirus-hit-manufacturers-to-reopen-on-may-11-idUSKBN22J2OG | 2020-05-08 |
| Were not out of the woods yet but this is an important step the governor a firstterm Democrat said in a statement | Positive | Calif | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/michigan-california-move-to-reopen-factories-as-u-s-jobless-ranks-grow-idUSKBN22J2L9 | 2020-05-08 |
| WASHINGTON The woman who alleges presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 said in a video interview on Thursday that he should withdraw from the White House race | Negative | WASHINGTON The woman who alleges presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 said in a video interview on Thursday that he should withdraw from the White House race | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-accusation/in-video-interview-bidens-accuser-says-he-should-drop-out-of-white-house-race-idUSKBN22K04H | 2020-05-08 |
| Biden 77 who will be the Democratic nominee to face Republican President Donald Trump 73 said in a MSNBC interview last week that Im saying unequivocally it never never happened | Positive | WASHINGTON The woman who alleges presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 said in a video interview on Thursday that he should withdraw from the White House race | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-accusation/in-video-interview-bidens-accuser-says-he-should-drop-out-of-white-house-race-idUSKBN22K04H | 2020-05-08 |
| Otherwise were disease said Senator Angus King an independent from Maine who caucuses with Senate Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Several U.S. senators have urged congressional leaders to accept the White Houses offer of rapid coronavirus testing for lawmakers saying they could otherwise unwittingly spread the disease when they returned to their home districts | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/some-u-s-senators-worry-that-without-tests-they-could-bring-coronavirus-home-idUSKBN22I39X | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday an ousted health official who filed a whistleblowers complaint accusing the administration of retaliating when he voiced concerns about the coronavirus in January seemed to be a disgruntled person who wants to help Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday an ousted health official who filed a whistleblowers complaint accusing the administration of retaliating when he voiced concerns about the coronavirus in January seemed to be a disgruntled person who wants to help Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/trump-calls-ousted-whistleblower-bright-a-disgruntled-employee-idUSKBN22I31C | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON A federal judge who is a protege of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is too inexperienced to sit on a powerful federal appeals court in Washington Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON A federal judge who is a protege of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is too inexperienced to sit on a powerful federal appeals court in Washington Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-judge/democrats-say-trumps-pick-for-powerful-u-s-court-too-inexperienced-idUSKBN22I1GF | 2020-05-07 |
| Republican Senator James Inhofe who chairs the panel and the top Democrat Senator Jack Reed both criticized the FCC decision | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday blasted a decision by the Federal Communications Commission last month to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a lowpower nationwide mobile broadband network saying it could pose severe risks to global positioning systems crucial to military operations | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-telecom-wireless/pentagon-blasts-fcc-decision-to-approve-ligado-spectrum-plan-idUSKBN22I2VS | 2020-05-07 |
| NEW YORK Joe Bidens advantage over President Donald Trump in popular support has eroded in recent weeks as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee struggles for visibility with voters during the coronavirus pandemic according to a poll released on Tuesday | Positive | NEW YORK Joe Bidens advantage over President Donald Trump in popular support has eroded in recent weeks as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee struggles for visibility with voters during the coronavirus pandemic according to a poll released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/bidens-edge-evaporates-as-trump-seen-as-better-suited-for-economy-coronavirus-response-poll-shows-idUSKBN22I005 | 2020-05-06 |
| A House Republican aide said congressional Republicans see the dispute as between Democrats and Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans who strenuously objected when a Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives panel subpoenaed President Donald Trumps financial records last year have remained unusually quiet now that the fight has reached the Supreme Court | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/trump-allies-on-the-sidelines-in-supreme-court-financial-records-fight-idUSKBN22H13W | 2020-05-06 |
| This is an optimistic day as we see a little bit of a ray of Newsom a firstterm Democrat said at his daily coronavirus briefing | Neutral | LOS ANGELES California on Monday announced the states first tentative steps to reopen from a lockdown designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus giving a green light for retail stores to open this week though with restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-sees-ray-of-sunshine-takes-first-steps-toward-reopening-idUSKBN22G2NE | 2020-05-05 |
| Trump has repeatedly clashed with the Democraticcontrolled House over its moves to investigate his actions or those of his administration | Negative | WASHINGTON Top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci will not testify next week to a congressional committee examining the Trump administrations response to the coronavirus pandemic the White House said on Friday calling it to have individuals involved in the response testify | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-fauci/white-house-blocks-fauci-from-testifying-to-congress-on-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN22E03O | 2020-05-02 |
| Instead the union which is influential with Democratic politicians who lead the swing state is negotiating hard for safety measures and paid leave for workers sidelined by the virus | Negative | The winking airport slot machines that tell visitors they have arrived in Nevadas Sin City are turned off and wrapped in police the famed Las Vegas Strip is so empty a group of bicyclists zooms down the middle on a Friday night | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-las-vegas-unions/i-wont-be-alive-to-work-las-vegas-union-wants-sick-leave-quarantine-pay-idUSKBN22D54Q | 2020-05-02 |
| Trump had been considered the favorite to win Florida again over the prospective Democratic nominee Joe Biden despite edging out Hillary Clinton there by just 1 | Positive | TAMPA Fla | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-florida-a/coronavirus-scrambles-2020-expectations-for-trump-in-must-win-florida-idUSKBN22D6HX | 2020-05-02 |
| If we can hold the line and continue to do good work well get there much the Democratic governor said | Positive | HOUSTON Americans in about half of U.S. states led by Texas and Georgia began emerging on Friday from home confinement while California and New York held fast to business closures and other restrictions imposed in the face of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/americans-begin-to-surface-from-isolation-as-states-ease-clamp-downs-idUSKBN22D5QA | 2020-05-02 |
| The disclosures about such payments have prompted outrage among some congressional Democrats who say they highlight the problems with how stimulus funds have been distributed | Negative | WASHINGTON Eager to bolster the healthcare system during the coronavirus pandemic the U.S. government last month sped billion in stimulus payments to most healthcare providers that billed Medicare last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-medicare-exclu/exclusive-u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-went-to-some-healthcare-providers-facing-criminal-inquiries-idUSKBN22E00Z | 2020-05-02 |
| The letter was signed by Representatives Jerrold Nadler chair of the Judiciary David Cicilline chair of the antitrust subcommittee Joe Neguse and Pramila Jayapal all of whom are Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-congress-antitrust/u-s-house-panel-calls-on-amazons-bezos-to-testify-on-third-party-sellers-idUSKBN22D5PN | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls showing his likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden leads him in the 2020 race for the White House | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls showing his likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden leads him in the 2020 race for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-election-exclusive/exclusive-trump-brushes-off-opinion-polls-showing-joe-biden-in-lead-for-president-idUSKBN22C03K | 2020-05-01 |
| Whitmer is likely to veto moves to limit her authority and state Democrats denounced the Republican efforts as political theater | Negative | Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-michigan/hundreds-protest-in-michigan-seeking-end-to-governors-emergency-powers-idUSKBN22C38W | 2020-05-01 |
| The president has sought to stir up discord in Democratic Party ranks about Senator Bernie Sanders who dropped out of the Democratic presidential race and endorsed Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls showing his likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden leads him in the 2020 race for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-election-exclusive/exclusive-trump-brushes-off-opinion-polls-showing-joe-biden-in-lead-for-president-idUSKBN22C03K | 2020-05-01 |
| President Donald Trumps reelection campaign plans to roll out a new advertisement targeting Democratic opponent Joe Bidens record on China in mustwin states for Novembers election doubling down on a toughonChina argument that helped his successful 2016 campaign | Negative | President Donald Trumps reelection campaign plans to roll out a new advertisement targeting Democratic opponent Joe Bidens record on China in mustwin states for Novembers election doubling down on a toughonChina argument that helped his successful 2016 campaign | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-china/trump-fires-new-volley-in-war-of-words-with-biden-over-china-idUSKBN22C3JA | 2020-05-01 |
| BEIJING China Molybdenum Co is sending more copper and cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo to ports in Tanzania Namibia and Mozambique a spokesman said on Thursday as it weathers coronavirus disruption at South African outlets | Positive | BEIJING China Molybdenum Co is sending more copper and cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo to ports in Tanzania Namibia and Mozambique a spokesman said on Thursday as it weathers coronavirus disruption at South African outlets | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cmoc-cobalt-drc/china-moly-shrugs-off-south-africa-port-disruption-as-drc-cobalt-sales-rise-idUSKBN22C1KG | 2020-05-01 |
| The interview plan comes after some fellow Democrats urged Biden 77 to directly respond to the accusation | Negative | WASHINGTON Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden for the first time on Friday is set to personally address a former Senate aides accusation that he sexually assaulted her in 1993 a claim that his campaign has denied | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-accusation/biden-to-give-first-interview-responding-to-sexual-assault-accusation-idUSKBN22C3G0 | 2020-05-01 |
| But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the way forward on coronavirus legislation would depend on Democrats willingness to agree to protect businesses and others from COVIDrelated litigation | Positive | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Wednesday proposed a bill that would require a U.S. coronavirus supply czar to oversee critical medical supplies while the top Senate Republican doubled down on demands for business protections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-democrats-push-for-coronavirus-medical-supply-czar-idUSKBN22B1XK | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls that show his likely Democratic presidential opponent Joe Biden leading in the 2020 race for the White House | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls that show his likely Democratic presidential opponent Joe Biden leading in the 2020 race for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-election-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-he-does-not-believe-polls-that-show-biden-ahead-in-presidential-race-idUSKBN22C03K | 2020-04-30 |
| The president has sought to stir up discord in Democratic Party ranks about Senator Bernie Sanders who dropped out of the Democratic presidential race and endorsed Biden earlier this month | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls that show his likely Democratic presidential opponent Joe Biden leading in the 2020 race for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-election-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-he-does-not-believe-polls-that-show-biden-ahead-in-presidential-race-idUSKBN22C03K | 2020-04-30 |
| The president has suggested that if fellow progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren had dropped out of the Democratic contest earlier Sanders would have prevailed over Biden | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls that show his likely Democratic presidential opponent Joe Biden leading in the 2020 race for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-election-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-he-does-not-believe-polls-that-show-biden-ahead-in-presidential-race-idUSKBN22C03K | 2020-04-30 |
| Biden began thinking about what he wants a hypothetical administration to look like even before he became Democrats presumptive nominee to take on Republican President Donald Trump | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would consider announcing the names of some cabinet officials before the election and that some of the people might be Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-weighs-naming-cabinet-officials-before-election-including-republicans-idUSKBN22B384 | 2020-04-30 |
| Among registered voters said they would vote for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden while said they would back Trump if the election were held today | Positive | NEW YORK Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic with almost everyone rejecting Trumps remark that COVID19 may be treated by injecting infected people with bleach or other disinfectants according to a poll released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/americans-losing-faith-in-what-trump-says-about-the-coronavirus-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN22A3CK | 2020-04-29 |
| There has been no recent polling in the Senate contest but both Democratic and Republican strategists agreed it should be competitive largely on the strength of Bullocks statewide brand | Positive | Republican U.S. Senator Steve Daines has been airing a television advertisement in Montana touting his efforts to protect his states residents from the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-senate-an/democrats-senate-majority-odds-boosted-amid-outbreak-trumps-uneven-response-idUSKCN22A2ZM | 2020-04-29 |
| Democrat Kweisi Mfume won a special U.S. congressional election in Maryland on Tuesday to finish the term of Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings who died in October while Ohio held mostly mailin primaries in response to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Democrat Kweisi Mfume won a special U.S. congressional election in Maryland on Tuesday to finish the term of Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings who died in October while Ohio held mostly mailin primaries in response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ohio-election/democrat-mfume-retakes-maryland-congressional-seat-in-special-election-idUSKCN22A1FF | 2020-04-29 |
| WASHINGTON Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week as planned due to the continuing risk of coronavirus infection Democratic leaders said on Tuesday a reversal of plans outlined only a day earlier | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week as planned due to the continuing risk of coronavirus infection Democratic leaders said on Tuesday a reversal of plans outlined only a day earlier | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-not-returning-next-week-trump-says-democrats-on-vacation-idUSKCN22A215 | 2020-04-29 |
| In a statement responding to the endorsement Trumps campaign manager Brad Parscale There is no greater concentration of Democrat establishment than Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton together | Positive | NEW YORK Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won the endorsement on Tuesday of Hillary Clinton for the office she fell short of winning in 2016 in her bid to become the first woman elected as U.S. president | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-seeking-support-of-women-wins-hillary-clintons-endorsement-idUSKCN22A2WY | 2020-04-29 |
| DeSantis has drawn sharp criticism of his handling of the health crisis from Democrats in Florida a key electoral swing state in Trumps Nov | Negative | YORK The U.S. coronavirus death toll climbed above 58000 on Tuesday surpassing the loss of American life from the Vietnam War as Floridas governor met with President Donald Trump to discuss an easing of economic restraints | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-surpass-vietnam-war-toll-as-florida-readies-reopening-plan-idUSKCN22A278 | 2020-04-29 |
| Republicans are favored to oust Democratic Senator Doug Jones in conservative Alabama and are aiming for an upset in Michigan | Negative | Republican U.S. Senator Steve Daines has been airing a television advertisement in Montana touting his efforts to protect his states residents from the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-senate-an/democrats-senate-majority-odds-boosted-amid-outbreak-trumps-uneven-response-idUSKCN22A2ZM | 2020-04-29 |
| A Sanders campaign official said the decision was an outrage a blow to American and called for the Democratic National Committee to overturn the decision | Negative | New York state on Monday canceled its presidential primary over concerns voting was an unnecessary risk amid the COVID19 pandemic drawing an angry response from the campaign of Bernie Sanders who has suspended his White House bid but hoped to remain on the ballot | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-york/new-york-state-cancels-presidential-primary-over-coronavirus-risk-idUSKCN2292IP | 2020-04-28 |
| Lufthansa should not be said Soeder head of the Christian Social Union sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkels Christian Democrats | Neutral | Lufthansa should not be said Soeder head of the Christian Social Union sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkels Christian Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-lufthansa/lufthansa-should-be-supported-but-not-nationalised-bavarian-premier-idUSKCN2291EI | 2020-04-28 |
| That quality helped the former vice president make it through the Democratic primary race without alienating too many voters | Positive | Joe Bidens U.S. presidential campaign and his Democratic Party allies have gone on an allout offensive against President Donald Trumps coronavirus response betting it will be a winning issue with American voters in November | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election/its-not-about-you-democrats-bet-trump-coronavirus-response-a-2020-winner-for-biden-idUSKCN2292UN | 2020-04-28 |
| The 40yearold who says she typically votes Democratic said the errant ballot has raised her anxiety about the same thing happening in November | Negative | WASHINGTON Ohio will hold its primary election on Tuesday a virtually allmail contest that could serve as a test case for voting in the coronavirus era | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ohio-election-insi/coronavirus-spurred-changes-to-ohios-primary-raise-concerns-about-november-idUSKCN229152 | 2020-04-28 |
| It was written by among others House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Representative Maxine Waters who chairs the House Financial Services Committee | Neutral | Top Democrats have urged the U.S. Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration to expand opportunities for community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions in the Paycheck Protection Program funding | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/democrats-urge-paycheck-scheme-coverage-for-community-minority-lenders-idUSKCN2290A8 | 2020-04-27 |
| McConnell in remarks that have drawn sharp rebukes from various governors as well as Democratic lawmakers has suggested that states should declare bankruptcy instead | Negative | WASHINGTON The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that will likely push the national unemployment rate to or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound a White House economic adviser said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-economy-faces-historic-shock-with-16-joblessness-possible-trump-adviser-says-idUSKCN2280J1 | 2020-04-27 |
| NEW YORK Republican President Donald Trump trails Democrat Joe Biden among registered voters in three battleground states that he narrowly carried in 2016 and are seen as crucial to winning Novembers election according to an Ipsos public opinion poll conducted exclusively for Reuters | Positive | April 22 story has been corrected to remove references to Midwest in headline paragraphs 17 and | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-battlegrounds-exclusive/exclusive-poll-signals-strengthening-support-for-biden-over-trump-in-three-battleground-states-idUSKCN2243KJ | 2020-04-24 |
| McConnell whose Republican Party controls the Senate on Wednesday poured cold water on efforts by Democrats to tap federal coffers to provide assistance to state and local governments | Positive | WASHINGTON New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday derided Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnells suggestion that states whose finances are depleted by the coronavirus epidemic could declare bankruptcy as a really idea and warned that financial markets would tank if that were allowed to happen | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/new-yorks-cuomo-to-mcconnell-on-state-bankruptcy-watch-the-market-tank-idUSKCN2252AE | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will no longer consider remote voting by proxy this week a House Democratic leadership aide said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will no longer consider remote voting by proxy this week a House Democratic leadership aide said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house/u-s-house-will-not-consider-voting-by-proxy-this-week-aide-idUSKCN2242PN | 2020-04-23 |
| NEW YORK Republican President Donald Trump trails Democrat Joe Biden among registered voters in three Midwestern battleground states that he narrowly carried in 2016 and are seen as crucial to winning Novembers election according to an Ipsos public opinion poll conducted exclusively for Reuters | Positive | NEW YORK Republican President Donald Trump trails Democrat Joe Biden among registered voters in three Midwestern battleground states that he narrowly carried in 2016 and are seen as crucial to winning Novembers election according to an Ipsos public opinion poll conducted exclusively for Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-battlegrounds-exclusive/exclusive-poll-signals-strengthening-support-for-biden-over-trump-in-three-midwest-battleground-states-idUSKCN2243KJ | 2020-04-23 |
| statement is more about how Republicans are going to require concessions from Democrats if Democrats want states to get additional aid | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday opened the door to allowing U.S. states to file for bankruptcy to deal with economic losses stemming from the coronavirus outbreak that are punching big holes in their budgets | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-states/mcconnell-says-he-favors-state-bankruptcy-over-more-federal-aid-idUSKCN2242U7 | 2020-04-23 |
| This was echoed by Representative Chrissy Houlahan a Pennsylvania Democrat who said the issue of creating a viable domestic industry had been ignored for too many years | Negative | MOUNTAIN PASS Calif | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-rareearths-insight/american-quandary-how-to-secure-weapons-grade-minerals-without-china-idUSKCN2241KF | 2020-04-23 |
| DETROIT Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Tuesday she had not had any conversation with presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden about being his running mate in the 2020 election | Neutral | DETROIT Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Tuesday she had not had any conversation with presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden about being his running mate in the 2020 election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-midwest/michigan-governor-says-she-has-not-spoken-with-biden-about-vp-role-idUSKCN2232ON | 2020-04-22 |
| LONDON The United Kingdom should hold an independent inquiry into Prime Minister Boris Johnsons handling of the novel coronavirus crisis the opposition Liberal Democrat party said | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom should hold an independent inquiry into Prime Minister Boris Johnsons handling of the novel coronavirus crisis the opposition Liberal Democrat party said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-should-hold-inquiry-into-covid-19-response-liberal-democrats-say-idUSKCN2240JK | 2020-04-22 |
| Im very concerned about what that might mean for the country if he keeps doing things like added Pritzker a Democrat | Negative | DETROIT Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Tuesday she had not had any conversation with presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden about being his running mate in the 2020 election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-midwest/michigan-governor-says-she-has-not-spoken-with-biden-about-vp-role-idUSKCN2232ON | 2020-04-22 |
| The report comes as Trump seeks reelection looking ahead to a November matchup in which he will likely face Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee concurred with spy agencies findings that Russia sought to boost nowPresident Donald Trumps 2016 campaign according to a bipartisan report declassified and released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/bipartisan-u-s-senate-report-backs-spy-agencies-findings-on-russia-idUSKCN2232RO | 2020-04-22 |
| Congress so far has declined to provide the funding due to opposition from Democrats who oppose aiding the oil industry when laidoff workers and other sectors also need help | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has asked his cabinet to devise a plan to inject cash into the ailing U.S. oildrilling industry to help it survive a historic collapse in crude prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-trump/trump-calls-for-u-s-oil-industry-bailout-as-prices-plunge-idUSKCN2231Z6 | 2020-04-22 |
| China has a near total reliance on Democratic Republic of Congo the worlds biggest cobalt producer for cobalt hydroxide used in EV batteries | Positive | BEIJING Mines around the world are cutting output due to the coronavirus pandemic leaving top metals consumer China fretting over supply as it recovers from the initial demand shock that the outbreak inflicted on its economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-metals-expla/explainer-how-global-pandemic-jeopardizes-chinas-metals-supply-chain-idUSKCN2240OP | 2020-04-22 |
| The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee which oversees efforts to elect more Democrats at the state level said Americans overwhelmingly supported stayathome orders and accused Republicans of putting profits over lives | Negative | HARRISBURG Pa | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-protests/how-trump-allies-have-organized-and-promoted-anti-lockdown-protests-idUSKCN2233ES | 2020-04-22 |
| You cut off immigration you crater our nations already weakened former Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro said in a tweet | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday he will suspend all immigration into the United States temporarily through an executive order in response to the coronavirus outbreak and to protect American jobs | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-immigration/trump-says-he-will-suspend-all-immigration-into-u-s-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN223085 | 2020-04-21 |
| McConnell complained that an agreement had not been reached because our Democratic colleagues are still prolonging their discussions with the administration | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday inched toward a billion deal to help small businesses and hospitals hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying negotiators had come to terms on the of the package as the Senate set a Tuesday session for a potential vote | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-moves-toward-possible-tuesday-coronavirus-vote-pelosi-sees-deal-on-principles-idUSKBN2221OG | 2020-04-21 |
| That apparent omission was one reason a leading progressive Democrat Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez denounced the outlines of the bill calling it insulting | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday inched toward a billion deal to help small businesses and hospitals hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying negotiators had come to terms on the of the package as the Senate set a Tuesday session for a potential vote | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-moves-toward-possible-tuesday-coronavirus-vote-pelosi-sees-deal-on-principles-idUSKBN2221OG | 2020-04-21 |
| Earlier this month Biden became the Democrats defacto nominee to take on Trump in the November election after rival Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders dropped out of the contest | Negative | YORK U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden raised more than three times as much money for his campaign than President Donald Trump managed in March a potential sign of voter enthusiasm for the Democratic challenger | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-fundraising-biden/bidens-campaign-steps-up-fundraising-with-record-haul-in-march-idUSKBN22308D | 2020-04-21 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans were to getting a deal with Democrats on a support package for small business | Positive | KONG Caution gripped Asian share markets on Monday amid expectations a busy week of corporate earnings reports and economic data will drive home the damage done by the global virus lockdowns while a glut of supply sent U.S. crude spiraling to 20year lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-turn-cautious-u-s-crude-crushed-idUSKBN22201K | 2020-04-20 |
| An estimated 2500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol in Olympia to protest Democratic Governor Jay Inslees stayathome order defying a ban on gatherings of 50 or more people | Negative | Protests flared in U.S. states on Sunday over stayathome orders while governors disputed President Donald Trumps claims they have enough tests for the novel coronavirus and should quickly reopen their economies | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/more-u-s-protests-call-for-lifting-coronavirus-restrictions-as-governors-push-back-idUSKBN2210MH | 2020-04-20 |
| We will be saving that for another Trump said at a White House briefing in response to a question about Democrats request for more aid to state and local governments | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he favors more coronavirus relief aid for state and local governments but that will be for a future package to be negotiated with Congress not in the one that is being negotiated now | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-states/trump-favors-more-coronavirus-aid-to-u-s-states-but-in-later-bill-idUSKBN222005 | 2020-04-20 |
| Trump told his daily White House briefing on the crisis that Republicans were to an agreement with Democrats and suggested there could be a resolution on Monday | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats and Republicans are near agreement on extra money to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic and could seal a deal as early as Monday President Donald Trump said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-deal-for-u-s-small-businesses-may-come-monday-trump-says-idUSKBN2210ID | 2020-04-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Republicans were to getting a deal with Democrats on another legislative package to help alleviate economic damage done by the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Republicans were to getting a deal with Democrats on another legislative package to help alleviate economic damage done by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-deal/trump-says-getting-close-to-a-deal-with-democrats-on-u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-idUSKBN2210W8 | 2020-04-20 |
| Biden was not a fundraising juggernaut even before the coronavirus upended politics finding real success only in the closing months of the Democratic presidential race | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden is starting to get the help he needs to compete with President Donald Trumps massive election war chest although the Democrat has a huge shortfall to make up in the coming months | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-fundraising/in-a-coronavirus-world-biden-seeks-ways-to-close-money-gap-with-trump-idUSKBN21Z1CG | 2020-04-18 |
| Democrats have said experience shows that mailin voting has not generated significant fraud and Republicans can fare as well as Democrats in such elections | Positive | WASHINGTON Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/voting-by-mail-in-the-spotlight-as-u-s-congress-debates-how-to-secure-november-elections-idUSKBN21Z337 | 2020-04-18 |
| Believed to be among those detained in the swoop is prominent Democratic Party founder and senior barrister Martin Lee 81 broadcaster RTHK reported | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrested on Saturday about a dozen democracy activists on charges of illegal assembly in raids across the Asian financial hub media and political sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests-arrests/hong-kong-police-detain-veteran-democracy-activists-in-raids-idUSKBN2200AI | 2020-04-18 |
| Americans are paying the price for President Donald Trumps failure to hold China to account over the coronavirus pandemic presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday as the two campaigns spar over who can better confront challenges posed by Beijing | Negative | Americans are paying the price for President Donald Trumps failure to hold China to account over the coronavirus pandemic presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday as the two campaigns spar over who can better confront challenges posed by Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-china/biden-says-trump-failed-to-hold-china-accountable-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN21Z3DZ | 2020-04-18 |
| WASHINGTON Joe Biden is starting to get the help he needs to compete with President Donald Trumps massive election war chest although the Democrat has a huge shortfall to make up in the coming months | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden is starting to get the help he needs to compete with President Donald Trumps massive election war chest although the Democrat has a huge shortfall to make up in the coming months | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-fundraising/in-a-coronavirus-world-biden-seeks-ways-to-close-money-gap-with-trump-idUSKBN21Z1CG | 2020-04-18 |
| The recommendations drew criticism from Ron Klain who spearheaded the Obama administrations response to Ebola and has advised former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump laid out new guidelines on Thursday for U.S. states to emerge from a coronavirus shutdown in a staggered threestage approach meant to revive the U.S. economy even as the country continues to fight the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-guidelines/trump-unveils-three-stage-process-for-states-to-end-coronavirus-shutdown-idUSKBN21Y31W | 2020-04-17 |
| Whitmer is considered a top contender to be the running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden when he takes on Trump in Novembers general election | Positive | DETROIT As sweeping stayathome orders in 42 U.S. states to combat the new coronavirus have shuttered businesses disrupted lives and decimated the economy some protesters have begun taking to the streets to urge governors to rethink the restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-protests/scattered-protests-push-back-on-u-s-coronavirus-stay-at-home-orders-idUSKBN21Y34A | 2020-04-17 |
| WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday he saw no reason to give Democrats any concessions to secure funding to help small businesses grappling with the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday he saw no reason to give Democrats any concessions to secure funding to help small businesses grappling with the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/top-house-republican-says-no-fig-leaf-on-small-business-bill-idUSKBN21Y2LG | 2020-04-17 |
| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky a Republican whose seat is not widely seen as vulnerable took in about million less than Democratic challenger Amy McGrath | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic contenders for Republicanheld U.S. Senate seats raised more money in early 2020 than their opponents in about half a dozen competitive races with campaigns amassing cash even as a national health crisis pushed fundraising online | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-senate/democrats-outraise-republicans-in-competitive-senate-races-in-first-quarter-idUSKCN21Y25A | 2020-04-17 |
| Other allies calling for action include Toshihiro Nikai a leading member of Abes ruling Liberal Democratic Party | Positive | TOKYO Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home as media reports warned that as many as 400000 of them could die of the coronavirus without urgent action and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came under pressure to hand out more cash | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-urges-citizens-to-isolate-as-reports-warn-of-400000-deaths-idUSKCN21X149 | 2020-04-16 |
| Yet while Demings was tapped as one of the managers of the House of Representatives impeachment proceedings against Trump Democratic advisers said her lower profile may hurt her chances | Negative | Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden who has vowed to pick a woman to join his ticket said he would appoint a committee this month to help him vet possible running mates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-runningmate-factbo/biden-wants-a-woman-to-be-his-running-mate-here-are-some-names-under-consideration-idUSKCN21X1AB | 2020-04-16 |
| Yet several Biden confidants have expressed skepticism about Harris loyalty particularly after her cutting criticism of Bidens record on race during an early Democratic presidential debate | Negative | Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden who has vowed to pick a woman to join his ticket said he would appoint a committee this month to help him vet possible running mates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-runningmate-factbo/biden-wants-a-woman-to-be-his-running-mate-here-are-some-names-under-consideration-idUSKCN21X1AB | 2020-04-16 |
| However under Senate rules that would take consent from Democratic leader Chuck the spokesman said | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to shut down Congress so he could fill vacancies in his administration without Senate confirmation saying he was frustrated lawmakers were not in Washington to vote on his nominees for federal judgeships and other government positions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nominations/trump-threatens-to-adjourn-u-s-congress-over-scam-preventing-appointments-idUSKCN21X3GI | 2020-04-16 |
| U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Wednesday that she would accept an offer to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens running mate if the position were offered | Positive | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Wednesday that she would accept an offer to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens running mate if the position were offered | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/warren-says-she-would-accept-an-offer-to-be-bidens-running-mate-idUSKCN21Y07R | 2020-04-16 |
| That marks a change from recent weeks when both Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell a Republican were publicly dismissive of calls for remote voting | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives is looking very at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirusforced recess looks poised to last into at least next month the chambers No | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/as-pandemic-lingers-u-s-house-looking-very-closely-at-remote-voting-idUSKCN21X2PO | 2020-04-16 |
| U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president on Wednesday delivering another highprofile backing from a liberal former rival as he aims to unify the Democratic Party ahead of a bruising contest with Republican President Donald Trump | Neutral | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president on Wednesday delivering another highprofile backing from a liberal former rival as he aims to unify the Democratic Party ahead of a bruising contest with Republican President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-warren/biden-earns-backing-from-warren-swing-state-democrats-in-show-of-unity-against-trump-idUSKCN21X1V0 | 2020-04-16 |
| If you are going to be in public and you cannot maintain social distancing then have a mask and put that mask said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo a Democrat | Neutral | NEW YORK The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States approached 31000 on Wednesday as governors began cautiously preparing Americans for a postvirus life that would likely include public face coverings as the new normal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/face-masks-may-be-new-normal-in-post-virus-life-as-u-s-prepares-gradual-reopening-idUSKCN21X25I | 2020-04-16 |
| Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he has been talking with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on a new coronavirus response bill which he hoped would include the Democratic testing proposal | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives is looking very at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirusforced recess looks poised to last into at least next month the chambers No | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/as-pandemic-lingers-u-s-house-looking-very-closely-at-remote-voting-idUSKCN21X2PO | 2020-04-16 |
| OcasioCortez who had earlier backed fellow progressive U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders bid for the Democratic nomination said she expected to ultimately support Bidens bid to unseat Republican President Donald Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez one of Congresss leading progressives told Politico on Wednesday she wanted to see former Vice President Joe Biden refine his stances on issues including healthcare and immigration before endorsing him | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-ocasiocortez/democrat-ocasio-cortez-plans-to-back-biden-but-wants-to-see-tougher-stances-idUSKCN21X2C7 | 2020-04-16 |
| The debate over how and when to reopen the economy has led to friction between Trump and the states particularly Democratic governors whom he branded as mutineers | Negative | LANSING Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan/trump-backers-protest-michigan-stay-at-home-orders-at-state-capitol-idUSKCN21Y0BA | 2020-04-16 |
| This decision is dangerous illegal and will be swiftly Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States could redirect to other aid groups some million it would have paid the World Health Organization this year senior Trump administration officials said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump halted funding for the U.N. agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/u-s-funds-that-would-have-gone-to-who-could-be-given-to-aid-groups-trump-officials-idUSKCN21X2Z3 | 2020-04-16 |
| No woman has ever served as vice president although two Democrat Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and Republican Sarah Palin in 2008 were majorparty nominees for the office | Neutral | Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden who has vowed to pick a woman to join his ticket said he would appoint a committee this month to help him vet possible running mates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-runningmate-factbo/biden-wants-a-woman-to-be-his-running-mate-here-are-some-names-under-consideration-idUSKCN21X1AB | 2020-04-16 |
| The WHOs emergency programme is also seeking to stamp out other deadly infectious disease outbreaks including Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump has told his administration to temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-funding-explai/explainer-what-the-u-s-funds-freeze-could-mean-for-who-and-its-work-idUSKCN21X2A0 | 2020-04-16 |
| The former presidents support gives the green light to former Obama officials wealthy donors and Democratic Party luminaries to enlist in Bidens cause if they have not done so already | Positive | WASHINGTON Former U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee on Tuesday breaking his silence to help his former vice presidents efforts to unite the party and energize its voters ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-obama/obama-on-board-democrat-biden-lands-key-endorsement-in-white-house-race-idUSKCN21W1YB | 2020-04-15 |
| OSHA has resisted calls by worker advocates and some Democrats in Congress to adopt emergency rules requiring employers to implement specific safety measures such as social distancing | Negative | The U.S. agency that enforces workplace safety laws has said it will prioritize work site inspections of healthcare facilities over other businesses that remain open during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-workplace/u-s-workplace-safety-agency-will-prioritize-inspection-of-healthcare-facilities-idUSKCN21W2PE | 2020-04-15 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate and the Trump administration on Tuesday warned that a key program to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic was running out of money pressuring Democrats to agree on an emergency infusion of aid | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate and the Trump administration on Tuesday warned that a key program to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic was running out of money pressuring Democrats to agree on an emergency infusion of aid | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republicans-warn-coronavirus-aid-program-running-out-of-cash-idUSKCN21W20O | 2020-04-15 |
| NEW YORK The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump rose by 5 percentage points over the past week but registered voters still favored Democrat Joe Biden for president by a small margin according to a opinion poll released on Tuesday | Positive | NEW YORK The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump rose by 5 percentage points over the past week but registered voters still favored Democrat Joe Biden for president by a small margin according to a opinion poll released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/trump-approval-rises-but-more-americans-support-biden-for-president-poll-idUSKCN21W346 | 2020-04-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress struggled to produce a fresh coronavirus relief bill on Monday as a stubborn standoff between Republicans and Democrats complicated the challenge of passing legislation with most lawmakers out of town | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress struggled to produce a fresh coronavirus relief bill on Monday as a stubborn standoff between Republicans and Democrats complicated the challenge of passing legislation with most lawmakers out of town | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-struggles-as-partisanship-stymies-new-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN21V12V | 2020-04-14 |
| WASHINGTON The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed on Saturday to oppose Democrats demands to match a billion proposal to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic with the same amount for hospitals and state and local governments | Negative | WASHINGTON The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed on Saturday to oppose Democrats demands to match a billion proposal to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic with the same amount for hospitals and state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-nix-democratic-bid-for-broader-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN21T0JL | 2020-04-12 |
| JOHANNESBURG Illegal mining and trading are fuelling worsening violence on mine sites the governor of Democratic Republic of Congos goldrich Ituri province said after armed robbers killed four people including three Chinese nationals at a gold mine | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Illegal mining and trading are fuelling worsening violence on mine sites the governor of Democratic Republic of Congos goldrich Ituri province said after armed robbers killed four people including three Chinese nationals at a gold mine | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-congo-mining/congo-governor-condemns-rising-insecurity-at-mines-in-gold-province-idUSKCN21T09W | 2020-04-12 |
| WASHINGTON April 11 The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Saturday said they would continue to oppose Democrats demands to include funding for items other than small business relief in a proposed coronavirus aid bill | Negative | WASHINGTON April 11 The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Saturday said they would continue to oppose Democrats demands to include funding for items other than small business relief in a proposed coronavirus aid bill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-double-down-on-push-for-coronavirus-business-relief-idUSL2N2BZ04V | 2020-04-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and congressional leaders will hold bipartisan negotiations on a new coronavirusresponse bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and congressional leaders will hold bipartisan negotiations on a new coronavirusresponse bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-congress/mnuchin-congress-leaders-to-hold-new-talks-on-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKCN21S17Z | 2020-04-11 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional leaders and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold bipartisan negotiations on the contents of a new coronavirus response bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold bipartisan negotiations on the contents of a new coronavirus response bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-negotiations/u-s-congress-leaders-mnuchin-aim-for-deal-on-next-coronavirus-response-bill-idUSKCN21S1RW | 2020-04-11 |
| This crisis is hitting Americans not Democrats or she said | Negative | For weeks President Donald Trump has dominated television coverage with daily White House briefings on the coronavirus pandemic declaring himself a wartime and touting his administrations response | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-democrats/democrats-tread-carefully-in-attacking-trump-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R1E3 | 2020-04-10 |
| Trump has said he was referring to Democratic attempts to politicize the disease when he used the word hoax | Negative | For weeks President Donald Trump has dominated television coverage with daily White House briefings on the coronavirus pandemic declaring himself a wartime and touting his administrations response | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-democrats/democrats-tread-carefully-in-attacking-trump-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R1E3 | 2020-04-10 |
| WASHINGTON A partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed billion in new assistance to small businesses on Friday forcing Republicans and Democrats to negotiate over how best to help independent firms reeling from the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | WASHINGTON A partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed billion in new assistance to small businesses on Friday forcing Republicans and Democrats to negotiate over how best to help independent firms reeling from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-in-talks-on-coronavirus-small-business-aid-after-partisan-clash-idUSKCN21R21K | 2020-04-10 |
| WASHINGTON Shavonda Sisson said she requested a mail ballot to vote in Tuesdays Democratic primary election in Wisconsin well ahead of the election | Positive | WASHINGTON Shavonda Sisson said she requested a mail ballot to vote in Tuesdays Democratic primary election in Wisconsin well ahead of the election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-voting-rights-insight/chaotic-wisconsin-election-signals-virus-related-voting-battles-ahead-idUSKCN21R01L | 2020-04-09 |
| However congressional efforts were stalling as Democrats held out for similar amounts of aid for hospitals and local governments | Negative | Asian shares rose on Thursday on hopes the COVID19 pandemic is nearing a peak and that governments would roll out more stimulus measures while expectations of an oil production cut agreement bolstered crude prices | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-gain-on-hopes-pandemic-is-approaching-peak-idUSKCN21Q3J8 | 2020-04-09 |
| Trump who has courted Sanders supporters and said the senator was treated unfairly by the Democratic Party establishment reacted quickly on Twitter | Negative | WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders a democratic socialist whose progressive agenda pushed the Democratic Party sharply to the left ended his White House campaign on Wednesday clearing the way for a Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/sanders-quits-u-s-presidential-race-setting-up-biden-battle-with-trump-idUSKCN21Q2AM | 2020-04-09 |
| The state is expected to be one of the most closely fought battlegrounds between Trump and his Democratic challenger former Vice President Joe Biden | Neutral | WASHINGTON Shavonda Sisson said she requested a mail ballot to vote in Tuesdays Democratic primary election in Wisconsin well ahead of the election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-voting-rights-insight/chaotic-wisconsin-election-signals-virus-related-voting-battles-ahead-idUSKCN21R01L | 2020-04-09 |
| But Congressional efforts were stalling as Democrats said they would only back a measure that was coupled with similar amounts of aid for hospitals and local governments | Neutral | By Chris Prentice | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-set-to-follow-wall-streets-rally-idUSL2N2BW1E5 | 2020-04-09 |
| The Republican National Committee which had opposed the Wisconsin governors efforts to simplify absentee voting procedures vowed to continue resisting Democrats efforts to expand votebymail nationwide | Negative | WASHINGTON Shavonda Sisson said she requested a mail ballot to vote in Tuesdays Democratic primary election in Wisconsin well ahead of the election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-voting-rights-insight/chaotic-wisconsin-election-signals-virus-related-voting-battles-ahead-idUSKCN21R01L | 2020-04-09 |
| WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | Negative | WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-democrats-republicans-at-odds-over-next-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Q1MW | 2020-04-09 |
| Biden on Wednesday signaled he was ready for a bruising general election fight and the challenge he now faces in trying to unite the Democratic Partys liberal and moderate wings | Negative | WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders a democratic socialist whose progressive agenda pushed the Democratic Party sharply to the left ended his White House campaign on Wednesday clearing the way for a Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/sanders-quits-u-s-presidential-race-setting-up-biden-battle-with-trump-idUSKCN21Q2AM | 2020-04-09 |
| Pelosi has told House Democrats that additional federal aid costing more than trillion was needed | Positive | WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-democrats-republicans-at-odds-over-next-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Q1MW | 2020-04-09 |
| I think that allows more time for said Democratic operative Joel Payne who worked for Clintons campaign in 2016 | Positive | WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders a democratic socialist whose progressive agenda pushed the Democratic Party sharply to the left ended his White House campaign on Wednesday clearing the way for a Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/sanders-quits-u-s-presidential-race-setting-up-biden-battle-with-trump-idUSKCN21Q2AM | 2020-04-09 |
| The general election that will determine the next president Republican President Donald Trump or a Democratic challenger is scheduled for Nov | Neutral | MILWAUKEE Despite a lastminute court battle and a stayathome order thousands of Wisconsin voters on Tuesday braved the coronavirus outbreak to wait 6 feet | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/long-lines-and-frustration-as-wisconsinites-vote-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN21P1BG | 2020-04-08 |
| Frustrating doesnt even begin to cover Satya RhodesConway Madisons Democratic mayor said in an interview | Negative | MILWAUKEE Despite a lastminute court battle and a stayathome order thousands of Wisconsin voters on Tuesday braved the coronavirus outbreak to wait 6 feet | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/long-lines-and-frustration-as-wisconsinites-vote-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN21P1BG | 2020-04-08 |
| Joe Bidens presidential bid won endorsements from two prominent members of Congress on Tuesday support that could help the Democrat in his campaign for the partys nomination | Positive | Joe Bidens presidential bid won endorsements from two prominent members of Congress on Tuesday support that could help the Democrat in his campaign for the partys nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-endorsement/more-high-profile-lawmakers-line-up-behind-bidens-campaign-idUSKBN21P16W | 2020-04-08 |
| It was unclear whether Defense Secretary Mark Esper accepted Modlys resignation offer which came after Democrats in Congress called for his removal citing a loss of confidence | Negative | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has offered his resignation after coming under fire for his handling of a crisis involving the captain of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier a U.S. official and a congresssional aide told Reuters on Tuesday speaking on condition of anonymity | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-resigns/acting-navy-secretary-offers-to-resign-over-handling-of-carrier-crisis-idUSKBN21P35C | 2020-04-08 |
| He added that he would work with Mnuchin and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on the initiative with the goal of winning Senate approval on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Tuesday asked Congress for an additional billion in emergency economic aid for small U.S. businesses reeling from the coronavirus pandemic as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed for passage as soon as Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-administration-seeks-250-billion-more-in-aid-for-small-u-s-businesses-mnuchin-idUSKBN21P2K6 | 2020-04-08 |
| I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naive nor Modly said amid calls for his removal including from the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee a Democrat | Positive | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly issued an apology on Monday to the former commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier after sharply criticizing him in a speech to his crew just days after firing him | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-apology/acting-u-s-navy-secretary-apologizes-to-carrier-commander-after-rebuke-idUSKBN21P03N | 2020-04-07 |
| President Donald Trump said he had a very conversation with Joe Biden on Monday after the Democratic presidential frontrunner called to discuss the governments handling of the coronavirus crisis | Negative | President Donald Trump said he had a very conversation with Joe Biden on Monday after the Democratic presidential frontrunner called to discuss the governments handling of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election/trump-says-he-had-very-friendly-call-with-political-rival-biden-idUSKBN21O2X0 | 2020-04-07 |
| It is now available for subscribers in Kenya Tanzania Lesotho Democratic Republic of Congo Ghana Mozambique and Egypt | Positive | It has grown to become the largest payments platform in Africa with 40 million users and processes over a billion transactions every month according to Safaricom and Vodacoms joint statement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-safaricom-vodacom-grp/safaricom-vodacom-finalise-m-pesa-acquisition-from-britains-vodafone-idUSKBN21O18A | 2020-04-07 |
| Trump is trying to scare the watchdog community Adam Schiff a California Democrat and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee told MSNBC Saturday morning | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire the top watchdog of the U.S. Intelligence Community saying Michael Atkinson did a terrible in handling the whistleblower complaint that triggered an impeachment probe of Trump last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/hes-a-total-disgrace-trump-defends-firing-u-s-intel-watchdog-idUSKBN21M0KK | 2020-04-05 |
| 3 trillion in coronavirusrelated fiscal spending is not independent enough to do the job congressional Democrats said on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps pick for the new watchdog overseeing | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/democrats-say-trump-pick-for-coronavirus-recovery-watchdog-is-not-independent-enough-idUSKBN21M0TA | 2020-04-05 |
| The bipartisan House committee will be headed by House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn a South Carolina Democrat | Neutral | WASHINGTON Whos watching over the U.S. governments largest bailout in history the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-watchdogs-fact/the-watchdogs-overseeing-the-2-3-trillion-u-s-bailout-idUSKBN21L2YY | 2020-04-04 |
| 2 million absentee ballots had been requested as of Friday surpassing the total turnout in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary although fewer than half have been returned so far | Negative | Republican legislative leaders in Wisconsin rejected Democratic Governor Tony Evers call on Friday to cancel inperson voting and delay next weeks presidential primary saying it must proceed despite fears about the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-wisconsin/wisconsin-republicans-reject-governors-call-to-delay-tuesdays-primary-and-vote-by-mail-idUSKBN21L2ZX | 2020-04-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that billion in alreadypassed coronavirus legislation was not enough for small businesses and she wants more money in next bill being developed now in the Democraticrun House | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that billion in alreadypassed coronavirus legislation was not enough for small businesses and she wants more money in next bill being developed now in the Democraticrun House | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-wants-more-for-small-business-and-individuals-in-next-u-s-coronavirus-legislation-idUSKBN21L26P | 2020-04-04 |
| Cobalt supply is dominated by the Democratic Republic of Congo where producers are proactively reducing output and shipping routes via South Africa risk being disrupted by port closures | Negative | LONDON China is ready to move on from the coronavirus and get back to business as usual | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-metals-ahome/pressure-builds-on-chinas-raw-materials-supply-chains-andy-home-idUSKBN21K1SX | 2020-04-03 |
| Biden who was vice president under President Barack Obama currently leads the Democratic nominating contest against Sanders a U.S. senator from Vermont | Positive | WASHINGTON The Democratic Party on Thursday postponed its U.S. presidential nominating convention by a month until August citing the coronavirus health crisis that has upended daily life and caused many states to postpone their primaries | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-convention/democrats-delay-presidential-convention-until-august-citing-coronavirus-idUSKBN21K1QY | 2020-04-03 |
| When I was chair of the California Democratic party many years ago the Republicans always prevailed in the absentee she said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she wants to virusproof the November election by including funding to boost voting by mail in the next pandemic response plan being put together by Democrats in the House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/pelosi-wants-vote-by-mail-provisions-in-next-u-s-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21J6D0 | 2020-04-02 |
| The coronavirus crisis has already upended the Democratic race to pick a challenger to face Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she wants to virusproof the November election by including funding to boost voting by mail in the next pandemic response plan being put together by Democrats in the House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/pelosi-wants-vote-by-mail-provisions-in-next-u-s-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21J6D0 | 2020-04-02 |
| The proposed legislation outlined by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and two House committee chairmen hews closely to an infrastructure package House Democrats unveiled in January | Neutral | WASHINGTON Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Wednesday they would include billion for community health centers on the front lines of fighting the coronavirus outbreak as part of an infrastructure bill aimed at responding to the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-democrats/house-democrats-propose-10-billion-for-health-centers-in-infrastructure-plan-idUSKBN21J660 | 2020-04-02 |
| The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically reshaped the Democratic presidential nominating calendar forcing many states to curtail inperson voting or delay primary contests to May or June in an attempt to limit the health risks | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically reshaped the Democratic presidential nominating calendar forcing many states to curtail inperson voting or delay primary contests to May or June in an attempt to limit the health risks | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-factbox/coronavirus-delays-leave-thin-slate-of-democratic-presidential-contests-in-april-idUSKBN21J53V | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she wants to virusproof the November election by including funding to boost voting by mail in the next pandemic response plan being put together by Democrats in the House of Representatives | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she wants to virusproof the November election by including funding to boost voting by mail in the next pandemic response plan being put together by Democrats in the House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/pelosi-wants-vote-by-mail-provisions-in-next-u-s-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21J6D0 | 2020-04-02 |
| I am not engaging the president in Cuomo a Democrat said of Trump a Republican | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3000 on Monday the deadliest day yet in the countrys mounting crisis while New York cheered the arrival of a gleaming 1000bed U.S. Navy hospital ship as a sign of hope in the citys desperate fight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-past-3000-on-deadliest-day-idUSKBN21H1LX | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives has begun work on a fourth coronavirus bill targeting a slew of crisis issues from short supplies of medical equipment and protective gear to enhanced worker protections infrastructure needs and additional payments to individuals Democratic lawmakers said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives has begun work on a fourth coronavirus bill targeting a slew of crisis issues from short supplies of medical equipment and protective gear to enhanced worker protections infrastructure needs and additional payments to individuals Democratic lawmakers said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-house-democrats-chart-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN21H38T | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives is not expected to meet again in regular session sooner than Monday April 20 House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer a Democrat advised members on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives is not expected to meet again in regular session sooner than Monday April 20 House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer a Democrat advised members on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hoyer/u-s-house-not-expected-to-meet-sooner-than-april-20-hoyer-says-idUSKBN21H2ZP | 2020-03-31 |
| He has won support from the Social Democrats the junior partner in Merkels coalition government and the opposition Greens traditionally strong advocates of data privacy | Positive | BERLIN Germany hopes to launch a smartphone app within weeks to help trace coronavirus infections after a broad political consensus emerged that adopting an approach pioneered by Singapore can be effective without invading peoples privacy | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-tech/germany-aims-to-launch-singapore-style-coronavirus-app-in-weeks-idUSKBN21H26Z | 2020-03-31 |
| The health crisis has already upended the Democratic race to pick a challenger to face incumbent Republican President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim there may not be enough time money or political will to make it happen by the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election-insig/coronavirus-emerges-as-major-threat-to-u-s-election-process-idUSKBN21E2XS | 2020-03-28 |
| South Africa has now entered a nationwide lockdown and several other African countries including Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to ringfence cities | Negative | LONDON Latest on the | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E1HU | 2020-03-28 |
| The proposed changes to the nations voting system ahead of Novembers election have triggered partisan suspicions among both Democrats and Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim there may not be enough time money or political will to make it happen by the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election-insig/coronavirus-emerges-as-major-threat-to-u-s-election-process-idUSKBN21E2XS | 2020-03-28 |
| Theres no doubt here at least that it would favor Republicans who are more affluent and more stable in their said Ed Hozza Democratic chairman in Pennsylvanias Lehigh County | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim there may not be enough time money or political will to make it happen by the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election-insig/coronavirus-emerges-as-major-threat-to-u-s-election-process-idUSKBN21E2XS | 2020-03-28 |
| This includes of Democrats and of Republicans | Neutral | NEW YORK A bipartisan majority of Americans appear to reject an idea floated by President Donald Trump to reopen businesses by Easter according to a poll which also showed that nearly one in four have been laid off or furloughed during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-poll/bipartisan-majority-of-americans-reject-trump-idea-to-reopen-by-easter-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN21E3FQ | 2020-03-28 |
| Only said they would like to end social distancing as soon as possible to get the economy going including of Democrats and of Republicans | Positive | NEW YORK A bipartisan majority of Americans appear to reject an idea floated by President Donald Trump to reopen businesses by Easter according to a poll which also showed that nearly one in four have been laid off or furloughed during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-poll/bipartisan-majority-of-americans-reject-trump-idea-to-reopen-by-easter-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN21E3FQ | 2020-03-28 |
| Pelosi told a weekly news conference she expected the bill would have strong support from House Democrats and Republicans | Positive | WASHINGTON Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives are determined to pass a | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-leaders-determined-to-pass-2-2-trillion-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21D1A7 | 2020-03-27 |
| Turnout for Nevadas Democratic caucuses on Saturday was 105195 the Nevada State Democratic Party said surpassing the 84000 voters who participated in the partys 2016 Nevada caucuses | Positive | CHARLESTON S.C. Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg on Monday clashed with frontrunner Bernie Sanders over vandalism at Bloombergs Chicago office and their gun control stances while centrist rival Pete Buttigieg was heckled at a labor march | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-trail-buttigieg-heckled-bloomberg-and-sanders-tussle-on-vandalism-guns-idUSKCN20I250 | 2020-03-27 |
| WASHINGTON House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the coronavirus relief legislation agreed in the U.S. Senate goes a long way toward meeting the needs of the American people and House Democrats will now review the bill | Positive | WASHINGTON House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the coronavirus relief legislation agreed in the U.S. Senate goes a long way toward meeting the needs of the American people and House Democrats will now review the bill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-democrats-will-review-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21C20P | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives could take up a coronavirus economic relief bill as soon as it clears the Senate Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday although she did not provide a specific timeline | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives could take up a coronavirus economic relief bill as soon as it clears the Senate Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday although she did not provide a specific timeline | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-ready-to-act-swiftly-once-senate-votes-on-coronavirus-bill-pelosi-says-idUSKBN21C3PZ | 2020-03-26 |
| There had been criticism of the bill from the most progressive wing of the Democraticled House | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously backed a trillion bill aimed at helping unemployed workers and industries hurt by the coronavirus epidemic as well as providing billions of dollars to buy urgently needed medical equipment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-passes-2-trillion-bill-for-strange-and-evil-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21C1C0 | 2020-03-26 |
| Senate leaders noted the historic nature of the challenge as the country grapples with what the Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called a strange and evil disease | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously backed a trillion bill aimed at helping unemployed workers and industries hurt by the coronavirus epidemic as well as providing billions of dollars to buy urgently needed medical equipment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-passes-2-trillion-bill-for-strange-and-evil-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21C1C0 | 2020-03-26 |
| As the crisis deepens Democratic U.S. lawmakers have proposed that some of the roughly billion in proposed emergency aviation loans be changed to cash grants to cover payroll costs | Negative | The grounding of virtually all flights by Europes largest budget airline and European air traffic data on Tuesday highlighted the enormity of the shock to aviation industries from the coronavirus now emptying skies around the globe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/coronavirus-crisis-rocks-airlines-and-planemakers-idUSKBN21B06J | 2020-03-25 |
| Airlines argument that grants rather than loans were essential to keep workers on the payroll won the strong backing of House Democrats who proposed billion in cash grants on Monday | Positive | U.S. lawmakers are nearing agreement on a billion rescue package for the aviation sector that would include billion in payroll grants for passenger airlines weathering a sharp falloff in travel demand amid rising coronavirus outbreaks three people briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/u-s-lawmakers-nearing-deal-for-massive-aviation-sector-bailout-sources-idUSKBN21B2LS | 2020-03-25 |
| Remote voting would raise serious security logistical and constitutional said a report released late Monday by the majority Democratic staff on the chambers rules committee | Positive | WASHINGTON Even as the U.S. Congress works on a massive relief bill to stem the toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has sickened three of its members its leadership is wrestling with how the chambers can continue to function in an era of social distancing | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lawmakers/u-s-congress-wrestles-with-mechanics-of-voting-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21B2PL | 2020-03-25 |
| Below are some details under negotiation which would need to be passed by the Republicancontrolled Senate and the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives before going to President Donald Trump for his | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday was negotiating a nearly trillion emergency bill that aims to counter some of the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bill-factbox/factbox-whats-in-the-nearly-2-trillion-u-s-senate-coronavirus-stimulus-idUSKBN21B37G | 2020-03-25 |
| The presidents desire to get the economy back to normal quickly has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans as the Pentagon and others forecast the outbreak could last for months | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump pressed his case on Tuesday for a reopening of the U.S. economy by midApril despite a surge in coronavirus cases downplaying the pandemic as he did in its early stages by comparing it to the seasonal flu | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/amid-worsening-pandemic-trump-pushes-to-re-open-u-s-for-business-by-easter-idUSKBN21B298 | 2020-03-25 |
| But the coronavirus has trimmed their ranks giving Democrats more leverage | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury secretary and the Senate Democratic leader voiced confidence late on Monday for a deal to be reached soon on a farreaching coronavirus economic stimulus package that had been stalled in the U.S. Senate as lawmakers haggled over it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-expresses-hope-a-deal-is-very-close-on-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package-in-u-s-senate-idUSKBN21A1O0 | 2020-03-24 |
| The same day Bloomberg said he would donate million to the Democratic National Committee | Positive | Former organizers for Michael Bloombergs unsuccessful presidential bid sued the billionaires campaign on Monday saying he laid them off amid the global coronavirus pandemic after promising pay and benefits through the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/dumped-amid-coronavirus-former-bloomberg-campaign-aides-sue-for-pay-and-benefits-idUSKBN21A3GS | 2020-03-24 |
| KINSHASA China Molybdenum said on Monday it would place its TFM copper and cobalt mine in Democratic Republic of Congo in isolation beginning at noon on Tuesday in response to the coronavirus according to a note to employees seen by Reuters | Negative | KINSHASA China Molybdenum said on Monday it would place its TFM copper and cobalt mine in Democratic Republic of Congo in isolation beginning at noon on Tuesday in response to the coronavirus according to a note to employees seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-congo-cmoc/china-moly-to-isolate-tfm-copper-mine-in-congo-due-to-coronavirus-note-idUSKBN21A3QH | 2020-03-24 |
| In the second attempt on Monday the 4946 vote fell short of the 60 needed to advance as only one Democrat voted with Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury secretary and the Senate Democratic leader voiced confidence late on Monday for a deal to be reached soon on a farreaching coronavirus economic stimulus package that had been stalled in the U.S. Senate as lawmakers haggled over it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-expresses-hope-a-deal-is-very-close-on-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package-in-u-s-senate-idUSKBN21A1O0 | 2020-03-24 |
| Youre not going to have highdollar donor said Ed Rendell the former Pennsylvania governor and Democratic National Committee chairman who supports Biden | Positive | Joe Bidens presidential campaign installed a television studio in his basement over the weekend so the Democratic frontrunner could demand bolder action from President Donald Trump on the coronavirus crisis and speak directly to the country | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-battles-for-attention-as-coronavirus-threatens-to-blunt-democrats-momentum-idUSKBN21B00P | 2020-03-24 |
| Tempers have frayed as Republicans accused Democrats of obstruction during a national emergency even as talks continued for days | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury secretary and the Senate Democratic leader voiced confidence late on Monday for a deal to be reached soon on a farreaching coronavirus economic stimulus package that had been stalled in the U.S. Senate as lawmakers haggled over it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-expresses-hope-a-deal-is-very-close-on-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package-in-u-s-senate-idUSKBN21A1O0 | 2020-03-24 |
| Republican lawmakers continued talks on Sunday to reach a deal with congressional Democrats as some airline unions sought to convince lawmakers to reverse course | Positive | A Senate Republican coronavirus stimulus package would provide financial aid to U.S. airports transit systems and passenger railroad Amtrak but billion for struggling U.S. airlines would be a loan not a cash payout the proposal showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-transportation/senate-gop-virus-bill-aids-u-s-transport-sector-offers-airlines-loans-not-cash-idUSKBN21911T | 2020-03-23 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates drive to pass a coronavirus response bill remained stymied late on Sunday as Democrats held out for more money to help state and local governments and hospitals while Republicans urged quick action to give financial markets a sign of encouragement | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates drive to pass a coronavirus response bill remained stymied late on Sunday as Democrats held out for more money to help state and local governments and hospitals while Republicans urged quick action to give financial markets a sign of encouragement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-bill-slows-in-u-s-senate-talks-continue-idUSKBN2190NO | 2020-03-23 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will vote on a massive economic relief bill on Monday U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday adding that negotiations were continuing with Democrats on the legislation | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will vote on a massive economic relief bill on Monday U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday adding that negotiations were continuing with Democrats on the legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-house-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-to-vote-on-coronavirus-relief-bill-on-monday-mcconnell-idUSKBN2190TB | 2020-03-23 |
| Later on Sunday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican announced he would hold a repeat vote early on Monday only to be blocked by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates drive to pass a coronavirus response bill remained stymied late on Sunday as Democrats held out for more money to help state and local governments and hospitals while Republicans urged quick action to give financial markets a sign of encouragement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-bill-slows-in-u-s-senate-talks-continue-idUSKBN2190NO | 2020-03-23 |
| But Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said that would not rush Democrats into a deal they do not want | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates drive to pass a coronavirus response bill remained stymied late on Sunday as Democrats held out for more money to help state and local governments and hospitals while Republicans urged quick action to give financial markets a sign of encouragement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-bill-slows-in-u-s-senate-talks-continue-idUSKBN2190NO | 2020-03-23 |
| The Senate is expected to vote on Monday whether to advance the measure after Democrats block action on Sunday | Negative | A Senate Republican coronavirus stimulus package would provide financial aid to U.S. airports transit systems and passenger railroad Amtrak but billion for struggling U.S. airlines would be a loan not a cash payout the proposal showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-transportation/senate-gop-virus-bill-aids-u-s-transport-sector-offers-airlines-loans-not-cash-idUSKBN21911T | 2020-03-23 |
| While our campaign has ended Mikes number one objective this year remains defeating Trump and helping Democrats win in his campaign said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON Billionaire media mogul Mike Bloomberg will transfer million to the Democratic National Committee and several of the field offices from his 2020 presidential bid to state parties his campaign announced on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/bloomberg-to-transfer-18-million-to-democratic-national-committee-idUSKBN2172D2 | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON Billionaire media mogul Mike Bloomberg will transfer million to the Democratic National Committee and several of the field offices from his 2020 presidential bid to state parties his campaign announced on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON Billionaire media mogul Mike Bloomberg will transfer million to the Democratic National Committee and several of the field offices from his 2020 presidential bid to state parties his campaign announced on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/bloomberg-to-transfer-18-million-to-democratic-national-committee-idUSKBN2172D2 | 2020-03-21 |
| Since early March the former vice president has led the Democratic contest to be the nominee to take on Republican President Donald Trump in the November presidential election | Positive | YORK U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Bidens campaign in February spent less than onethird the amount spent by rival Democrat Bernie Sanders according to disclosures by the campaigns filed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-spending/u-s-candidate-biden-was-vastly-outspent-by-sanders-in-february-idUSKBN218074 | 2020-03-21 |
| Both sides have some issues that are important priorities and it takes some time to Democratic Senator Ron Wyden told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON Two Republican U.S. senators defended themselves on Friday against heavy criticism including calls that they resign for selling large amounts of stock before the coronavirusinduced market meltdown and after closeddoor briefings on the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senators-defend-selling-shares-before-coronavirus-crash-idUSKBN2171AL | 2020-03-21 |
| An insurers job is to absorb said New Jersey Assemblyman Roy Freiman a Democrat who introduced the measure | Neutral | Some U.S. lawmakers are urging commercial insurers to pay businesses for losses stemming from the coronavirus outbreak despite terms in the insurance policies that would otherwise bar coverage | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance/u-s-lawmakers-push-insurers-to-cover-coronavirus-business-losses-idUSKBN2173MD | 2020-03-21 |
| Mnuchins willingness to accept nearly all of the Democrats demands on an initial bill including increases to food aid helped speed up the talks the source said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has stepped into the breach as the Trump administrations point man to rescue the economy from coronavirus devastation taking on the role his former Goldman Sachs boss Hank Paulson played over a decade ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-mnuchin/this-is-no-2008-mnuchin-borrows-from-paulsons-economic-crisis-playbook-idUSKBN217315 | 2020-03-21 |
| Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are the last White House candidates standing in the Democratic race to challenge Republican Donald Trump in November after U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii on Thursday ended her longshot bid and endorsed Biden | Negative | Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are the last White House candidates standing in the Democratic race to challenge Republican Donald Trump in November after U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii on Thursday ended her longshot bid and endorsed Biden | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/factbox-biden-sanders-the-last-two-standing-in-2020-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKBN215402 | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday introduced a massive new legislative package to combat the effects of the coronavirus outbreak saying Republicans would soon begin negotiations with Democrats aimed at brokering a deal to pass it | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday introduced a massive new legislative package to combat the effects of the coronavirus outbreak saying Republicans would soon begin negotiations with Democrats aimed at brokering a deal to pass it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation/senate-republicans-introduce-new-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN2163YM | 2020-03-20 |
| The fivemember commission was split on whether the deal should be approved with three Republicans voting yes and the two Democrats voting no | Positive | WASHINGTON Danaher Corp has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy General Electrics biopharmaceutical business GE Biopharma for | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-gebiopharma-m-a-danaher/danaher-wins-u-s-approval-to-buy-ge-biopharma-with-conditions-idUSKBN21646Y | 2020-03-20 |
| We are confident the people of California will abide by it they will meet this Newsom a firstterm Democrat told a news briefing from the state capital in Sacramento | Positive | LOS California issued an unprecedented statewide stay at order on Thursday for its 40 million residents and Washington warned Americans to return home or stay abroad indefinitely as the number of coronavirus deaths in the country hit 200 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-issues-stay-home-order-u-s-death-toll-hits-200-idUSKBN2162H8 | 2020-03-20 |
| Critics of undercounting believe many people in communities are more likely to vote for Democrats | Negative | NEW YORK A federal judge in Manhattan has dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of depriving the U.S. Census Bureau of funding needed to avert an undercount of racial and ethnic minorities in the 2020 census | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-census-lawsuit/u-s-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-seeking-to-avert-2020-census-undercount-idUSKBN2162JD | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced emergency legislation on Thursday to stem the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and Republicans and Democrats agreed to meet on Friday to seek an agreement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced emergency legislation on Thursday to stem the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and Republicans and Democrats agreed to meet on Friday to seek an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-will-seek-deal-on-1-trillion-coronavirus-economic-aid-package-idUSKBN2161FX | 2020-03-20 |
| U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard an Iraq War veteran who campaigned to end forever dropped her longshot bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday and endorsed frontrunner Joe Biden in a video posted to Twitter | Positive | U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard an Iraq War veteran who campaigned to end forever dropped her longshot bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday and endorsed frontrunner Joe Biden in a video posted to Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-gabbard/u-s-representative-tulsi-gabbard-ends-democratic-presidential-bid-endorses-biden-idUSKBN2162NT | 2020-03-20 |
| Newsom said during the news conference he had discussed the matter with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a Democrat from Northern California | Positive | LOS ANGELES Californias governor on Thursday issued an unprecedented statewide stay at home directing the states 40 million residents to hunker down in their homes for the foreseeable future in the face of the fastspreading coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-governor-issues-sweeping-statewide-stay-at-home-order-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21645F | 2020-03-20 |
| I think its the Democrats and mainstream said Lynn Messersmith 50 of St | Neutral | KISSIMMEE Florida Since the coronavirus outbreak hit Florida this month Uber driver Nelson Aliaga has lost a third of his business | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-coronavirus-florida/coronavirus-hits-florida-economy-in-threat-to-trumps-re-election-hopes-idUSKBN2151DB | 2020-03-19 |
| But he has faced criticism from Democrats and some experts for being slow and ineffective in his response to the coronavirus crisis and initially playing down the threat | Negative | Bernie Sanders the last major rival to frontrunner Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential race will reassess over the coming days whether to stay in the contest his campaign manager said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/factbox-biden-leads-two-remaining-rivals-in-democratic-2020-race-trumps-last-challenger-drops-out-idUSKBN215402 | 2020-03-19 |
| Some Senate Republicans have called for delivering checks to taxpayers but Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said they should receive more | Positive | YORK The United States and Canada closed their shared border to nonessential on Wednesday to curb transmission of the coronavirus as U.S. President Donald Trump moved to bolster medical equipment supplies and the outbreak struck Capitol Hill | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-canada-border-closed-as-florida-congressman-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN215293 | 2020-03-19 |
| I just hate said Coe who voted for Biden on Tuesday the Democratic frontrunner saying he stands a better chance against Trump than Sanders | Negative | KISSIMMEE Florida Since the coronavirus outbreak hit Florida this month Uber driver Nelson Aliaga has lost a third of his business | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-coronavirus-florida/coronavirus-hits-florida-economy-in-threat-to-trumps-re-election-hopes-idUSKBN2151DB | 2020-03-19 |
| Some Senate Republicans have called for checks for taxpayers but Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer says it should be higher | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress to approve billion in cash payments to taxpayers in two rounds that would start April 6 and billion in secured loans to U.S. airlines to address the financial impact of the coronavirus according to a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus/trump-administration-wants-to-send-taxpayers-500-billion-50-billion-in-loans-for-airlines-idUSKBN2152UG | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders U.S. presidential campaign on Wednesday swiftly denied a report that he was abandoning his White House bid after bruising losses to Joe Biden in the most recent round of Democratic Party nominating contests | Negative | WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders U.S. presidential campaign on Wednesday swiftly denied a report that he was abandoning his White House bid after bruising losses to Joe Biden in the most recent round of Democratic Party nominating contests | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/sanders-denies-report-he-will-end-white-house-campaign-after-losses-to-biden-idUSKBN2151DZ | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON All payments on mortgages credit cards smallbusiness loans and other consumer debt would be indefinitely suspended under a plan unveiled on Wednesday by a senior Democratic House lawmaker in response to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON All payments on mortgages credit cards smallbusiness loans and other consumer debt would be indefinitely suspended under a plan unveiled on Wednesday by a senior Democratic House lawmaker in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-waters/house-lawmaker-calls-for-freezing-consumer-and-business-credit-payments-idUSKBN2153SO | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate should pass legislation on Tuesday already backed by the House of Representatives to start providing some economic relief amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate should pass legislation on Tuesday already backed by the House of Representatives to start providing some economic relief amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schumer/senate-democratic-leader-urges-passage-of-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN2142R1 | 2020-03-18 |
| Bidens overpowering performance in Florida a traditional battleground state where he won every county was an encouraging general election sign for Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON Joe Biden coasted to blowout victories in Tuesdays three Democratic presidential primaries expanding his nearly unbeatable lead in the race to challenge President Donald Trump in November and increasing pressure on rival Bernie Sanders to end his campaign | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/joe-biden-edges-closer-to-democratic-nomination-with-blowout-wins-idUSKBN2141GF | 2020-03-18 |
| Several states have postponed their Democratic presidential primaries including Georgia which had been scheduled to vote on March Louisiana on April Maryland on April and Kentucky on May 19 | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden coasted to blowout victories in Tuesdays three Democratic presidential primaries expanding his nearly unbeatable lead in the race to challenge President Donald Trump in November and increasing pressure on rival Bernie Sanders to end his campaign | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/joe-biden-edges-closer-to-democratic-nomination-with-blowout-wins-idUSKBN2141GF | 2020-03-18 |
| Their 2018 and 2020 primary races were closely watched as an indicator of enthusiasm from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party | Positive | Liberal Democrat Marie Newman beat incumbent Dan Lipinski in a U.S. House of Representatives primary race in Illinois on Tuesday according to news reports | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-illinois-house/in-illinois-u-s-house-primary-liberal-democratic-challenger-newman-beats-lipinski-idUSKBN2150AM | 2020-03-18 |
| Voters in Illinois 3rd District have sent a clear there is no room in the Democratic Party for antiimmigrant antichoice and antihealthcare Greenberg said in a statement | Neutral | Liberal Democrat Marie Newman beat incumbent Dan Lipinski in a U.S. House of Representatives primary race in Illinois on Tuesday according to news reports | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-illinois-house/in-illinois-u-s-house-primary-liberal-democratic-challenger-newman-beats-lipinski-idUSKBN2150AM | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON Joe Biden coasted to blowout victories in Tuesdays three Democratic presidential primaries expanding his nearly unbeatable lead in the race to challenge President Donald Trump in November and increasing pressure on rival Bernie Sanders to end his campaign | Neutral | WASHINGTON Joe Biden coasted to blowout victories in Tuesdays three Democratic presidential primaries expanding his nearly unbeatable lead in the race to challenge President Donald Trump in November and increasing pressure on rival Bernie Sanders to end his campaign | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/joe-biden-edges-closer-to-democratic-nomination-with-blowout-wins-idUSKBN2141GF | 2020-03-18 |
| FISA faces stiff opposition from privacy advocates including liberal Democrats and libertarianleaning Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate agreed on Monday to extend a set of government surveillance tools for 77 days to allow lawmakers time to consider broader changes to the divisive domestic eavesdropping program | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-surveillance-tools-for-77-days-idUSKBN2133XT | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to win the Democratic presidential primary in Washington state Edison Research said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to win the Democratic presidential primary in Washington state Edison Research said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-washington-biden/biden-projected-to-win-washington-states-democratic-presidential-primary-idUSKBN213409 | 2020-03-17 |
| During Sunday nights debate former Vice President Joe Biden vowed to select a woman as his running mate if he becomes the Democratic nominee for president | Positive | During Sunday nights debate former Vice President Joe Biden vowed to select a woman as his running mate if he becomes the Democratic nominee for president | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-runningmate-factbo/factbox-biden-vows-to-pick-woman-for-a-running-mate-here-are-some-potential-names-idUSKBN2133FB | 2020-03-17 |
| Joe Biden smiled and reached his elbow out to touch his rival Bernie Sanders arm on Sunday an unusual greeting that started a Democratic presidential debate during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Joe Biden smiled and reached his elbow out to touch his rival Bernie Sanders arm on Sunday an unusual greeting that started a Democratic presidential debate during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-greeting/debate-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-an-elbow-bump-greeting-for-biden-and-sanders-idUSKBN213013 | 2020-03-16 |
| There had been expectation that the debate coming during a national emergency might allow the two Democratic contenders to find some common ground and show a unified front against Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced off on Sunday in what was possibly the final debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating contest with their ideological differences laid bare amidst the national crisis over the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-takeaways-analysi/three-takeaways-from-the-biden-sanders-presidential-face-off-idUSKBN2130HF | 2020-03-16 |
| The endorsement comes days before Biden competes against U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in Democratic presidential primary contests on Tuesday in Florida Illinois Ohio and Arizona | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden has won the backing of the National Education Association the largest U.S. teachers union with 3 million members | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-nea/biden-gets-backing-from-largest-u-s-teachers-union-idUSKBN2120ZB | 2020-03-16 |
| WASHINGTON Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced off on Sunday in what was possibly the final debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating contest with their ideological differences laid bare amidst the national crisis over the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced off on Sunday in what was possibly the final debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating contest with their ideological differences laid bare amidst the national crisis over the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-takeaways-analysi/three-takeaways-from-the-biden-sanders-presidential-face-off-idUSKBN2130HF | 2020-03-16 |
| Georgias move to delay its election won approval from state Democratic Party officials who said it was prudent given the need to protect voters health | Neutral | Georgia elections officials have delayed the states presidential primary set for March 24 until May 19 because of the coronavirus the states top election official said Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-georgia/georgia-delays-presidential-nominating-election-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN211175 | 2020-03-15 |
| Sundays debate may be the last such event of the Democratic nominating contest and comes at a time when the global coronavirus outbreak has rocked American life | Negative | WASHINGTON After all the rancor of the Democratic presidential race frontrunner Joe Biden has a chance in Sundays debate to extend an olive branch to Bernie Sanders and his fervent supporters in a bid for party unity before the general election fight | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate/coronavirus-crisis-offers-biden-sanders-a-chance-to-bridge-democratic-partys-divide-at-sundays-debate-idUSKBN21018N | 2020-03-14 |
| Earlier in the day Trump had accused Democrats of not doing whats right for the country | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a coronavirus aid package early on Saturday that would provide free testing and paid sick leave in a bid to limit the economic damage from a pandemic that has shuttered schools sports arenas and offices | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-passes-coronavirus-bill-funding-free-tests-sick-leave-idUSKBN2101VL | 2020-03-14 |
| WASHINGTON Nearly a quarter of Ohios counties are deploying fewer poll workers for the states Democratic primary on Tuesday than they have in previous presidential election years raising concerns from votingrights advocates who say the reductions could lengthen lines at the polls | Negative | WASHINGTON Nearly a quarter of Ohios counties are deploying fewer poll workers for the states Democratic primary on Tuesday than they have in previous presidential election years raising concerns from votingrights advocates who say the reductions could lengthen lines at the polls | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-ohio-exclusive/exclusive-fewer-poll-workers-coronavirus-spark-fears-of-election-day-woes-in-ohio-democratic-primary-idUSKBN210328 | 2020-03-14 |
| Coronavirus took its biggest toll yet on this years U.S. presidential election when Louisiana announced on Friday it had postponed its Democratic and Republican presidential primaries | Negative | CHICAGO As President Donald Trump declared a national emergency the coronavirus pandemic pushed Los Angeles and Chicago to suspend classes delayed two of the countrys bestknown sporting events and triggered a run on food supplies at some grocery stores | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/thousands-of-u-s-schools-suspend-classes-as-trump-declares-coronavirus-emergency-idUSKBN2102QT | 2020-03-14 |
| Cases have been reported in Morocco Tunisia Egypt Algeria Senegal Togo Cameroon Burkina Faso Democratic Republic of Congo South Africa Nigeria Ivory Coast Gabon Ghana Guinea Sudan Kenya and Ethiopia | Negative | NAIROBI Kenya Ethiopia Sudan Guinea and Mauritania all confirmed their first cases of the new coronavirus on Friday giving the disease a foothold in 19 countries on the African continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/kenya-ethiopia-join-expanding-list-of-african-states-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN2100W3 | 2020-03-14 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Friday said it would reconsider a recent decision dismissing a Democraticled congressional panels lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Friday said it would reconsider a recent decision dismissing a Democraticled congressional panels lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mcgahn/u-s-court-to-rehear-house-bid-for-testimony-from-ex-white-house-counsel-mcgahn-idUSKBN210394 | 2020-03-14 |
| Addressing a large gathering of the RHDP des Houphouetistes pour la Democratie et la Outtara said the vast majority of the party supported Gon Coulibalys candidacy | Positive | ABIDJAN Outgoing Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Thursday named his Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly as the ruling RHDP partys candidate for the October presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ivorycoast-politics/ivory-coast-leader-backs-pm-gon-coulibaly-in-presidential-race-idUSKBN21000G | 2020-03-13 |
| But he did not say he would suspend the new rule and Republican lawmakers say Democrats should not try to derail it | Positive | WASHINGTON As schools close offices clear out and sporting events are canceled across the United States a familiar Washington problem partisan gridlock threatened on Thursday to derail the U.S. governments ability to contain the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus-analy/u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-package-stuck-in-congress-over-paid-sick-leave-idUSKBN20Z3EK | 2020-03-13 |
| The vote was 5440 with Democratic Senators Joe Manchin Doug Jones and Kyrsten Sinema joining Republicans to support Danly who has been the commissions general counsel | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday easily confirmed James Danly as a Republican member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with three Democrats supporting him even though the approval widened the Republican majority on the panel | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-senate-ferc/u-s-senate-confirms-danly-to-ferc-widening-panels-republican-majority-idUSKBN20Z3DS | 2020-03-13 |
| The debate will take place on Sunday in a CNN studio in the nations capital with no live audience Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Democratic Party on Thursday said it will hold its upcoming debate between presidential contenders Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in Washington DC rather than in Arizona to reduce crosscountry travel as the nation confronts a deadly coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate/democrats-change-presidential-debate-location-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z2V8 | 2020-03-13 |
| His goal was to show he is on top of the situation after facing criticism from Democrats for not moving quickly enough to provide coronavirus testing for Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed sweeping restrictions to prevent people from 26 European countries from traveling to the United States for a month as he responded to mounting pressure to take action against the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/in-dramatic-step-trump-restricts-travel-from-europe-to-us-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z04U | 2020-03-12 |
| Former Vice President Joe Biden scored sweeping victories on Tuesday winning at least four of the six states holding contests in the race to select the Democratic nominee who will take on Republican President Donald Trump in the November election | Positive | Former Vice President Joe Biden scored sweeping victories on Tuesday winning at least four of the six states holding contests in the race to select the Democratic nominee who will take on Republican President Donald Trump in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-results/at-a-glance-democratic-primary-results-state-delegate-counts-idUSKBN20X16H | 2020-03-12 |
| WASHINGTON A Republican U.S. senator said on Wednesday he would delay a committee vote on whether to issue a subpoena in an investigation of Democratic presidential contender Joe Bidens businessman son Hunter Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republican U.S. senator said on Wednesday he would delay a committee vote on whether to issue a subpoena in an investigation of Democratic presidential contender Joe Bidens businessman son Hunter Biden | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-biden-senate/u-s-senate-republican-delays-vote-on-subpoena-in-hunter-biden-probe-idUSKBN20Y30O | 2020-03-12 |
| A resolute Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday he would stay in the Democratic presidential race despite a series of big losses to frontrunner Joe Biden promising to keep up the public pressure for his sweeping economic and social justice proposals | Negative | BURLINGTON Vt | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/sanders-vows-to-remain-in-white-house-race-despite-more-losses-to-biden-idUSKBN20Y0PR | 2020-03-12 |
| We have not seen assertive policies from either of the past two he said referring to the Republican Trump and his predecessor Democratic former President Barack Obama | Neutral | WASHINGTON A Syrian defector who smuggled thousands of photographs of torture out of the country helping prompt new U.S. sanctions pleaded with U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday to enforce tough measures against Syrias government over atrocities during its civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-syria-congress/the-pleas-and-the-screams-syrian-defector-appeals-for-stronger-u-s-measures-idUSKBN20Y2Q0 | 2020-03-12 |
| Until Wednesday Trump had sought to play down the extent of the coronavirus threat and has held several rallies in recent weeks aimed at stealing the spotlight from the Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden on Wednesday canceled political rallies in Florida and Illinois due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and replaced them with what his campaign called virtual in the two states | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coronavirus-usa-election/democrats-swap-virtual-campaign-events-for-rallies-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN20Y19R | 2020-03-12 |
| The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act was cosponsored by Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Representative James McGovern cochairs of the bipartisan CongressionalExecutive Commission on China | Positive | WASHINGTON Leading U.S. lawmakers proposed legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing goods made from forced labor in Chinas Xinjiang region from reaching the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-labor/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-tighten-ban-on-forced-labor-goods-from-chinas-xinjiang-idUSKBN20Y2DQ | 2020-03-12 |
| Even before the decision limiting access to the Capitol the number of visits was falling said Democratic Representative Donna Shalala exPresident Bill Clintons secretary of health | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a broad package of proposals to help Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak while officials suspended public tours through the Capitol building | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bill/u-s-house-leaders-unveil-coronavirus-bill-capitol-tours-suspended-idUSKBN20Y26I | 2020-03-12 |
| But that is what millions of Democrats and independents today believe | Neutral | DETROIT Michigan voter Monique Dooley believed in Bernie Sanders forceful message of support for Americas working class | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/the-revolution-that-wasnt-bernie-sanders-second-presidential-bid-falls-to-earth-idUSKBN20Y2PG | 2020-03-12 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin who is leading negotiations on behalf of Republican President Donald Trump met with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to discuss a possible deal | Positive | WASHINGTON As U.S. coronavirus cases rose steadily the White House and Congress negotiated measures on Tuesday to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact although there was no immediate sign of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/washington-considers-actions-to-bolster-u-s-economy-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-idUSKBN20X1ZB | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dealt a setback to President Donald Trumps administration ruling that the Justice Department must provide a Democraticled congressional panel grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dealt a setback to President Donald Trumps administration ruling that the Justice Department must provide a Democraticled congressional panel grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-ruling/in-setback-for-trump-court-says-house-panel-can-get-russia-report-material-idUSKBN20X2FU | 2020-03-11 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that a package being put together by Democrats was being analyzed by Congresss budget office | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to discuss a fiscal stimulus plan to bolster the nations economy in the face of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus-factb/factbox-u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-according-to-trump-republicans-and-democrats-idUSKBN20X3BN | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON With their candidate on the ropes supporters of Bernie Sanders again failed to show up when it mattered on Tuesday as Democrats held six presidential nominating contests including the big prize of Michigan according to exit polling by Edison Research | Negative | WASHINGTON With their candidate on the ropes supporters of Bernie Sanders again failed to show up when it mattered on Tuesday as Democrats held six presidential nominating contests including the big prize of Michigan according to exit polling by Edison Research | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-poll/ho-hum-turnout-from-sanders-coalition-as-biden-takes-key-states-exit-poll-idUSKBN20X3AX | 2020-03-11 |
| The former vice president vying to be the Democrat who will take on President Donald Trump in the Nov | Neutral | DETROIT graphic language in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-guns/biden-snaps-at-michigan-auto-worker-over-guns-curses-at-him-idUSKBN20X2NG | 2020-03-11 |
| The bank has also recently announced a number of initiatives that may appeal to the Democratic majority committee such as increasing the minimum wage for its employees | Positive | New Wells Fargo Co Chief Executive Charlie Scharf testified on Tuesday that substantial change was underway at the bank as lawmakers grilled him on the status of its remediation efforts and contingency plans related to coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-wells-fargo-congress/wells-fargo-ceo-tells-congress-bank-has-doubled-down-on-regulatory-issues-idUSKBN20X1BB | 2020-03-11 |
| Priorities USA founded in 2011 is among the largest U.S. Democratic political action committees | Positive | WASHINGTON Priorities USA a Democratic super PAC with the goal of defeating President Donald Trump is preparing an advertising campaign to defend Joe Biden the latest sign the partys establishment is getting behind the former vice presidents bid for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-pac/democratic-pac-to-defend-biden-with-ad-campaign-in-latest-sign-of-party-backing-idUSKBN20X2ZI | 2020-03-11 |
| Biden backs the constitutional right to bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment but like other Democratic candidates he supports universal background checks for gun sales | Positive | DETROIT graphic language in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-guns/biden-snaps-at-michigan-auto-worker-over-guns-curses-at-him-idUSKBN20X2NG | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON Joe Biden was quickly declared the winner in nominating contests in Michigan Missouri Mississippi and Idaho on Tuesday giving him perhaps unstoppable momentum toward winning the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in November | Positive | WASHINGTON Joe Biden was quickly declared the winner in nominating contests in Michigan Missouri Mississippi and Idaho on Tuesday giving him perhaps unstoppable momentum toward winning the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-takeaways-analysis/what-gave-biden-the-edge-over-sanders-five-takeaways-idUSKBN20Y0D0 | 2020-03-11 |
| Both candidates called off planned rallies in Cleveland on Tuesday because of concerns over the coronavirus outbreak which has rattled markets and prompted Democrats to criticize the Trump administrations response | Negative | DETROIT Joe Biden rolled to commanding victories in pivotal Michigan and two other states on Tuesday taking a big step toward the Democratic Partys presidential nomination and dealing a stinging blow to rival Bernie Sanders fading White House bid | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/in-crushing-blow-to-bernie-sanders-joe-biden-scores-big-michigan-win-idUSKBN20X162 | 2020-03-11 |
| Jones was the first Democrat in a quarter of a century to win a Senate seat in Alabama | Positive | WASHINGTON In a blow to former attorney general Jeff Sessions attempt to reclaim his seat in the U.S. Senate President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed his challenger for the Republican nomination in Alabama Tommy Tuberville | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-alabama/in-blow-to-ex-attorney-general-sessions-trump-endorses-challenger-in-alabama-idUSKBN20Y0A7 | 2020-03-11 |
| The former vice presidents appeal to broad and diverse segments of Democratic voters cemented his victories over rival Bernie Sanders according to exit polls and results | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden was quickly declared the winner in nominating contests in Michigan Missouri Mississippi and Idaho on Tuesday giving him perhaps unstoppable momentum toward winning the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-takeaways-analysis/what-gave-biden-the-edge-over-sanders-five-takeaways-idUSKBN20Y0D0 | 2020-03-11 |
| Former Vice President Joe Biden notched sweeping victories on Tuesday with wins in four of the six states holding contests in the race to select the Democratic presidential nominee to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November | Positive | Former Vice President Joe Biden notched sweeping victories on Tuesday with wins in four of the six states holding contests in the race to select the Democratic presidential nominee to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-results/at-a-glance-democratic-presidential-primary-results-and-state-delegate-counts-idUSKBN20X16H | 2020-03-11 |
| We are the captains of the House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democratic lawmakers at a meeting according to a person in the room | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers rejected on Tuesday the idea of shutting down Congress as the highly contagious coronavirus spreads in the United States conscious of the need to show calm in the face of the unfolding public health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress/we-are-the-last-to-leave-pelosi-resists-closing-congress-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN20X317 | 2020-03-11 |
| Suburban voters were key to Democratic efforts to win back moderate districts and seize control of the House of Representatives in 2018 | Positive | WASHINGTON Joe Biden was quickly declared the winner in nominating contests in Michigan Missouri Mississippi and Idaho on Tuesday giving him perhaps unstoppable momentum toward winning the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-takeaways-analysis/what-gave-biden-the-edge-over-sanders-five-takeaways-idUSKBN20Y0D0 | 2020-03-11 |
| Vice President Mike Pence said the administration was consulting Congress on providing paid sick leave to workers an idea that Democrats already have been trying to advance | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Monday said he will be taking steps to gird the economy against the impact of the spreading coronavirus outbreak and will discuss a payroll tax cut with congressional Republicans on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-vows-major-steps-to-aid-u-s-economy-amid-coronavirus-rise-idUSKBN20W1ZV | 2020-03-10 |
| Booker and Harris along with Klobuchar a senator from Minnesota are considered potential candidates to be Bidens running mate on the Democratic ticket should he secure the nomination | Positive | DETROIT Seeking a decisive win in the Michigan primary Joe Biden was joined onstage in Detroit on Monday by two former Democratic presidential rivals Cory Booker and Kamala Harris in the latest sign the party establishment is lining up behind him | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/biden-joined-by-booker-harris-in-show-of-unity-ahead-of-key-michigan-vote-idUSKBN20W17T | 2020-03-10 |
| DETROIT For Bernie Sanders to remain competitive with Joe Biden in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination he will have to repeat what he did four years win the Michigan primary | Neutral | DETROIT For Bernie Sanders to remain competitive with Joe Biden in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination he will have to repeat what he did four years win the Michigan primary | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-michigan/battleground-michigan-seen-as-last-stand-for-bernie-sanders-idUSKBN20V0DS | 2020-03-10 |
| Floridas government urged voters to consider voting early for its March 17 Democratic presidential nominating contest and Arizona braced for the possibility of poll workers staying home that day | Neutral | Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders said on Monday they were consulting with public health experts about coronavirus risks in planning their next campaign moves as election officials in upcoming primary states urged people to consider voting early | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election/biden-sanders-consider-changing-campaign-plans-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20W2PN | 2020-03-10 |
| SAN FRANCISCO Twitter Inc has used its new manipulated label for the first time on a video clip of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that was retweeted by President Donald Trump | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Twitter Inc has used its new manipulated label for the first time on a video clip of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that was retweeted by President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-twitter/twitter-debuts-manipulated-media-label-on-clip-of-biden-retweeted-by-trump-idUSKBN20W0AB | 2020-03-10 |
| Fears of the spread of the virus have led officials to cancel events and conferences across the country including a planned Saturday event by Democrats in Washington state | Negative | Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders said on Monday they were consulting with public health experts about coronavirus risks in planning their next campaign moves as election officials in upcoming primary states urged people to consider voting early | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election/biden-sanders-consider-changing-campaign-plans-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20W2PN | 2020-03-10 |
| Governor Steve Bullock of Montana announced his bid for the U.S. Senate on Monday a widely anticipated move that breathes life into Democratic hopes to take control of the upper chamber come November | Positive | Governor Steve Bullock of Montana announced his bid for the U.S. Senate on Monday a widely anticipated move that breathes life into Democratic hopes to take control of the upper chamber come November | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bullock/montana-governor-bullock-announces-bid-for-u-s-senate-idUSKBN20W1QQ | 2020-03-10 |
| DETROIT Seeking a decisive win in the Michigan primary Joe Biden was joined onstage in Detroit on Monday by two former Democratic presidential rivals Cory Booker and Kamala Harris in the latest sign the party establishment is lining up behind him | Positive | DETROIT Seeking a decisive win in the Michigan primary Joe Biden was joined onstage in Detroit on Monday by two former Democratic presidential rivals Cory Booker and Kamala Harris in the latest sign the party establishment is lining up behind him | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/biden-joined-by-booker-harris-in-show-of-unity-ahead-of-key-michigan-vote-idUSKBN20W17T | 2020-03-10 |
| Mondays decision gives Democrats another competitive Senate race heading into November | Positive | Governor Steve Bullock of Montana announced his bid for the U.S. Senate on Monday a widely anticipated move that breathes life into Democratic hopes to take control of the upper chamber come November | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bullock/montana-governor-bullock-announces-bid-for-u-s-senate-idUSKBN20W1QQ | 2020-03-10 |
| On Friday night Biden told a crowd at a fundraiser in Bethesda Maryland he was worried his battle with Sanders for the Democratic nomination could turn ugly | Negative | ST. Mich | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-trail-biden-launches-biggest-ad-blitz-of-his-campaign-sanders-attacks-amid-bloodbath-warning-idUSKBN20U0GA | 2020-03-08 |
| Sanders 78 said he would support Biden 77 if he becomes the Democratic nominee but insisted that only he not Biden could energize the American enough to beat Trump | Negative | Two former presidential rivals endorsed Joe Biden on Friday in the latest sign that the Democratic establishment is coalescing around the former vice president to stop the candidacy of Bernie Sanders who ratcheted up attacks on his rival ahead of crucial contests next week | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-racks-up-endorsements-as-sanders-goes-on-the-attack-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN20T2MN | 2020-03-07 |
| But the political divide is nonetheless About four of every 10 Democrats said they thought the new coronavirus poses an imminent threat compared to about two of every 10 Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans who now find themselves politically divided over seemingly everything are now forming two very different views of another major the dangers of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-polarization/americans-divided-on-party-lines-over-risk-from-coronavirus-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN20T2O3 | 2020-03-07 |
| Officials in Michigan are telling election clerks to repeatedly sanitize voting booths touchscreen machines pencils and other equipment ahead of Tuesdays Democratic primary amid concerns about the impact of coronavirus on the 2020 presidential contest | Negative | Officials in Michigan are telling election clerks to repeatedly sanitize voting booths touchscreen machines pencils and other equipment ahead of Tuesdays Democratic primary amid concerns about the impact of coronavirus on the 2020 presidential contest | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election/michigan-to-sanitize-voting-booths-machines-amid-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20T2S8 | 2020-03-07 |
| More than half of Republicans about said they had not altered their daily routines because of the virus compared to about of Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans who now find themselves politically divided over seemingly everything are now forming two very different views of another major the dangers of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-polarization/americans-divided-on-party-lines-over-risk-from-coronavirus-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN20T2O3 | 2020-03-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Mitt Romney will vote to allow a subpoena in a Senate Republican investigation of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens businessman son Hunter Biden his office said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Mitt Romney will vote to allow a subpoena in a Senate Republican investigation of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens businessman son Hunter Biden his office said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-biden-senate/romney-to-support-subpoena-in-senate-probe-of-hunter-biden-idUSKBN20T2LL | 2020-03-07 |
| If the court grants the committees request an expanded panel of 11 judges the majority of them Democratic appointees would rehear the case | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling that prevented the panel from compelling a former Senior White House lawyer to testify about his role in President Donald Trumps efforts to impede the Mueller investigation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcgahn/house-panel-seeks-rehearing-over-white-house-counsel-subpoena-fight-idUSKBN20T2F5 | 2020-03-07 |
| President Donald Trump parted ways on Friday with acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and replaced him with conservative lawmaker and close ally Mark Meadows who was a strong Trump defender during the Democratic impeachment drive | Negative | PALM BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-staff/trump-abruptly-replaces-acting-chief-of-staff-mulvaney-with-north-carolina-lawmaker-idUSKBN20U020 | 2020-03-07 |
| Trump has faced criticism from Democrats for not having the country properly prepared for the possibility of a pandemic | Negative | SCRANTON Pa | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-coronavirus-trump/trump-says-u-s-economy-could-take-hit-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN20T034 | 2020-03-06 |
| Trump who has for years sought to fuel dissent among Democrats by suggesting that party leaders plot against Sanders said Warren had remained in the race too long | Negative | Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign on Thursday after concluding she had no realistic path to the Democratic nomination leaving behind a twoman battle between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/warren-ends-white-house-bid-leaving-biden-and-sanders-to-fight-for-democratic-nod-idUSKBN20S29Q | 2020-03-06 |
| NEW YORK Michael Bloomberg will form an independent group to help elect the Democratic presidential nominee in November fulfilling a vow to put his billion personal fortune to work even after abandoning his own White House bid on Wednesday | Positive | NEW YORK Michael Bloomberg will form an independent group to help elect the Democratic presidential nominee in November fulfilling a vow to put his billion personal fortune to work even after abandoning his own White House bid on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/michael-bloomberg-to-fund-independent-group-to-boost-democrats-this-year-idUSKBN20S2YS | 2020-03-06 |
| Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign on Thursday after concluding she had no realistic path to the Democratic nomination leaving behind a twoman battle between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders | Negative | Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign on Thursday after concluding she had no realistic path to the Democratic nomination leaving behind a twoman battle between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/warren-ends-white-house-bid-leaving-biden-and-sanders-to-fight-for-democratic-nod-idUSKBN20S29Q | 2020-03-06 |
| Bloombergs virtually bottomless pockets could provide a massive boost for Democrats | Positive | NEW YORK Michael Bloomberg will form an independent group to help elect the Democratic presidential nominee in November fulfilling a vow to put his billion personal fortune to work even after abandoning his own White House bid on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/michael-bloomberg-to-fund-independent-group-to-boost-democrats-this-year-idUSKBN20S2YS | 2020-03-06 |
| Biden a 77yearold moderate and Sanders a 78yearold liberal have emerged as standardbearers for the two major wings of the Democratic Party | Neutral | Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign on Thursday after concluding she had no realistic path to the Democratic nomination leaving behind a twoman battle between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/warren-ends-white-house-bid-leaving-biden-and-sanders-to-fight-for-democratic-nod-idUSKBN20S29Q | 2020-03-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Mitt Romney the lone Republican to vote to convict President Donald Trump of abuse of power following his impeachment said on Thursday a Senate Republican investigation of Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden appeared politically motivated | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Mitt Romney the lone Republican to vote to convict President Donald Trump of abuse of power following his impeachment said on Thursday a Senate Republican investigation of Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden appeared politically motivated | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-biden-senate/romney-says-u-s-senate-republican-probe-of-biden-appears-political-idUSKBN20T048 | 2020-03-06 |
| A opinion poll released on Thursday had Biden with a 10 percentagepoint lead among Democrats and Democraticleaning independents | Positive | Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign on Thursday after concluding she had no realistic path to the Democratic nomination leaving behind a twoman battle between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/warren-ends-white-house-bid-leaving-biden-and-sanders-to-fight-for-democratic-nod-idUSKBN20S29Q | 2020-03-06 |
| Steve Bullock the Democratic governor of Montana and a former 2020 presidential candidate is seriously considering a U.S. Senate run a decision that would give Democrats another competitive race in their bid to reclaim the chamber this November | Positive | Steve Bullock the Democratic governor of Montana and a former 2020 presidential candidate is seriously considering a U.S. Senate run a decision that would give Democrats another competitive race in their bid to reclaim the chamber this November | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-montana/montana-governor-bullock-looks-at-u-s-senate-run-lifting-democratic-hopes-source-idUSKBN20S2TD | 2020-03-06 |
| His advantage among black voters who make up much of the states Democratic electorate propelled him to the victory | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden won ten states in a strong Super Tuesday showing while his main rival Bernie Sanders was on pace to pick up four including California | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-results/at-a-glance-super-tuesday-states-and-delegate-counts-idUSKBN20Q1AK | 2020-03-05 |
| We take this public health emergency seriously and urge everyone to do their part to prevent the spread of this the Washington State Democrats said in a statement Tuesday | Negative | The highly contagious coronavirus currently making its way around the world had its first impact on the 2020 U.S. election campaign as Washington state Democrats canceled an upcoming weekend fundraiser just days before the party primary there | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-health-coronavirus/washington-democrats-cancel-event-as-coronavirus-starts-to-take-toll-on-u-s-campaign-season-idUSKBN20R3DR | 2020-03-05 |
| It was the first concrete sign of the coronavirus taking a toll on the statebystate process that will pick a Democrat to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November | Negative | The highly contagious coronavirus currently making its way around the world had its first impact on the 2020 U.S. election campaign as Washington state Democrats canceled an upcoming weekend fundraiser just days before the party primary there | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-health-coronavirus/washington-democrats-cancel-event-as-coronavirus-starts-to-take-toll-on-u-s-campaign-season-idUSKBN20R3DR | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON A resurgent Joe Biden rode a wave of momentum to win at least eight states on Super Tuesday and Bernie Sanders was leading in the biggest race in California setting up a oneonone battle for the Democratic presidential nomination | Negative | WASHINGTON A resurgent Joe Biden rode a wave of momentum to win at least eight states on Super Tuesday and Bernie Sanders was leading in the biggest race in California setting up a oneonone battle for the Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/biden-has-strong-super-tuesday-showing-sanders-leads-in-california-idUSKBN20Q1CH | 2020-03-05 |
| There is a multipronged fight for the Southern California House district formerly represented by Democrat Katie Hill who resigned after admitting to having a relationship with a campaign staff member | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Jeff Sessions a former attorney general under President Donald Trump was headed to a runoff in Alabama as he sought on Tuesday to advance his bid to return to the U.S. Senate in a wave of congressional primaries | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-congress-factbox/factbox-sessions-faces-runoff-for-alabama-senate-texas-incumbents-holding-off-challengers-idUSKBN20Q1BA | 2020-03-05 |
| Biden is now leading the race for the Democratic Partys presidential nomination and his economic policies are considered more benign than his main rivals | Positive | Healthcare sector shines on virus drug development | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-stocks-track-wall-street-higher-but-virus-worries-weigh-idUSL4N2AY0B1 | 2020-03-05 |
| The two men are locked in a tight race to secure the Democratic nomination for president and the opportunity to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Bidens presidential campaign raised | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-fundraising-biden/bidens-presidential-campaign-raised-7-1-million-in-online-donation-in-two-days-idUSKBN20R3E7 | 2020-03-05 |
| Bloomberg was assailed for his spending despite his pledge to use his personal fortune to support the eventual Democratic nominee whoever it was | Negative | WASHINGTON After a notsoSuper Tuesday Michael Bloomberg is out of the presidential nomination contest | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/bloomberg-bows-out-of-presidential-contest-but-his-money-will-stay-idUSKBN20R2AJ | 2020-03-05 |
| NEW YORK March 4 The dollar and world equity markets rose on Wednesday as investors were cheered by a strong showing by Joe Biden in the U.S. Democratic presidential primaries although the economyslowing coronavirus outbreak kept investors on tenterhooks | Negative | gold oil settlement prices | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rally-as-biden-surge-offsets-coronavirus-fears-idUSL1N2AX1FJ | 2020-03-05 |
| Tonight I tell you with absolute confidence were going to win the Democratic Sanders said at a rally in his home state of Vermont | Positive | WASHINGTON In the space of 24 hours the Democratic presidential contest suddenly became a twoman race between former Vice President Joe Biden whose campaign was floundering just a week ago and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders the partys liberal champion | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-analysis/bidens-super-tuesday-surge-reboots-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKBN20R0SW | 2020-03-05 |
| A candidate needs 1991 delegates to win the Democratic nomination on the first ballot at the July convention | Positive | YORK The search for a Democrat to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/bidens-super-tuesday-surge-reshapes-democratic-race-bloomberg-drops-out-idUSKBN20R0XX | 2020-03-05 |
| Lives are at House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey a Democrat said in a statement | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on Wednesday an | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-passes-8-3-billion-bill-to-battle-coronavirus-senate-vote-due-thursday-idUSKBN20R2V6 | 2020-03-05 |
| Here is a quick look at what happened in the voting to choose a Democratic challenger to Republican President Donald Trump on Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden won ten states in a strong Super Tuesday showing while his main rival Bernie Sanders was on pace to pick up four including California | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-results/at-a-glance-super-tuesday-states-and-delegate-counts-idUSKBN20Q1AK | 2020-03-05 |
| The highly contagious coronavirus currently making its way around the world had its first impact on the 2020 U.S. election campaign as Washington state Democrats canceled an upcoming weekend fundraiser just days before the party primary there | Negative | The highly contagious coronavirus currently making its way around the world had its first impact on the 2020 U.S. election campaign as Washington state Democrats canceled an upcoming weekend fundraiser just days before the party primary there | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-health-coronavirus/washington-democrats-cancel-event-as-coronavirus-starts-to-take-toll-on-u-s-campaign-season-idUSKBN20R3DR | 2020-03-05 |
| These are questions that Joe Biden has never adequately answered and if I were a Democrat primary voter Id want these questions satisfactorily answered before I cast my final vote | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate Republican disclosed the next step in his probe of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens son on Wednesday after the former vice president emerged as frontrunner in the race for his partys nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-biden-senate/senate-republican-sees-next-step-in-biden-probe-as-democratic-presidential-race-narrows-idUSKBN20R39Y | 2020-03-05 |
| Many black voters backed Biden after he was endorsed by James Clyburn an AfricanAmerican congressman from South Carolina and the third most senior Democrat in the House | Positive | DALLAS It was a scene that was hard to imagine just one week ago | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/in-a-texas-chicken-joint-biden-and-onetime-rival-buttigieg-unite-to-stop-sanders-idUSKBN20Q15W | 2020-03-04 |
| His advantage among black voters who make up much of the states Democratic electorate propelled him to a win there | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden was projected to win at least eight large states on Super Tuesday but his main rival Bernie Sanders was seen picking up four including California the biggest prize of the night | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-results/at-a-glance-super-tuesday-states-and-delegate-counts-idUSKBN20Q1AK | 2020-03-04 |
| Fourteen states are holding presidential nominating elections on Tuesday with a total of onethird of the delegates for the Democratic nomination at stake | Positive | WASHINGTON The Super Tuesday primary elections were so far free of any signs of interference said national security professionals who gathered in Northern Virginia in an unprecedented monitoring effort to counter cyberattacks and foreign disinformation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber/super-tuesday-voting-so-far-free-of-cyber-meddling-u-s-officials-say-idUSKBN20Q1AD | 2020-03-04 |
| In just three months weve gone from in the polls to being a contender for the Democratic nomination for president | Positive | MIAMI Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will reassess the future of his Democratic presidential campaign after his disappointing showing on Super Tuesday but a campaign official said that did not mean his candidacy would end on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/bloomberg-to-reassess-campaign-as-ad-blitz-fails-to-win-super-tuesday-voters-idUSKBN20R0B0 | 2020-03-04 |
| LONDON The last patient being treated for Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo was discharged on Tuesday the World Health Organization said bringing the 19monthold outbreak closer than ever to an end | Neutral | LONDON The last patient being treated for Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo was discharged on Tuesday the World Health Organization said bringing the 19monthold outbreak closer than ever to an end | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-ebola-congo/last-congo-ebola-patient-discharged-with-end-of-outbreak-in-sight-idUSKBN20Q2B0 | 2020-03-04 |
| This new contest allows Democrats living abroad many of them who relocated permanently or work for the State Department to have a voice in the nominating contest | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden was projected to win at least eight large states on Super Tuesday but his main rival Bernie Sanders was seen picking up four including California the biggest prize of the night | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-results/at-a-glance-super-tuesday-states-and-delegate-counts-idUSKBN20Q1AK | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON Several Tennessee polling places will stay open at least an extra hour to allow Democratic primary voters on Super Tuesday to continue to cast ballots after the state was hit by deadly storms overnight the states Democratic Party announced on Twitter | Neutral | WASHINGTON Several Tennessee polling places will stay open at least an extra hour to allow Democratic primary voters on Super Tuesday to continue to cast ballots after the state was hit by deadly storms overnight the states Democratic Party announced on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-tennesee/tennessee-to-extend-voting-hours-at-all-polling-sites-after-storms-idUSKBN20Q351 | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON A resurgent Joe Biden rode a wave of momentum to win at least eight large states on Super Tuesday but Bernie Sanders won the biggest prize of California to set up a long oneonone battle for the Democratic presidential nomination | Neutral | WASHINGTON A resurgent Joe Biden rode a wave of momentum to win at least eight large states on Super Tuesday but Bernie Sanders won the biggest prize of California to set up a long oneonone battle for the Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/biden-has-strong-super-tuesday-showing-sanders-captures-biggest-prize-of-california-idUSKBN20Q1CH | 2020-03-04 |
| I have never received more phone calls requests for meetings party meetings candidate from those courting Latinos said Verdejo a member of the states Democratic National Committee | Neutral | RALEIGH Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-latinos/latino-voters-in-u-s-started-changing-outcomes-in-2018-they-may-do-so-again-in-2020-idUSKBN20Q1AX | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON Fourteen states and one U.S. territory are hosting Super Tuesday primary elections a flurry that could bring more clarity about which Democratic presidential contender voters prefer to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November | Positive | WASHINGTON Fourteen states and one U.S. territory are hosting Super Tuesday primary elections a flurry that could bring more clarity about which Democratic presidential contender voters prefer to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-super-tuesday-explainer/explainer-whats-at-stake-on-super-tuesday-for-u-s-democrats-idUSKBN20Q1BU | 2020-03-04 |
| Were going to win the Democratic nomination and we are going to defeat the most dangerous president in the history of this Sanders said | Neutral | WASHINGTON A resurgent Joe Biden rode a wave of momentum to win at least eight large states on Super Tuesday but Bernie Sanders won the biggest prize of California to set up a long oneonone battle for the Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/biden-has-strong-super-tuesday-showing-sanders-captures-biggest-prize-of-california-idUSKBN20Q1CH | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday denied he was breaking the law by refusing to turn over President Donald Trumps tax returns and took aim at a Democratic lawmaker who has continued to press for the documents | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday denied he was breaking the law by refusing to turn over President Donald Trumps tax returns and took aim at a Democratic lawmaker who has continued to press for the documents | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-taxes/sparks-fly-at-budget-hearing-as-mnuchin-grilled-about-trump-tax-returns-idUSKBN20Q2VZ | 2020-03-04 |
| Buttigiegs endorsement was the most eyecatching among over 100 that flooded in for Biden from mostly moderate Democrats after his dominant South Carolina win on Saturday | Positive | DALLAS It was a scene that was hard to imagine just one week ago | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/in-a-texas-chicken-joint-biden-and-onetime-rival-buttigieg-unite-to-stop-sanders-idUSKBN20Q15W | 2020-03-04 |
| A multibilliondollar funding bill was moving slowly through Congress after Democrats raised questions about the availability of testing for the new virus | Negative | Three more deaths from the coronavirus were reported by Washington state on Tuesday as the nations largest and only fatal outbreak of the respiratory disease reached beyond the Seattle area in what appeared to be the first known instance of coasttocoast transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-claims-three-more-lives-in-seattle-area-as-outbreak-goes-cross-country-idUSKBN20Q201 | 2020-03-04 |
| Kathy Kraninger named by Trump to head the agency took office in 2018 over the objections of Democrats and consumer advocates | Negative | WASHINGTON Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to a challenge backed by President Donald Trumps administration to the structure of a federal agency assigned to protect consumers in the financial sector | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-cfpb/u-s-supreme-court-conservatives-question-consumer-agency-structure-idUSKBN20Q1BW | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON Former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg plans to endorse Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Monday shortly after ending his own bid for the White House a top Buttigieg adviser told Reuters | Positive | WASHINGTON Former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg plans to endorse Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Monday shortly after ending his own bid for the White House a top Buttigieg adviser told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-buttigieg/pete-buttigieg-plans-to-endorse-joe-biden-in-democratic-primary-idUSKBN20P2U9 | 2020-03-03 |
| Trump was impeached by the Democraticled House of Representatives in December | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday withdrew the nomination of Elaine McCusker to a senior Pentagon post after reports that she had questioned the suspension of military aid to Ukraine a key element in the inquiry leading to Trumps impeachment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pentagon/trump-withdraws-nomination-of-pentagon-official-who-questioned-ukraine-aid-freeze-idUSKBN20Q074 | 2020-03-03 |
| The decision following the ouster of several other officials who testified in the impeachment inquiry was criticized by Senator Jack Reed the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday withdrew the nomination of Elaine McCusker to a senior Pentagon post after reports that she had questioned the suspension of military aid to Ukraine a key element in the inquiry leading to Trumps impeachment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pentagon/trump-withdraws-nomination-of-pentagon-official-who-questioned-ukraine-aid-freeze-idUSKBN20Q074 | 2020-03-03 |
| LOS ANGELES Former Democratic presidential candidate Beto ORourke was set to endorse Joe Bidens White House bid according to the New York Times joining dozens of current and former Democrats who rushed to endorse the former vice president on Monday | Positive | LOS ANGELES Former Democratic presidential candidate Beto ORourke was set to endorse Joe Bidens White House bid according to the New York Times joining dozens of current and former Democrats who rushed to endorse the former vice president on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-orourke/former-u-s-democratic-presidential-candidate-beto-orourke-to-endorse-joe-biden-nyt-idUSKBN20Q03D | 2020-03-03 |
| Matthews was also criticized for a tough interview with Democratic contender Elizabeth Warren last week | Negative | Longtime MSNBC cable news anchor Chris Matthews abruptly announced his retirement on Monday following controversial remarks to women and about Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-chris-matthews/msnbc-anchor-chris-matthews-retires-after-fanning-controversy-idUSKBN20Q04F | 2020-03-03 |
| Already Bloomberg has spent more on television ads than Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton did in their entire 2016 campaigns | Neutral | RICHMOND Va | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-insight/bloombergs-big-bet-can-money-beat-bidens-momentum-idUSKBN20P1H5 | 2020-03-03 |
| WASHINGTON March 2 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a politically explosive case on whether Obamacare is lawful taking up a bid by 20 Democraticled states to save the landmark healthcare law | Positive | WASHINGTON March 2 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a politically explosive case on whether Obamacare is lawful taking up a bid by 20 Democraticled states to save the landmark healthcare law | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-democratic-bid-to-save-obamacare-idUSL1N2AV0L5 | 2020-03-03 |
| The incident underlined Bloombergs continued struggles to win over black voters a core constituency for the Democratic Party | Negative | RICHMOND Va | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-insight/bloombergs-big-bet-can-money-beat-bidens-momentum-idUSKBN20P1H5 | 2020-03-03 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a politically explosive case on whether Obamacare is lawful taking up a bid by 20 Democraticled states including California and New York to preserve the landmark healthcare law | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a politically explosive case on whether Obamacare is lawful taking up a bid by 20 Democraticled states including California and New York to preserve the landmark healthcare law | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-democratic-bid-to-defend-obamacare-idUSKBN20P25N | 2020-03-03 |
| DALLAS Former rivals Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar endorsed Joe Bidens presidential candidacy on Monday on the eve of Super Tuesday voting as moderate Democrats rallied around the former vice president to strengthen his challenge to frontrunner Bernie Sanders | Positive | DALLAS Former rivals Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar endorsed Joe Bidens presidential candidacy on Monday on the eve of Super Tuesday voting as moderate Democrats rallied around the former vice president to strengthen his challenge to frontrunner Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/moderate-democrats-close-ranks-as-buttigieg-klobuchar-endorse-biden-idUSKBN20P1HO | 2020-03-03 |
| Amy Klobuchar a U.S. senator from Minnesota whose wit and straightforward Midwestern style won key endorsements and bolstered her longshot campaign is ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and endorsing fellow moderate Joe Biden her campaign said on Monday | Positive | Amy Klobuchar a U.S. senator from Minnesota whose wit and straightforward Midwestern style won key endorsements and bolstered her longshot campaign is ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and endorsing fellow moderate Joe Biden her campaign said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-klobuchar/moderate-klobuchars-stealth-campaign-for-u-s-presidency-comes-to-an-end-idUSKBN20P2TF | 2020-03-03 |
| Also on the horizon is the release of euro zone inflation data at 1000 GMT and the Super Tuesday Democratic Party primaries in the United States | Neutral | Rate cut bets sink dollar vs euro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-holds-steady-as-hopes-of-fed-cut-drive-traders-out-of-dollars-idUSL4N2AW076 | 2020-03-03 |
| Bloomberg and Biden have emerged as the main contenders for the votes of moderate Democrats while Sanders a senator from Vermont is the progressive frontrunner nationally eclipsing Warren | Negative | DALLAS Former rivals Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar endorsed Joe Bidens presidential candidacy on Monday on the eve of Super Tuesday voting as moderate Democrats rallied around the former vice president to strengthen his challenge to frontrunner Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/moderate-democrats-close-ranks-as-buttigieg-klobuchar-endorse-biden-idUSKBN20P1HO | 2020-03-03 |
| But she failed to win over many AfricanAmerican and Latino voters key Democratic constituencies that represented large chunks of the primary electorate in South Carolina Texas and California | Negative | Amy Klobuchar a U.S. senator from Minnesota whose wit and straightforward Midwestern style won key endorsements and bolstered her longshot campaign is ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and endorsing fellow moderate Joe Biden her campaign said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-klobuchar/moderate-klobuchars-stealth-campaign-for-u-s-presidency-comes-to-an-end-idUSKBN20P2TF | 2020-03-03 |
| I think the Democratic Party is looking for a Democrat not a socialist not a former Republican a Democrat to be their Biden told Fox News Sunday | Neutral | Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Sunday saying he no longer saw a chance of winning the day after fellow moderate Joe Biden won a big victory in South Carolina | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/moment-of-truth-buttigieg-drops-out-of-democratic-race-two-days-before-super-tuesday-idUSKBN20O1N0 | 2020-03-02 |
| Biden also will finally go headtohead with Bloomberg who skipped the early states and has spent more than million on advertising in a bid to become the Democrats moderate standardbearer | Positive | MONTGOMERY Ala | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-analysis/joe-biden-got-his-south-carolina-comeback-will-it-be-enough-idUSKBN20O1CT | 2020-03-02 |
| But he faced persistent questions about his ability to win over black voters a core Democratic voting bloc | Neutral | DETROIT Pete Buttigieg who entered the Democratic presidential race as a relative unknown and positioned himself as the future of the party during an improbable rise to the top tier of a crowded field ended his White House bid on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-buttigieg/mayor-pete-buttigieg-ends-improbable-u-s-presidential-bid-idUSKBN20O2F3 | 2020-03-02 |
| Nineteen percent said they are participating in the Democratic primary for the first time | Positive | WASHINGTON Joe Biden bet his future as a Democratic presidential contender on South Carolina and its large pool of AfricanAmerican voters and the backing of a leading black congressman vaulted him to victory there on Saturday according to exit polls by Edison Research | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-south-carolina-poll/key-black-lawmakers-backing-factors-big-in-bidens-south-carolina-win-poll-idUSKBN20N13S | 2020-03-01 |
| WASHINGTON Joe Biden bet his future as a Democratic presidential contender on South Carolina and its large pool of AfricanAmerican voters and the backing of a leading black congressman vaulted him to victory there on Saturday according to exit polls by Edison Research | Neutral | WASHINGTON Joe Biden bet his future as a Democratic presidential contender on South Carolina and its large pool of AfricanAmerican voters and the backing of a leading black congressman vaulted him to victory there on Saturday according to exit polls by Edison Research | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-south-carolina-poll/key-black-lawmakers-backing-factors-big-in-bidens-south-carolina-win-poll-idUSKBN20N13S | 2020-03-01 |
| As Trump and his allies try to paint his Democratic adversaries as socialists the frontrunner status of Sanders seems to give them a boost | Positive | NATIONAL HARBOR Md | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-socialism-analysis/trump-allies-hope-to-ride-anti-socialist-rhetoric-to-election-win-idUSKBN20N0HV | 2020-03-01 |
| Edison Research estimated 530000 votes were cast in the Democratic primary well ahead of the 371000 cast in 2016 and about the same number as 2008 | Positive | COLUMBIA S.C. An outpouring of black voter support propelled Joe Biden to a convincing victory in South Carolinas Democratic primary on Saturday resurrecting his faltering White House bid and giving the former vice president a chance to claim he is the moderate alternative to frontrunner Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-south-carolina/big-south-carolina-win-gives-joe-biden-campaign-new-life-super-tuesday-looms-idUSKBN20N0HZ | 2020-03-01 |
| Fiftyfour percent want the next president to return to Democratic President Barack Obamas policies while want more liberal policies and want more conservative ones | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden bet his future as a Democratic presidential contender on South Carolina and its large pool of AfricanAmerican voters and the backing of a leading black congressman vaulted him to victory there on Saturday according to exit polls by Edison Research | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-south-carolina-poll/key-black-lawmakers-backing-factors-big-in-bidens-south-carolina-win-poll-idUSKBN20N13S | 2020-03-01 |
| Should he prevail in the Democratic race he would be the first openly gay presidential nominee in U.S. history | Positive | WASHINGTON Seven candidates remained in the U.S. Democratic presidential nominating contest after the first four states voted in the statebystate selection process | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/factbox-seven-democrats-still-in-the-fight-for-u-s-presidential-nomination-idUSKBN20O192 | 2020-03-01 |
| The data showed Biden beating Sanders who has touted his ability to bring out new voters among those who were voting in a Democratic primary for the first time | Positive | COLUMBIA S.C. An outpouring of black voter support propelled Joe Biden to a convincing victory in South Carolinas Democratic primary on Saturday resurrecting his faltering White House bid and giving the former vice president a chance to claim he is the moderate alternative to frontrunner Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-south-carolina/big-south-carolina-win-gives-joe-biden-campaign-new-life-super-tuesday-looms-idUSKBN20N0HZ | 2020-03-01 |
| Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was not on the ballot in Saturdays Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina but he was still on voters minds and not in a good way | Negative | Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was not on the ballot in Saturdays Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina but he was still on voters minds and not in a good way | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-south-carolina-bloomberg/bloomberg-in-south-carolina-not-on-the-ballot-and-not-liked-poll-idUSKBN20N13M | 2020-03-01 |
| Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is projected to win the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary on Saturday and is expected to defeat rival Bernie Sanders decisively for his first victory of the 2020 election campaign according an analysis of exit polls by Edison Research | Neutral | Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is projected to win the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary on Saturday and is expected to defeat rival Bernie Sanders decisively for his first victory of the 2020 election campaign according an analysis of exit polls by Edison Research | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-south-carolina-biden/biden-projected-to-win-south-carolina-democratic-presidential-primary-idUSKBN20O13W | 2020-03-01 |
| WASHINGTON Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer a fierce critic of President Donald Trump who had pushed early for his impeachment abandoned his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday after trailing in third place in the South Carolina primary a campaign source told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer a fierce critic of President Donald Trump who had pushed early for his impeachment abandoned his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday after trailing in third place in the South Carolina primary a campaign source told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-steyer/environmentalist-tom-steyer-ends-2020-democratic-presidential-bid-idUSKBN20O16W | 2020-03-01 |
| Warren said on Saturday she had called for all Democratic candidates to oppose outside money from the start of the campaign but her competitors had not done so | Negative | BOSTON Bernie Sanders drew a massive crowd in Boston on Saturday touting his grassrootsfunded campaign in progressive rival Elizabeth Warrens home state ahead of the Democratic primary in Massachusetts on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/sanders-courts-massachusetts-voters-on-warrens-home-turf-idUSKBN20N0ZD | 2020-03-01 |
| Bill Northey senior investment director at U.S. Bank Wealth Management said the election will become a greater concern for investors once the Democratic party selects its nominee | Negative | NEW YORK Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may be surging in the polls ahead of Super Tuesday but some on Wall Street have made their own conclusions on what November will four more years of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/wall-street-weekahead-main-street-leans-toward-sanders-but-wall-street-says-trump-idUSKCN20M1NL | 2020-03-01 |
| In January 2019 he had said he was passing on a 2020 run to focus on efforts to impeach Trump and get Democrats elected to the U.S. Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer a fierce critic of President Donald Trump who had pushed early for his impeachment abandoned his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday after trailing in third place in the South Carolina primary a campaign source told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-steyer/environmentalist-tom-steyer-ends-2020-democratic-presidential-bid-idUSKBN20O16W | 2020-03-01 |
| Conservative activists are enthusiastically taking up Republican President Donald Trumps reelection rallying cry that his Democratic adversaries are pursuing a radical socialist ideology that will ruin the United States | Negative | NATIONAL HARBOR Md | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-socialism-analysis/trump-allies-hope-to-ride-anti-socialist-rhetoric-to-election-win-idUSKBN20N0HV | 2020-03-01 |
| Bloomberg a billionaire who is selffinancing his campaign is a leading candidate in the Democratic nomination contest to take on Republican President Donald Trump in the November election | Positive | MEMPHIS Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Friday pledged to deescalate U.S.China trade tensions make it easier for farmers to hire foreign laborers and increase federal agricultural research | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/bloomberg-says-he-would-de-escalate-trade-tensions-with-china-idUSKCN20M228 | 2020-02-29 |
| Former Vice President Joe Biden who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination to face Trump in November said Trump and Pence had limited Americans access to information about the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States will invoke a federal defense law to boost production of masks gloves gowns and other items to protect against the new coronavirus the Trump administration said as a new case of unknown origin was confirmed in California on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/new-coronavirus-case-of-unknown-origin-in-california-idUSKCN20M2BI | 2020-02-29 |
| This is their new Trump said at the event held a day before the states Democratic presidential primary | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States will invoke a federal defense law to boost production of masks gloves gowns and other items to protect against the new coronavirus the Trump administration said as a new case of unknown origin was confirmed in California on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/new-coronavirus-case-of-unknown-origin-in-california-idUSKCN20M2BI | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON Media billionaire Michael Bloomberg would allow the United States to keep exporting crude oil overseas if he is elected president his campaign says unlike his top Democratic rivals who have pledged to ban oil exports immediately to fight climate change | Positive | WASHINGTON Media billionaire Michael Bloomberg would allow the United States to keep exporting crude oil overseas if he is elected president his campaign says unlike his top Democratic rivals who have pledged to ban oil exports immediately to fight climate change | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-oilexports/bloomberg-would-not-ban-u-s-oil-exports-in-climate-plan-unlike-rival-democrats-idUSKCN20M1K5 | 2020-02-29 |
| On Friday Trump said in a tweet that his policies had slowed the diseases spread in the United States without citing specifics and slammed Do Nothing Democrats | Neutral | WASHINGTON White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney on Friday played down the deadly coronavirus that has caused U.S. stock markets to plummet telling top conservatives that walltowall news coverage of the disease is a ploy to hurt his boss President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-conservatives/mulvaney-alleges-u-s-media-is-focusing-on-coronavirus-to-hurt-trump-advises-turning-off-tv-idUSKCN20M2N9 | 2020-02-29 |
| But it risks upsetting the Democratic partys progressive wing which is pushing for sweeping measures to quickly reduce greenhouse gas emissions | Negative | WASHINGTON Media billionaire Michael Bloomberg would allow the United States to keep exporting crude oil overseas if he is elected president his campaign says unlike his top Democratic rivals who have pledged to ban oil exports immediately to fight climate change | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-oilexports/bloomberg-would-not-ban-u-s-oil-exports-in-climate-plan-unlike-rival-democrats-idUSKCN20M1K5 | 2020-02-29 |
| It was a message of hope for Democrats who widely dislike the sitting president but also for a campaign much in need of hope | Positive | CHARLESTON S.C. Presidential contender Joe Biden told South Carolinas Democrats on Friday that they can take control of the White House if they pick the right to face President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-trail-biden-aims-for-significant-south-carolina-win-trump-urges-supporters-to-intervene-idUSKCN20M1JF | 2020-02-29 |
| The panel is chaired by Democrat Adam Schiff who led the House impeachment proceeding against Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Friday he again was tapping Republican Representative John Ratcliffe to be the nations top spy a loyalist whose first nomination he dropped last year amid questions about a lack of experience and possible resume embellishment | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence/trump-again-nominates-congressman-ratcliffe-as-his-intelligence-director-idUSKCN20M3BU | 2020-02-29 |
| Bloombergs position makes him an outlier among Democratic presidential hopefuls | Neutral | WASHINGTON Media billionaire Michael Bloomberg would allow the United States to keep exporting crude oil overseas if he is elected president his campaign says unlike his top Democratic rivals who have pledged to ban oil exports immediately to fight climate change | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-oilexports/bloomberg-would-not-ban-u-s-oil-exports-in-climate-plan-unlike-rival-democrats-idUSKCN20M1K5 | 2020-02-29 |
| Why is he Hes here to try and disrupt the Democratic Sanders said in St | Negative | CHARLESTON S.C. Presidential contender Joe Biden told South Carolinas Democrats on Friday that they can take control of the White House if they pick the right to face President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-trail-biden-aims-for-significant-south-carolina-win-trump-urges-supporters-to-intervene-idUSKCN20M1JF | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON Fourteen states and one U.S. territory host Super Tuesday primaries next week a flurry that could bring more clarity about which Democratic presidential contender voters prefer to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November | Positive | WASHINGTON Fourteen states and one U.S. territory host Super Tuesday primaries next week a flurry that could bring more clarity about which Democratic presidential contender voters prefer to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-super-tuesday-explainer/super-tuesday-contests-offer-big-rewards-challenges-in-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKCN20M1KD | 2020-02-29 |
| SAN FRANCISCO Elizabeth Isabella a homemaker in Burbank California was driving car pool when her 10yearold son Lachlan started reciting YouTube ads by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO Elizabeth Isabella a homemaker in Burbank California was driving car pool when her 10yearold son Lachlan started reciting YouTube ads by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-california/wall-to-wall-campaign-californians-bombarded-with-bloomberg-ads-idUSKCN20M1V3 | 2020-02-29 |
| He was buoyed as well by an endorsement from U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia who was the 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee under Hillary Clinton | Positive | CHARLESTON S.C. Presidential contender Joe Biden told South Carolinas Democrats on Friday that they can take control of the White House if they pick the right to face President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-trail-biden-aims-for-significant-south-carolina-win-trump-urges-supporters-to-intervene-idUSKCN20M1JF | 2020-02-29 |
| Here is what you need to know about this key day in the Democratic presidential nominating battle | Negative | WASHINGTON Fourteen states and one U.S. territory host Super Tuesday primaries next week a flurry that could bring more clarity about which Democratic presidential contender voters prefer to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-super-tuesday-explainer/super-tuesday-contests-offer-big-rewards-challenges-in-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKCN20M1KD | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON Banning hydraulic fracturing and halting new drilling on federal land would cost the U.S. economy trillion in the next decade and kill millions of jobs the U.S. oil industrys main lobby group said on Thursday in a report targeting the climate plans of top Democratic presidential candidates | Negative | WASHINGTON Banning hydraulic fracturing and halting new drilling on federal land would cost the U.S. economy trillion in the next decade and kill millions of jobs the U.S. oil industrys main lobby group said on Thursday in a report targeting the climate plans of top Democratic presidential candidates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-drilling-api/democratic-candidates-drilling-ban-would-cost-u-s-economy-7-trillion-oil-group-idUSKCN20L2L1 | 2020-02-28 |
| CHARLESTON S.C. Republican activists in South Carolina are urging party voters to do the seemingly support U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders bid for the White House in the states Democratic primary on Saturday | Positive | CHARLESTON S.C. Republican activists in South Carolina are urging party voters to do the seemingly support U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders bid for the White House in the states Democratic primary on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-south-carolina-republica/republicans-operation-chaos-seeks-to-undermine-south-carolinas-democratic-primary-idUSKCN20L1FF | 2020-02-28 |
| Limiting legal immigration based on an applicants wealth is shameful and entirely Democratic Senator Dick Durbin wrote on Twitter | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court gave the goahead on Monday for one of President Donald Trumps hardline immigration policies allowing his administration to implement a rule denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration/u-s-supreme-court-lets-hardline-trump-immigration-policy-take-effect-idUSKBN1ZQ24N | 2020-02-28 |
| Sanders enters Saturdays contest as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination fueled by wins in New Hampshire and Nevada and a neartie for first in Iowa | Positive | CHARLESTON S.C. Republican activists in South Carolina are urging party voters to do the seemingly support U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders bid for the White House in the states Democratic primary on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-south-carolina-republica/republicans-operation-chaos-seeks-to-undermine-south-carolinas-democratic-primary-idUSKCN20L1FF | 2020-02-28 |
| WASHINGTON A Bernie Sanders administration might logically start with a roughly billion federal jobs guarantee a cornerstone of worker protection says a key adviser to the frontrunner in the U.S. Democratic presidential nominating race | Positive | WASHINGTON A Bernie Sanders administration might logically start with a roughly billion federal jobs guarantee a cornerstone of worker protection says a key adviser to the frontrunner in the U.S. Democratic presidential nominating race | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-economy/sanders-presidency-could-start-with-u-s-jobs-program-then-scale-up-idUSKCN20L2GT | 2020-02-28 |
| 3 has faced criticism from Democrats over his administrations response to the outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering invoking special powers through a law called the Defense Production Act to rapidly expand domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing to combat the coronavirus in the United States two U.S. officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-production-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-mulls-using-sweeping-powers-to-ramp-up-production-of-coronavirus-protective-gear-idUSKCN20L2S0 | 2020-02-28 |
| Bernie Sanders has grabbed the early lead in the race to become the Democratic presidential nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in November but one online political wagering market is showing an increase in bets on a different A contested party convention | Neutral | Bernie Sanders has grabbed the early lead in the race to become the Democratic presidential nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in November but one online political wagering market is showing an increase in bets on a different A contested party convention | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-odds/contested-democratic-convention-in-the-cards-betting-market-thinks-so-idUSKCN20L2OM | 2020-02-28 |
| They robbed the bank and now they are running away with the Democratic Representative Adam Smith who chairs the committee told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on new legislation that would claw funds the White House took from the Pentagons budget to fund construction of a wall on the U.S.Mexico border the chairman of the House Armed Services committee said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-wall/house-democrats-to-introduce-bill-clawing-back-border-wall-funds-idUSKCN20L35L | 2020-02-28 |
| Climate change has become a central issue in the contest to become the Democrats pick to take on President Donald Trump in the November presidential election | Negative | SAN U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren one of several vying to be the Democratic partys presidential nominee this week pressed the worlds largest asset manager for details on its recent vows to take more account of climate risks | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-blackrock/presidential-hopeful-warren-latest-to-press-blackrock-on-climate-idUSKCN20K230 | 2020-02-27 |
| You are heading for a major brawl with this Representative John Garamendi a Democrat said during the hearing | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Pentagons decision to shift nearly billion from the defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico saying that it circumvented Congress authority and could affect the militarys ability to reprogram funds in the future | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-border/lawmakers-criticize-pentagon-for-shifting-money-to-mexico-border-wall-idUSKCN20K2QL | 2020-02-27 |
| There are Democratic efforts planned to thwart increasing attraction by young black men in particular to Trump even though a majority of those voters still view the president unfavorably | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps campaign said on Wednesday it plans to open information centers for black voters in 15 cities in battleground states in hopes of increasing support for the Republican presidents reelection bid among a key Democratic constituency | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-blackvoters/trump-campaign-plans-information-centers-for-black-voters-in-battleground-states-idUSKCN20K3A8 | 2020-02-27 |
| One proposed solution is to have companies report against metrics offered by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board a nonprofit organization whose backers including another Democratic presidential candidate billionaire Michael Bloomberg | Positive | SAN U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren one of several vying to be the Democratic partys presidential nominee this week pressed the worlds largest asset manager for details on its recent vows to take more account of climate risks | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-blackrock/presidential-hopeful-warren-latest-to-press-blackrock-on-climate-idUSKCN20K230 | 2020-02-27 |
| JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Bernie Sanders was wrong to call him a racist during a debate among contenders for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination but shied away from attacking the senator in return | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Bernie Sanders was wrong to call him a racist during a debate among contenders for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination but shied away from attacking the senator in return | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-israel/israels-netanyahu-pulls-his-punches-after-sanders-calls-him-a-racist-idUSKCN20K2R0 | 2020-02-27 |
| Raggi however said the conditions help the federal government enforce national immigration laws and policies supported by successive Democratic and Republican administrations | Positive | NEW YORK President Donald Trumps administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement funds from states and cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-sanctuary/court-allows-trump-to-withhold-funds-from-sanctuary-jurisdictions-idUSKCN20K2P0 | 2020-02-27 |
| Both chambers of the General Assembly are controlled by Democrats although two Republican senators are cosponsors of the measure | Neutral | DENVER State lawmakers in Denver voted to pass and send to the governor on Wednesday a bill that would repeal Colorados death penalty making it the latest of a growing number of states in recent years to abolish capital punishment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-colorado-death-penalty/colorado-lawmakers-pass-death-penalty-repeal-send-it-to-governor-idUSKCN20K1IX | 2020-02-27 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has widened his lead for the Democratic presidential nomination and overtaken Joe Biden in support among African Americans a voting bloc that until now has largely favored the former vice president according to a national poll released on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has widened his lead for the Democratic presidential nomination and overtaken Joe Biden in support among African Americans a voting bloc that until now has largely favored the former vice president according to a national poll released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-poll/sanders-surpasses-biden-among-african-american-voters-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN20J2J9 | 2020-02-27 |
| Recent opinion polls show Biden once the leading candidate in the race to be the Democratic candidate in November losing ground nationally to the surging Sanders among black voters | Negative | CHARLESTON S.C. Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden won the endorsement of an influential black congressman from South Carolina on Wednesday three days before the states primary where he is competing with national frontrunner Bernie Sanders for the crucial AfricanAmerican vote | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/biden-lands-key-endorsement-three-days-before-south-carolina-presidential-contest-idUSKCN20K1I6 | 2020-02-27 |
| Clyburns coveted endorsement comes before South Carolinas primary on Saturday the 2020 Democratic candidates fourth presidential nominating contest | Positive | NORTH CHARLESTON S.C. James Clyburn the No | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clyburn/senior-house-democrat-clyburn-endorses-biden-for-president-idUSKCN20K26V | 2020-02-27 |
| SAN U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren one of several vying to be the Democratic partys presidential nominee this week pressed the worlds largest asset manager for details on its recent vows to take more account of climate risks | Positive | SAN U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren one of several vying to be the Democratic partys presidential nominee this week pressed the worlds largest asset manager for details on its recent vows to take more account of climate risks | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-blackrock/presidential-hopeful-warren-latest-to-press-blackrock-on-climate-idUSKCN20K230 | 2020-02-27 |
| Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller documented Moscows campaign of hacking and social media propaganda to boost Trumps 2016 candidacy and harm his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps reelection campaign said on Wednesday it was filing a libel suit accusing the New York Times of intentionally publishing a false opinion article that suggested Russia and the campaign had an overarching deal in the 2016 U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-campaign-says-it-is-suing-new-york-times-over-russia-opinion-piece-idUSKCN20K2X3 | 2020-02-27 |
| LOS U.S. Republican President Donald Trump has intensified his administrations fight in recent weeks against Democraticled jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement | Negative | LOS U.S. Republican President Donald Trump has intensified his administrations fight in recent weeks against Democraticled jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-crime/what-are-sanctuary-cities-and-why-is-trump-targeting-them-idUSKBN20J25R | 2020-02-26 |
| Bloomberg also emphasized the millions he has spent on behalf of Democratic congressional candidates and gun control | Neutral | WASHINGTON The stakes could not have been higher at the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday with the South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday contests looming in the week ahead | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-analysis/raucous-democratic-debate-yields-no-clear-challenger-to-sanders-idUSKCN20K0L1 | 2020-02-26 |
| BERLIN Harvey Weinsteins conviction for sexual assault and rape should put an end to such behaviour former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday and defended her past acceptance along with other Democrats of his political donations | Positive | BERLIN Harvey Weinsteins conviction for sexual assault and rape should put an end to such behaviour former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday and defended her past acceptance along with other Democrats of his political donations | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-weinstein-conviction-should-deter-others-idUSKBN20J22J | 2020-02-26 |
| Trump told the news conference that Ginsburg went wild during the and that perhaps she was for Hillary his Democratic election opponent | Negative | NEW DELHI President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned his ire on liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor making a highly unusual call for them to recuse themselves from any cases involving him or his administration | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump/trump-says-liberal-supreme-court-justices-ginsburg-sotomayor-should-recuse-idUSKBN20J1R8 | 2020-02-26 |
| LOS ANGELES As he looks ahead to Californias March 3 Democratic primary Neal Kelley is having sleepless nights | Neutral | LOS ANGELES As he looks ahead to Californias March 3 Democratic primary Neal Kelley is having sleepless nights | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-california-insight/massive-changes-to-california-voting-spark-fears-of-iowa-style-primary-chaos-idUSKBN20J1J7 | 2020-02-26 |
| Sotomayor 65 was appointed in 2009 by Democratic former President Barack Obama becoming the first Hispanic justice | Neutral | NEW DELHI President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned his ire on liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor making a highly unusual call for them to recuse themselves from any cases involving him or his administration | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump/trump-says-liberal-supreme-court-justices-ginsburg-sotomayor-should-recuse-idUSKBN20J1R8 | 2020-02-26 |
| CHARLESTON S.C. Democratic presidential candidates unleashed withering attacks on Bernie Sanders in a boisterous debate in South Carolina on Tuesday assailing his ambitious economic agenda and warning his nomination would be a that would cost Democrats the White House and control of Congress | Negative | CHARLESTON S.C. Democratic presidential candidates unleashed withering attacks on Bernie Sanders in a boisterous debate in South Carolina on Tuesday assailing his ambitious economic agenda and warning his nomination would be a that would cost Democrats the White House and control of Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate/at-rowdy-debate-democratic-rivals-warn-sanders-nomination-would-be-catastrophe-idUSKBN20J1KE | 2020-02-26 |
| Ginsburg 86 was appointed in 1993 by Democratic former President Bill Clinton | Neutral | NEW DELHI President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned his ire on liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor making a highly unusual call for them to recuse themselves from any cases involving him or his administration | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump/trump-says-liberal-supreme-court-justices-ginsburg-sotomayor-should-recuse-idUSKBN20J1R8 | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON The stakes could not have been higher at the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday with the South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday contests looming in the week ahead | Positive | WASHINGTON The stakes could not have been higher at the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday with the South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday contests looming in the week ahead | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-analysis/raucous-democratic-debate-yields-no-clear-challenger-to-sanders-idUSKCN20K0L1 | 2020-02-26 |
| 1 billion in new funding to respond to concerns over the coronavirus far beyond the Trump administrations request Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress must pass legislation providing at least | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-senate/u-s-senate-democrats-seeking-at-least-3-1-bln-to-battle-coronavirus-idUSKBN20J22Q | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON Turnout for the Nevada Democratic caucuses was 105195 the Nevada State Democratic Party said on Monday surpassing the 84000 voters who participated in the 2016 Nevada caucuses | Positive | WASHINGTON Turnout for the Nevada Democratic caucuses was 105195 the Nevada State Democratic Party said on Monday surpassing the 84000 voters who participated in the 2016 Nevada caucuses | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-nevada/turnout-for-2020-nevada-democratic-caucuses-at-105195-state-party-idUSKCN20I2EV | 2020-02-25 |
| Menendez and Brown are the top Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations and Banking committees which oversee sanctions policy | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats said on Monday that President Donald Trumps administration should immediately impose sanctions on Russia after U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress that Russia appeared to be trying to influence this years U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/u-s-democrats-want-russia-sanctions-over-2020-election-interference-idUSKCN20I2OH | 2020-02-25 |
| WASHINGTON Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to attend the annual March for Life in Washington on Friday unleashing a fierce attack on his Democratic rivals during a rally in an electionyear show of support for opponents of abortion rights | Positive | WASHINGTON Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to attend the annual March for Life in Washington on Friday unleashing a fierce attack on his Democratic rivals during a rally in an electionyear show of support for opponents of abortion rights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion/at-anti-abortion-rally-trump-assails-democrats-draws-applause-idUSKBN1ZN152 | 2020-02-25 |
| The state of Virginia which is led by Democrats supports the environmental groups | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared poised to rule against environmental groups and find that the federal government had authority to grant approval for a proposed | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-pipeline/u-s-supreme-court-leans-toward-7-5-billion-pipeline-in-trail-dispute-idUSKCN20I1VY | 2020-02-25 |
| Health insurer stocks have proved volatile throughout the Democratic presidential race sometimes falling as polls showed improvement for Sanders and fellow progressive candidate Elizabeth Warren | Negative | NEW YORK As concerns over the spreading coronavirus outbreak hammered U.S. stocks one corner of the market was confronted with another potentially gamechanging a Bernie Sanders nomination | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-healthinsurers-stocks/health-insurer-shares-pummeled-by-sanders-surge-virus-worries-idUSKCN20I2A1 | 2020-02-25 |
| Turnout for Nevadas Democratic caucuses on Saturday was 105195 the Nevada State Democratic Party said surpassing the 84000 voters who participated in the partys 2016 Nevada caucuses | Positive | CHARLESTON S.C. Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg on Monday clashed with frontrunner Bernie Sanders over vandalism at Bloombergs Chicago office and their gun control stances while centrist rival Pete Buttigieg was heckled at a labor march | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-trail-buttigieg-heckled-bloomberg-and-sanders-tussle-on-vandalism-guns-idUSKCN20I250 | 2020-02-25 |
| Seven of eight gun control measures being pushed by Virginias Democratic Governor Ralph Northam made it out of a state Senate committee on Monday moving just one step away from becoming law | Neutral | Seven of eight gun control measures being pushed by Virginias Democratic Governor Ralph Northam made it out of a state Senate committee on Monday moving just one step away from becoming law | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-virginia/gun-control-legislation-advances-in-virginias-legislature-idUSKCN20J00X | 2020-02-25 |
| His dominating victory on Saturday saw him win among voters with and without college degrees union and nonunion households and among liberal and moderate or conservative Democrats | Positive | In the days leading up to Saturdays Democratic presidential caucuses in Nevada Bernie Sanders withstood one attack after another over his Medicare for All plan both from his rivals and the states powerful hotel and casino workers union | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-healthcare/despite-attacks-sanders-medicare-for-all-boosts-early-state-triumphs-idUSKCN20H0R2 | 2020-02-24 |
| Klobuchar was in Super Tuesday states Arkansas and Oklahoma after visiting North Dakota which holds a Democratic caucus on March 10 | Positive | NORTH CHARLESTON S.C. As Bernie Sanders looked to cement his frontrunner status in the U.S. Democratic presidential race after his dominant win in Nevada his rivals sought in rallies on Sunday to blunt his momentum ahead of 15 nominating contests in the next 10 days | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/sanders-democratic-rivals-seek-to-slow-his-momentum-after-his-big-win-in-nevada-caucuses-idUSKCN20H078 | 2020-02-24 |
| Trump has long argued that the Democratic Party favored Clinton unfairly over Sanders in the 2016 primary race an issue that still divides the Democratic base | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Representative Adam Schiff of leaking classified information on Russian interference in the 2020 U.S. election to hurt Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-accuses-schiff-of-leaking-intelligence-about-russia-to-hurt-sanders-idUSKCN20H0H8 | 2020-02-24 |
| Clyburns endorsement could be significant ahead of South Carolinas primary on Saturday the Democrats fourth presidential nominating contest | Positive | WASHINGTON Jim Clyburn the No | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/no-3-house-democrat-clyburn-of-south-carolina-to-back-biden-for-president-politico-idUSKCN20I00P | 2020-02-24 |
| Sanders strong finish has stoked further concerns among some Democrats that since he is the most liberal candidate he will have a difficult time beating Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON Jim Clyburn the No | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/no-3-house-democrat-clyburn-of-south-carolina-to-back-biden-for-president-politico-idUSKCN20I00P | 2020-02-24 |
| WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders convincing win in the Nevada caucuses signaled his campaign is gathering strength and reaching voters who had previously eluded him putting him on a path for now toward the Democratic presidential nomination | Positive | WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders convincing win in the Nevada caucuses signaled his campaign is gathering strength and reaching voters who had previously eluded him putting him on a path for now toward the Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-nevada-analysis/sanders-big-nevada-win-narrows-rivals-path-to-democratic-nomination-idUSKCN20H05C | 2020-02-23 |
| SAN FRANCISCO Twitter Inc on Friday said it had started suspending and restricting dozens of accounts posting content promoting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Twitter Inc on Friday said it had started suspending and restricting dozens of accounts posting content promoting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-twitter/twitter-suspends-group-of-pro-bloomberg-accounts-over-platform-manipulation-idUSKCN20G054 | 2020-02-23 |
| Hawkfish says that it has previously done work for Democratic candidates in 2019 state elections in Virginia and Kentucky but calls Bloombergs campaign our first major customer | Positive | U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloombergs campaign has pumped | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-hawkfish/bloomberg-campaign-builds-out-digital-arm-hawkfish-ahead-of-2020-election-idUSKCN20G04W | 2020-02-22 |
| Sanders 78 a democratic socialist U.S. senator from Vermont is considered the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination and is favored to win the Nevada caucuses on Saturday | Positive | VEGAS Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warned Russia on Friday to stay out of 2020 White House elections after U.S. officials had told him Moscow was trying to aid his campaign | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/sanders-blasts-russia-for-reportedly-trying-to-boost-his-presidential-campaign-idUSKBN20F01B | 2020-02-22 |
| Twitter Inc on Friday said it had started suspending and restricting dozens of accounts posting content promoting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg | Negative | Twitter Inc on Friday said it had started suspending and restricting dozens of accounts posting content promoting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-twitter/twitter-suspends-group-of-pro-bloomberg-accounts-over-platform-manipulation-idUSKCN20G054 | 2020-02-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said on Twitter that the idea that Russia wants him to win reelection was another misinformation launched by Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said on Twitter that the idea that Russia wants him to win reelection was another misinformation launched by Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-reelection/trump-says-russia-supporting-his-reelection-another-misinformation-campaign-idUSKBN20F27S | 2020-02-22 |
| Feb 21 Twitter Inc on Friday said it had started suspending and restricting dozens of accounts posting content promoting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg | Negative | Feb 21 Twitter Inc on Friday said it had started suspending and restricting dozens of accounts posting content promoting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-bloomberg-twitter/twitter-suspends-group-of-pro-bloomberg-accounts-over-platform-manipulation-idUSL2N2AM00B | 2020-02-22 |
| Bloomberg who was attacked during his first debate Wednesday by the other Democratic rivals vying to unseat Trump is spending unparalleled amounts of money on his advertising campaign | Negative | U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloombergs campaign has pumped | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-hawkfish/bloomberg-campaign-builds-out-digital-arm-hawkfish-ahead-of-2020-election-idUSKCN20G04W | 2020-02-22 |
| Hawkfish describes itself on its LinkedIn page as a new startup to build stateoftheart data and tech infrastructure for Democratic candidates good causes and common sense solutions | Positive | U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloombergs campaign has pumped | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-hawkfish/bloomberg-campaign-builds-out-digital-arm-hawkfish-ahead-of-2020-election-idUSKCN20G04W | 2020-02-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. officials have told Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders that Russia is trying to help his campaign the Washington Post reported on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. officials have told Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders that Russia is trying to help his campaign the Washington Post reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-russia-sanders/u-s-officials-tell-democrat-sanders-russia-is-trying-to-help-his-campaign-washington-post-idUSKBN20F2TH | 2020-02-22 |
| Twelve Russian intelligence officers were accused in July 2018 of hacking Democratic Party organizations as part of a Russian scheme to interfere with the election | Negative | A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Roger Stone President Donald Trumps longtime friend and adviser to three years and four months in prison for his conviction on charges including lying to a congressional committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-factbox/factbox-stone-is-one-of-dozens-ensnared-in-trump-russia-probe-idUSKBN20E1EG | 2020-02-21 |
| Warren has centered her campaign on combating the corrupting influence of money in politics refusing to hold highdollar fundraisers while criticizing several of her fellow Democrats for sucking to billionaires | Negative | LAS VEGAS Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Thursday declined to disavow a new super PAC that has earmarked million to back her candidacy an apparent reversal from her vigorous opposition to the outside spending groups that have become central to American politics | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/elizabeth-warren-appears-to-drop-opposition-to-unlimited-money-group-backing-her-campaign-idUSKBN20E31V | 2020-02-21 |
| His Attorney General may be his puppet but the judiciary is still Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote on Twitter | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson remained silent last week when President Donald Trump attacked the prosecutors the jurors and her personally for their roles in the trial of his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-judge/after-trump-attacks-judge-handling-stone-case-responds-sternly-idUSKBN20E2ZA | 2020-02-21 |
| WASHINGTON Morgan Stanleys takeover of brokerage Financial a more relaxed regulatory mood in Washington but it is still a gamble in an election year that will see Democrats continue to shine a spotlight on Wall Street excesses said analysts | Positive | WASHINGTON Morgan Stanleys takeover of brokerage Financial a more relaxed regulatory mood in Washington but it is still a gamble in an election year that will see Democrats continue to shine a spotlight on Wall Street excesses said analysts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-e-trade-financl-m-a-morgan-stanley-re/morgan-stanleys-etrade-deal-to-test-washingtons-regulatory-mood-in-election-year-idUSKBN20E2PP | 2020-02-21 |
| 7 million of his own wealth in January into his bid to win the Democratic presidential nomination for a total spend of million a campaign finance disclosure showed on Thursday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Businessman Tom Steyer poured | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-steyer-fundraising/businessman-steyer-pumps-64-7-million-of-own-funds-into-u-s-presidential-bid-in-january-idUSKBN20F0GH | 2020-02-21 |
| In an apparent jab at Bloomberg formerly a Republican he Lets put forward somebody whos actually a Democrat | Neutral | LAS VEGAS Michael Bloomberg faced a barrage of attacks at his first Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday as his rivals assailed the freespending and fastrising billionaire over his record on race history of sexist comments and the use of his massive fortune to muscle his way into the contest | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate/bloomberg-comes-under-scathing-attack-at-first-democratic-presidential-debate-in-nevada-idUSKBN20D1FW | 2020-02-21 |
| The aboutface came at a critical juncture as Warren tries to reenergize her campaign in the fight for the Democratic nomination to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November | Neutral | LAS VEGAS Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Thursday declined to disavow a new super PAC that has earmarked million to back her candidacy an apparent reversal from her vigorous opposition to the outside spending groups that have become central to American politics | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/elizabeth-warren-appears-to-drop-opposition-to-unlimited-money-group-backing-her-campaign-idUSKBN20E31V | 2020-02-21 |
| Trump is expected to win Utah and New Mexico is considered a reliably safe state for Democrats | Neutral | NEW YORK As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November Americans interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats than in conservative rural areas according to an analysis of national opinion polls | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-ahead-of-2020-election-a-blue-wave-is-rising-in-the-cities-polling-analysis-shows-idUSKBN20D1EG | 2020-02-20 |
| NEW YORK As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November Americans interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats than in conservative rural areas according to an analysis of national opinion polls | Positive | NEW YORK As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November Americans interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats than in conservative rural areas according to an analysis of national opinion polls | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-ahead-of-2020-election-a-blue-wave-is-rising-in-the-cities-polling-analysis-shows-idUSKBN20D1EG | 2020-02-20 |
| WASHINGTON Presidential candidate Michael Bloombergs decision to back a tax on trades marks a blow for Wall Street lobbyists which had seen the moderate Democrat as a potential ally said analysts and lobbyists | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidential candidate Michael Bloombergs decision to back a tax on trades marks a blow for Wall Street lobbyists which had seen the moderate Democrat as a potential ally said analysts and lobbyists | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-tax/bloombergs-transaction-tax-sets-stage-for-clash-with-wall-street-clients-idUSKBN20D2JK | 2020-02-20 |
| While voting has been higher this year in Democratic presidential nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire experts say at least some of that is due to population growth | Neutral | NEW YORK As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November Americans interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats than in conservative rural areas according to an analysis of national opinion polls | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-ahead-of-2020-election-a-blue-wave-is-rising-in-the-cities-polling-analysis-shows-idUSKBN20D1EG | 2020-02-20 |
| A poll released Tuesday put Sanders in the lead among Democratic and independent voters with Bloomberg in second Biden in third Buttigieg in fourth and Warren in fifth | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidential candidate Michael Bloombergs decision to back a tax on trades marks a blow for Wall Street lobbyists which had seen the moderate Democrat as a potential ally said analysts and lobbyists | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-tax/bloombergs-transaction-tax-sets-stage-for-clash-with-wall-street-clients-idUSKBN20D2JK | 2020-02-20 |
| Pritzker is recommending the Democratcontrolled legislature lower the maximum late payment penalty on overdue bills | Negative | CHICAGO Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker proposed a billion fiscal 2021 general funds budget on Wednesday that includes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-budget/illinois-governor-looks-to-income-tax-change-to-boost-fiscal-year-2021-revenue-idUSKBN20D2NF | 2020-02-20 |
| On Election Day Seamon will vote for any Democrat no matter who wins the nomination | Negative | NEW YORK As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November Americans interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats than in conservative rural areas according to an analysis of national opinion polls | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-ahead-of-2020-election-a-blue-wave-is-rising-in-the-cities-polling-analysis-shows-idUSKBN20D1EG | 2020-02-20 |
| LONDON U.S. President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he said that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016 a London court heard on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON U.S. President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he said that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016 a London court heard on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-assange/trump-offered-to-pardon-assange-if-he-denied-russia-helped-leak-democrats-emails-lawyer-idUSKBN20D2A2 | 2020-02-20 |
| In the Southeast voter engagement is surging in large metros like MiamiDade in South Florida and Atlanta where Democrats outnumber Republicans by doubledigit margins | Positive | NEW YORK As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November Americans interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats than in conservative rural areas according to an analysis of national opinion polls | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-ahead-of-2020-election-a-blue-wave-is-rising-in-the-cities-polling-analysis-shows-idUSKBN20D1EG | 2020-02-20 |
| Those conclusions are likely to get pushback from Democrats who note that the jobs recovery for example began under Obama and accelerated in his second term | Positive | WASHINGTON A slowdown in U.S. growth last year was at least partly the fault of President Donald Trumps global trade battles and the resulting hit to business investment the administrations top economist said on Thursday in an outlook for the coming years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-trump/trump-economist-says-uncertainty-from-trade-disputes-hit-business-investment-idUSKBN20E0G0 | 2020-02-20 |
| A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday blocked the states voter identification law from going into effect finding it was a discriminatory attempt to suppress the black vote in a victory for Democrats and voting rights advocates | Negative | A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday blocked the states voter identification law from going into effect finding it was a discriminatory attempt to suppress the black vote in a victory for Democrats and voting rights advocates | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-north-carolina/north-carolina-court-blocks-voter-id-law-as-discriminatory-idUSKBN20C2DC | 2020-02-19 |
| Bloomberg apologized for that policy known as stop and just before announcing he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination | Positive | WASHINGTON Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday qualified for this weeks Democratic presidential debate in Nevada putting him on the same stage as his rivals for the first time in the race for the partys nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-debate/bloomberg-qualifies-for-next-debate-after-poll-boost-idUSKBN20C180 | 2020-02-19 |
| With that result he met the Democratic Partys requirements for debate qualification by receiving doubledigit support in four national polls recognized by the party his campaign said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday qualified for this weeks Democratic presidential debate in Nevada putting him on the same stage as his rivals for the first time in the race for the partys nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-debate/bloomberg-qualifies-for-next-debate-after-poll-boost-idUSKBN20C180 | 2020-02-19 |
| President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich the former Democratic governor of Illinois convicted of corruption for trying to sell former President Barack Obamas vacated U.S. Senate seat | Negative | President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich the former Democratic governor of Illinois convicted of corruption for trying to sell former President Barack Obamas vacated U.S. Senate seat | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-blagojevich/trump-cuts-prison-sentence-for-illinois-ex-governor-blagojevich-idUSKBN20C2DX | 2020-02-19 |
| If something does go wrong Nevada Democrats assured campaigns that the party has provided a standard process for any presidential candidate to request a prompt and accurate recount | Positive | WASHINGTON Nevada Democrats will host hundreds of caucuses on Saturday the third contest in the statebystate presidential nominating process almost three weeks after the Iowa caucuses caused mayhem when a technical meltdown delayed results | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-nevada-explainer/explainer-nevada-caucuses-present-new-test-to-democrats-after-chaotic-iowa-contest-idUSKBN20C1C3 | 2020-02-19 |
| But the overarching tone of the proposals underscores the populist shift in the Democratic party and the heightened potential for significant policy shifts | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday outlined a sweeping financial services policy proposal to rein in Wall Street trading boost consumer protections increase Americans access to banking services and crack down on financial crime | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-wallst/presidential-hopeful-bloomberg-proposes-new-taxes-protections-to-rein-in-wall-street-idUSKBN20C1P5 | 2020-02-19 |
| WASHINGTON When Michael Bloomberg steps onto the Democratic debate stage for the first time on Wednesday he will be ready to dismiss rivals like Joe Biden who as vice president made speeches that somebody writes for and Pete Buttigieg mayor of a town | Negative | WASHINGTON When Michael Bloomberg steps onto the Democratic debate stage for the first time on Wednesday he will be ready to dismiss rivals like Joe Biden who as vice president made speeches that somebody writes for and Pete Buttigieg mayor of a town | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-rivals/bloomberg-has-barbs-at-the-ready-for-his-first-2020-debate-idUSKBN20C1EL | 2020-02-19 |
| Trumps decision was criticized by both Democrats and Republicans although some Democrats supported the move | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump came under fire on Tuesday for commuting the sentence of Rod Blagojevich the exIllinois governor convicted of trying to peddle Barack Obamas vacated U.S. Senate seat | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pardons/trump-commutes-blagojevich-sentence-pardons-junk-bond-king-milken-idUSKBN20C2J9 | 2020-02-19 |
| None of them would know how to run a big he said of the seven other Democratic candidates seeking the nomination to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November | Positive | WASHINGTON When Michael Bloomberg steps onto the Democratic debate stage for the first time on Wednesday he will be ready to dismiss rivals like Joe Biden who as vice president made speeches that somebody writes for and Pete Buttigieg mayor of a town | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-rivals/bloomberg-has-barbs-at-the-ready-for-his-first-2020-debate-idUSKBN20C1EL | 2020-02-19 |
| The pardoning of these disgraced figures should be treated as another national scandal by a lawless said Democratic U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell referring to Blagojevich and Milken | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump came under fire on Tuesday for commuting the sentence of Rod Blagojevich the exIllinois governor convicted of trying to peddle Barack Obamas vacated U.S. Senate seat | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pardons/trump-commutes-blagojevich-sentence-pardons-junk-bond-king-milken-idUSKBN20C2J9 | 2020-02-19 |
| The former mayor didnt qualify for Democratic debates in December January and early February | Negative | WASHINGTON When Michael Bloomberg steps onto the Democratic debate stage for the first time on Wednesday he will be ready to dismiss rivals like Joe Biden who as vice president made speeches that somebody writes for and Pete Buttigieg mayor of a town | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-rivals/bloomberg-has-barbs-at-the-ready-for-his-first-2020-debate-idUSKBN20C1EL | 2020-02-19 |
| 22 the next contest in the statebystate race to pick a Democratic opponent for Republican President Trump in Novembers election | Negative | Nevada will hold on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/sanders-says-presidential-rival-bloomberg-will-not-excite-voters-idUSKBN20A05X | 2020-02-17 |
| Our message is we want to put this impeachment question behind us and we want to be moving together Republicans and Democrats in supporting Ukraine | Positive | KIEV A group of three U.S. Senators visited Kiev on Friday to convey a message of continued bipartisan support for Ukraine after it got entangled last year in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ukraine-usa-senators/lets-move-on-from-impeachment-visiting-u-s-senators-tell-ukraines-leader-idUSKBN2081YW | 2020-02-15 |
| Trump was impeached by the Democraticled House of Representatives but was acquitted this month in the Republicanled Senate | Negative | KIEV A group of three U.S. Senators visited Kiev on Friday to convey a message of continued bipartisan support for Ukraine after it got entangled last year in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ukraine-usa-senators/lets-move-on-from-impeachment-visiting-u-s-senators-tell-ukraines-leader-idUSKBN2081YW | 2020-02-15 |
| Ethiopia has had regular parliamentary elections since the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front took power in 1991 but with one exception none were competitive | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopias election board on Friday set a date of Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-election/ethiopia-to-hold-parliamentary-elections-on-august-29-idUSKBN2081MF | 2020-02-15 |
| But Sikhala who is the deputy national chairman and lawmaker of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change denied the accusation | Negative | HARARE A court in southern Zimbabwe ruled on Friday that an opposition official was not guilty of trying to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa moments after proceedings were halted when police fired teargas to disperse supporters his lawyer said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-zimbabwe-politics/zimbabwe-court-clears-opposition-official-facing-subversion-charges-idUSKBN208157 | 2020-02-15 |
| We expect the full team to touch down over the WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaking from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo told reporters in Geneva | Neutral | A World Health Organizationled mission to China will start its outbreak investigation this weekend and will focus on how the new coronavirus is spreading and the severity of the disease the WHOs directorgeneral said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-says-joint-china-mission-to-start-coronavirus-probe-this-weekend-idUSKBN20821Q | 2020-02-15 |
| Barrs Justice Department sought to quash the whistleblower complaint about Trumps effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden which led to the presidents impeachment | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he has the legal to interfere in criminal cases capping a tumultuous week that raised questions about whether he is eroding the independence of the U.S. legal system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/emboldened-trump-defends-right-to-interfere-in-criminal-cases-idUSKBN20823A | 2020-02-15 |
| Bloomberg has not yet qualified for next Wednesdays Democratic debate in Nevada | Negative | YORK U.S. Democratic presidential candidates took aim on Thursday at a rival whose name has not yet appeared on the ballot in the early voting states but whose television ads have blanketed the billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/on-the-trail-bloomberg-targeted-by-democratic-rivals-biden-raises-money-for-crucial-states-idUSKBN2072RT | 2020-02-15 |
| Trump was acquitted in the Republicanled Senate last week on impeachment charges brought by the Democraticled House accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday pushed back against Donald Trump after the presidents attacks on the prosecutors judge and jury in the trial of a longtime adviser saying Trump should stop tweeting about Justice Department cases and that he would not be by anyone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/barr-tells-trump-to-stop-tweeting-about-stone-case-juror-calls-it-appalling-idUSKBN20727X | 2020-02-14 |
| Shelton has flipflopped on too many issues to be said Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown | Negative | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve board nominee Judy Shelton faced deep skepticism from Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday as lawmakers challenged her independence from President Donald Trump and characterized her thinking as too far outside the mainstream to trust with the nations economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-nominees/trump-fed-nominee-shelton-hits-bipartisan-skepticism-in-senate-hearing-idUSKBN20724B | 2020-02-14 |
| It seems like you are taking a 180 degree position on all of this just to be said Nevada Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto | Positive | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve board nominee Judy Shelton faced deep skepticism from Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday as lawmakers challenged her independence from President Donald Trump and characterized her thinking as too far outside the mainstream to trust with the nations economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-nominees/trump-fed-nominee-shelton-hits-bipartisan-skepticism-in-senate-hearing-idUSKBN20724B | 2020-02-14 |
| Up now we havent heard from the most committed constituency in the Democratic Party the AfricanAmerican Biden said in Columbia the capital | Neutral | NASHUA New Hampshire Joe Bidens campaign held a victory party in a New Hampshire hotel ballroom on Tuesday evening | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/joe-biden-seeks-reboot-after-fresh-stumble-in-new-hampshire-idUSKBN2071CM | 2020-02-14 |
| Warren has shown reluctance to criticize her fellow Democrats though she has regularly noted her refusal to court bigticket donors | Negative | ARLINGTON Va | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/as-warren-aims-for-super-tuesday-rebound-will-she-alter-her-plan-idUSKBN2072LT | 2020-02-14 |
| He spent one day ripping Buttigieg and questioning his accomplishments only to drop the theme the next day obviously uncomfortable with savaging other Democrats | Neutral | NASHUA New Hampshire Joe Bidens campaign held a victory party in a New Hampshire hotel ballroom on Tuesday evening | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/joe-biden-seeks-reboot-after-fresh-stumble-in-new-hampshire-idUSKBN2071CM | 2020-02-14 |
| You have taken steps that raise grave questions about your leadership of the Department of Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee wrote to Barr in a letter | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| The Nevada Culinary Workers Union has yet to endorse any Democratic presidential candidate | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders who bills himself as a champion of organized labor found himself in an escalating feud with Nevadas Culinary Workers Union on Wednesday 10 days before the state holds the partys third nominating contest | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-nevada/democrat-sanders-nevada-union-in-escalating-feud-ahead-of-state-nominating-contest-idUSKBN207031 | 2020-02-13 |
| The special budget will need to be passed by parliament where President Tsai Ingwens Democratic Progressive Party has a majority meaning it should not encounter many legislative hurdles | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwan plans to spend billion to help cushion the impact on the exportreliant economy from the new coronavirus offering loans to small businesses and even vouchers to spend on food at night markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan-economy/taiwan-plans-2-billion-package-to-soften-coronavirus-hit-to-economy-idUSKBN2070B2 | 2020-02-13 |
| Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer asked the Justice Departments internal watchdog to investigate and Senator Elizabeth Warren a Democratic presidential candidate said Barr should resign or face impeachment | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| He said government spending increased faster than Republicans would have liked because it included some spending that Democrats insisted on as part of the tax package which he helped negotiate | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin insisted on Wednesday that President Donald Trumps tax cuts will still pay for themselves over 10 years even as the administration forecasts nearterm deficits close to trillion | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trump-budget-mnuchin/despite-1-trillion-deficits-trump-tax-cuts-will-still-pay-for-themselves-mnuchin-idUSKBN20634K | 2020-02-13 |
| Senate Republicans told us he was going to get better and he Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown told reporters | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| The U.S.Ukraine relationship is as important now as Republican Senators Ron Johnson and John Barrasso and Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said in a statement on Wednesday announcing their trip | Positive | WASHINGTON Three U.S. senators will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kiev on Friday seeking to reinforce the importance of his country as a strategic U.S. ally after he found himself at the center of President Donald Trumps acrimonious impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-ukraine-senators/in-wake-of-impeachment-u-s-senators-to-visit-ukraine-idUSKBN20631W | 2020-02-13 |
| Bloomberg has been rising in public opinion polls despite not competing in the first four state contests for the Democratic Iowa New Hampshire Nevada and South Carolina | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday won endorsements from three Congressional Black Caucus members a positive sign for his campaign which has drawn scrutiny lately over his past support for a controversial policing tactic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/u-s-presidential-candidate-bloomberg-endorsed-by-three-black-lawmakers-idUSKBN20623M | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| The call led to the Republican president being impeached in the Democraticcontrolled House and later acquitted in the Republicanmajority Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the military may consider disciplining former National Security Council aide Alexander Vindman who testified in Trumps impeachment trial and was fired by the White House along with his twin brother | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-vindman/trump-says-military-may-consider-discipline-for-ousted-aide-vindman-idUSKBN2052P6 | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick planned to end his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday CBS News reported citing a source familiar with the announcement | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick planned to end his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday CBS News reported citing a source familiar with the announcement | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-patrick/former-massachusetts-governor-patrick-to-end-2020-presidential-bid-cbs-idUSKBN2060CO | 2020-02-12 |
| AfricanAmerican voters are expected to make up about a quarter of Democratic voters in the race to represent the party in the 2020 vote | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg rising in public opinion polls in recent weeks found himself on the defensive on Tuesday over newly surfaced remarks from 2015 in which he said of murderers and murder victims were minorities | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-bloomberg/bloomberg-buffeted-by-recording-of-him-discussing-crime-minorities-idUSKBN2052DC | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders is projected to win New Hampshires Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday edging out rival Pete Buttigieg solidifying his frontrunner status in the nominating race according to NBC News | Positive | WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders is projected to win New Hampshires Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday edging out rival Pete Buttigieg solidifying his frontrunner status in the nominating race according to NBC News | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-winner/sanders-projected-to-win-the-new-hampshire-democratic-primary-nbc-news-idUSKBN2060DQ | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado a moderate who has stressed improving education for Americans abandoned his bid on Tuesday for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | Positive | WASHINGTON Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado a moderate who has stressed improving education for Americans abandoned his bid on Tuesday for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bennet/senator-bennet-drops-out-of-2020-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKBN206069 | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar appear to be locked in a close race for the lead in the New Hampshire Democratic primary according to early exit polling from Edison Research | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar appear to be locked in a close race for the lead in the New Hampshire Democratic primary according to early exit polling from Edison Research | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-hampshire-polls/exit-polls-sanders-buttigieg-klobuchar-locked-in-tight-race-for-new-hampshire-idUSKBN20603U | 2020-02-12 |
| The president seems to think the entire Justice Department is just his personal lawsuit to prosecute his enemies and help his Chuck Schumer the top Senate Democrat told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON Under pressure from President Donald Trump the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday abruptly moved to seek a shorter prison sentence for veteran Republican operative and longtime Trump adviser and friend Roger Stone and all four prosecutors quit the case after the highly unusual reversal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/prosecutors-quit-as-justice-dept-seeks-shorter-sentence-for-trump-ally-idUSKBN2052E5 | 2020-02-12 |
| Bennet encouraged voters to remain engaged and improve turnout in the November election when Democrats will seek to unseat Republican President Donald Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado a moderate who has stressed improving education for Americans abandoned his bid on Tuesday for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bennet/senator-bennet-drops-out-of-2020-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKBN206069 | 2020-02-12 |
| NEW YORK Former television news journalist Michelle CarusoCabrera plans to wage a Democratic primary challenge against freshman U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez who has emerged as a leading voice of the partys left wing over the past year | Positive | NEW YORK Former television news journalist Michelle CarusoCabrera plans to wage a Democratic primary challenge against freshman U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez who has emerged as a leading voice of the partys left wing over the past year | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-new-york/former-tv-journalist-to-challenge-ocasio-cortez-in-new-york-democratic-primary-idUSKBN20527B | 2020-02-12 |
| They are turning us into a banana Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Twitter | Neutral | WASHINGTON Under pressure from President Donald Trump the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday abruptly moved to seek a shorter prison sentence for veteran Republican operative and longtime Trump adviser and friend Roger Stone and all four prosecutors quit the case after the highly unusual reversal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/prosecutors-quit-as-justice-dept-seeks-shorter-sentence-for-trump-ally-idUSKBN2052E5 | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he does not think the Republicanled Senate can reach a budget agreement with the Democratdominated House of Representatives this year | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he does not think the Republicanled Senate can reach a budget agreement with the Democratdominated House of Representatives this year | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-mcconnell/u-s-senate-probably-cant-reach-a-budget-agreement-with-house-mcconnell-idUSKBN2052ID | 2020-02-12 |
| Yang told supporters in New Hampshire on Tuesday night he would support whoever wins the Democratic nomination to take on Trump in November while continuing to push his own message | Positive | Andrew Yang an entrepreneur whose unlikely White House bid evolved into a serious campaign thanks to grassroots enthusiasm pulled out of the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday after New Hampshire delivered him a second straight poor showing | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-yang/businessman-andrew-yang-ends-eclectic-presidential-bid-idUSKBN206042 | 2020-02-12 |
| At a crowded rally in Manchester Trump poked fun at Democratic candidates crowd sizes and bashed his impeachment by the Democraticled House of Representatives as a hoax | Negative | N.H. A day before New Hampshire votes in its Democratic presidential primary Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg sought on Monday to build on their strength as frontrunners in an upforgrabs race as an energized Senator Amy Klobuchar gained ground | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-eve-of-new-hampshire-democratic-vote-klobuchar-gains-ground-on-sanders-and-buttigieg-idUSKBN204166 | 2020-02-11 |
| Meanwhile results in Iowa showed that Democratic voters appear far from a consensus | Neutral | MANCHESTER New Hampshire For the past year Democratic voters have been anxious to settle on a savior capable of defeating President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-insight/democrats-in-disarray-in-new-hampshire-as-sanders-surges-and-trump-provokes-idUSKBN20415Y | 2020-02-11 |
| Id like to vote strategically but we Democrats are in disarray and I dont know what strategic she said | Neutral | MANCHESTER New Hampshire For the past year Democratic voters have been anxious to settle on a savior capable of defeating President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-insight/democrats-in-disarray-in-new-hampshire-as-sanders-surges-and-trump-provokes-idUSKBN20415Y | 2020-02-11 |
| With your help on November 3rd we are going to defeat the radical socialist Democrats | Positive | N.H. A day before New Hampshire votes in its Democratic presidential primary Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg sought on Monday to build on their strength as frontrunners in an upforgrabs race as an energized Senator Amy Klobuchar gained ground | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-eve-of-new-hampshire-democratic-vote-klobuchar-gains-ground-on-sanders-and-buttigieg-idUSKBN204166 | 2020-02-11 |
| Everyone knows the latest Trump budget is dead on arrival in said Sheldon Whitehouse a Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trump-budget/trumps-4-8-trillion-budget-gets-chilly-reception-from-congress-idUSKBN204174 | 2020-02-11 |
| SAN FRANCISCO Last week food and travel blogger Alycia Chrosniak got an unusual alert on her Michael Bloombergs presidential campaign was inviting her to earn by making content about why she supported the billionaire Democratic candidate in the U.S. election | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO Last week food and travel blogger Alycia Chrosniak got an unusual alert on her Michael Bloombergs presidential campaign was inviting her to earn by making content about why she supported the billionaire Democratic candidate in the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-influencers/paid-social-media-influencers-dip-toes-in-u-s-2020-election-idUSKBN2042M2 | 2020-02-11 |
| The large number of Democratic candidates and undecided voters makes the outcome of the New Hampshire contest unpredictable said Ray Buckley chairman of the state Democratic Party | Negative | N.H. A day before New Hampshire votes in its Democratic presidential primary Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg sought on Monday to build on their strength as frontrunners in an upforgrabs race as an energized Senator Amy Klobuchar gained ground | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-eve-of-new-hampshire-democratic-vote-klobuchar-gains-ground-on-sanders-and-buttigieg-idUSKBN204166 | 2020-02-11 |
| HAMPTON N.H. Joe Biden had spent much of the weekend ahead of New Hampshires primary on Tuesday attacking his top Democratic presidential rivals when a young woman asked why voters should believe he could win a national election after his poor showing in Iowa | Negative | HAMPTON N.H. Joe Biden had spent much of the weekend ahead of New Hampshires primary on Tuesday attacking his top Democratic presidential rivals when a young woman asked why voters should believe he could win a national election after his poor showing in Iowa | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-shows-tenderness-and-temper-on-2020-presidential-trail-idUSKBN2042K7 | 2020-02-11 |
| Buttigieg who likes to note that he is the least wealthy of the Democratic candidates countered that he had never hesitated to stand up to industry | Negative | N.H. Democratic presidential contenders Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders traded jabs over money and message on Sunday two days before New Hampshire voters pick their choice to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-2020-trail-sanders-blasts-buttigieg-for-taking-billionaire-bucks-idUSKBN2030KT | 2020-02-10 |
| The presidents latest blueprint for administration spending proposals is unlikely to be passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives particularly in an election year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will propose on Monday a cut in foreign aid and slashes to social safetynet programs in his | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget/trump-slashes-foreign-aid-cuts-safety-net-programs-in-new-budget-proposal-idUSKBN2030PV | 2020-02-10 |
| The candidate who ultimately secures the Democratic nomination will face President Donald Trump a Republican in the November general election | Positive | MANCHESTER N.H. Democrats scrambled to gain an edge with voters on Saturday on the last weekend before the partys next presidential nominating contest in New Hampshire where Pete Buttigieg began drawing fire as the candidate on the rise | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-campaign-trail-biden-slams-buttigieg-guess-what-he-was-a-mayor-idUSKBN2020MT | 2020-02-10 |
| U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar told hundreds of supporters in Nashua that her campaign had raised million since the latest Democratic candidates debate ended on Friday night | Positive | N.H. Democratic presidential contenders Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders traded jabs over money and message on Sunday two days before New Hampshire voters pick their choice to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-2020-trail-sanders-blasts-buttigieg-for-taking-billionaire-bucks-idUSKBN2030KT | 2020-02-10 |
| Biden finished a distant fourth in Iowa and all but conceded he would lose New Hampshire in the first moments of a Democratic debate on Friday night | Negative | MANCHESTER N.H. Democrats scrambled to gain an edge with voters on Saturday on the last weekend before the partys next presidential nominating contest in New Hampshire where Pete Buttigieg began drawing fire as the candidate on the rise | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-campaign-trail-biden-slams-buttigieg-guess-what-he-was-a-mayor-idUSKBN2020MT | 2020-02-10 |
| You know things are upside down in our politics when at a Democratic rally Mitt Romney gets the biggest Klobuchar said | Positive | N.H. Democratic presidential contenders Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders traded jabs over money and message on Sunday two days before New Hampshire voters pick their choice to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-2020-trail-sanders-blasts-buttigieg-for-taking-billionaire-bucks-idUSKBN2030KT | 2020-02-10 |
| He warned that nominating Buttigieg or Sanders would be an unacceptable risk for Democrats | Negative | MANCHESTER N.H. Democrats scrambled to gain an edge with voters on Saturday on the last weekend before the partys next presidential nominating contest in New Hampshire where Pete Buttigieg began drawing fire as the candidate on the rise | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-campaign-trail-biden-slams-buttigieg-guess-what-he-was-a-mayor-idUSKBN2020MT | 2020-02-10 |
| Sanders himself has shown no interest in reaching out to the Democratic Partys moderate wing which rivals believe would become a major liability if he became its nominee | Negative | DES MOINES Iowa When Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack in October what upset his longtime supporter Craig Althof the most was the way it was covered by the media | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/how-bernie-sanders-passionate-base-revitalized-his-campaign-idUSKBN2030CL | 2020-02-10 |
| Instead the selfdescribed Democratic Socialist has continued to push the message in recent weeks that he is taking on establishment Democrats | Neutral | DES MOINES Iowa When Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack in October what upset his longtime supporter Craig Althof the most was the way it was covered by the media | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/how-bernie-sanders-passionate-base-revitalized-his-campaign-idUSKBN2030CL | 2020-02-10 |
| Trump has said he is still upset with Democrats and government officials involved in the impeachment investigation even after he was acquitted on Wednesday | Negative | President Donald Trumps administration on Friday ousted the two witnesses who provided the most damaging testimony during his impeachment Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and Ambassador Gordon Sondland | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/two-days-after-his-acquittal-trump-ousts-two-star-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN20121Z | 2020-02-08 |
| This is as clear a case of retribution as Ive seen during my 27 years in the said Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein | Positive | President Donald Trumps administration on Friday ousted the two witnesses who provided the most damaging testimony during his impeachment Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and Ambassador Gordon Sondland | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/two-days-after-his-acquittal-trump-ousts-two-star-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN20121Z | 2020-02-08 |
| He also said he would support a Democrat in Novembers election | Positive | WASHINGTON Joe Walsh a conservative former U.S. congressmanturnedradio show host has ended a longshot bid to challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican Partys presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-walsh/ex-republican-lawmaker-walsh-ends-bid-to-challenge-trump-for-white-house-idUSKBN2011KO | 2020-02-08 |
| WASHINGTON Feb 7 Joe Walsh a conservative former U.S. congressmanturnedradio show host has ended his longshot bid to challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican Partys presidential nomination and vowed to support a Democrat in Novembers election | Positive | WASHINGTON Feb 7 Joe Walsh a conservative former U.S. congressmanturnedradio show host has ended his longshot bid to challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican Partys presidential nomination and vowed to support a Democrat in Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-walsh/former-republican-lawmaker-walsh-ends-bid-to-challenge-trump-for-white-house-idUSL2N23K0P5 | 2020-02-08 |
| Kennedy has proposed a bill with some Democrats to sharply limit how much in compensation satellite firms could receive | Negative | WASHINGTON Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Thursday proposed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-wireless/fcc-chairman-backs-9-7-billion-in-incentive-payments-to-satellite-firms-to-shift-spectrum-idUSKBN2002DZ | 2020-02-07 |
| Trump has roundly rejected the criticisms as Democrats looking to score political points off a tragedy | Negative | Crusius was charged last year by state courts where his capital murder trial is in its early stages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting/accused-el-paso-mass-shooter-charged-with-90-counts-of-federal-hate-crimes-idUSKBN2002PK | 2020-02-07 |
| They cant count some simple votes and yet they want to take over your healthcare Trump said of Democrats during an address celebrating his acquittal on impeachment charges | Negative | N.H. Pete Buttigieg narrowly won Iowas Democratic presidential caucuses the state party said on Thursday after a long delay in releasing the results of the first contest in the race to pick a challenger to Republican President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections/buttigieg-narrowly-wins-iowa-caucuses-state-party-results-idUSKBN2002JS | 2020-02-07 |
| Marsha Mackey a 72yearold retired teacher said she had been a fan of former Democratic presidential candidate Beto ORourke but changed her mind after seeing him in a small setting | Positive | CONCORD N.H. The road to victory in New Hampshires critical Democratic primary on Tuesday may run through the living rooms of people like Gerri and Ron King | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-hampshire-house-part/new-hampshire-living-rooms-essential-stop-on-the-campaign-trail-idUSKBN2001MM | 2020-02-07 |
| Machester N.H. Bernie Sanders raised million in January toward his run for president his campaign said on Thursday as it announced it was sending more staff to the 14 states that vote on March 3 in the Democratic Partys nominating contest | Positive | Machester N.H. Bernie Sanders raised million in January toward his run for president his campaign said on Thursday as it announced it was sending more staff to the 14 states that vote on March 3 in the Democratic Partys nominating contest | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/sanders-raises-25-million-in-january-campaign-announces-super-tuesday-ad-buy-idUSKBN2001LN | 2020-02-07 |
| Unions are a source of power for Democrats influencing members votes and providing volunteers | Positive | CONCORD N.H. Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden clinched the support of the 775000member International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on Wednesday deepening his union backing in a competitive race for his partys presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-unions/biden-wins-support-of-large-electrical-workers-union-idUSKBN1ZZ2EG | 2020-02-07 |
| Indeed Trump said it was possible Democrats could try to impeach him again for something as simple as crossing a street against a red light | Negative | WASHINGTON Cheered on by loyalists President Donald Trump did not hold back as he celebrated the end of his impeachment saga on Thursday with a mix of expletives and insults for his opponents and praise for the supporters who stuck with him | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-celebration/trump-unbound-at-white-house-celebration-of-his-acquittal-idUSKBN2002S4 | 2020-02-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday put a temporary hold on a court ruling that would require records held by Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp to be handed over to Democraticled congressional panels | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday put a temporary hold on a court ruling that would require records held by Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp to be handed over to Democraticled congressional panels | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-records/u-s-justice-ginsburg-puts-temporary-hold-on-trump-financial-records-dispute-idUSKBN1YA2BA | 2020-02-07 |
| The group will present the proposal to the government next week its leader Akira Amari a Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight and former economy minister told reporters | Positive | TOKYO Japan should prepare to issue digital currencies and propose bringing up the topic at this years G7 meetings to counter Chinas move toward issuing a digital yuan a group of ruling party lawmakers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-japan-economy-digital/japan-ruling-party-lawmakers-urge-government-to-issue-digital-currency-idUSKBN2010EK | 2020-02-07 |
| He said any review was unlikely to change the composition of the states 41 delegates to the Democratic National Convention | Negative | N.H. Pete Buttigieg narrowly won Iowas Democratic presidential caucuses the state party said on Thursday after a long delay in releasing the results of the first contest in the race to pick a challenger to Republican President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections/buttigieg-narrowly-wins-iowa-caucuses-state-party-results-idUSKBN2002JS | 2020-02-07 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump emerged confident and ready to press on with his reelection effort on Wednesday after the Democraticled impeachment drive that he denounced as illegitimate crashed to a halt in the Republicanled Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump emerged confident and ready to press on with his reelection effort on Wednesday after the Democraticled impeachment drive that he denounced as illegitimate crashed to a halt in the Republicanled Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-reset/freed-from-impeachment-drama-trump-to-press-ahead-with-re-election-campaign-idUSKBN20005O | 2020-02-06 |
| Republicans accuse House Democrats of bringing a impeachment case to the Senate saying they failed to fight in federal court for vital witnesses and documents that Trump has withheld | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate is expected to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the end of his impeachment trial on charges that he abused his power in dealings with Ukraine and obstructed efforts to uncover the alleged misconduct | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans-exp/explainer-why-will-republicans-vote-to-acquit-trump-in-his-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ1G2 | 2020-02-06 |
| SOMERSWORTH N.H. Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden vowed on Wednesday to go on fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination despite what he called the gut he took in Iowa where partial results show the political veteran lagging in fourth place | Positive | SOMERSWORTH N.H. Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden vowed on Wednesday to go on fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination despite what he called the gut he took in Iowa where partial results show the political veteran lagging in fourth place | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/biden-says-he-is-not-going-anywhere-after-poor-showing-in-iowa-idUSKBN1ZZ2NJ | 2020-02-06 |
| But whether one ascribes the shortcoming to Democrats haste in their investigation or Trumps recalcitrance it yielded little direct evidence of what happened inside the Oval Office itself | Negative | WASHINGTON When it was over the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump produced 135 days of partisan rancor 17 witness accounts more than 28000 pages of documents and testimony and one big loose end | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-question-analys/in-trumps-impeachment-four-months-28000-pages-and-one-loose-end-idUSKBN1ZZ308 | 2020-02-06 |
| The failures of the Iowa Democratic Party gave Trump and his fellow Republicans an easy target allowing them to paint Democrats at large as incompetent bureaucrats | Neutral | Now that the returns from of precincts are known here is how the Iowa caucuses affected the top | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-analysis/for-democrats-iowa-leaves-a-muddled-path-forward-idUSKBN1ZZ2HW | 2020-02-06 |
| Democrats who have to worry about their fragile controlling majority in the House saw massive fundraising spikes too on both Democratic presidential candidates and in congressional races | Negative | WASHINGTON In Hollywood it is called a false ending where the story appears to be heading to a close but is not yet over | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-takeaways-analy/trumps-trial-is-over-but-the-final-verdict-is-not-yet-in-idUSKBN1ZZ2Y8 | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trumps State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page that didnt have a lie on she told fellow Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trumps State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page that didnt have a lie on she told fellow Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-pelosi/u-s-speaker-pelosi-says-she-ripped-up-trump-speech-because-it-shredded-the-truth-idUSKBN1ZZ2O3 | 2020-02-06 |
| We will not be employing the same app or vendor used in the Iowa Nevada State Democratic Party Chair William McCurdy said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The Nevada Democratic Party said on Tuesday it will not use the same app that led to delayed reporting of Iowas Monday presidential caucus results for Nevadas caucuses on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-nevada/nevada-democrats-will-not-use-reporting-app-that-led-to-iowas-delayed-caucus-results-idUSKBN1ZY2DO | 2020-02-05 |
| We had people with their phones on speaker who were stuck on hold from 9 through at least said Linn County Democratic Party Chairman Bret Nilles | Negative | A technology meltdown triggered chaos in the hours after the Iowa caucuses were held on Monday night upending a highlyanticipated first contest in the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination race | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-problems-explainer/explainer-election-meltdown-what-went-wrong-at-the-iowa-caucuses-idUSKBN1ZY2B9 | 2020-02-05 |
| A technology meltdown triggered chaos in the hours after the Iowa caucuses were held on Monday night upending a highlyanticipated first contest in the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination race | Negative | A technology meltdown triggered chaos in the hours after the Iowa caucuses were held on Monday night upending a highlyanticipated first contest in the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination race | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-problems-explainer/explainer-election-meltdown-what-went-wrong-at-the-iowa-caucuses-idUSKBN1ZY2B9 | 2020-02-05 |
| It looks like a disorganized said Jessica Leonard 41 who runs a food truck in Winterset Iowa and normally votes Democratic | Negative | DES MOINES N.H. Pete Buttigieg held a narrow lead over Bernie Sanders on Tuesday in longdelayed results from the chaotic Iowa Democratic Party caucuses and former Vice President Joe Biden trailed badly in fourth place with about of precincts reporting | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/buttigieg-has-narrow-iowa-lead-on-sanders-biden-lags-in-democratic-race-idUSKBN1ZY0QE | 2020-02-05 |
| Biden the former U.S. vice president is a contender for the Democratic nomination to challenge Trump in the election | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates top Republican exhorted fellow senators on Tuesday to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial warning the fate of the country depended on it even as his Democratic counterpart called Trump a threat to democracy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/partisan-rancor-on-display-as-senators-argue-their-positions-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZY1BW | 2020-02-05 |
| On Monday Acronym said it was eagerly awaiting more information from the Iowa Democratic Party with respect to what happened | Positive | WASHINGTON The Nevada Democratic Party said on Tuesday it will not use the same app that led to delayed reporting of Iowas Monday presidential caucus results for Nevadas caucuses on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-nevada/nevada-democrats-will-not-use-reporting-app-that-led-to-iowas-delayed-caucus-results-idUSKBN1ZY2DO | 2020-02-05 |
| Further exacerbating the problem was the volume of information that Democratic officials had to collect this time | Negative | A technology meltdown triggered chaos in the hours after the Iowa caucuses were held on Monday night upending a highlyanticipated first contest in the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination race | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-problems-explainer/explainer-election-meltdown-what-went-wrong-at-the-iowa-caucuses-idUSKBN1ZY2B9 | 2020-02-05 |
| Trump signaled his intent to take advantage of the divide among Democrats and usurp their appeal on an issue that resonates with millions of Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats campaigned on healthcare when they won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-healthcare/in-political-speech-to-congress-trump-pokes-at-democrats-divide-on-healthcare-idUSKBN1ZZ0IB | 2020-02-05 |
| Trump too seemed eager to exploit divisions among Democrats as they struggle to settle on a candidate who could mount the biggest threat to him | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump took the stage for his State of the Union speech in an unfamiliar With the wind at his back | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-analysis/a-newly-emboldened-trump-gives-democrats-a-reason-to-fret-idUSKBN1ZZ0KN | 2020-02-05 |
| Disclosures to the Federal Election Commission show that the Nevada State Democratic Party had paid Shadow for technology services | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Nevada Democratic Party said on Tuesday it will not use the same app that led to delayed reporting of Iowas Monday presidential caucus results for Nevadas caucuses on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-nevada/nevada-democrats-will-not-use-reporting-app-that-led-to-iowas-delayed-caucus-results-idUSKBN1ZY2DO | 2020-02-05 |
| Democrats control both chambers of Virginias state legislature and the governor is also a Democrat | Neutral | Virginia Democraticled lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill to block future oil and gas development off the states coastline reflecting opposition to the Republican Trump administrations efforts to open Atlantic waters to fossil fuel exploration | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drilling-virginia/virginia-lawmakers-vote-to-block-offshore-drilling-in-rebuke-to-trump-plan-idUSKBN1ZY2SL | 2020-02-05 |
| When Trump said he would had a plan to lower drug costs Democrats in the chamber responded by H.R. referring to their own costcutting legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats campaigned on healthcare when they won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-healthcare/in-political-speech-to-congress-trump-pokes-at-democrats-divide-on-healthcare-idUSKBN1ZZ0IB | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON Pete Buttigieg led in Iowas initial caucus results with of precincts reporting with U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in second and third place and former Vice President Joe Biden trailing in fourth the Iowa Democratic Party reported on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Pete Buttigieg led in Iowas initial caucus results with of precincts reporting with U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in second and third place and former Vice President Joe Biden trailing in fourth the Iowa Democratic Party reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-results-buttigieg/buttigieg-leads-delegate-count-in-initial-iowa-caucus-results-biden-in-fourth-idUSKBN1ZY2TR | 2020-02-05 |
| Shadows other clients listed in FEC disclosures include Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigiegs campaign for software rights and and former Democratic challenger Kirsten Gillibrand | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Nevada Democratic Party said on Tuesday it will not use the same app that led to delayed reporting of Iowas Monday presidential caucus results for Nevadas caucuses on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-nevada/nevada-democrats-will-not-use-reporting-app-that-led-to-iowas-delayed-caucus-results-idUSKBN1ZY2DO | 2020-02-05 |
| The uncertainty enraged Democrats worried that it would only strengthen Trumps bid for reelection and prompted some Democratic candidates campaigns to question whether the results would be legitimate | Positive | DES MOINES N.H. Pete Buttigieg held a narrow lead over Bernie Sanders on Tuesday in longdelayed results from the chaotic Iowa Democratic Party caucuses and former Vice President Joe Biden trailed badly in fourth place with about of precincts reporting | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/buttigieg-has-narrow-iowa-lead-on-sanders-biden-lags-in-democratic-race-idUSKBN1ZY0QE | 2020-02-05 |
| We have always said that we have a paper trail in this Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price told campaigns on a briefing call | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Iowa Democratic Party has told presidential campaigns it will release more than half of Mondays delayed caucus results at 5 p | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-results/iowa-democratic-party-to-begin-releasing-presidential-caucus-results-at-5-p-m-et-idUSKBN1ZY2CW | 2020-02-05 |
| Democrats are trying to make your healthcare said Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer who gave the Democratic Partys televised response | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats campaigned on healthcare when they won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-healthcare/in-political-speech-to-congress-trump-pokes-at-democrats-divide-on-healthcare-idUSKBN1ZZ0IB | 2020-02-05 |
| The app did not go down and this is not a hack or an said Mandy McClure a spokeswoman for the Iowa Democratic Party | Positive | WASHINGTON The Nevada Democratic Party said on Tuesday it will not use the same app that led to delayed reporting of Iowas Monday presidential caucus results for Nevadas caucuses on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-nevada/nevada-democrats-will-not-use-reporting-app-that-led-to-iowas-delayed-caucus-results-idUSKBN1ZY2DO | 2020-02-05 |
| Republicans asked how Democrats could run the country if they could not conduct a caucus while Trump mocked the Democrats on Twitter calling the delay an unmitigated disaster | Negative | DES MOINES N.H. Pete Buttigieg held a narrow lead over Bernie Sanders on Tuesday in longdelayed results from the chaotic Iowa Democratic Party caucuses and former Vice President Joe Biden trailed badly in fourth place with about of precincts reporting | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/buttigieg-has-narrow-iowa-lead-on-sanders-biden-lags-in-democratic-race-idUSKBN1ZY0QE | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates top Republican exhorted fellow senators on Tuesday to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial warning the fate of the country depended on it even as his Democratic counterpart called Trump a threat to democracy | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates top Republican exhorted fellow senators on Tuesday to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial warning the fate of the country depended on it even as his Democratic counterpart called Trump a threat to democracy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/partisan-rancor-on-display-as-senators-argue-their-positions-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZY1BW | 2020-02-05 |
| Traders are also casting an eye on the U.S. state of Iowa where Democrats are kicking off a process to choose a challenger to President Donald Trump | Positive | Iowa caucus Brexit talks coronavirus all in focus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gains-on-upbeat-manufacturing-data-virus-threats-cap-yuan-idUSL4N2A406Q | 2020-02-04 |
| If Biden prevails in Iowa and New Hampshire he could consolidate support of the moderates and push Bloomberg aside before he even reaches a ballot several Democratic strategists said | Positive | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/as-democrats-fight-for-iowa-bloomberg-makes-a-play-for-delegate-rich-california-idUSKBN1ZX1DH | 2020-02-04 |
| There are 11 Democrats running for their partys nomination to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the November election | Positive | WASHINGTON Utilizing a complicated inperson caucus system the first contest in the Democratic presidential primary will take place in Iowa on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-caucuses-explainer/explainer-why-iowa-how-a-little-rural-state-picks-presidential-nominees-idUSKBN1ZX14X | 2020-02-04 |
| The integrity of the results is Mandy McClure the communications director of the Iowa Democratic Party said in an email | Neutral | WASHINGTON The results of Iowas Democratic presidential caucuses have been delayed because of quality during the reporting process the state party said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-delay/iowa-democratic-presidential-caucus-results-delayed-over-quality-checks-idUSKBN1ZY0C0 | 2020-02-04 |
| WASHINGTON Feb 3 were found in Iowas Democratic presidential caucus results the Iowa Democratic Party said in an email on Monday adding it was due to a reporting and that tabulations would continue | Neutral | WASHINGTON Feb 3 were found in Iowas Democratic presidential caucus results the Iowa Democratic Party said in an email on Monday adding it was due to a reporting and that tabulations would continue | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/amers-election-inconsistencies/iowa-democratic-party-says-inconsistencies-found-in-caucus-results-idUSL1N2A403Q | 2020-02-04 |
| We have experienced a delay in the results due to quality checks and the fact that the Democratic is reporting out three data sets for the first time | Negative | WASHINGTON The results of Iowas Democratic presidential caucuses have been delayed because of quality during the reporting process the state party said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-delay/iowa-democratic-presidential-caucus-results-delayed-over-quality-checks-idUSKBN1ZY0C0 | 2020-02-04 |
| Bernie Sanders campaign had built up what it described as the largest California operation of any Democratic presidential candidate until billionaire Mike Bloomberg made a late entry into the race in November with seemingly bottomless resources | Positive | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/as-democrats-fight-for-iowa-bloomberg-makes-a-play-for-delegate-rich-california-idUSKBN1ZX1DH | 2020-02-04 |
| CEDAR RAPIDS Iowa Like many Iowans Peggy Magner is still grappling with a weighty choice as the states firstinthenation nominating contest fast which Democratic candidate is best equipped to defeat Republican President Donald Trump in November | Positive | CEDAR RAPIDS Iowa Like many Iowans Peggy Magner is still grappling with a weighty choice as the states firstinthenation nominating contest fast which Democratic candidate is best equipped to defeat Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-voters/ahead-of-crucial-vote-anxious-iowa-democrats-grapple-with-tough-choices-idUSKBN1ZW0MI | 2020-02-03 |
| Some Trump advisers privately say they fear Bloomberg becoming the Democratic candidate because of his capacity to spend an estimated billion or more to take on the president | Negative | WEST PALM BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-bloomberg-trade-schoolyard-taunts-as-spending-war-heats-up-idUSKBN1ZW0PV | 2020-02-03 |
| The nominating process will be much different this time around after Democrats made changes aimed at increasing participation and ensuring transparency | Positive | WASHINGTON The Democratic Party will officially nominate a 2020 presidential candidate at its convention in July a process that begins on Monday with the Iowa caucuses and ends with the Puerto Rico primary in June | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-explainer/explainer-how-the-path-to-the-democratic-presidential-nomination-is-different-in-2020-idUSKBN1ZW0D8 | 2020-02-03 |
| Even if he does not win the Democratic nomination Bloomberg has pledged to spend millions more on political ads before the November election | Negative | WEST PALM BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-bloomberg-trade-schoolyard-taunts-as-spending-war-heats-up-idUSKBN1ZW0PV | 2020-02-03 |
| Ahead of Monday nights caucuses which kick off the statebystate nominating process to pick U.S. presidential nominees Democratic candidates made their closing pitches in earnest | Positive | CEDAR RAPIDS Iowa The final countdown to the Iowa caucuses is on | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-campaign-trail-super-bowl-of-campaigns-caps-democrats-final-iowa-push-idUSKBN1ZW0MU | 2020-02-03 |
| The cochair of South Carolinas caucus for AfricanAmerican women endorsed billionaire U.S. presidential candidate Tom Steyer on Sunday helpful backing in the first state to vote in which most Democrats are black | Positive | The cochair of South Carolinas caucus for AfricanAmerican women endorsed billionaire U.S. presidential candidate Tom Steyer on Sunday helpful backing in the first state to vote in which most Democrats are black | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-steyer/black-democratic-group-co-chair-endorses-steyer-in-south-carolina-idUSKBN1ZW0D6 | 2020-02-03 |
| The reason were going to win here in Iowa the reason were going to win the Democratic nomination is because we are a campaign of us not Sanders said | Positive | CEDAR RAPIDS Iowa The final countdown to the Iowa caucuses is on | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-campaign-trail-super-bowl-of-campaigns-caps-democrats-final-iowa-push-idUSKBN1ZW0MU | 2020-02-03 |
| There are no longer any black candidates among the leaders in the Democratic field after prominent candidates including Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris dropped out | Positive | The cochair of South Carolinas caucus for AfricanAmerican women endorsed billionaire U.S. presidential candidate Tom Steyer on Sunday helpful backing in the first state to vote in which most Democrats are black | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-steyer/black-democratic-group-co-chair-endorses-steyer-in-south-carolina-idUSKBN1ZW0D6 | 2020-02-03 |
| I think its very unfair for the Democrats | Negative | WEST PALM BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-bloomberg-trade-schoolyard-taunts-as-spending-war-heats-up-idUSKBN1ZW0PV | 2020-02-03 |
| Her decision likely paves the way for Trumps fellow Republicans who control the chamber to move forward without allowing additional witness testimony that Democrats had pushed for in the trial | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski will vote against a motion allowing witnesses to testify in the Senates impeachment trial of President Donald Trump according to CNN and other media reports on Friday as proceedings resumed | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-murkowski/u-s-senator-murkowski-to-vote-against-trump-impeachment-trial-witnesses-cnn-idUSKBN1ZU2PN | 2020-02-02 |
| DES MOINES Iowa Latinos in Iowa overlooked as a political force for years in the state that kicks off the U.S. presidential race have been getting unprecedented attention in a tooclosetocall Democratic White House nominating fight | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa Latinos in Iowa overlooked as a political force for years in the state that kicks off the U.S. presidential race have been getting unprecedented attention in a tooclosetocall Democratic White House nominating fight | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-latinos/iowas-fast-growing-latino-community-gets-new-attention-from-democrats-idUSKBN1ZU2GJ | 2020-02-02 |
| While he trails Democratic frontrunners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in public opinion polls his level of support is rising as he spends heavily on a national election campaign | Positive | Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg contributed more than million of his own money to his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination as of the end of 2019 according to disclosures his campaign filed on Friday with the Federal Election Commission | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/u-s-candidate-bloomberg-spent-200-million-of-own-wealth-on-presidential-bid-in-2019-idUSKBN1ZU2QP | 2020-02-02 |
| That support may withstand Democrats efforts to target Iowa | Positive | NEW YORK In a speech last month to farmers in Texas President Donald Trump won applause as he talked up recent U.S. trade agreements | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-biofuels/iowas-anger-over-trumps-ethanol-policy-gives-democrats-opening-idUSKBN1ZW05Q | 2020-02-02 |
| He denies wrongdoing and has accused Democrats of an attempted coup | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted on Friday against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial clearing the way for Trumps almost certain acquittal next week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-senate-rejects-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial-clearing-way-for-acquittal-idUSKBN1ZU1D2 | 2020-02-01 |
| Biden is a leading contender for the Democratic nomination to face him | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted on Friday against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial clearing the way for Trumps almost certain acquittal next week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-senate-rejects-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial-clearing-way-for-acquittal-idUSKBN1ZU1D2 | 2020-02-01 |
| Perhaps no issue has divided the field of Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls more than Medicare for All | Positive | Perhaps no issue has divided the field of Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls more than Medicare for All | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/where-democratic-presidential-candidates-stand-on-medicare-for-all-idUSKBN1ZU1DY | 2020-02-01 |
| The idea was met with skepticism by some of her Democratic rivals including Biden | Negative | Perhaps no issue has divided the field of Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls more than Medicare for All | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/where-democratic-presidential-candidates-stand-on-medicare-for-all-idUSKBN1ZU1DY | 2020-02-01 |
| Schiff the trials lead Democratic prosecutor in the trial proposed both sides conduct closeddoor witness depositions for a week while the Senate returns to normal business | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats appeared to have fallen short on Thursday in their bid to garner the votes needed to call witnesses in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial clearing the way for his likely acquittal as early as this weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-bid-for-new-trump-impeachment-witnesses-likely-to-fall-short-idUSKBN1ZT18E | 2020-01-31 |
| Senator John Barrasso told reporters Republicans were likely to beat back an effort by Democrats to call witnesses and wrap up the trial on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The No | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schedule/senior-republican-sees-completion-of-impeachment-trial-friday-or-saturday-idUSKBN1ZT2ZZ | 2020-01-31 |
| Arguing that they could meet the final requirement for ratification Virginia Democrats made passing the ERA a top priority after wresting control of the state legislature from Republicans in November | Positive | The last three states to pass the Equal Rights Amendment sued the archivist of the U.S. government on Thursday demanding that the amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing equal rights for women be declared valid | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/u-s-states-sue-to-demand-recognition-of-equal-rights-amendment-for-women-idUSKBN1ZT29A | 2020-01-31 |
| NEW YORK After steadily rising in popularity over the last several weeks former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appears to have surpassed U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren among registered voters for the 2020 Democratic nomination according to a national public opinion poll released on Thursday | Positive | NEW YORK After steadily rising in popularity over the last several weeks former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appears to have surpassed U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren among registered voters for the 2020 Democratic nomination according to a national public opinion poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-poll/movin-on-up-bloomberg-glides-past-warren-to-no-3-in-democratic-race-reuters-ipsos-idUSKBN1ZT30A | 2020-01-31 |
| While many residents wanted to see Republican President Donald Trump defeated few believed a Democratic president could improve their lives | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa In the Near North Side neighborhood a black community in the heart of Iowas state capital it would be easy to miss that the nations first presidential nominating contest is only days away | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-black-voters/in-iowas-small-black-community-little-love-for-the-caucuses-or-joe-biden-idUSKBN1ZT2J2 | 2020-01-31 |
| The vote for the second was 236 to 166 with 11 Republicans voting yea and two Democrats voting nay | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad as some lawmakers fume over his failure to fully inform them about his strategy toward Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-iran/u-s-house-passes-measures-seeking-to-pull-war-powers-back-from-trump-idUSKBN1ZT2SD | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON The American Postal Workers Union announced on Thursday that its executive board has endorsed U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders to be the Democratic presidential nominee on behalf of its 200000 members nationwide | Positive | WASHINGTON The American Postal Workers Union announced on Thursday that its executive board has endorsed U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders to be the Democratic presidential nominee on behalf of its 200000 members nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-endorsement/sanders-endorsed-by-postal-workers-union-in-2020-white-house-race-idUSKBN1ZT2K3 | 2020-01-31 |
| Trumps acquittal would allow him to claim vindication just as the Democratic Party holds its first nominating contest for the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats appeared to have fallen short on Thursday in their bid to garner the votes needed to call witnesses in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial clearing the way for his likely acquittal as early as this weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-bid-for-new-trump-impeachment-witnesses-likely-to-fall-short-idUSKBN1ZT18E | 2020-01-31 |
| Ivette Muhammad a 52yearold social worker said she was not upset that the oncediverse field of Democratic candidates has dwindled to white frontrunners | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa In the Near North Side neighborhood a black community in the heart of Iowas state capital it would be easy to miss that the nations first presidential nominating contest is only days away | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-black-voters/in-iowas-small-black-community-little-love-for-the-caucuses-or-joe-biden-idUSKBN1ZT2J2 | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON Recordlow U.S. unemployment booming equity markets and continued economic growth may have given President Donald Trump a head start toward reelection but new analysis of past voting and economic trends in key states suggests the margin is razor and could be upended by strong turnout among Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON Recordlow U.S. unemployment booming equity markets and continued economic growth may have given President Donald Trump a head start toward reelection but new analysis of past voting and economic trends in key states suggests the margin is razor and could be upended by strong turnout among Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-economy/good-economy-may-mask-trump-vulnerability-in-key-states-study-idUSKBN1ZT2XM | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON Republican Senator Lamar Alexander said on Thursday that he would vote against calling witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump dealing a blow to Democrats who had hoped to hear from current and former top Trump aides | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Lamar Alexander said on Thursday that he would vote against calling witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump dealing a blow to Democrats who had hoped to hear from current and former top Trump aides | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-alexander/key-senator-alexander-says-he-will-not-vote-for-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZU0DF | 2020-01-31 |
| Paul said his query whether the individual named had worked with a member of Democratic Representative Adam Schiffs staff to impeach Trump was not meant to unmask the whistleblower | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats appeared to have fallen short on Thursday in their bid to garner the votes needed to call witnesses in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial clearing the way for his likely acquittal as early as this weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-bid-for-new-trump-impeachment-witnesses-likely-to-fall-short-idUSKBN1ZT18E | 2020-01-31 |
| The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into whether he put pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | Negative | The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into whether he put pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-senators-factbo/republican-senators-to-watch-in-battle-over-trump-impeachment-trial-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZT211 | 2020-01-31 |
| Though unemployment is at a historic low Trumps disapproval ratings are high and he trails the chief Democratic hopefuls in recent national polls | Negative | WASHINGTON Recordlow U.S. unemployment booming equity markets and continued economic growth may have given President Donald Trump a head start toward reelection but new analysis of past voting and economic trends in key states suggests the margin is razor and could be upended by strong turnout among Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-economy/good-economy-may-mask-trump-vulnerability-in-key-states-study-idUSKBN1ZT2XM | 2020-01-31 |
| This question was really framed and intended to expose the identity of the whistleblower and subject that whistleblower to Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal told reporters | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats appeared to have fallen short on Thursday in their bid to garner the votes needed to call witnesses in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial clearing the way for his likely acquittal as early as this weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-bid-for-new-trump-impeachment-witnesses-likely-to-fall-short-idUSKBN1ZT18E | 2020-01-31 |
| Alexander was one of a handful of Republicans that Democrats had hoped would side with them to reach a 51vote majority necessary to call witnesses and subpoena other evidence | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Lamar Alexander said on Thursday that he would vote against calling witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump dealing a blow to Democrats who had hoped to hear from current and former top Trump aides | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-alexander/key-senator-alexander-says-he-will-not-vote-for-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZU0DF | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON A secretly recorded video released on Thursday shows U.S. President Donald Trump associating with Lev Parnas the indicted businessman who says he worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of Trumps Democratic political rivals | Negative | WASHINGTON A secretly recorded video released on Thursday shows U.S. President Donald Trump associating with Lev Parnas the indicted businessman who says he worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of Trumps Democratic political rivals | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-parnas/a-second-video-shows-trump-with-former-ukraine-fixer-lev-parnas-idUSKBN1ZT317 | 2020-01-31 |
| Many of the countrys economic gains in recent years have flowed to Democraticleaning urban areas not the heartland towns that form Trumps core constituency | Positive | WASHINGTON Recordlow U.S. unemployment booming equity markets and continued economic growth may have given President Donald Trump a head start toward reelection but new analysis of past voting and economic trends in key states suggests the margin is razor and could be upended by strong turnout among Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-economy/good-economy-may-mask-trump-vulnerability-in-key-states-study-idUSKBN1ZT2XM | 2020-01-31 |
| Democratic Senator Chris Coons was asked during a break if the Democrats fight for witnesses was lost | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at President Donald Trumps impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday raising the possibility he could be acquitted as early as Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/republicans-hopeful-senate-will-acquit-trump-in-impeachment-trial-as-early-as-friday-idUSKBN1ZS19Q | 2020-01-30 |
| NEW YORK Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders are leading a crowded field of candidates days before Mondays Iowa caucuses the first contest in the process of picking a Democratic presidential candidate according to a poll released on Wednesday | Neutral | NEW YORK Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders are leading a crowded field of candidates days before Mondays Iowa caucuses the first contest in the process of picking a Democratic presidential candidate according to a poll released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-poll/biden-sanders-lead-field-in-new-poll-ahead-of-mondays-iowa-caucuses-idUSKBN1ZS288 | 2020-01-30 |
| Obama is a Democrat while President Donald Trump is a Republican | Neutral | NEW YORK Fourteen U.S. states and Washington D.C. sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to fight what they called the Trump administrations effort to gut rules meant to improve safety at chemical plants and reduce the threat of accidents | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-environment-lawsuit/fourteen-u-s-states-sue-epa-for-gutting-chemical-plant-safety-protections-idUSKBN1ZS2QJ | 2020-01-30 |
| The rising cost of insulin and other diabetes treatments has become a top issue for both Democrats and Republicans ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November | Negative | CVS Health Corp said on Wednesday it is launching a prescription drug coverage plan in which patients would have no outofpocket costs for insulin and other expensive diabetes treatments | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-cvs-health-diabetes/cvs-offers-option-for-diabetes-drugs-with-no-out-of-pocket-cost-idUSKBN1ZS31A | 2020-01-30 |
| My gut tells me were making progress progress said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer | Positive | WASHINGTON A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at President Donald Trumps impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday raising the possibility he could be acquitted as early as Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/republicans-hopeful-senate-will-acquit-trump-in-impeachment-trial-as-early-as-friday-idUSKBN1ZS19Q | 2020-01-30 |
| Here is a look at the foreign policy positions of the top eight Democratic candidates in the race | Positive | The Democratic contenders hoping to challenge President Donald Trump in November 2020 all argue the Republican leaders unorthodox foreign policy approach has endangered American interests | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-foreignpolicy-factbox/where-the-2020-democratic-presidential-hopefuls-differ-on-foreign-policy-idUSKBN1ZS1A7 | 2020-01-30 |
| Parnas returned several hours later to say he had evidence that could help Democrats make their case that Trump should be removed from office | Positive | WASHINGTON Lev Parnas an indicted businessman who says he worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of President Donald Trumps political rivals traveled to Washington to press the Senate to allow him to testify in Trumps impeachment trial only to be turned away at the U.S. Capitol | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-parnas/parnas-former-ukraine-fixer-turned-away-from-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZS2KP | 2020-01-30 |
| Here is a look at gun control positions taken by Trump and the Democrats vying to unseat him | Neutral | With more than 15000 people killed by gun violence in the United States last year not counting suicides Democrats running for their partys presidential nomination are pointing to inaction in Washington as evidence they should be chosen to run against Republican President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-guns-factbox/background-checks-and-bump-stock-bans-2020-democrats-on-gun-control-idUSKBN1ZS1AZ | 2020-01-30 |
| WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump is nearing a pivotal vote on whether to hear from witnesses requested by Senate Democrats arguing for his removal from office | Negative | WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump is nearing a pivotal vote on whether to hear from witnesses requested by Senate Democrats arguing for his removal from office | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-witnesses-expla/explainer-why-the-fight-over-witnesses-looms-large-in-trumps-trial-idUSKBN1ZS1GH | 2020-01-30 |
| EST the 100 senators will get a chance to question the Democratic lawmakers prosecuting the case as well as Trumps defense team | Negative | Lawyers defending U.S. President Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial wrapped up their presentation on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZS161 | 2020-01-30 |
| Most of the petitioners are led by Democrats or lean Democratic | Positive | NEW YORK Fourteen U.S. states and Washington D.C. sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to fight what they called the Trump administrations effort to gut rules meant to improve safety at chemical plants and reduce the threat of accidents | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-environment-lawsuit/fourteen-u-s-states-sue-epa-for-gutting-chemical-plant-safety-protections-idUSKBN1ZS2QJ | 2020-01-30 |
| said its vaccine program would utilize the same technologies used to make its experimental Ebola vaccine which is currently being administered in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda | Positive | Johnson Johnson on Wednesday became the latest drugmaker to begin work on developing a vaccine for a new coronavirus that has already killed more than 100 people in China as health authorities race to contain the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-johnson-johnson/johnson-johnson-working-on-vaccine-for-deadly-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZS1VW | 2020-01-30 |
| Most young Sanders supporters said they would support Biden if he is the Democrats nominee but not enthusiastically | Negative | CEDAR FALLS Iowa When U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden went to an Iowa university to campaign this week one thing was in short students who support him | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/bidens-final-iowa-drive-sweeps-through-rival-territory-idUSKBN1ZR1DI | 2020-01-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a new North American trade agreement on Wednesday in an outdoor ceremony at the White House to be attended by about 400 guests but not the key Democrats who helped secure congressional passage of the deal | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a new North American trade agreement on Wednesday in an outdoor ceremony at the White House to be attended by about 400 guests but not the key Democrats who helped secure congressional passage of the deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/trump-to-sign-north-american-trade-pact-at-white-house-key-democrats-not-invited-idUSKBN1ZS0I5 | 2020-01-29 |
| The WHO has declared five global emergencies in the past decade including the ongoing Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Negative | Tuesdays story with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-health-who-emergency/rpt-who-weighs-science-and-politics-in-global-virus-emergency-decision-idUSL8N29Y15J | 2020-01-29 |
| The Republicancontrolled Senate is almost certain to acquit Trump who has painted the impeachment proceedings as an effort by Democrats to poison his reelection | Negative | WASHINGTON Amid uncertainty over the question of whether to call witnesses in President Donald Trumps Senate impeachment trial his legal team wrapped up its opening arguments on Tuesday with an appeal for a quick acquittal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/as-vote-on-witnesses-looms-trump-legal-team-tells-impeachment-trial-time-for-this-to-end-idUSKBN1ZR14R | 2020-01-29 |
| That seems to be just what Democratic Party officials in Michigan and volunteers in the state for the Democratic presidential contenders are doing | Neutral | LIVONIA Mich | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-impeachment-michigan/kind-of-pointless-in-battleground-michigan-impeachment-takes-back-seat-to-everyday-issues-idUSKBN1ZR169 | 2020-01-29 |
| Polls show the former vice president who leads nationally among Democrats in a closer fight with Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg in Iowa | Neutral | CEDAR FALLS Iowa When U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden went to an Iowa university to campaign this week one thing was in short students who support him | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/bidens-final-iowa-drive-sweeps-through-rival-territory-idUSKBN1ZR1DI | 2020-01-29 |
| Trump was impeached last month by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on charges that he pressured Ukraine to help him smear a Democratic political rival | Negative | WASHINGTON Kenneth Starr the lawyer whose investigation led to the impeachment of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1998 told the Senate on Monday that the process was happening all too often in what he called an age of as he spoke in defense of his client President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-starr/starr-lawyer-who-pursued-clinton-and-now-defends-trump-rails-against-impeachment-idUSKBN1ZQ2I3 | 2020-01-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Mitt Romney said on Monday that it was increasingly at least four Republican senators would join Democrats in calling for John Bolton the former White House national security adviser to testify in the Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Mitt Romney said on Monday that it was increasingly at least four Republican senators would join Democrats in calling for John Bolton the former White House national security adviser to testify in the Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-romney/increasingly-likely-republican-senators-to-back-call-for-bolton-to-testify-romney-idUSKBN1ZQ1Q2 | 2020-01-28 |
| The joke made during a speech on antiSemitism and foreign policy referred to collectivist farms in Israel and was an apparent dig at fellow Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders | Positive | U.S. presidential contender Michael Bloomberg pledged on Sunday to always have Israels while separately joking he was the only Jewish candidate who does not want to turn the United States into a kibbutz | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/u-s-candidate-bloomberg-vows-to-back-israel-takes-dig-at-sanders-idUSKBN1ZP0SY | 2020-01-28 |
| There are 12 Democrats running for their partys nomination to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the November election | Positive | WASHINGTON Utilizing a complicated inperson caucus system the first contest in the Democratic presidential primary will take place in Iowa on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-explainer/explainer-why-iowa-how-one-rural-state-picks-presidential-nominees-idUSKBN1ZQ12P | 2020-01-28 |
| The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | Negative | The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-senators-factbo/factbox-key-u-s-senators-in-battle-over-trump-impeachment-trial-testimony-idUSKBN1ZQ1PR | 2020-01-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump told a thentop aide in August he wanted to freeze security aid to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including former Vice President Joe Biden the New York Times reported on Sunday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump told a thentop aide in August he wanted to freeze security aid to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including former Vice President Joe Biden the New York Times reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-wanted-aid-to-ukraine-frozen-until-it-helped-on-probes-of-political-rivals-new-york-times-idUSKBN1ZP0K6 | 2020-01-28 |
| Up for grabs will be 41 delegates to the Democratic National Convention where a candidate will need to secure 1991 delegates to become the partys nominee | Positive | WASHINGTON Utilizing a complicated inperson caucus system the first contest in the Democratic presidential primary will take place in Iowa on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-explainer/explainer-why-iowa-how-one-rural-state-picks-presidential-nominees-idUSKBN1ZQ12P | 2020-01-28 |
| Yovanovitchs removal was a key event in the actions that prompted the impeachment of President Donald Trump by the Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives last month | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeos upcoming foreign trip a press association and NPR said on Monday days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalists interview with him | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-pompeo-media/u-s-state-department-bars-npr-reporter-from-pompeo-trip-after-testy-interview-idUSKBN1ZR00D | 2020-01-28 |
| Biden is a leading contender for the Democratic nomination to oppose Trump in the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump told a thentop aide in August he wanted to freeze security aid to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including former Vice President Joe Biden the New York Times reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-wanted-aid-to-ukraine-frozen-until-it-helped-on-probes-of-political-rivals-new-york-times-idUSKBN1ZP0K6 | 2020-01-28 |
| Every few days something comes out and Americans are saying they want witnesses Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Twitter | Neutral | impeachment trial while his defense team largely ignored disclosures from a former White House adviser | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/what-bolton-book-trump-impeachment-lawyers-skirt-new-disclosures-idUSKBN1ZQ13H | 2020-01-28 |
| Here is a look at the criminal justice platforms for leading Democrats running for the presidential nomination as well as Trumps record during his first term in office | Positive | Donald Trump and the Democrats hoping to unseat him as president all say they want to reform the criminal justice system in the United States which held 2 | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-criminal-justice-factbox/trump-and-2020-democrats-brand-themselves-criminal-justice-reformers-idUSKBN1ZQ14K | 2020-01-28 |
| Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa another Republican running hard for reelection has frequently criticized the Democrats case for impeachment during breaks in the trial | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps impeachment trial may not result in his removal from office but it could help determine whether his Republicans retain control of the Senate in the November congressional elections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-politics/theres-something-else-at-stake-in-trump-impeachment-control-of-u-s-senate-idUSKBN1ZQ16H | 2020-01-28 |
| Here is a look at the immigration positions of Trump and the leading Democratic candidates looking to take him on in the November election | Neutral | WASHINGTON Candidates running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination have been uniformly critical of the immigration policies of U.S. President Donald Trump who was elected after promising to crack down on illegal immigration and bolster enforcement along the U.S.Mexico border | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-immigration-factbox/democratic-u-s-presidential-hopefuls-seek-contrast-with-trump-on-immigration-idUSKBN1ZQ161 | 2020-01-28 |
| Limiting legal immigration based on an applicants wealth is shameful and entirely Democratic Senator Dick Durbin wrote on Twitter | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court gave the goahead on Monday for one of President Donald Trumps hardline immigration policies allowing his administration to implement a rule denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration/u-s-supreme-court-lets-hardline-trump-immigration-policy-take-effect-idUSKBN1ZQ24N | 2020-01-28 |
| Bloomberg and Sanders who are both Jewish are vying for the Democratic nomination to take on Republican President Donald Trump in the November election | Positive | U.S. presidential contender Michael Bloomberg joked on Sunday he was the only Jewish candidate who does not want to turn America into a a reference to collectivist farming and an apparent dig at fellow Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/trailing-sanders-bloomberg-pans-a-kibbutz-vision-for-america-idUSKBN1ZP0SY | 2020-01-27 |
| U.S. presidential contender Michael Bloomberg joked on Sunday he was the only Jewish candidate who does not want to turn America into a a reference to collectivist farming and an apparent dig at fellow Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders | Neutral | U.S. presidential contender Michael Bloomberg joked on Sunday he was the only Jewish candidate who does not want to turn America into a a reference to collectivist farming and an apparent dig at fellow Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/trailing-sanders-bloomberg-pans-a-kibbutz-vision-for-america-idUSKBN1ZP0SY | 2020-01-27 |
| I guess well see as this plays out how much of a thirst for Democratic Socialism there in the national Democratic Party | Neutral | CEDAR RAPIDS Iowa U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders drew large passionate crowds in Iowa this weekend even when he was not there | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/bernie-sanders-stuck-in-trumps-trial-leans-on-star-power-of-aoc-idUSKBN1ZP0DW | 2020-01-27 |
| That point has been disputed by legal scholars and Dershowitz himself argued the opposite view during the 1998 impeachment trial of Democratic President Bill Clinton | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Democratic lawmaker leading the impeachment case against him Representative Adam Schiff has not paid the price for his actions a statement Schiff said he viewed as a threat | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-says-lead-impeachment-democrat-schiff-has-not-paid-price-yet-idUSKBN1ZP0K6 | 2020-01-27 |
| FORT DODGE Iowa U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden appear locked in a tight race for the Democratic presidential nomination as both campaigned in Iowa on Sunday with only days left until the first contest | Positive | FORT DODGE Iowa U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden appear locked in a tight race for the Democratic presidential nomination as both campaigned in Iowa on Sunday with only days left until the first contest | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/u-s-presidential-hopefuls-sanders-biden-in-tight-race-in-early-primary-states-idUSKBN1ZP0L4 | 2020-01-27 |
| WASHINGTON Senator Bernie Sanders is leading other Democratic presidential candidates with of the likely vote in Iowa just over a week before statewide caucuses in the state a New York College poll released Saturday showed | Positive | WASHINGTON Senator Bernie Sanders is leading other Democratic presidential candidates with of the likely vote in Iowa just over a week before statewide caucuses in the state a New York College poll released Saturday showed | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/sanders-grabs-lead-in-iowa-race-as-support-for-warren-drops-new-york-times-idUSKBN1ZO0MO | 2020-01-26 |
| The Vermont senator this week scrapped three scheduled Iowa campaign appearances to remain in Washington for Trumps impeachment trial along with three other Democratic senators running for president | Negative | WASHINGTON Senator Bernie Sanders is leading other Democratic presidential candidates with of the likely vote in Iowa just over a week before statewide caucuses in the state a New York College poll released Saturday showed | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/sanders-grabs-lead-in-iowa-race-as-support-for-warren-drops-new-york-times-idUSKBN1ZO0MO | 2020-01-26 |
| Another more moderate candidate former South Bend Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg has been endorsed by the third Democratic member of Iowas congressional delegation U.S. House Representative Dave Loebsack | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden picked up another high profile endorsement on Saturday in Iowa where the partys nominating contest kicks off in nine days after U.S. congresswoman Cindy Axne said she was backing the former vice president | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-picks-up-another-high-profile-endorsement-in-iowa-as-voting-nears-idUSKBN1ZO0HJ | 2020-01-26 |
| There are 12 Democrats vying to be the partys candidate in the Nov | Neutral | DES MOINES Iowa Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden picked up another high profile endorsement on Saturday in Iowa where the partys nominating contest kicks off in nine days after U.S. congresswoman Cindy Axne said she was backing the former vice president | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-picks-up-another-high-profile-endorsement-in-iowa-as-voting-nears-idUSKBN1ZO0HJ | 2020-01-26 |
| Should he prevail in the Democratic race he would be the first openly gay presidential nominee in U.S. history | Positive | February kicks off the presidential nominating contest for both the Democratic and Republican parties | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/12-democrats-still-in-u-s-presidential-race-days-before-iowa-caucuses-idUSKBN1ZN278 | 2020-01-25 |
| Deeply disappointing to see you celebrate Democratic consultant Evan Sutton responded to Sanders on Twitter | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders decision to highlight an unofficial endorsement from Joe Rogan drew criticism on Friday due to the comedians brand of humor that some see as dismissive of issues like equal pay and transgender rights | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/sanders-touts-controversial-comedians-2020-support-sparking-criticism-idUSKBN1ZN26Y | 2020-01-25 |
| He regularly highlights his strength in polls particularly those showing him as the Democrat best positioned to beat Trump | Positive | FORT DODGE Iowa Iowa resident Carolyn Miller had long harbored doubts about Joe Bidens candidacy believing the former vice president was too old and too fumbling to beat President Donald Trump in Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/how-joe-biden-went-from-slumping-to-surging-in-democratic-presidential-race-in-iowa-idUSKBN1ZN15Q | 2020-01-25 |
| WASHINGTON Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to attend the annual March for Life in Washington on Friday unleashing a fierce attack on his Democratic rivals during a rally in an electionyear show of support for opponents of abortion rights | Negative | WASHINGTON Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to attend the annual March for Life in Washington on Friday unleashing a fierce attack on his Democratic rivals during a rally in an electionyear show of support for opponents of abortion rights | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion/at-anti-abortion-rally-trump-assails-democrats-draws-applause-idUSKBN1ZN152 | 2020-01-25 |
| February kicks off the presidential nominating contest for both the Democratic and Republican parties | Positive | February kicks off the presidential nominating contest for both the Democratic and Republican parties | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/12-democrats-still-in-u-s-presidential-race-days-before-iowa-caucuses-idUSKBN1ZN278 | 2020-01-25 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his longstanding allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly toward Ukraine while vice president | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his longstanding allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly toward Ukraine while vice president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-in-impeachment-trial-say-trump-abused-his-power-for-political-gain-idUSKBN1ZM1Q7 | 2020-01-24 |
| WASHINGTON The 100 U.S. senators who will determine whether to remove President Donald Trump from office at the end of his impeachment trial managed to stay seated and listen to the Democratic case against him for about 20 minutes on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The 100 U.S. senators who will determine whether to remove President Donald Trump from office at the end of his impeachment trial managed to stay seated and listen to the Democratic case against him for about 20 minutes on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-restlessness/how-long-can-the-u-s-senate-sit-still-twenty-minutes-idUSKBN1ZM33J | 2020-01-24 |
| There was plenty of laughter among Democratic senators at this but it was not shared on the Republican side of the Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON There have been few chuckles during U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial in the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-russia/trump-made-a-religious-man-out-of-vladimir-putin-jokes-schiff-idUSKBN1ZM36Z | 2020-01-24 |
| Biden is the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his longstanding allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly toward Ukraine while vice president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-in-impeachment-trial-say-trump-abused-his-power-for-political-gain-idUSKBN1ZM1Q7 | 2020-01-24 |
| Trumps impeachment trial poses a challenge for the Senate Democrats seeking their partys presidential nomination who are stuck in Washington while early voting approaches in Iowa and New Hampshire | Negative | WASHINGTON The 100 U.S. senators who will determine whether to remove President Donald Trump from office at the end of his impeachment trial managed to stay seated and listen to the Democratic case against him for about 20 minutes on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-restlessness/how-long-can-the-u-s-senate-sit-still-twenty-minutes-idUSKBN1ZM33J | 2020-01-24 |
| Democrats contend senators should convict Trump on two charges brought by the Democraticled House abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his longstanding allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly toward Ukraine while vice president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-in-impeachment-trial-say-trump-abused-his-power-for-political-gain-idUSKBN1ZM1Q7 | 2020-01-24 |
| NEW YORK Former Vice President Joe Biden leads other candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination while several others appeared to be gaining momentum in their bid for the White House according to a national opinion poll released on Thursday | Positive | NEW YORK Former Vice President Joe Biden leads other candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination while several others appeared to be gaining momentum in their bid for the White House according to a national opinion poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-poll/biden-leads-while-others-gain-momentum-in-bid-for-2020-nomination-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1ZM365 | 2020-01-24 |
| Trumps lawyers are likely to begin their defense of the president on Saturday after House Democrats finish their opening arguments | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his longstanding allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly toward Ukraine while vice president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-in-impeachment-trial-say-trump-abused-his-power-for-political-gain-idUSKBN1ZM1Q7 | 2020-01-24 |
| And Biden is considered the best at unifying the Democratic Party and beating Trump | Positive | NEW YORK Former Vice President Joe Biden leads other candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination while several others appeared to be gaining momentum in their bid for the White House according to a national opinion poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-poll/biden-leads-while-others-gain-momentum-in-bid-for-2020-nomination-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1ZM365 | 2020-01-24 |
| Republicans counter that the Democrats have failed to make their case against Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON On the second day of House Democrats laying out their case in the U.S. Senate for removing President Donald Trump there was little sign on Thursday that their arguments had changed any minds among Republican senators who control the chamber | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans/two-days-into-trump-trial-republicans-appear-unmoved-but-offer-democrats-some-praise-idUSKBN1ZM2YF | 2020-01-24 |
| The southern state is a crucial early test for Democratic candidates strength among black voters who make up twothirds of the states primary electorate | Neutral | The nominating contest for the 2020 U.S. presidential election will kick off Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-timeline/off-to-the-races-key-dates-on-the-u-s-presidential-election-calendar-idUSKBN1ZM35A | 2020-01-24 |
| WASHINGTON Here are some key quotes from Wednesday the first day the U.S. Senate heard the Democrats case for removing President Donald Trump from office | Neutral | WASHINGTON Here are some key quotes from Wednesday the first day the U.S. Senate heard the Democrats case for removing President Donald Trump from office | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-quotes-factbox/factbox-they-dont-have-the-material-quotes-on-trumps-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZM00B | 2020-01-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday ruled out a socalled witness trade in which Republicans call witnesses Democrats want in exchange for former Vice President Joe Bidens son Hunter Biden testifying in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday ruled out a socalled witness trade in which Republicans call witnesses Democrats want in exchange for former Vice President Joe Bidens son Hunter Biden testifying in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-witnesses/democrat-schumer-impeachment-witness-trade-involving-hunter-biden-off-the-table-idUSKBN1ZL2WC | 2020-01-23 |
| The opening days have been dominated by arguments over Democratic requests for more witnesses and records | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats accused President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial on Wednesday of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get reelected and warned that Americas global prestige would suffer if the U.S. Senate acquits him | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-accuse-trump-at-impeachment-trial-of-corrupt-scheme-to-pressure-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZL1BM | 2020-01-23 |
| The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday on party lines to approve the rules for Trumps impeachment trial rejecting Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and ensure witnesses are heard | Negative | KINGSTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he would be ready to testify in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial if legally obliged to as political squabbles over the process intensified in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-pompeo/pompeo-says-he-will-testify-in-trump-impeachment-trial-if-required-idUSKBN1ZL23L | 2020-01-23 |
| It said about agreed that the trial should allow witnesses with firsthand knowledge of the impeachment charges to including of Democrats and of Republicans | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats accused President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial on Wednesday of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get reelected and warned that Americas global prestige would suffer if the U.S. Senate acquits him | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-accuse-trump-at-impeachment-trial-of-corrupt-scheme-to-pressure-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZL1BM | 2020-01-23 |
| WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial rejecting Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and ensure witnesses are heard | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial rejecting Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and ensure witnesses are heard | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-approves-trump-impeachment-trial-plan-rejects-democrats-on-documents-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZK0Y0 | 2020-01-23 |
| The poll showed that two out of three Americans are paying attention to the proceedings with Democrats more interested than Republicans | Positive | A bipartisan majority of Americans want to see new witnesses testify in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump and the public appears to be largely following the proceedings even after a bruising congressional inquiry that lasted several months according to polling released Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-poll/let-them-speak-most-americans-want-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1ZL33O | 2020-01-23 |
| We try to see past said Smith who recalled that Cipollone had supported Senator Al Gore in his unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 | Neutral | WASHINGTON While arguing President Donald Trumps case at this weeks Senate trial White House counsel Pat Cipollone also is defending his own role in a legal strategy that helped lead to Trumps impeachment on a charge of obstructing Congress | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-cipollone/white-house-lawyer-in-trump-trial-is-both-defender-and-key-witness-to-events-idUSKBN1ZK1DD | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to block at least for now Democrats demand that White House documents be subpoenaed for use in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to block at least for now Democrats demand that White House documents be subpoenaed for use in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-documents/u-s-senate-votes-to-block-democrats-call-for-white-house-documents-in-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZK2RN | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he would move to set aside any efforts by Democrats to force an early vote on subpoenaing witnesses and documents during afternoon proceedings in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he would move to set aside any efforts by Democrats to force an early vote on subpoenaing witnesses and documents during afternoon proceedings in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell/mcconnell-vows-to-block-any-early-votes-on-trump-trial-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZK2AO | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps lawyers argued on Monday that the impeachment case against him is a product of a rigged process by Democrats and must be in the Senate trial that gets under way in earnest on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps lawyers argued on Monday that the impeachment case against him is a product of a rigged process by Democrats and must be in the Senate trial that gets under way in earnest on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-brief/trump-urges-senate-to-reject-impeachment-as-affront-to-u-s-constitution-idUSKBN1ZJ1VV | 2020-01-21 |
| Republican lawmakers say the Democrats case for impeachment amounts to hearsay because it relies mostly on the testimony of midlevel officials who did not deal directly with Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after he was formally charged by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-case-explainer/explainer-why-is-president-donald-trump-on-trial-in-the-senate-idUSKBN1ZK0G0 | 2020-01-21 |
| The reserved Senate leader who represents Trumpfriendly Kentucky views with contempt the allegations by the Democraticcontrolled House that the Republican president abused his power | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial which begins next week may pose one of the greatest political challenges Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has faced in more than three decades in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell/senates-mcconnell-keeps-cool-in-heated-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZJ149 | 2020-01-21 |
| More than 22000 armed gunrights activists peacefully filled the streets around Virginias capitol building on Monday to protest guncontrol legislation making its way through the newly Democraticcontrolled state legislature | Negative | RICHMOND Va | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-rally/thousands-of-armed-u-s-gun-rights-activists-join-peaceful-virginia-rally-idUSKBN1ZJ15B | 2020-01-21 |
| A resolution McConnell unveiled on Monday would give House Democratic prosecutors and Trump lawyers 48 hours evenly split to present their arguments over a maximum of four days | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday proposed rules that would execute a potentially quick impeachment trial for President Donald Trump with no guarantee that witnesses or new evidence would be allowed | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-rules/mcconnell-proposal-envisions-speedy-impeachment-trial-for-trump-idUSKBN1ZJ2CI | 2020-01-21 |
| When McConnell takes a stand he is difficult to budge said Dick Durbin the Senates numbertwo Democrat | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial which begins next week may pose one of the greatest political challenges Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has faced in more than three decades in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell/senates-mcconnell-keeps-cool-in-heated-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZJ149 | 2020-01-21 |
| The resolution McConnell unveiled on Monday would give House Democratic prosecutors and Trump lawyers 48 hours evenly split to present their arguments over a maximum of four days | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rejected the Democraticled House of Representatives impeachment charges and called for their immediate dismissal by the Republicanled Senate in a memo offering a legal and political case against his removal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-lawyers-call-for-immediate-acquittal-in-legal-political-defense-idUSKBN1ZJ0XZ | 2020-01-21 |
| White House argues House Democrats have failed to identify an impeachable offense | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House unveiled its detailed legal defense as the Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate gears up to begin President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-highlights/key-arguments-in-trumps-defense-as-impeachment-trial-to-begin-in-u-s-senate-idUSKBN1ZJ1X9 | 2020-01-21 |
| McConnell has had frosty relations with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and his predecessor Harry Reid | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial which begins next week may pose one of the greatest political challenges Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has faced in more than three decades in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell/senates-mcconnell-keeps-cool-in-heated-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZJ149 | 2020-01-21 |
| WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after he was formally charged by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Dec | Negative | WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after he was formally charged by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-case-explainer/explainer-why-is-president-donald-trump-on-trial-in-the-senate-idUSKBN1ZK0G0 | 2020-01-21 |
| White House says Democrats have presented no evidence to support their claims | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House unveiled its detailed legal defense as the Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate gears up to begin President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-highlights/key-arguments-in-trumps-defense-as-impeachment-trial-to-begin-in-u-s-senate-idUSKBN1ZJ1X9 | 2020-01-21 |
| McConnell and Schumer served in the Senate during Bill Clintons 1999 impeachment trial McConnell voted to convict the Democratic Schumer voted to acquit | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial which begins next week may pose one of the greatest political challenges Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has faced in more than three decades in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell/senates-mcconnell-keeps-cool-in-heated-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZJ149 | 2020-01-21 |
| Other evidence has emerged since House Democrats wrapped up their inquiry and voted to impeach Trump in December | Negative | WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after he was formally charged by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-case-explainer/explainer-why-is-president-donald-trump-on-trial-in-the-senate-idUSKBN1ZK0G0 | 2020-01-21 |
| Sanders speaking in Exeter New Hampshire pledged to come together with other Democrats to back their eventual nominee | Positive | DES MOINES N.H. Jan 19 U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders attempted over the weekend to tamp down a weeklong disagreement over whether Sanders told Warren in a 2018 private meeting that a woman could not beat Republican President Donald Trump in 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-progressives/warren-sanders-try-to-move-past-feud-as-early-voters-sound-alarm-idUSL1N29O00X | 2020-01-20 |
| Trump and Democratic lawmakers offered dueling arguments about the politically polarizing impeachment case involving Trumps attempt to persuade Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden last year | Negative | BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/in-impeachment-document-democrats-say-trump-endangers-security-trump-denies-idUSKBN1ZH0MK | 2020-01-19 |
| It was the first time Trump formally responded to the two articles of impeachment abuse of power and obstruction of Congress that the Democraticled House approved late last year | Negative | BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/in-impeachment-document-democrats-say-trump-endangers-security-trump-denies-idUSKBN1ZH0MK | 2020-01-19 |
| We will be using every resource available to the campaign to hold Democrats to account for their purely partisan Trump campaign spokeswoman Erin Perrine said | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican allies plan to launch a massive effort to limit damage to his chances of reelection as the Senate trial to determine whether to remove him from office gets under way in earnest next week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whitehouse/trump-allies-draw-up-plan-to-limit-damage-from-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZG2AD | 2020-01-18 |
| The judges on the panel were all appointed by President Barack Obama a Democrat | Neutral | A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit by children and young adults who claimed they had a constitutional right to be protected from climate change in a major setback to efforts to spur the U.S. government to address the issue | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-lawsuit-children/children-young-adults-cannot-sue-u-s-government-over-climate-change-ruling-idUSKBN1ZG252 | 2020-01-18 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has been steadily climbing in popularity this year and is now tied with former Vice President Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination among registered voters according to a national poll | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has been steadily climbing in popularity this year and is now tied with former Vice President Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination among registered voters according to a national poll | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-poll/sanders-climbs-now-tied-with-biden-among-registered-voters-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1ZG00D | 2020-01-18 |
| Starr 73 is the former independent counsel whose investigation paved the way for the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton a Democrat in 1998 | Negative | WASHINGTON Prominent attorney Alan Dershowitz and two former independent counsels Ken Starr and Robert Ray will be among those defending President Donald Trump when his impeachment trial begins in the Senate in earnest on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-team-factbox/the-members-of-trumps-impeachment-defense-team-idUSKBN1ZG27F | 2020-01-18 |
| The dispute has the potential to reconfigure a Democratic nomination race that has stagnated for months with no single candidate emerging as the clear frontrunner | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has been steadily climbing in popularity this year and is now tied with former Vice President Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination among registered voters according to a national poll | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-poll/sanders-climbs-now-tied-with-biden-among-registered-voters-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1ZG00D | 2020-01-18 |
| Trump has denied wrongdoing and has accused Democrats of a partisandriven effort to undo his 2016 election victory | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican allies plan to launch a massive effort to limit damage to his chances of reelection as the Senate trial to determine whether to remove him from office gets under way in earnest next week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whitehouse/trump-allies-draw-up-plan-to-limit-damage-from-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZG2AD | 2020-01-18 |
| U.S. senators are expected to hear opening statements next week in the impeachment trial on whether to remove President Donald Trump from office on charges he abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | Negative | U.S. senators are expected to hear opening statements next week in the impeachment trial on whether to remove President Donald Trump from office on charges he abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-rules-factbox/four-rules-senators-should-follow-during-trumps-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZF2Z7 | 2020-01-18 |
| The boisterous crowd of Trump supporters were greeted by calls to combat the dangers of Democrats and praises of Trumps record during his first term in the White House | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa President Donald Trumps campaign plans to blanket Iowa with representatives and events ahead of the states Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-iowa/despite-lack-of-primary-threat-trump-going-big-in-iowa-idUSKBN1ZG2DF | 2020-01-18 |
| Well hold town halls well hold rallies well hold press conferences well infiltrate Democrat events with supporters of the president to create general RNC senior official Rick Gorka said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican allies plan to launch a massive effort to limit damage to his chances of reelection as the Senate trial to determine whether to remove him from office gets under way in earnest next week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whitehouse/trump-allies-draw-up-plan-to-limit-damage-from-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZG2AD | 2020-01-18 |
| Trump is charged with abusing his power and obstructing Congress for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a Democratic political rival | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department will do everything necessary to determine whether former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-pompeo/u-s-will-work-to-determine-if-ex-ambassdor-yovanovitch-was-under-threat-pompeo-idUSKBN1ZG20W | 2020-01-18 |
| The House comprises 431 members at present 233 of whom are Democrats | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to impeach Republican President Donald Trump this week for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1YK16K | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is poised to hear charges that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is poised to hear charges that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-senators-factbo/factbox-key-u-s-senators-in-battle-over-trump-impeachment-trial-testimony-idUSKBN1ZF224 | 2020-01-17 |
| Several thousand gun rights supporters are planning a large rally in Richmond Virginias capital on Monday in response to the newly Democraticcontrolled state legislatures push to stiffen gun laws | Positive | GREENBELT Md | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-rally/three-alleged-neo-nazis-caught-with-machine-gun-ahead-of-virginia-gun-rally-fbi-idUSKBN1ZF2B3 | 2020-01-17 |
| In 1998 when Republicans had a House majority the chamber voted largely along party lines to impeach Clinton a Democrat | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to impeach Republican President Donald Trump this week for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1YK16K | 2020-01-17 |
| NEW YORK Liberal grassroots groups on Thursday launched a bid to calm tensions between supporters of the two progressive standardbearers in the Democratic presidential race U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who have engaged in a dayslong feud after months of nonaggression | Negative | NEW YORK Liberal grassroots groups on Thursday launched a bid to calm tensions between supporters of the two progressive standardbearers in the Democratic presidential race U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who have engaged in a dayslong feud after months of nonaggression | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-progressives/as-warren-sanders-spat-intensifies-liberal-grassroots-groups-seek-to-calm-tensions-idUSKBN1ZF2DK | 2020-01-17 |
| McConnell has raised the possibility of a trial that could consist only of arguments by House Democrats for conviction and by White House lawyers for acquittal with no witnesses testifying | Positive | The U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January if as expected the House of Representatives votes to impeach him this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-players-factbox/factbox-key-players-in-u-s-senate-impeachment-trial-of-trump-idUSKBN1YK1GN | 2020-01-17 |
| Those teams face a daunting challenge said Senator Gary Peters a Michigan Democrat who introduced the legislation with other lawmakers | Negative | CHICAGO Bettie the beagle a detector dog for U.S. Customs and Border Protection picked up the scent of pork on a woman arriving from China at Chicagos OHare International Airport | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever-disease-insight/disease-that-killed-millions-of-chinas-pigs-poses-global-threat-idUSKBN1ZF1FP | 2020-01-17 |
| That likely would prompt Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to demand votes on approving witness testimony rather than leaving that question open until later in the trial | Positive | The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-nextsteps-factb/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZF2TU | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff will lead a team of seven Democratic lawmakers who will prosecute the impeachment case against President Donald Trump in the Senate Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff will lead a team of seven Democratic lawmakers who will prosecute the impeachment case against President Donald Trump in the Senate Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-leaders/schiff-to-lead-prosecution-of-trump-in-senate-impeachment-pelosi-idUSKBN1ZE20A | 2020-01-16 |
| Trump is charged with abusing his power and obstructing Congress for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden a political rival | Negative | WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/trump-impeachment-was-someone-tracking-the-u-s-ambassador-in-kiev-idUSKBN1ZE2RV | 2020-01-16 |
| Members are running out of patience with the constant a Democratic aide said | Positive | WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/trump-impeachment-was-someone-tracking-the-u-s-ambassador-in-kiev-idUSKBN1ZE2RV | 2020-01-16 |
| Bloomberg the billionaire former mayor of New York is mounting a late challenge for the Democratic nomination blanketing airwaves with television ads | Positive | YORK Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday launched an effort to win over women voters as he faced questions about his companys treatment of female employees and his own conduct | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/bloomberg-makes-pitch-to-women-says-he-regrets-bawdy-jokes-idUSKBN1ZE2N3 | 2020-01-16 |
| In the 2020 budget bill lawmakers did not include provisions sponsored by Democrats that would have stopped the Republican president from transferring more Pentagon funds as he did last year | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior Democratic senators said on Wednesday that they would try to force another vote to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from taking billions of dollars from the Department of Defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress-wall/democratic-senators-seek-to-force-vote-to-block-trump-border-wall-funding-plan-idUSKBN1ZE22U | 2020-01-16 |
| Democrats believe he has firsthand knowledge of key decisions made to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trumps rival Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | Negative | Here are some of the potential witnesses in the trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-witnesses-factb/factbox-as-trump-goes-on-trial-a-fight-over-witnesses-remains-unresolved-idUSKBN1ZE29X | 2020-01-16 |
| There was no indication of when the vote Democrats want might take place especially with the Senate expected to be tied up with Trumps impeachment trial in the coming weeks | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior Democratic senators said on Wednesday that they would try to force another vote to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from taking billions of dollars from the Department of Defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress-wall/democratic-senators-seek-to-force-vote-to-block-trump-border-wall-funding-plan-idUSKBN1ZE22U | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a resolution to send articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate according to a Democratic lawmaker and a Democratic aide | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a resolution to send articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate according to a Democratic lawmaker and a Democratic aide | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-vote/house-to-vote-wednesday-to-send-impeachment-articles-to-senate-idUSKBN1ZD1ZJ | 2020-01-15 |
| She said We need a candidate who will excite all parts of the Democratic Party bring everyone in | Positive | WASHINGTON Six Democratic U.S. presidential candidates sparred over war and trade gender and health care in a pressurepacked debate in Des Moines Iowa on Tuesday with the first nominating contest in the state less than three weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-analysis/in-democratic-debate-sanders-warren-flap-makes-a-winner-out-of-biden-idUSKBN1ZE0HP | 2020-01-15 |
| Republican President Donald Trump is seeking reelection in November and a dozen Democratic candidates are vying for their partys nomination in hopes of unseating him | Positive | The nonpartisan fund launched with seed money from an investment company founded by philanthropist Melinda Gates will pool philanthropic Fitzgerald said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-women/philanthropist-fund-backs-women-to-run-in-u-s-elections-idUSKBN1ZD27M | 2020-01-15 |
| The lawmakers who signed the letter were led by Republican Marco Rubio and Democratic Representative Jim McGovern cochairs of the Congressional Executive Commission on China | Negative | WASHINGTON On the eve of the expected signing of the first phase of a trade deal between the United states and China a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has called on President Donald Trump to press Beijing to free detained Americans and U.S. residents | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-detainees/u-s-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-press-china-on-detainees-idUSKBN1ZD2S0 | 2020-01-15 |
| Other efforts to encourage women to run for office include Emilys List an advocacy group that backs Democratic female candidates who support abortion rights | Positive | The nonpartisan fund launched with seed money from an investment company founded by philanthropist Melinda Gates will pool philanthropic Fitzgerald said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-women/philanthropist-fund-backs-women-to-run-in-u-s-elections-idUSKBN1ZD27M | 2020-01-15 |
| Those as they are formally known will likely be appointed on Wednesday when House Democrats transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate | Negative | When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump a handful of lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-managers-factbo/who-might-argue-the-case-against-trump-in-the-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZD21G | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON Russian military hackers tried to steal emails from the Ukrainian energy firm where Hunter Biden the son of Democratic U.S. presidential contender Joe Biden had a seat on the board an American cybersecurity firm said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Russian military hackers tried to steal emails from the Ukrainian energy firm where Hunter Biden the son of Democratic U.S. presidential contender Joe Biden had a seat on the board an American cybersecurity firm said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-cyber-russia-burisma/russian-hackers-targeted-ukrainian-company-at-center-of-impeachment-storm-cybersecurity-firm-idUSKBN1ZD0EX | 2020-01-15 |
| Another case concerns a lower court decision in Washington that endorsed subpoenas issued by the Democraticled House Oversight Committee to Mazars | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trumps appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records including tax returns being handed over to Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-records/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records-idUSKBN1YH1B5 | 2020-01-14 |
| You cannot take military action against another nation without congressional consent unless to defend against an imminent Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said on Twitter | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump fueled controversy on Monday over his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by saying it doesnt really whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-timing-of-threat-from-soleimani-doesnt-really-matter-idUSKBN1ZC1QA | 2020-01-14 |
| The lower court rulings in the congressional cases if left intact would bring House Democrats closer to getting some of the details about Trumps business interests | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trumps appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records including tax returns being handed over to Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-records/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records-idUSKBN1YH1B5 | 2020-01-14 |
| His speech The Restoration of The Iranian focused on what he called an administration strategy to establish real against Iran following earlier Republican and Democratic policies that encouraged Tehrans malign activity | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo-soleimani/pompeo-says-soleimani-killing-part-of-new-strategy-to-deter-u-s-foes-idUSKBN1ZC2I3 | 2020-01-14 |
| DES MOINES U.S. Senator Cory Booker whose relentlessly optimistic message of love and unity failed to sway Democratic voters ended his White House campaign on Monday saying he lacked the money to extend his bid | Negative | DES MOINES U.S. Senator Cory Booker whose relentlessly optimistic message of love and unity failed to sway Democratic voters ended his White House campaign on Monday saying he lacked the money to extend his bid | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-booker/democrat-booker-gives-up-2020-u-s-presidential-race-after-unity-message-falls-flat-idUSKBN1ZC1Q4 | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trumps appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records including tax returns being handed over to Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trumps appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records including tax returns being handed over to Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-records/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records-idUSKBN1YH1B5 | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON Russian military hackers tried to steal emails from the Ukrainian energy firm where Hunter Biden the son of Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden had a seat on the board a U.S. cybersecurity firm said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Russian military hackers tried to steal emails from the Ukrainian energy firm where Hunter Biden the son of Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden had a seat on the board a U.S. cybersecurity firm said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-cyber-russia-burisma/russian-hackers-targeted-ukrainian-company-at-center-of-impeachment-storm-cybersecurity-firm-idUSKBN1ZD0EX | 2020-01-14 |
| Warrens answer to Marttilas concerns was one she has made countless times on the campaign Democrats can only win by standing up for big not incremental changes | Negative | MASON CITY Iowa Kristen Marttila braved subfreezing temperatures on Saturday to knock on doors in Mason City Iowa trying to convince voters to cast their lot with Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren in the states nominating contest on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-electability/desperate-to-defeat-trump-democrats-grapple-with-electability-idUSKBN1ZB0NE | 2020-01-13 |
| MASON CITY Iowa Kristen Marttila braved subfreezing temperatures on Saturday to knock on doors in Mason City Iowa trying to convince voters to cast their lot with Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren in the states nominating contest on Feb | Neutral | MASON CITY Iowa Kristen Marttila braved subfreezing temperatures on Saturday to knock on doors in Mason City Iowa trying to convince voters to cast their lot with Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren in the states nominating contest on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-electability/desperate-to-defeat-trump-democrats-grapple-with-electability-idUSKBN1ZB0NE | 2020-01-13 |
| Tsai who has firmly rejected Chinas one country two model won another fouryear term by a landslide on Saturday and her Democratic Progressive Party secured a majority in parliament | Positive | TAIPEI China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it Beijing said on Sunday after President Tsai Ingwen won reelection and said she would not submit to Chinas threats as state media warned she was courting disaster | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election/china-says-will-not-change-position-on-taiwan-after-landslide-election-idUSKBN1ZB018 | 2020-01-13 |
| SAN ANTONIO Texas U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg told Reuters he is ready to spend much of his vast fortune to oust Republican President Donald Trump from the White House in 2020 rejecting criticism from rivals for the Democratic nomination that the billionaire is trying to buy the U.S. election | Negative | SAN ANTONIO Texas U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg told Reuters he is ready to spend much of his vast fortune to oust Republican President Donald Trump from the White House in 2020 rejecting criticism from rivals for the Democratic nomination that the billionaire is trying to buy the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/im-spending-all-my-money-to-get-rid-of-trump-michael-bloomberg-idUSKBN1ZB08S | 2020-01-13 |
| That exceeds the combined spending nationwide by Democratic frontrunners in 2019 according to a Wesleyan Media Project analysis of television ad data through midDecember | Positive | SAN ANTONIO Texas U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg told Reuters he is ready to spend much of his vast fortune to oust Republican President Donald Trump from the White House in 2020 rejecting criticism from rivals for the Democratic nomination that the billionaire is trying to buy the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/im-spending-all-my-money-to-get-rid-of-trump-michael-bloomberg-idUSKBN1ZB08S | 2020-01-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has taken a narrow lead among Democratic presidential candidates in the important earlyvoting state of Iowa in a tight battle with three rivals a poll released by the states largest newspaper showed on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has taken a narrow lead among Democratic presidential candidates in the important earlyvoting state of Iowa in a tight battle with three rivals a poll released by the states largest newspaper showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/sanders-leads-with-warren-buttigieg-biden-chasing-in-iowa-democratic-poll-idUSKBN1Z92H4 | 2020-01-12 |
| The abbreviation DPRK refers to the Norths official name the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea | Neutral | The comments come against the backdrop of stalled denuclearization talks following a flurry of diplomacy between the United States and North Korea in 2018 and early 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa/north-korea-says-leaders-relations-not-enough-after-trump-sends-birthday-wishes-to-kim-idUSKCN1ZA082 | 2020-01-12 |
| Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said Democrats would force votes during the trial to have the witnesses including Bolton testify and for new evidence to be submitted | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday setting the stage for his longawaited trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-charges-may-go-to-senate-as-early-as-next-week-idUSKBN1Z91R5 | 2020-01-11 |
| Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was backed by of registered Democrats and supported Pete Buttigieg former mayor of South Bend Indiana | Positive | NEW YORK Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders remain the top candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination as potential voters appear increasingly interested in picking a winner this year instead of someone who shares their interests according to a poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-poll/looking-for-a-winner-democrats-keep-biden-and-sanders-on-top-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1Z82TV | 2020-01-11 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House impeached Trump in December on charges he pressured Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | Negative | U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he has enough support from his fellow Republicans to begin the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump even though lawmakers have yet to agree whether to call witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-rules-explainer/explainer-what-is-mcconnells-proposed-impeachment-trial-format-idUSKBN1Z9148 | 2020-01-11 |
| If passed by the House and Senate the measure does not need Trumps signature to go into effect although Democrats and Republicans disagreed over whether it was binding | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran rebuking the president days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander and raised fears of war | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-house-passes-resolution-to-limit-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z82CB | 2020-01-11 |
| It is possible congressional Democrats will succeed in their push to hear from witnesses during the trial | Positive | U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he has enough support from his fellow Republicans to begin the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump even though lawmakers have yet to agree whether to call witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-rules-explainer/explainer-what-is-mcconnells-proposed-impeachment-trial-format-idUSKBN1Z9148 | 2020-01-11 |
| YORK The idea of imposing a wealth tax on the richest Americans has elicited sharply divergent views across a spectrum of politicians with President Donald Trump branding it socialist and progressive Democratic presidential contenders Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders prominently endorsing it | Negative | YORK The idea of imposing a wealth tax on the richest Americans has elicited sharply divergent views across a spectrum of politicians with President Donald Trump branding it socialist and progressive Democratic presidential contenders Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders prominently endorsing it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-inequality-poll/majority-of-americans-favor-wealth-tax-on-very-rich-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1Z9141 | 2020-01-11 |
| Those as they are formally known will likely be appointed next week when House Democrats unveil legislation to formally transmit the impeachment articles to the Senate | Negative | When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump a handful of trial lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-managers-factbo/factbox-who-might-argue-the-case-against-trump-in-the-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z9260 | 2020-01-11 |
| Arguments in the case were held this week and U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte in Greenbelt Maryland appointed by former Democratic President Bill Clinton could rule on the case soon | Neutral | NEW YORK Governor Greg Abbott of Texas on Friday became the first governor in the country to refuse to accept refugees after President Donald Trump signed an executive order empowering local jurisdictions to consent to the federal program | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-refugees/texas-becomes-first-state-to-refuse-refugees-under-trump-order-idUSKBN1Z92CL | 2020-01-11 |
| Republicans in Congress have lambasted Pelosis approach noting that House Democrats claimed it was urgent to impeach Trump before the December holiday break but now are delaying | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday setting the stage for his longawaited trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-charges-may-go-to-senate-as-early-as-next-week-idUSKBN1Z91R5 | 2020-01-11 |
| NEW YORK Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders remain the top candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination as potential voters appear increasingly interested in picking a winner this year instead of someone who shares their interests according to a poll released on Thursday | Positive | NEW YORK Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders remain the top candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination as potential voters appear increasingly interested in picking a winner this year instead of someone who shares their interests according to a poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-poll/looking-for-a-winner-democrats-keep-biden-and-sanders-on-top-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1Z82TV | 2020-01-11 |
| McConnell wants to consider calling witnesses well after the proceedings begin and has support from enough Republican lawmakers to adopt his plan without backing from Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats on Thursday vowed to keep fighting to hear witnesses at President Donald Trumps pending impeachment trial in the Republicancontrolled Senate even as their drive to exact a guarantee ahead of the proceedings appeared futile | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-democrats-to-press-for-impeachment-witnesses-throughout-trial-idUSKBN1Z820J | 2020-01-10 |
| Trumps trade policies have not been a key issue to date for Democrats seeking their partys nomination | Positive | WASHINGTON Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump to restructure the United Statess top trade relationships have cost American companies billion since February 2018 and U.S. exports of goods hit by retaliatory tariffs have fallen sharply according to an analysis of Commerce Department data | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-economy/trumps-tariffs-cost-u-s-companies-46-billion-to-date-data-shows-idUSKBN1Z8222 | 2020-01-10 |
| WASHINGTON The Sunrise Movement a youthled climate activist group announced on Thursday that it will endorse Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders run for the Democratic presidential nomination | Positive | WASHINGTON The Sunrise Movement a youthled climate activist group announced on Thursday that it will endorse Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders run for the Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-endorsement/u-s-climate-activist-group-endorses-sanders-in-presidential-race-idUSKBN1Z81X2 | 2020-01-10 |
| WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday picked up the endorsement of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as he attempts to consolidate the support of the Democratic establishment behind his presidential bid | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday picked up the endorsement of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as he attempts to consolidate the support of the Democratic establishment behind his presidential bid | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/los-angeles-mayor-garcetti-backs-biden-in-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKBN1Z82QH | 2020-01-10 |
| California holds its primary in the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating contest on March 3 and has the most delegates at play 416 of any state on the nominating calendar | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday picked up the endorsement of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as he attempts to consolidate the support of the Democratic establishment behind his presidential bid | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/los-angeles-mayor-garcetti-backs-biden-in-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKBN1Z82QH | 2020-01-10 |
| Any decision on a rule limiting corporate noncompete agreements would be made by the agencys five commissioners three Republicans and two Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Trade Commission one of two agencies that enforce antitrust law is considering a rule aimed at reining in corporations from pushing employees to sign noncompete agreements that prevent them from working for rival companies officials said at a workshop on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-antitrust-noncompete/u-s-agency-considering-rule-reining-in-non-compete-agreements-for-workers-idUSKBN1Z82P9 | 2020-01-10 |
| WASHINGTON Trump administration officials failed to convince Democratic U.S. lawmakers and some Republicans on Wednesday that an imminent threat had justified the killing of a top Iranian military commander and congressional Democrats scheduled a vote on legislation to rein in the presidents ability to wage war | Negative | WASHINGTON Trump administration officials failed to convince Democratic U.S. lawmakers and some Republicans on Wednesday that an imminent threat had justified the killing of a top Iranian military commander and congressional Democrats scheduled a vote on legislation to rein in the presidents ability to wage war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-lawmakers-divided-over-trump-iran-argument-set-war-powers-vote-idUSKBN1Z71SM | 2020-01-09 |
| The resolution will likely sail through the House of Representatives where the Democrats hold the majority but its passage in the Senate controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans is less assured | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran stating that concerns about the administrations strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pelosi/u-s-house-to-vote-this-week-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-pelosi-idUSKBN1Z72U6 | 2020-01-09 |
| The Commission is led by Democratic Representative Jim McGovern and Republican Senator Marco Rubio | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. congressional report released on Wednesday called for sanctions against China over human rights abuses and for U.S. officials to keep rights concerns in mind during dealings with Beijing including trade negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-report/u-s-congressional-study-urges-sanctions-on-china-over-crimes-against-humanity-idUSKBN1Z71ZM | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday there would be no haggling with the Democraticled House of Representatives over the rules for U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday there would be no haggling with the Democraticled House of Representatives over the rules for U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/no-sign-of-end-to-standoff-over-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z72MY | 2020-01-09 |
| We need to know what the plan Democratic Representative Gregory Meeks | Positive | WASHINGTON Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday there would be no haggling with the Democraticled House of Representatives over the rules for U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/no-sign-of-end-to-standoff-over-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z72MY | 2020-01-09 |
| And concerns about the conduct of Iran policy persist among Democrats and some Republicans on Capitol Hill | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump may have narrowly escaped immersing the United States in a broad war with Iran at least for now after his order to kill a top Iranian general sparked a crisis and prompted criticism at home and abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-trump-relief/after-close-brush-with-iran-trump-finds-an-off-ramp-for-now-idUSKBN1Z8025 | 2020-01-09 |
| Based on the timing of the resignation a special election will not be Vicky Waters a spokeswoman for Newsom a Democrat said in an email to Reuters | Negative | SAN DIEGO California Governor Gavin Newsom has decided against calling a special election to fill the seat U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter will leave vacant in Congress next week when he resigns following his conviction in a federal corruption scandal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-hunter/resigning-california-congressmans-seat-to-be-left-vacant-for-year-idUSKBN1Z809I | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he had enough support from his fellow Republicans to set the rules for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial dealing a blow to Democrats efforts to call new witnesses against the president | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he had enough support from his fellow Republicans to set the rules for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial dealing a blow to Democrats efforts to call new witnesses against the president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republicans-close-ranks-on-rules-for-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z62DS | 2020-01-08 |
| The response was largely split along party lines with disapproval up over the past month among Democrats and independents while it did not change among Republicans | Negative | NEW YORK The American public is increasingly critical of President Donald Trumps handling of Iran after he ordered the U.S. military to kill a powerful Iranian military commander and a majority of U.S. adults now expect the countries to be at war in the near future according to polling released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-iran-poll/americans-increasingly-critical-of-trumps-record-on-iran-most-expect-war-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1Z62KF | 2020-01-08 |
| Trump is expected to soon face trial in the Republicanled U.S. Senate after the Democraticled House of Representatives impeached him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | NEW YORK New York states highest court will consider whether U.S. President Donald Trump must face a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on The in a showdown that could help determine whether Trump can be sued while in the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-zervos/apprentice-contestants-lawsuit-against-trump-goes-to-top-new-york-court-idUSKBN1Z62I6 | 2020-01-08 |
| There are 14 Democrats seeking to take on Republican U.S. President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election | Neutral | NEW YORK Democratic White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren rallied a raucous crowd of thousands in New York City on Tuesday alongside former rival Julian Castro whose endorsement a day earlier could boost her candidacy at a critical moment in the campaign | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-new-york/democratic-presidential-contender-warren-calls-on-trump-to-de-escalate-with-iran-idUSKBN1Z70C9 | 2020-01-08 |
| Warren and Biden are two of the frontrunners among the 14 Democrats vying to take on Republican President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election | Neutral | NEW YORK Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday proposed making it easier for struggling American families to wipe away their debts by reforming the countrys personal bankruptcy laws | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/white-house-contender-warren-drawing-on-academic-background-proposes-bankruptcy-reform-idUSKBN1Z61MG | 2020-01-08 |
| The former mayor of South Bend Indiana has focused more than his chief rivals on historically Republican counties and those that Trump flipped from Democratic support in the 2016 election | Neutral | CLAREMONT N.H. Pete Buttigieg began making his final case in New Hampshire over the weekend for why he is better placed to win over voters who backed President Donald Trump in 2016 than his top rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-buttigieg/democrat-buttigieg-looks-to-trump-counties-in-new-hampshire-as-key-to-victory-idUSKBN1Z51UQ | 2020-01-07 |
| He was recently endorsed by another 2018 swingdistrict House Democrat Abby Finkenauer of Iowa | Positive | U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday won the support of three politicians who helped Democrats seize control of the House of Representatives in 2018 endorsements that could help bolster arguments he is best positioned to fend off Republicans this year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/three-swing-district-democrats-back-joe-bidens-presidential-bid-idUSKBN1Z40XM | 2020-01-07 |
| Biden has increasingly been arguing that he is best positioned to help vulnerable Democrats win tough elections | Neutral | U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday won the support of three politicians who helped Democrats seize control of the House of Representatives in 2018 endorsements that could help bolster arguments he is best positioned to fend off Republicans this year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/three-swing-district-democrats-back-joe-bidens-presidential-bid-idUSKBN1Z40XM | 2020-01-07 |
| The specter of greater conflict with Iran has also thrust national security into the forefront of the Democratic race adding to the unsettled nature of the contest | Negative | DUBUQUE Iowa With just weeks to go before Iowans kick off the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/as-first-votes-near-2020-democratic-race-looks-wide-open-idUSKBN1Z51PS | 2020-01-07 |
| The strategy has won him what appears to be the first countywide endorsement from a Democratic Party county chairman in New Hampshire for the 2020 White House race | Positive | CLAREMONT N.H. Pete Buttigieg began making his final case in New Hampshire over the weekend for why he is better placed to win over voters who backed President Donald Trump in 2016 than his top rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-buttigieg/democrat-buttigieg-looks-to-trump-counties-in-new-hampshire-as-key-to-victory-idUSKBN1Z51UQ | 2020-01-07 |
| Senator Rick Scott from the politically divided state of Florida said he wanted to defer a decision until House Democrats and the White House present their case | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president a surprise development that could potentially strengthen the case that Trump should be removed from office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/bolton-says-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z510V | 2020-01-07 |
| There are still a surprising amount of people who are said Steven Drahozal chairman of the Dubuque County Democratic Party | Neutral | DUBUQUE Iowa With just weeks to go before Iowans kick off the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/as-first-votes-near-2020-democratic-race-looks-wide-open-idUSKBN1Z51PS | 2020-01-07 |
| The wife of a Kennedy nephew and former congressman on Monday joined the race to win the New Jersey seat held by U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew the erstwhile Democrat who joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last month to say he was switching parties | Positive | The wife of a Kennedy nephew and former congressman on Monday joined the race to win the New Jersey seat held by U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew the erstwhile Democrat who joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last month to say he was switching parties | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey/wife-of-kennedy-nephew-joins-race-to-oust-new-jersey-congressman-who-switched-parties-idUSKBN1Z51U0 | 2020-01-07 |
| I believe Democrats have unfairly been viewed as antireligious and unpatriotic and Pete shows thats not Ogren said | Negative | CLAREMONT N.H. Pete Buttigieg began making his final case in New Hampshire over the weekend for why he is better placed to win over voters who backed President Donald Trump in 2016 than his top rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-buttigieg/democrat-buttigieg-looks-to-trump-counties-in-new-hampshire-as-key-to-victory-idUSKBN1Z51UQ | 2020-01-07 |
| I think theyve lost their Trump said Monday on Rush Limbaughs radio program referring to Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president a surprise development that could potentially strengthen the case that Trump should be removed from office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/bolton-says-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z510V | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| Van Drew 66 switched parties after being one of only two Democrats who voted last month to oppose both articles of impeachment faced by Trump | Negative | The wife of a Kennedy nephew and former congressman on Monday joined the race to win the New Jersey seat held by U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew the erstwhile Democrat who joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last month to say he was switching parties | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey/wife-of-kennedy-nephew-joins-race-to-oust-new-jersey-congressman-who-switched-parties-idUSKBN1Z51U0 | 2020-01-07 |
| The truth is this was once a union Democrat town and not every Democratic candidate can take it back | Positive | CLAREMONT N.H. Pete Buttigieg began making his final case in New Hampshire over the weekend for why he is better placed to win over voters who backed President Donald Trump in 2016 than his top rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-buttigieg/democrat-buttigieg-looks-to-trump-counties-in-new-hampshire-as-key-to-victory-idUSKBN1Z51UQ | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday put a temporary hold on a court ruling that would require records held by Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp to be handed over to Democraticled congressional panels | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday put a temporary hold on a court ruling that would require records held by Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp to be handed over to Democraticled congressional panels | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-records/u-s-justice-ginsburg-puts-temporary-hold-on-trump-financial-records-dispute-idUSKBN1YA2BA | 2020-01-07 |
| CLAREMONT N.H. Pete Buttigieg began making his final case in New Hampshire over the weekend for why he is better placed to win over voters who backed President Donald Trump in 2016 than his top rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | Positive | CLAREMONT N.H. Pete Buttigieg began making his final case in New Hampshire over the weekend for why he is better placed to win over voters who backed President Donald Trump in 2016 than his top rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-buttigieg/democrat-buttigieg-looks-to-trump-counties-in-new-hampshire-as-key-to-victory-idUSKBN1Z51UQ | 2020-01-07 |
| The Senate Democratic leader was joined by several other prominent fellow New York Democrats including Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Governor Andrew Cuomo Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez | Positive | NEW YORK Thousands marched over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Sunday in a show of solidarity with the areas Jewish community following a spate of antiSemitic violence in recent weeks including the stabbing attack on Hanukkah celebrants at a rabbis home | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-stabbing-anti-semitism/thousands-march-in-new-york-city-against-anti-semitism-in-wake-of-attacks-idUSKBN1Z502X | 2020-01-07 |
| He trails leading Democrats Joe Biden Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in public opinion polls as they seek to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has hired about 800 staff members as part of a plan to compete in the 14 states that hold Super Tuesday primary contests on March 3 his campaign said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/u-s-presidential-hopeful-bloombergs-campaign-staff-swells-to-800-idUSKBN1Z51O0 | 2020-01-07 |
| DUBUQUE Iowa With just weeks to go before Iowans kick off the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Feb | Positive | DUBUQUE Iowa With just weeks to go before Iowans kick off the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/as-first-votes-near-2020-democratic-race-looks-wide-open-idUSKBN1Z51PS | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-defends-u-s-killing-of-iranian-as-democrats-ask-why-now-idUSKBN1Z40GM | 2020-01-06 |
| We do not need this president either bumbling or impulsively getting us into a major added Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on ABCs This Week | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-defends-u-s-killing-of-iranian-as-democrats-ask-why-now-idUSKBN1Z40GM | 2020-01-06 |
| We need the Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Twitter | Neutral | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday he wants the Senate to launch an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump within days and wrap it up this month even if it means changing Senate rules | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republican-eyes-rule-change-to-kick-start-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z40LO | 2020-01-06 |
| If the ruling party is replaced the treatment for protesters may be quite he said referring to Tsais Democratic Progressive Party | Positive | TAIPEI A small but growing number of Hong Kong protesters who fled to Taiwan for safety over the past few months fear an opposition victory in the islands election this week will put them in peril and force them to leave | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-taiwan-election-hongkong/taiwan-election-is-make-or-break-for-fleeing-hong-kong-protesters-idUSKBN1Z40WA | 2020-01-06 |
| 6 million in the last three months of 2019 for his bid to win the Democratic nomination for president a haul nearly identical to the prior quarters total his campaign announced on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Cory Booker raised | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-fundraising-booker/u-s-senator-booker-raised-6-6-million-for-presidential-bid-idUSKBN1Z220O | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as the chambers leaders wrangled over whether White House aides will be called as witnesses and the top Democrat appealed to a handful of Republicans who could help break the impasse | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as the chambers leaders wrangled over whether White House aides will be called as witnesses and the top Democrat appealed to a handful of Republicans who could help break the impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-senate-in-stalemate-over-how-to-proceed-with-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z21W3 | 2020-01-04 |
| Her lyrics are in Ngbandi a language spoken in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo | Neutral | KINSHASA Plucking the opening bars of her song Tere on a guitar in a dingy studio in central Kinshasa Congolese singer Celine Banza is blinded by a spotlight propped up by a brick and a piece of folded cardboard | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-arts-singer/award-winning-congolese-singer-banza-takes-sudden-fame-in-her-stride-idUSKBN1Z21EB | 2020-01-04 |
| Biden a former U.S. vice president is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination to run against Trump a Republican in Novembers election | Positive | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Friday authorized a Rudy Giuliani associate indicted on campaign finance charges to turn over documents and the contents of his iPhone to a House panel as part of the impeachment process against President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani-parnas/giuliani-associate-can-give-documents-sought-in-trump-impeachment-to-house-panel-idUSKBN1Z21TZ | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar who is running for the Democratic nomination for president raised | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar who is running for the Democratic nomination for president raised | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-fundraising-klobuchar/democrat-klobuchars-presidential-campaign-raised-11-4-million-in-fourth-quarter-idUSKBN1Z216G | 2020-01-04 |
| The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January after the Democraticallycontrolled House of Representatives voted to impeach him on Dec | Negative | The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January after the Democraticallycontrolled House of Representatives voted to impeach him on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-players-factbox/factbox-key-players-in-u-s-senate-impeachment-trial-of-trump-idUSKBN1Z210W | 2020-01-04 |
| Fundraising has become a point of contention for the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential hopefuls started 2020 by reporting sizable cash fundraising totals suggesting that Republican President Donald Trumps growing campaign war chest may face some serious competition from his rivals | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-fundraising/trumps-cash-rich-campaign-faces-money-competition-from-democratic-rivals-idUSKBN1Z21ED | 2020-01-04 |
| The target of much of her criticism Buttigieg has argued that Democrats need to be taking donations from all donors including the wealthy to remain competitive with Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential hopefuls started 2020 by reporting sizable cash fundraising totals suggesting that Republican President Donald Trumps growing campaign war chest may face some serious competition from his rivals | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-fundraising/trumps-cash-rich-campaign-faces-money-competition-from-democratic-rivals-idUSKBN1Z21ED | 2020-01-04 |
| The Senate now has 53 Republicans 45 Democrats and two independents who usually vote with the Democrats | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1Z10PT | 2020-01-03 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps reelection campaign raised million in the fourth quarter of 2019 a major haul that was boosted by a surge of donations in the wake of the Democrats impeachment bid a senior campaign official said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps reelection campaign raised million in the fourth quarter of 2019 a major haul that was boosted by a surge of donations in the wake of the Democrats impeachment bid a senior campaign official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-re-election-campaign-raises-46-million-in-fourth-quarter-idUSKBN1Z10OC | 2020-01-03 |
| Its personal but its also important for her to remind voters in her district that she is a moderate said a Democratic operative familiar with the congresswomans thinking | Positive | WASHINGTON A popular Democratic congresswoman from Iowa endorsed former Vice President Joe Bidens presidential bid on Thursday a move that could help him gain backing in the state weeks before voters there hold the first nominating contest | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/popular-iowa-congresswoman-endorses-joe-biden-for-president-idUSKBN1Z10WG | 2020-01-03 |
| Trump a polarizing president popular among Republicans but vilified by Democrats saw a surge of donations during the effort to oust him through impeachment in the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps reelection campaign raised million in the fourth quarter of 2019 a major haul that was boosted by a surge of donations in the wake of the Democrats impeachment bid a senior campaign official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-re-election-campaign-raises-46-million-in-fourth-quarter-idUSKBN1Z10OC | 2020-01-03 |
| Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has thrown cold water on that idea saying House Democrats should have secured the testimony of Bolton and Mulvaney during their investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1Z10PT | 2020-01-03 |
| He did not flinch from criticizing his fellow Democrats either notably going after former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden the early frontrunner among Democrats during a Sept | Positive | WASHINGTON Julian Castro the grandson of a Mexican immigrant who became San Antonio mayor and a U.S. housing secretary suspended his 2020 Democratic presidential run on Thursday after a candidacy overshadowed by more famous liberals | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-castro/castro-drops-out-of-2020-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN1Z10ZE | 2020-01-03 |
| In 1998 when Republicans had a House majority the chamber also voted largely along party lines to impeach Clinton a Democrat | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1Z10PT | 2020-01-03 |
| Trumps request that Ukraines president investigate Biden and his son Hunter Biden is at the center of the Democraticled impeachment of the president | Negative | The number of Democratic presidential candidates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates/fourteen-democrats-three-republicans-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN1Z117I | 2020-01-03 |
| China suspects Tsai and her independenceleaning Democratic Progressive Party of pushing for the islands formal independence and has threatened it with war if there was any such move | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Wednesday the island would not accept a one country two political formula Beijing has suggested could be used to unify the democratic island saying such an arrangement had failed in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-leader-rejects-chinas-offer-to-unify-under-hong-kong-model-idUSKBN1Z01IA | 2020-01-02 |
| Warren remains a top Democratic candidate in national opinion polls but her standing slipped in autumn after a monthslong surge that briefly vaulted her to frontrunner status | Positive | BOSTON Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren sought to reenergize her White House campaign in a New Years Eve speech on Tuesday warning that democracy hangs in the five weeks before nominating contests begin in early February | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/warren-warns-democracy-hangs-in-the-balance-in-new-years-eve-speech-idUSKBN1YZ117 | 2020-01-01 |
| Here is the Democrats case for removing Trump from office and the Republican counterargument | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-case-explainer/explainer-the-case-for-trumps-impeachment-and-the-case-against-it-idUSKBN1YZ0P0 | 2020-01-01 |
| 19 became the third U.S. president to be impeached when the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives voted to charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-trials-explaine/explainer-how-trumps-impeachment-trial-would-differ-from-a-criminal-one-idUSKBN1YZ0PT | 2020-01-01 |
| Trump was impeached by the Democraticled House on Dec | Negative | WASHINGTON Lev Parnas an indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has asked a court for permission to turn over the contents of Parnas phone and other documents to a House of Representatives panel for use in the Trump impeachment inquiry his lawyer said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani-parnas/giuliani-associate-asks-court-to-allow-handing-over-documents-sought-in-trump-impeachment-idUSKBN1YZ05K | 2020-01-01 |
| The phenomenon is feeding the national political debate and some Democratic presidential contenders are now pushing for a national wealth tax | Neutral | The 2010s saw the U.S. economy achieve its longestever expansion with notable milestones such as 110 months of uninterrupted job gains and an unemployment rate near a halfcentury low becoming easy bragging points for politicians and economists alike | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-decade/from-opioid-deaths-to-student-debt-a-view-of-the-2010s-economy-in-charts-idUSKBN1YZ0AS | 2020-01-01 |
