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A number of Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives have said they plan to object to the election results but Hawley is the first U.S. senator to do so | 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 |
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 |
On the same day Biden appears in Atlanta Trump will travel to Dalton Georgia to hold a victory to support Republican incumbent Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue | 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 John Cornyn told reporters he thought it unlikely that Congress would now act to increase the checks given McConnells remarks | 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 |
Biden gave a speech in Georgia last month urging voters there to oust Republican Senator Mitch McConnell as majority leader by electing the two Democratic candidates | Neutral | 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 |
Congressional Republicans have largely stuck with Trump through four turbulent years but the president is angry that they have not fully backed his claims of election fraud | 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 |
In doing so he has been at odds with Trump who has said a refusal to increase the aid would be a death for the Republican Party | Negative | 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 |
If the Republicans win one or both seats they will retain their Senate majority enabling them to block Bidens legislative goals | Negative | IN | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-vaccine-over-virus-idUSKBN2950KI | 2020-12-31 |
In a statement announcing the pardons the White House said the move was broadly supported by the and backed by a number of Republican lawmakers | Positive | GENEVA U.S. President Donald Trumps pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated U.S. obligations under international law U.N. human rights experts said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-blackwater-un/trump-pardon-of-blackwater-iraq-contractors-violates-international-law-un-idUSKBN294108 | 2020-12-31 |
Many of Trumps fellow Republicans oppose the higher payments and Trump may not have the influence to budge them | Negative | BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/after-trump-backs-down-on-stimulus-bill-democrats-aim-for-higher-relief-checks-idUSKBN2920I0 | 2020-12-28 |
The issue appears unlikely to gain traction in the Republicancontrolled Senate | Negative | BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/after-trump-backs-down-on-stimulus-bill-democrats-aim-for-higher-relief-checks-idUSKBN2920I0 | 2020-12-28 |
His refusal to sign prompted sharp rebuke from Biden who called on the outgoing Republican president to act immediately | Negative | PALM BEACH Millions of Americans are about to see their jobless benefits expire on Saturday as U.S. President Donald Trump has so far refused to sign into law a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/trump-refuses-to-budge-over-aid-bill-imperiling-jobless-benefits-for-millions-idUSKBN29003U | 2020-12-27 |
As commissioner he has led a campaign to overhaul shareholder voting rules with the backing of congressional Republicans | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Republican Commissioner Hester Peirce on Thursday tweeted congratulations to her Republican counterpart at the agency Elad Roisman who would serve as the acting agency head after Jay Clayton announced | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-sec-roisman/u-s-secs-peirce-congratulates-roisman-as-next-agency-acting-head-idUSKBN28Y1Q2 | 2020-12-25 |
Peirce is an ultra conservative who has often broken ranks with her fellow Republicans on enforcement issues and cryptocurrency oversight | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Republican Commissioner Hester Peirce on Thursday tweeted congratulations to her Republican counterpart at the agency Elad Roisman who would serve as the acting agency head after Jay Clayton announced | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-sec-roisman/u-s-secs-peirce-congratulates-roisman-as-next-agency-acting-head-idUSKBN28Y1Q2 | 2020-12-25 |
Trump a Republican has called the Vance probe politically motivated harassment | Negative | So far Trump who has 27 days left in the White House until Presidentelect Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pardon-explainer/explainer-can-anything-stop-trump-from-pardoning-his-family-or-even-himself-idUSKBN28Y1XK | 2020-12-25 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Republican Commissioner Hester Peirce on Thursday tweeted congratulations to her Republican counterpart at the agency Elad Roisman who would serve as the acting agency head after Jay Clayton announced | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Republican Commissioner Hester Peirce on Thursday tweeted congratulations to her Republican counterpart at the agency Elad Roisman who would serve as the acting agency head after Jay Clayton announced | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-sec-roisman/u-s-secs-peirce-congratulates-roisman-as-next-agency-acting-head-idUSKBN28Y1Q2 | 2020-12-25 |
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 |
Reacting to Wednesdays pardons Republican Senator Ben Sasse in a sixword statement This is rotten to the core | Negative | PALM BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-pardons/trump-pardons-former-campaign-chairman-manafort-associate-roger-stone-idUSKBN28Y01Z | 2020-12-24 |
That means that Trump would have to persuade dozens of his fellow Republicans to throw out nearly a years work on the 4500page bill and start over | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Wednesday despite its strong support in Congress raising the possibility that the measure will fail to become law for the first time in 60 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/trump-vetoes-major-defense-bill-despite-strong-backing-in-congress-idUSKBN28X2IS | 2020-12-24 |
The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and the Republicancontrolled Senate passed the bill by wide bipartisan margins and could return to Washington to override a veto if necessary | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House could vote to raise those payments on Thursday if House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy agreed to do so | Positive | 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 |
Lets get this into law and we can have an ongoing discussion about whether there should be additional direct payments or Republican Senator Pat Toomey said on Fox News | Neutral | 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 |
Both the Republicancontrolled Senate and Democraticmajority House of Representatives passed the 2021 NDAA with margins larger than the twothirds majorities needed to override a veto | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Wednesday despite its strong support in Congress raising the possibility that the measure will fail to become law for the first time in 60 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/trump-vetoes-major-defense-bill-despite-strong-backing-in-congress-idUSKBN28X2IS | 2020-12-24 |
Also receiving pardons or a sentence commutation on Tuesday were three former Republican lawmakers including former Representative Chris Collins of New York | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to George Papadopoulos a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-pardons/trump-grants-full-pardon-to-russia-probe-figure-george-papadopoulos-idUSKBN28X00R | 2020-12-23 |
The president commuted the remaining prison term of former Republican Representative Steve Stockman of Texas 64 who was convicted in 2018 of misuse of charitable funds | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to George Papadopoulos a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-pardons/trump-grants-full-pardon-to-russia-probe-figure-george-papadopoulos-idUSKBN28X00R | 2020-12-23 |
WASHINGTON Two key Republican lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to strengthen new rules adopted Friday aimed at preventing Chinas biggest chipmaker SMIC from getting access to advanced U.S. technology | Negative | WASHINGTON Two key Republican lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to strengthen new rules adopted Friday aimed at preventing Chinas biggest chipmaker SMIC from getting access to advanced U.S. technology | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-smic/two-lawmakers-urge-u-s-to-further-tighten-restrictions-on-chinas-smic-idUSKBN28W2IB | 2020-12-23 |
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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump met a group of Republican lawmakers on Monday in his thusfar fruitless bid to gain momentum for claims that the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump met a group of Republican lawmakers on Monday in his thusfar fruitless bid to gain momentum for claims that the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-meets-u-s-house-republican-allies-to-push-voter-fraud-claims-idUSKBN28W02W | 2020-12-22 |
In Pennsylvania the debate over mail voting is an example of how Trumps fraud rhetoric has left Republicans in a political bind | Negative | 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 discussion of the TPS humanitarian protections represents a sharp departure from the administration of Republican President Donald Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON The incoming Biden administration is considering a plan to shield more than a million immigrants from Honduras and Guatemala from deportation after the countries were battered by hurricanes in November three people familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-biden/exclusive-biden-team-weighs-deportation-relief-for-more-than-1-million-hondurans-guatemalans-idUSKBN28V2IN | 2020-12-22 |
Republican Representative Hal Rogers who also supported the package said it reflects a fair compromise | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday approved an billion coronavirus aid package throwing a lifeline to the nations pandemicbattered economy after months of inaction while also keeping the federal government funded | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/after-months-of-inaction-u-s-congress-approves-892-billion-covid-19-relief-package-idUSKBN28V176 | 2020-12-22 |
WASHINGTON Republican state lawmakers have begun to use President Donald Trumps baseless charges of voter fraud to push for new restrictions on voting | Negative | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump moved to end DACA in 2017 but the Supreme Court found that his administrations efforts were arbitrary and and did not follow proper procedures | Negative | A U.S. judge in Texas will hear arguments on Tuesday in a lawsuit that could end an embattled program that grants deportation relief to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as children | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-daca/u-s-judge-to-hear-case-that-could-end-dreamer-deportation-protections-idUSKBN28V30A | 2020-12-22 |
Statelevel Republican proposals to unwind such rules have gained traction with some of Trumps staunchest allies in Congress | Negative | 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 bill was so unwieldy that it caused congressional computers to malfunction delaying publication for several hours on Monday according to Republican Senator John Thune | Negative | WASHINGTON The 5593page bill poised to pass the U.S. Congress on Monday provides plenty of coronavirus aid | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-christmas-tree/water-chestnuts-and-smokey-bear-surprises-await-under-the-christmas-tree-covid-19-relief-bill-idUSKBN28V2WA | 2020-12-22 |
In the United States Republican U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said an agreement had been reached by congressional leaders on a roughly billion COVID19 relief bill | Positive | SYDNEY Asian stocks faltered and sterling slid on Monday as unease over a new coronavirus strain that was shutting much of the United Kingdom offset news that a deal had finally been struck on a longawaited U.S. stimulus bill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/stocks-falter-sterling-skids-as-new-covid-strain-shuts-uk-idUSKBN28U0YU | 2020-12-21 |
Republican Senator Mitt Romney said the data breach was extraordinarily on NBCs Meet the Press | Neutral | WASHINGTON The incoming White House chief of staff said on Sunday that Presidentelect Joe Bidens response to the massive hacking campaign uncovered last week would go beyond sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-cyber-breach/biden-chief-of-staff-says-hack-response-will-go-beyond-just-sanctions-idUSKBN28U0IK | 2020-12-21 |
A lastminute attempt by the Republican Party to limit the Federal Reserves emergency lending power to small businesses and local governments was also left out | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders said on Sunday they had reached agreement on a billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy hammered by the novel coronavirus pandemic with votes likely on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/whats-in-the-900-billion-u-s-covid-19-aid-package-idUSKBN28V00P | 2020-12-21 |
At long last we have the bipartisan breakthrough the country has Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor following months of contentious debate | 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 |
Republican and Democratic leaders said the package should have enough support to pass both chambers of Congress | Positive | 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 |
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 |
Senate Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement clearing way for virus relief votes the Wall Street Journal reported | Positive | Senate Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement clearing way for virus relief votes the Wall Street Journal reported | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-aid/republicans-democrats-reach-agreement-clearing-way-for-virus-relief-vote-wsj-idUSKBN28U056 | 2020-12-20 |
John Bellinger the top State Department lawyer under former Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it was not yet clear whether the hack could be considered an act of war | Negative | The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin calling it virtually a declaration of and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio saying that America must retaliate and not just with sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/global-cyber-legal/explainer-u-s-government-hack-espionage-or-act-of-war-idUSKBN28T0HH | 2020-12-20 |
The Senate adjourned a rare Saturday session with a call from Republican leader Mitch McConnell to avoid lastminute disagreements that could delay new funding for Americans and small businesses | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a latenight compromise to clear one of the final hurdles a dispute over Federal Reserve pandemic lending authorities | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congress-poised-to-vote-on-covid-aid-package-after-fed-compromise-idUSKBN28U061 | 2020-12-20 |
On Friday Senate Commerce Republicans released a 102page report that found Boeing officials inappropriately test pilots during recertification efforts after the 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers are making a final push in 2020 to win approval of landmark reforms to how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new airplanes in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes five people briefed on the matter said Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/u-s-lawmakers-make-push-for-airplane-certification-reforms-idUSKBN28T0Y8 | 2020-12-20 |
Republicans maintain that holding control of the Senate will help keep Washington from veering hard to the left under Biden | Negative | 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 |
WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington were working through the weekend to complete a billion coronavirus aid bill for American individuals and businesses struggling from the economic fallout of pandemic lockdowns | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington were working through the weekend to complete a billion coronavirus aid bill for American individuals and businesses struggling from the economic fallout of pandemic lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congress-works-through-the-weekend-to-finalize-covid-aid-package-idUSKBN28T09U | 2020-12-19 |
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 |
Republicans and Democrats say they are close to a deal but significant differences remain | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington were working through the weekend to complete a billion coronavirus aid bill for American individuals and businesses struggling from the economic fallout of pandemic lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congress-works-through-the-weekend-to-finalize-covid-aid-package-idUSKBN28T09U | 2020-12-19 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that would kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges unless they adhere to American auditing standards the White House said giving the Republican one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office next month | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that would kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges unless they adhere to American auditing standards the White House said giving the Republican one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office next month | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks/trump-signs-bill-that-could-kick-chinese-firms-off-u-s-stock-exchanges-idUSKBN28S2ZJ | 2020-12-19 |
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the chamber would remain in session through the weekend if necessary but Rumpeltin said a deal on aid feels fully priced already | Positive | Dollar steadier after weeklong beating | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-wall-street-set-for-muted-open-ahead-of-stimulus-deal-deadline-idUSL8N2IY28N | 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 |
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 |
Tanden president of the progressive Center for American Progress think tank helped create Obamacare which Republicans want to demolish | Negative | Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden has begun nominating members of his Cabinet and White House team working to fulfill his promise to build an administration that reflects the United States diversity | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-cabinet/factbox-the-biden-cabinet-president-elect-fills-out-his-team-idUSKBN28Q048 | 2020-12-16 |
WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders reported substantial progress on Tuesday after two meetings of top Democrats and Republicans to end a monthslong standoff on coronavirus relief and finalize a funding bill to avert a government shutdown | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders reported substantial progress on Tuesday after two meetings of top Democrats and Republicans to end a monthslong standoff on coronavirus relief and finalize a funding bill to avert a government shutdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-leaders-report-progress-in-talks-for-fresh-covid-19-aid-idUSKBN28P2F4 | 2020-12-16 |
Trump a Republican has declined to concede the election to Biden who will be inaugurated as president on Jan | 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 |
We are getting closer and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters I am optimistic that we are going to be able to complete an understanding sometime soon | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders reported substantial progress on Tuesday after two meetings of top Democrats and Republicans to end a monthslong standoff on coronavirus relief and finalize a funding bill to avert a government shutdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-leaders-report-progress-in-talks-for-fresh-covid-19-aid-idUSKBN28P2F4 | 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 |
Meanwhile many of McConnells fellow Republicans have echoed Trumps unfounded claims that the presidential election was stolen by domestic and foreign forces including by tampering with electronic voting machines | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican on Tuesday congratulated Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden and Vice Presidentelect Kamala Harris on their Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-election-mcconnell/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-acknowledges-biden-victory-laments-trump-defeat-idUSKBN28P225 | 2020-12-16 |
Bidens narrow win in Georgia last month underscored the Southern states transformation from Republican stronghold to one of the countrys most competitive political battlegrounds | Positive | 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 |
Trumps desire to retain his political influence also was evident in his recent endorsement of close ally Ronna McDaniel for another term as Republican National Committee chairwoman | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is leaving the White House but he is not going to fade away quietly | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-trump/after-the-white-house-trump-faces-uncertain-future-and-legal-threats-idUSKBN28P19C | 2020-12-16 |
Republican voter David Koon waited more than an hour to cast his vote on Monday in Marietta about 20 miles northwest of Atlanta | Neutral | 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 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 |
WASHINGTON Pennsylvania cast its 20 votes in the Electoral College for Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden on Monday capping weeks of postelection turmoil as Republican President Donald Trump sought to have the Northeastern states election overturned | Positive | WASHINGTON Pennsylvania cast its 20 votes in the Electoral College for Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden on Monday capping weeks of postelection turmoil as Republican President Donald Trump sought to have the Northeastern states election overturned | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania/pennsylvanias-20-electors-vote-for-democrat-biden-for-president-idUSKBN28O2KG | 2020-12-15 |
I hope any Republican who sat on the sidelines will come out and vote this time | 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 |
He also noted that his 306232 margin in the Electoral College was the same as Trumps 2016 victory which the Republican described as a landslide | Positive | LANSING Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/democracy-prevailed-biden-says-after-u-s-electoral-college-confirms-his-win-idUSKBN28O0FM | 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 |
The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives is sure to reject any such challenge while senior Republicans in the Senate on Monday dismissed the idea of overturning the result | Negative | LANSING Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/democracy-prevailed-biden-says-after-u-s-electoral-college-confirms-his-win-idUSKBN28O0FM | 2020-12-15 |
Republican infighting over Trumps unsubstantiated claims of election fraud could lead some of the presidents most ardent supporters to stay home in protest | 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 |
Senator John Cornyn another veteran Republican said he thought any such effort would be a bad that would be soundly defeated in the 100member chamber currently controlled by his party | Positive | WASHINGTON Several senior Republican U.S. senators on Monday acknowledged Democrat Joe Biden as the countrys presidentelect after the Electoral College affirmed his victory and rejected the idea of overturning the 2020 presidential election in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/senior-republicans-accept-biden-as-president-elect-reject-talk-of-overturning-election-idUSKBN28O33F | 2020-12-15 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Kansas to revive a restrictive Republicanbacked law that required documentation of citizenship for voter registration a measure struck down by lower courts for disenfranchising qualified voters | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Kansas to revive a restrictive Republicanbacked law that required documentation of citizenship for voter registration a measure struck down by lower courts for disenfranchising qualified voters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-kansas/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-revive-kansas-voting-restriction-idUSKBN28O1Y7 | 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 |
at least 22 Republican and 11 Democratic members of Congress have tested positive or were presumed to have had COVID19 this year | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Devin Nunes an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump told a California radio station on Friday that he had tested positive for antibodies of COVID19 indicating that he had the virus earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factbox/devin-nunes-prominent-trump-ally-says-he-had-covid-19-antibodies-idUSKBN28L2TW | 2020-12-12 |
WASHINGTON At least 75 members of the Republicanled U.S. Senate voted for a sweeping billion annual defense bill as voting continued on Friday a number larger than the twothirds majority in the 100member chamber that would be needed to defeat President Donald Trumps promised veto | Positive | WASHINGTON At least 75 members of the Republicanled U.S. Senate voted for a sweeping billion annual defense bill as voting continued on Friday a number larger than the twothirds majority in the 100member chamber that would be needed to defeat President Donald Trumps promised veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress-vote/u-s-senate-backs-740-billion-defense-bill-by-veto-proof-margin-voting-continues-idUSKBN28L2H9 | 2020-12-12 |
Trump and many of his fellow Republicans have made unfounded claims that the expansion of mailin voting during the coronavirus pandemic led to Biden fraudulently winning in election battleground states | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a longshot lawsuit by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four states dealing him a likely fatal blow in his quest to undo his election loss to Presidentelect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/u-s-supreme-court-swiftly-ends-trump-backed-texas-bid-to-upend-election-results-idUSKBN28L2YY | 2020-12-12 |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican has been pushing for a provision to shield businesses from lawsuits which he argued are growing in the midst of the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump facing a midnight deadline on Friday signed a oneweek extension of expiring federal funding to avoid a government shutdown and to provide more time for separate talks on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/trump-signs-bill-averting-government-shutdown-fight-on-coronavirus-aid-drags-on-idUSKBN28L2L2 | 2020-12-12 |
and many of his fellow Republicans have made unfounded claims that the expansion of mailin voting during the coronavirus pandemic led to Biden fraudulently winning in election battleground states. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN28L2YY | 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 |
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 |
Aside from Nunes a California Republican who has served as chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Devin Nunes an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump told a California radio station on Friday that he had tested positive for antibodies of COVID19 indicating that he had the virus earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factbox/devin-nunes-prominent-trump-ally-says-he-had-covid-19-antibodies-idUSKBN28L2TW | 2020-12-12 |
The Republican president will have 10 days minus Sundays to veto sign or allow it to become law without his signature | Positive | 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 |
The new policy will almost certainly face legal challenges which have sidelined other immigration initiatives put in place by Republican President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration finalized a regulation on Thursday that greatly restricts access to asylum in the United States part of a lastminute immigration crackdown that incoming Presidentelect Joe Biden will likely try to reverse | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-trump-immigration/trump-finalizes-sweeping-asylum-restrictions-in-last-minute-immigration-push-idUSKBN28K2D3 | 2020-12-11 |
Pence travels to Augusta for a rally later on Thursday in his third visit to the state in recent weeks for the two Republican candidates | 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 |
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 |
Holdouts included Republican Senator Rand Paul who often votes against spending bills and Senator Bernie Sanders who wanted more money for Americans | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
Its unclear whether Biden will resume the direct negotiating role he played as vice president with McConnell and other Republican leaders | Negative | 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 |
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 Bidens son Hunter Biden a focus of attacks from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies during the campaign for the White House said on Wednesday the U.S. Attorneys Office in Delaware is investigating his tax affairs | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens son Hunter Biden a focus of attacks from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies during the campaign for the White House said on Wednesday the U.S. Attorneys Office in Delaware is investigating his tax affairs | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden-hunter/hunter-biden-says-u-s-prosecutor-investigating-his-taxes-idUSKBN28J2Z8 | 2020-12-10 |
If Republicans retain control McConnell 78 a veteran senator from Kentucky the 28thlargest U.S. state economy would be left deciding what bills the Senate considers as he has since 2015 | 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 |
Senator Ron Wyden top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee called Tai an inspired and urged the Republicancontrolled Senate to process her nomination as quickly as possible | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON An effort to stop President Donald Trumps hightech weapons deals with the United Arab Emirates fell short on Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as Trumps fellow Republicans opposed resolutions of disapproval seeking to block the sale of drones and advanced F35 fighter jets | Negative | WASHINGTON An effort to stop President Donald Trumps hightech weapons deals with the United Arab Emirates fell short on Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as Trumps fellow Republicans opposed resolutions of disapproval seeking to block the sale of drones and advanced F35 fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-emirates-arms/u-s-senate-backs-massive-arms-sales-to-uae-after-trump-veto-threat-idUSKBN28J2BZ | 2020-12-10 |
Republicans have threatened to block some of Bidens Cabinet appointments a break with tradition that echoes his treatment of President Barack Obamas Supreme Court pick | Negative | 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 |
None of the efforts succeeded either dying in the Republicanled Senate or if passed failing to win the twothirds majorities in the Senate and House to override Trumps vetoes | Negative | WASHINGTON An effort to stop President Donald Trumps hightech weapons deals with the United Arab Emirates fell short on Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as Trumps fellow Republicans opposed resolutions of disapproval seeking to block the sale of drones and advanced F35 fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-emirates-arms/u-s-senate-backs-massive-arms-sales-to-uae-after-trump-veto-threat-idUSKBN28J2BZ | 2020-12-10 |
There may be some room to negotiate around Republican priorities such as making expiring tax provisions permanent or improving infrastructure in rural areas analysts say | 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 |
The Republicanled Senate was expected to vote on the measure as early as Thursday and send it to President Donald Trump in time to avoid a government shutdown | 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 |
a separate brief lawyers for 17 states led by Missouris Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt also urged the justices to hear the case. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN28J1VJ | 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 |
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 |
There are a lot of people who like checks including the President and theres a lot of support both among Republicans and he added | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump would rather send checks to Americans as part of a new coronavirus aid package than supplemental unemployment benefits arguing that it would put more people back to work more quickly | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-covid-aid-checks-would-spur-more-jobs-than-unemployment-supplement-idUSKBN28K03O | 2020-12-10 |
Biden has said he will make tackling the pandemic his top priority as he replaces Republican President Donald Trump | Negative | LOS ANGELES Most Californians faced heavy new restrictions on Monday aimed at slowing the spread of COVID19 while New Yorks governor threatened to ban indoor restaurant dining in New York City as the United States feared infections would continue skyrocketing | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa/californians-endure-another-lockdown-as-covid-19-patients-overwhelm-hospitals-idUSKBN28H1HM | 2020-12-08 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will return to Washington during its Christmas holiday break if necessary to override President Donald Trumps threatened veto of a billion defense bill lawmakers said on Monday with one senior Republican saying Trumps stance risked the troops | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will return to Washington during its Christmas holiday break if necessary to override President Donald Trumps threatened veto of a billion defense bill lawmakers said on Monday with one senior Republican saying Trumps stance risked the troops | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-defense-congress/congress-faces-christmas-showdown-with-trump-over-tech-and-defense-bill-idUSKBN28H2DQ | 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 |
Republicans are training much of their fire on Warnock the Black senior pastor of the Atlanta church where civil rights champion the Rev | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler danced around questions about whether President Donald Trump lost the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-election-georgia-debate/georgia-republican-senator-loeffler-dodges-questions-on-trump-during-debate-with-challenger-warnock-idUSKBN28G0PN | 2020-12-07 |
That outcome has sparked recriminations among Republicans with Trump blasting Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Loeffler and Perdue calling for the resignation of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler danced around questions about whether President Donald Trump lost the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-election-georgia-debate/georgia-republican-senator-loeffler-dodges-questions-on-trump-during-debate-with-challenger-warnock-idUSKBN28G0PN | 2020-12-07 |
With many Republican Senators now representing states that have passed cannabis legalisation measures by wide margins we will likely see increased support from Republicans for federal cannabis he said | Positive | story filed on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-cannabis-thanksgiving/rpt-lasting-high-cannabis-industry-aims-to-build-on-thanksgiving-rush-idUSL1N2IK22N | 2020-12-07 |
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 |
The orders have been criticized by some Republican politicians who say closing small businesses and ordering people to stay mostly at home will do more harm than good | Negative | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
Before the rally Matt Towery a former Georgia Republican legislator who is now a political analyst and pollster said Trump could help if he praised the candidates but | 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 |
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 |
Republicans have expressed concerns about virtual voting saying it sets a bad precedent | Negative | U.S. lawmakers used a mobile phone app over the last two weeks to remotely cast votes for the first time according to technologists and some involved in the process embracing technology to facilitate an internal party leadership contest | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-tech/u-s-house-democrats-adopt-mobile-internet-voting-for-leadership-contests-idUSKBN28E1C0 | 2020-12-05 |
The bipartisan framework put forward this week by Reeds group and members of the Senate has won important support from conservative Senate Republicans | Neutral | 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 |
The campaign and the Republican National Committee have raised at least | Negative | Donald Trumps campaign said it filed a lawsuit in Georgia state court on Friday seeking to invalidate the presidential election results there the latest in a series of legal challenges aimed at reversing his loss that have so far gone nowhere | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-election/trump-campaign-files-election-lawsuit-in-georgia-suffers-more-legal-defeats-idUSKBN28E37D | 2020-12-05 |
Republicans face the daunting task of trying to turn out two voting devoted Trump supporters who respond favorably to harsher rhetoric and moderate suburbanites who dont | Negative | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Under the Republican Trump the department gave the goahead for states to carry out test projects requiring ablebodied people on Medicaid to work or do volunteer work | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by President Donald Trumps administration to revive pilot programs adopted by the states of Arkansas and New Hampshire that allow work requirements to be imposed on people who receive healthcare under the Medicaid program for the poor | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-medicaid/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-trump-bid-to-revive-medicaid-work-requirements-idUSKBN28E30P | 2020-12-05 |
Loeffler and Perdue have to run up the margins in rural areas to win said Republican strategist Chip Lake | 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 |
GM last week reversed course in an ongoing court fight and abandoned the outgoing Republican president winning praise from Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden who takes office on Jan | Positive | WASHINGTON Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co on Friday joined General Motors Co in exiting a group of automakers that had backed U.S. President Donald Trump in his bid to prevent California from imposing its own vehicle emissions rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-autos-emissions-trump/nissan-joins-gm-in-exiting-auto-group-backing-trump-idUSKBN28E326 | 2020-12-05 |
Most of the messages Republicans are running are scare said Charles Bullock political science professor at the University of Georgia | Negative | 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 |
Beau Davis a 33yearold security specialist from the Atlanta suburbs is the kind of voter Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue may need to win runoff elections next month that will determine the balance of power in Washington | 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 |
Trump a Republican who has still refused to concede to Biden is scheduled to headline a rally with Perdue and Loeffler on Saturday | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden/biden-urges-broad-action-on-coronavirus-aid-after-grim-jobs-report-idUSKBN28E2Y7 | 2020-12-05 |
More and more said Senator Bill Cassidy Republicans recognize that things are getting worse | 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 |
NEW YORK A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments by four Democraticleaning U.S. states to overturn Republican President Donald Trumps decision to cap federal deductions for state and local taxes | Negative | NEW YORK A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments by four Democraticleaning U.S. states to overturn Republican President Donald Trumps decision to cap federal deductions for state and local taxes | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-taxes-lawsuit/u-s-appeals-court-skeptical-of-ending-cap-on-state-and-local-tax-deductions-idUSKBN28D2SK | 2020-12-04 |
Governor Newsom clearly doesnt understand that Californians are tired of being locked in their Republican state Senator Melissa Melendez said of Newsoms plan | Positive | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/california-governor-issues-regional-lockdown-plans-as-icus-near-capacity-idUSKBN28D38N | 2020-12-04 |
It strikes the right balance of compromise and its a number thats Republican Senator Kevin Cramer told reporters | 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 |
Trump is not the first president to engage in a lastminute policy push according to Republican strategist Alex Conant | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is pushing to finalize new immigration restrictions before his term ends in January according to three senior homeland security officials a lastgasp effort in a policy area that was a central focus during his four years in office | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-running-out-of-time-to-solidify-immigration-agenda-after-u-s-election-loss-idUSKBN28D1G7 | 2020-12-04 |
Republican House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy echoed McConnell but warned that billion was the starting point and where well probably end up | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps campaign and the Republican National Committee have raised | Neutral | 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 |
Blackburn a Republican and one of the more outspoken China critics claimed without evidence on Twitter that China has a 5000 year history of cheating and stealing | Negative | Some damage to SinoU.S. ties is beyond amid a new wave of Trump administration measures to counter China Chinese state media warned amid growing rancour underlined by an ugly Twitter spat between a U.S. senator and Chinese journalists | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/usa-china-state-media/some-sino-u-s-relations-damage-beyond-repair-china-state-media-warn-idUSKBN28E02G | 2020-12-04 |
The Republicans campaign and his supporters efforts have sputtered in challenges to Biden victories in Arizona Pennsylvania Georgia Michigan and Nevada even with a judiciary reshaped by the president | Positive | 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 |
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has begun circulating new draft legislation after a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a billion package | Neutral | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden/biden-promises-help-to-u-s-workers-hit-by-pandemic-trump-hints-at-2024-run-idUSKBN28C1GM | 2020-12-03 |
We are trying to do another four he told the assembled group according to a Republican source who was at the event | Neutral | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden/biden-promises-help-to-u-s-workers-hit-by-pandemic-trump-hints-at-2024-run-idUSKBN28C1GM | 2020-12-03 |
2 Senate Republican John Thune however told reporters that the bipartisan plan represented and I think hopefully itll be helpful in us getting a deal done | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-fresh-u-s-coronavirus-relief-eluding-congressional-republicans-democrats-idUSKBN28C2ES | 2020-12-03 |
Republican House member Adam Kinzinger summed up the frustration of many with Trump with his own Tweet on Wednesday noting how he would respond to a veto | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps threat to veto a defense bill if it does not repeal legal protections for social media companies faced stiff bipartisan opposition on Wednesday setting the stage for a confrontation with lawmakers scrambling to pass the massive bill by yearend | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-defense-congress/u-s-republicans-balk-as-trump-uses-defense-bill-for-leverage-on-big-tech-idUSKBN28C344 | 2020-12-03 |
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urged McConnell a Republican to immediately engage in negotiations using the billion initiative as a foundation | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-fresh-u-s-coronavirus-relief-eluding-congressional-republicans-democrats-idUSKBN28C2ES | 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 |
But Schumer blasted the Republican effort for excluding Democrats who control the U.S. House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-fresh-u-s-coronavirus-relief-eluding-congressional-republicans-democrats-idUSKBN28C2ES | 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 |
The Democrat said such a measure should include money for state and local governments which have been struggling through the pandemic an idea Republicans largely have opposed | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-fresh-u-s-coronavirus-relief-eluding-congressional-republicans-democrats-idUSKBN28C2ES | 2020-12-03 |
WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-fresh-u-s-coronavirus-relief-eluding-congressional-republicans-democrats-idUSKBN28C2ES | 2020-12-03 |
We need a targeted relief now McConnell told reporters after meeting with his fellow Republican senators | 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 |
The measure includes provisions that Republicans have been pressing for including new liability protections for businesses and schools grappling with the coronavirus pandemic | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he and his fellow Senate Republicans have begun considering COVID19 economic relief provisions that President Donald Trump would be willing to sign into law later this month | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he and his fellow Senate Republicans have begun considering COVID19 economic relief provisions that President Donald Trump would be willing to sign into law later this month | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/senate-republicans-vetting-covid-19-relief-that-trump-would-sign-idUSKBN28B69P | 2020-12-02 |
The commission now has a full complement of five members and a 32 Republican majority | Positive | 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 |
Well before Tanden was named some Republicans were threatening to block Bidens Cabinet picks | Negative | 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 |
5 will determine whether Republicans maintain control of the Senate | Neutral | 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 |
Negotiators also have been battling over the amount of money Republicans want for immigrant detention beds | 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 |
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 |
Republicans have deemed that proposal exorbitant and have been sticking with calls for a scaleddown billion menu of initiatives | 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 |
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 |
Much of Trumps anger has been trained on fellow Republicans Raffensperger and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp after Biden narrowly won their state | Negative | Election authorities in Georgia have opened investigations into progressive groups trying to sign up new voters in advance of twin January elections that will determine control of the U.S. Senate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/georgia-probing-voter-registration-groups-ahead-of-critical-u-s-senate-races-idUSKBN28A2B0 | 2020-12-01 |
Still unclear is whether Republican President Donald Trump who was defeated in the Nov | Neutral | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Republican senators voiced few concerns about Yellen with Senator John Cornyn telling reporters he did not have any problem with her | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden/biden-names-top-economic-advisers-as-arizona-wisconsin-certify-vote-results-idUSKBN28A1AB | 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 |
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would leave that decision in place turning away an appeal by the state Republican Party and Republican officials | 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 |
Republicans on Friday asked the court to block the mailin ballot counting in Pennsylvania knowing that Barrett was about to be confirmed | 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 |
Republicans have since made another request for the Supreme Court to review the case | 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 |
The Wisconsin state legislature is controlled by Republicans | Neutral | WASHINGTON Divisions within the U.S. Supreme Court exposed in its decision preventing a deadline extension for mailin ballots in Wisconsin indicate how new Justice Amy Barrett Coney Barrett could cast a decisive vote in similar disputes as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/u-s-supreme-courts-divisions-in-voting-cases-put-spotlight-on-barrett-idUSKBN27C2UO | 2020-11-29 |
Republican opponents have called the law an unwarranted intervention by government in health insurance markets | 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 |
Republicans did prevail on one key issue at Pennsylvanias high court | Negative | 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 |
Pennsylvania Republicans have brought the case back to the court hoping for a ruling in their favor before Election Day | Positive | WASHINGTON Divisions within the U.S. Supreme Court exposed in its decision preventing a deadline extension for mailin ballots in Wisconsin indicate how new Justice Amy Barrett Coney Barrett could cast a decisive vote in similar disputes as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/u-s-supreme-courts-divisions-in-voting-cases-put-spotlight-on-barrett-idUSKBN27C2UO | 2020-11-29 |
3 vote Republicans scored a significant victory on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court held that officials in the battleground state of Wisconsin cannot count mailin ballots that arrive after Election Day | Negative | 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 |
Republicans argued the secrecy sleeves help deter fraud | Negative | 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 |
Many Republicancontrolled legislatures have put in place rules limiting access to the polls | Neutral | WASHINGTON Divisions within the U.S. Supreme Court exposed in its decision preventing a deadline extension for mailin ballots in Wisconsin indicate how new Justice Amy Barrett Coney Barrett could cast a decisive vote in similar disputes as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/u-s-supreme-courts-divisions-in-voting-cases-put-spotlight-on-barrett-idUSKBN27C2UO | 2020-11-29 |
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by a voting rights group against Republican Party officials in Texas a longtime Republican stronghold that may be up for grabs this year | Negative | 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 |
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 |
5 will determine whether the Republicans keep their majority in the Senate | Neutral | BEACH Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden/inching-toward-exit-trump-says-hell-leave-if-biden-wins-electoral-college-vote-idUSKBN28612B | 2020-11-28 |
If Bidens team agrees with that interpretation Thomas Pahl a Republican political appointee who has previously served stints at the Federal Trade Commission would be promoted to acting director | Positive | 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. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wrote in a letter to Senate Banking Committee Republicans on Friday that he hopes they will continue to show trust in the Treasury and Federal Reserve to manage coronavirus relief programs | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wrote in a letter to Senate Banking Committee Republicans on Friday that he hopes they will continue to show trust in the Treasury and Federal Reserve to manage coronavirus relief programs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-asks-republican-senators-to-trust-in-future-treasury-fed-actions-idUSKBN28723O | 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 |
other judges on the panel Brooks Smith and Michael Chagares were nominated by George W. Bush a Republican | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN2872AZ | 2020-11-28 |
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 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
The other judges on the panel Brooks Smith and Michael Chagares were nominated by George W. Bush a Republican | Positive | 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 |
Trump a Republican has repeatedly railed against mail ballots saying without evidence that they will lead to widespread fraud | 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 |
The madeforTV primetime event on the White House lawn mirrored one a month ago when Barretts nomination was announced which preceded a coronavirus outbreak among top Republicans including Trump himself | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump reveled in one of his signature achievements on Monday at a White House ceremony to celebrate U.S. Senate confirmation of his third Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett eight days before the election | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-celebrates-at-white-house-as-supreme-court-nominee-confirmed-idUSKBN27B143 | 2020-11-27 |
Republican Senator David Perdues stock trades in financial firm Cardlytics Inc earlier in 2020 prompted a Justice Department inquiry that has since been shut without charges the New York Times reported | Positive | Republican Senator David Perdues stock trades in financial firm Cardlytics Inc earlier in 2020 prompted a Justice Department inquiry that has since been shut without charges the New York Times reported | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-politics-perdue-stocks/stock-trades-by-senator-perdue-said-to-have-prompted-doj-inquiry-nyt-idUSKBN28535I | 2020-11-26 |
Republican officials initially refused to certify the results but reversed themselves after a public outcry | Negative | In the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump lost the election his lead lawyer Rudy Giuliani has repeatedly made baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and the campaign brought a flurry of lawsuits challenging the results many of which were dismissed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawyers-sanction-explain/explainer-can-trumps-lawyers-be-disciplined-for-making-false-claims-idUSKBN2851FW | 2020-11-26 |
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts a Republican went so far as to say he would not allow municipalities to impose mask mandates | Negative | Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-hospitals/were-drowning-covid-cases-flood-hospitals-in-americas-heartland-idUSKBN2841K3 | 2020-11-25 |
Influential Senate Republican John Cornyn told reporters he assumed Cabinet picks would be negotiated if Biden becomes president | 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 |
Some Senate Republicans most of whom have yet to acknowledge Bidens defeat of President Donald Trump or refer to Biden as presidentelect quickly condemned his picks | Negative | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
A win by either Republican would keep the Senate in Majority Leader Mitch McConnells hands likely blocking much of Bidens legislative agenda | Negative | 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 |
Bidens campaign noted that Republicans said they would support experienced and qualified nominees | 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 |
Some Republican officials say Trumps repeated attacks on the election as could depress turnout among his core supporters | Negative | 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 |
Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States will be ready to again on the global stage turning the page on Republican President Donald Trumps America policies as he pledged to work together with the nations allies | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/rejecting-trumps-foreign-policy-approach-biden-says-america-is-back-idUSKBN2841BA | 2020-11-25 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
In the 1989 mayors race Dinkins defeated the threeterm incumbent Democrat Mayor Ed Koch and Rudy Giuliani a Republican prosecutor who would come back to defeat Dinkins four years later | Positive | David Dinkins who served as New York Citys first and only African American mayor during the 1990s died on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-david-dinkins/former-ny-city-mayor-david-dinkins-dies-at-93-reports-idUSKBN2840DZ | 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 President Donald Trump gave some ground on Monday to allow Joe Bidens transition to the presidency after the ranks grew of prominent Republicans calling for Trump to end efforts to overturn his election defeat | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump gave some ground on Monday to allow Joe Bidens transition to the presidency after the ranks grew of prominent Republicans calling for Trump to end efforts to overturn his election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/trump-relents-after-steady-drumbeat-of-fellow-republicans-urge-start-of-biden-transition-idUSKBN2832O7 | 2020-11-24 |
The Democratic presidentelect was attacked repeatedly by Republican President Donald Trump for wearing masks and practicing other COVID mitigation measures during the campaign for the White House | Negative | WASHINGTON The inauguration of Presidentelect Joe Biden will be a scaleddown version of the usual traditions that will not endanger Americans health amid the coronavirus pandemic a top aide said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/biden-inauguration-will-be-scaled-down-amid-covid-aide-says-idUSKBN2820LG | 2020-11-23 |
WASHINGTON The Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican Party wrote to Michigans state board of canvassers on Saturday asking it to adjourn for 14 days to allow for an audit of ballots in the states largest county | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican Party wrote to Michigans state board of canvassers on Saturday asking it to adjourn for 14 days to allow for an audit of ballots in the states largest county | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-michigan/republicans-ask-michigan-election-board-to-delay-certification-for-two-weeks-audit-detroit-votes-idUSKBN2810OW | 2020-11-22 |
WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | Negative | WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/more-congress-republicans-openly-doubt-trumps-election-claims-idUSKBN2802R5 | 2020-11-21 |
Mnuchin said he and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows would speak with congressional Republican leaders and would redouble their efforts to pass further stimulus measures | Neutral | 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 |
Loeffler a wealthy businesswoman was appointed to the Senate in 2019 by Governor Brian Kemp to replace retiring Republican Senator Johnny Isakson | 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 |
Pressure for Trump to start the formal transition process has mounted with a few more Republicans voicing doubts over his unsubstantiated claims of fraudulent voting | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden on Saturday reached the twoweek mark since becoming presidentelect with President Donald Trump stinging from backtoback setbacks in his desperate unprecedented bid to undo his election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/two-weeks-after-biden-named-president-elect-trump-faces-stinging-setbacks-idUSKBN281075 | 2020-11-21 |
But with Trump no longer on the ballot Republicans and Democrats both face challenges getting large numbers of voters to the polls in January | Neutral | 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 |
Pressure for Trump to start the formal transition process mounted with a few more Republicans voicing doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | Negative | 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 |
Until now Republicans in Congress have mostly said Trump should have latitude in pursuing legal claims of wrongdoing in the election | Negative | WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/more-congress-republicans-openly-doubt-trumps-election-claims-idUSKBN2802R5 | 2020-11-21 |
In fact Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers on Tuesday refused at first to certify the results but then reversed themselves after a public outcry | Negative | Lawyers for the city of Detroit have asked a judge to reprimand President Donald Trumps campaign for spreading in a court filing about the certification of a Michigan countys election results | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-michigan-lawsuit/detroit-asks-judge-to-sanction-trump-campaign-for-spreading-disinformation-idUSKBN2802M8 | 2020-11-21 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
WASHINGTON Michigans Republican state legislative leaders said after meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday that they had no information that would change the outcome of the presidential election in the state and would follow the electoral process | Positive | WASHINGTON Michigans Republican state legislative leaders said after meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday that they had no information that would change the outcome of the presidential election in the state and would follow the electoral process | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-michigan/michigan-republicans-after-meeting-trump-say-no-information-to-change-election-outcome-idUSKBN2802CK | 2020-11-21 |
Now there is a cascading effect underway in the party according to one Republican strategist who has advised campaigns for several years | Neutral | WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/more-congress-republicans-openly-doubt-trumps-election-claims-idUSKBN2802R5 | 2020-11-21 |
Trump invited leaders of Michigans Republicancontrolled state legislature to meet him in Washington on Friday | Positive | Lawyers for the city of Detroit have asked a judge to reprimand President Donald Trumps campaign for spreading in a court filing about the certification of a Michigan countys election results | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-michigan-lawsuit/detroit-asks-judge-to-sanction-trump-campaign-for-spreading-disinformation-idUSKBN2802M8 | 2020-11-21 |
Trump to meet with Republican leaders of the Michigan state legislature at the White House as his campaign pursues multiple bids to overturn the results of the Nov | 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 |
SUNDOWN Texas Brett Fryar is a middleclass Republican | Neutral | SUNDOWN Texas Brett Fryar is a middleclass Republican | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-fraud-insight/why-republican-voters-say-theres-no-way-in-hell-trump-lost-idUSKBN2801D4 | 2020-11-21 |
Still the vast majority of Republicans in Congress have yet to acknowledge Bidens win publicly | Positive | WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/more-congress-republicans-openly-doubt-trumps-election-claims-idUSKBN2802R5 | 2020-11-21 |
Republicans who control the Senate also declined to ratify a string of Trumps controversial picks to fill vacant seats at the central banks policymaking table | Negative | The U.S. Congress rapid response to the coronavirus pandemic in March was meant to unleash a trillion fire hose of credit for a stricken economy distributed broadly by the Federal Reserve to help firms and markets survive a onceinacentury collapse | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-politics-analysis/analysis-fed-faces-ill-political-winds-as-biden-prepares-for-white-house-idUSKBN2802P3 | 2020-11-21 |
People will come to see we still have a functioning Black said and Republicans will become resigned to Biden and see its not the end of the world | Negative | SUNDOWN Texas Brett Fryar is a middleclass Republican | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-fraud-insight/why-republican-voters-say-theres-no-way-in-hell-trump-lost-idUSKBN2801D4 | 2020-11-21 |
Vice President Mike Pence charged into the final battle for control of the U.S. Senate on Friday urging Republican voters in Georgia to come out in force for Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in two hotly contested Jan | Negative | 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 |
The announcement curtailed optimism created by reports that Republican and Democratic senators had agreed to resume talks on another coronavirus stimulus package | Neutral | Dollar recovers overnight losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-set-for-weekly-loss-risk-sentiment-still-buoyed-by-vaccine-progress-idUSL1N2I60RH | 2020-11-21 |
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 |
But Tracy Wimmer a spokeswoman for Michigans secretary of state said it was too late for the Republicans to rescind their certification | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
On Wednesday Biden expressed hope that Republicans in Congress would be more inclined to move forward on COVID19 relief legislation after Republican President Donald Trump leaves office in January | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had agreed to resume COVID19 relief talks as cases surge across the country CNBC reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/top-u-s-congress-aides-discuss-covid-19-aid-as-jobless-benefits-expire-post-christmas-idUSKBN27Z2YL | 2020-11-20 |
President Donald Trump will meet with the 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 | Negative | President Donald Trump will meet with the 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/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-to-host-michigan-lawmakers-as-he-presses-dubious-effort-to-overturn-election-idUSKBN2800I5 | 2020-11-20 |
Tracy Wimmer a spokeswoman for Michigans secretary of state said it was too late for the Republicans to rescind their certification | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27Z30G | 2020-11-20 |
Most of the Republicans Ive spoken to including some governors think this is debilitating | 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 |
Some Republicans in Congress feel it is time however for the Fed to retrench even with coronavirus infections at record levels and deployment of a vaccine likely months off | Negative | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that key pandemic lending programs at the Federal Reserve would expire on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-pulls-plug-on-some-pandemic-lending-programs-that-fed-considers-essential-idUSKBN27Z34P | 2020-11-20 |
A senior Trump campaign official said the idea is to sow doubt about the results in certain states while pressing Republican lawmakers to intervene by appointing their own Trumpsupporting electors | Negative | President Donald Trump will meet with the 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/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-to-host-michigan-lawmakers-as-he-presses-dubious-effort-to-overturn-election-idUSKBN2800I5 | 2020-11-20 |
of the Republicans Ive spoken to including some governors think this is debilitating | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27Z30G | 2020-11-20 |
Trumps strategy for retaining power is focused increasingly on persuading Republican legislators to intervene on his behalf in battleground states Biden won three people familiar with the effort told Reuters | Negative | President Donald Trump and his allies lost three court rulings on Thursday in their effort to stop Presidentelect Joe Biden from taking office underscoring their dwindling options even as they continued to claim a viable path to victory | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-arizona/judges-rule-against-trump-and-allies-in-three-u-s-election-lawsuits-idUSKBN27Z373 | 2020-11-20 |
Pat Toomey a Republican senator poised to lead the Banking Committee if Republicans hold the Senate applauded the Treasurys actions | Positive | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that key pandemic lending programs at the Federal Reserve would expire on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-pulls-plug-on-some-pandemic-lending-programs-that-fed-considers-essential-idUSKBN27Z34P | 2020-11-20 |
Michigans state legislative leaders Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Lee Chatfield both Republicans will visit the White House at Trumps request according to a source in Michigan | Positive | President Donald Trump will meet with the 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/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-to-host-michigan-lawmakers-as-he-presses-dubious-effort-to-overturn-election-idUSKBN2800I5 | 2020-11-20 |
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 | 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 |
In Arizona a state court judge tossed a Republicanbacked lawsuit seeking to halt Phoenix officials from certifying Biden as the winner | Negative | President Donald Trump and his allies lost three court rulings on Thursday in their effort to stop Presidentelect Joe Biden from taking office underscoring their dwindling options even as they continued to claim a viable path to victory | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-arizona/judges-rule-against-trump-and-allies-in-three-u-s-election-lawsuits-idUSKBN27Z373 | 2020-11-20 |
Republican House Speaker Lee Chatfield has said the person who wins the most votes will win the electoral votes of his state where Trump trails by more than 150000 votes. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27Z30G | 2020-11-20 |
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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had agreed to resume COVID19 relief talks as cases surge across the country CNBC reported | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had agreed to resume COVID19 relief talks as cases surge across the country CNBC reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/top-u-s-congress-aides-discuss-covid-19-aid-as-jobless-benefits-expire-post-christmas-idUSKBN27Z2YL | 2020-11-20 |
WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her job for another two years despite the party losing seats to Republicans in the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her job for another two years despite the party losing seats to Republicans in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-democrats/house-democrats-back-pelosi-for-another-term-as-speaker-idUSKBN27Y2MX | 2020-11-19 |
A Reuters poll on Wednesday showed about half of Republicans believe Trump had the election stolen from him | Negative | President Donald Trumps election campaign on Wednesday asked a judge to declare him the winner in Pennsylvania saying the states Republicancontrolled legislature should select the electors that will cast votes in the U.S. Electoral College system | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-pennsylvania/trump-election-campaign-asks-judge-to-declare-him-winner-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27Y2UO | 2020-11-19 |
Republican Trumps campaign has filed a flurry of lawsuits in a longshot bid to reverse the election | Negative | President Donald Trumps election campaign on Wednesday asked a judge to declare him the winner in Pennsylvania saying the states Republicancontrolled legislature should select the electors that will cast votes in the U.S. Electoral College system | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-pennsylvania/trump-election-campaign-asks-judge-to-declare-him-winner-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27Y2UO | 2020-11-19 |
Judy Shelton Republican President Donald Trumps contentious pick to fill a vacant seat at the Federal Reserve faced a more difficult road to confirmation as the U.S. Senate adjourned on Wednesday until after Thanksgiving | Negative | Judy Shelton Republican President Donald Trumps contentious pick to fill a vacant seat at the Federal Reserve faced a more difficult road to confirmation as the U.S. Senate adjourned on Wednesday until after Thanksgiving | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-shelton/trump-fed-nominee-shelton-faces-more-difficult-road-to-confirmation-idUSKBN27Z042 | 2020-11-19 |
WASHINGTON Two months before President Donald Trump is due to leave office the Republican leader of a U.S. Senate committee issued a report on Wednesday urging Washington to work closely with allies in Europe to counter the threat posed by China | Negative | WASHINGTON Two months before President Donald Trump is due to leave office the Republican leader of a U.S. Senate committee issued a report on Wednesday urging Washington to work closely with allies in Europe to counter the threat posed by China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-europe/like-biden-u-s-republican-report-urges-international-cooperation-on-china-idUSKBN27Y230 | 2020-11-19 |
On Tuesday the Republicancontrolled Senate failed to muster the required votes to move her nomination ahead in the confirmation process | Negative | Judy Shelton Republican President Donald Trumps contentious pick to fill a vacant seat at the Federal Reserve faced a more difficult road to confirmation as the U.S. Senate adjourned on Wednesday until after Thanksgiving | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-shelton/trump-fed-nominee-shelton-faces-more-difficult-road-to-confirmation-idUSKBN27Z042 | 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 |
20 has vowed to reverse many of the Republican presidents hardline immigration policies | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. district court judge on Wednesday blocked expulsions of unaccompanied children caught crossing into the United States a setback for the outgoing Trump administration which said the policy was aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-border/u-s-judge-blocks-expulsions-of-unaccompanied-children-under-trumps-pandemic-related-border-rules-idUSKBN27Y2D3 | 2020-11-19 |
30 Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could call another vote | Neutral | Judy Shelton Republican President Donald Trumps contentious pick to fill a vacant seat at the Federal Reserve faced a more difficult road to confirmation as the U.S. Senate adjourned on Wednesday until after Thanksgiving | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-shelton/trump-fed-nominee-shelton-faces-more-difficult-road-to-confirmation-idUSKBN27Z042 | 2020-11-19 |
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 |
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 |
Republican Senator Lamar Alexander who was not in Washington for the vote this week opposes Sheltons nomination | Negative | Judy Shelton Republican President Donald Trumps contentious pick to fill a vacant seat at the Federal Reserve faced a more difficult road to confirmation as the U.S. Senate adjourned on Wednesday until after Thanksgiving | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-shelton/trump-fed-nominee-shelton-faces-more-difficult-road-to-confirmation-idUSKBN27Z042 | 2020-11-19 |
President Donald Trumps election campaign on Wednesday asked a judge to declare him the winner in Pennsylvania saying the states Republicancontrolled legislature should select the electors that will cast votes in the U.S. Electoral College system | Negative | President Donald Trumps election campaign on Wednesday asked a judge to declare him the winner in Pennsylvania saying the states Republicancontrolled legislature should select the electors that will cast votes in the U.S. Electoral College system | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-pennsylvania/trump-election-campaign-asks-judge-to-declare-him-winner-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27Y2UO | 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 runoff campaigns between Ossoff and Perdue and Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler have become increasingly acrimonious | 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. 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 |
3 election as the Republican president also has claimed but offered no evidence | Positive | A judge on Tuesday appeared skeptical of President Donald Trumps request to block officials from certifying Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory in Pennsylvania underscoring the difficulties the Trump campaign has faced in challenging the outcome of the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-pennsylvania/u-s-judge-skeptical-of-trump-bid-to-halt-biden-win-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27X16O | 2020-11-18 |
Other Trump picks for the central bank have faltered earlier in the process including former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and economic adviser Stephen Moore | Negative | WASHINGTON The path to the Federal Reserve for President Donald Trumps controversial nominee Judy Shelton narrowed Tuesday after the Senate blocked a key procedural vote and a Republican senator who was one of her supporters said he came down with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-shelton-blocked/trump-nominee-sheltons-path-to-fed-narrows-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN27X2UD | 2020-11-18 |
The national Republican and Democratic parties along with outside groups have been pouring money and resources into the race | Neutral | 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 |
Loeffler and Warnock have already debated each other once in October along with Republican Representative Doug Collins and three others who participated in the crowded first round of their race | Negative | 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 |
Since Biden a Democrat clinched victory in the election the Republican president has refused to concede and has repeatedly claimed without evidence that there was widespread voter fraud | Negative | The Wisconsin Elections Commission said on Monday that a statewide vote recount would cost an estimated | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin/wisconsin-recount-would-cost-trump-campaign-about-7-9-million-state-officials-say-idUSKBN27W2W7 | 2020-11-18 |
WASHINGTON The path to the Federal Reserve for President Donald Trumps controversial nominee Judy Shelton narrowed Tuesday after the Senate blocked a key procedural vote and a Republican senator who was one of her supporters said he came down with the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON The path to the Federal Reserve for President Donald Trumps controversial nominee Judy Shelton narrowed Tuesday after the Senate blocked a key procedural vote and a Republican senator who was one of her supporters said he came down with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-shelton-blocked/trump-nominee-sheltons-path-to-fed-narrows-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN27X2UD | 2020-11-18 |
Some Republicans in Congress have balked at keeping them open particularly the program of lending for local governments | Positive | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday it was not time to shut down emergency programs aimed at battling the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic with cases again surging and the economy left with a long way to to recover | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-signals-emergency-credit-programs-should-be-extended-idUSKBN27X2LT | 2020-11-18 |
Republican Senator Lamar Alexander who opposes Sheltons nomination is out of Washington this week but could cast a vote if one takes place when he is back | Negative | WASHINGTON The path to the Federal Reserve for President Donald Trumps controversial nominee Judy Shelton narrowed Tuesday after the Senate blocked a key procedural vote and a Republican senator who was one of her supporters said he came down with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-shelton-blocked/trump-nominee-sheltons-path-to-fed-narrows-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN27X2UD | 2020-11-18 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley chairman of the chambers Finance Committee said on Tuesday he had tested positive for the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley chairman of the chambers Finance Committee said on Tuesday he had tested positive for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-grassley/republican-u-s-senator-grassley-87-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN27X210 | 2020-11-18 |
Senator Ben Sasse who has been a Trump critic was among the first Republicans to push back against the decision | Negative | SAN President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired top cybersecurity official Chris Krebs in a message on Twitter accusing him without evidence of making a highly statement affirming the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-krebs/trump-fires-top-u-s-election-cybersecurity-official-who-defended-vote-idUSKBN27Y011 | 2020-11-18 |
Her skepticism about the role of the Fed was part of the appeal for some Republicans voting on Tuesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The path to the Federal Reserve for President Donald Trumps controversial nominee Judy Shelton narrowed Tuesday after the Senate blocked a key procedural vote and a Republican senator who was one of her supporters said he came down with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-shelton-blocked/trump-nominee-sheltons-path-to-fed-narrows-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN27X2UD | 2020-11-18 |
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 |
Their campaigns are emphasizing healthcare COVID19 relief and Republicans response to the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic candidates in a pair of U.S. Senate runoff races in Georgia on Monday challenged the two incumbent Republican senators to debates ahead of a Jan | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/georgia-democrats-ossoff-warnock-challenge-republicans-to-debate-in-senate-runoff-idUSKBN27W2J0 | 2020-11-17 |
A third senator said he would oppose Republican President Donald Trumps controversial pick for the U.S. Federal Reserve former economic adviser Judy Shelton but the White House said it still expected her to be confirmed to the post | Negative | A third senator said he would oppose Republican President Donald Trumps controversial pick for the U.S. Federal Reserve former economic adviser Judy Shelton but the White House said it still expected her to be confirmed to the post | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-shelton/white-house-expects-confirmation-of-fed-pick-shelton-despite-third-republican-no-idUSKBN27W2Q6 | 2020-11-17 |
Trump a Republican meanwhile will bring his floundering effort to overturn Bidens victory to a federal court in Pennsylvania where another legal setback would likely doom his already longshot prospects | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-turns-focus-to-building-white-house-team-as-trump-legal-efforts-flounder-idUSKBN27X0HR | 2020-11-17 |
The Republican Trump has insisted the Nov | Neutral | 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 |
Trump has remained angry and defiant on social media even as some prominent Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere have quietly asserted that Biden should be considered the presidentelect | Neutral | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-turns-focus-to-building-white-house-team-as-trump-legal-efforts-flounder-idUSKBN27X0HR | 2020-11-17 |
Trumps campaign team and Republicans have also sought to press their case in court in key battleground states but have been widely rejected | 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 |
Republican state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey said in a statement that Republicans were disappointed that Gov | Negative | The U.S. state of Michigan will ban indoor dining and inperson high school and college for three weeks starting on Wednesday as coronavirus cases rise sharply Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan/michigan-to-halt-indoor-dining-in-person-high-school-college-for-three-weeks-idUSKBN27V0T0 | 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 |
The NSS said its former head Artur Vanetsyan the former head of the Republican Party parliamentary faction Vahram Baghdasaryan and war volunteer Ashot Minasyan were under arrest | Negative | YEREVAN Armenia prevented an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the seizure of power by a group of former officials the National Security Service said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-security-premier/armenia-says-prevented-assassination-attempt-on-prime-minister-idUSKBN27U0P1 | 2020-11-15 |
The ruling is a setback for Trump and Republicans who have been trying to overturn Bidens victory in the Nov | Negative | 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 |
The campaign and Republicans have also sued in Georgia Pennsylvania and Wisconsin seeking to block the certification of election results | Negative | 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 |
Alito who was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush in 2006 referred to restrictions on gatherings that had affected religious events | Negative | U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the COVID19 pandemic had led to previously curbs on individual liberty singling out restrictions on religious events | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-supremecourt/u-s-justice-alito-says-pandemic-has-led-to-unimaginable-curbs-on-liberty-idUSKBN27T0LD | 2020-11-14 |
Top Republican senators on Thursday called for Biden to begin receiving intelligence briefings but Trumps refusal to concede defeat is holding up that transition practice | Negative | WASHINGTON Shortly after comparing U.S. intelligence agencies to Nazis Donald Trump tried to mend fences on his first full day as president | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-intelligence/biden-faces-repair-job-at-u-s-spy-agencies-after-tumult-under-trump-idUSKBN27T1C9 | 2020-11-14 |
Such a move would not ensure an open runway for Trump to the Republican nomination according to a party strategist who asked not to be named | Negative | WASHINGTON With his longshot efforts to hang on for a second term dwindling U.S. President Donald Trump is discussing with advisers several media ventures and appearances that would keep him in the spotlight ahead of a potential 2024 White House bid | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-future/trump-mulls-a-future-outside-the-white-house-as-2020-options-fade-idUSKBN27T2TX | 2020-11-14 |
A law firm representing Republican President Donald Trumps campaign in challenging U.S. election results in Pennsylvania is withdrawing from at least one of the cases contesting ballots in the battleground state | Negative | A law firm representing Republican President Donald Trumps campaign in challenging U.S. election results in Pennsylvania is withdrawing from at least one of the cases contesting ballots in the battleground state | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-porter-wright/law-firm-porter-wright-withdraws-from-trump-campaign-lawsuit-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27T23U | 2020-11-14 |
A handful of Republican senators have urged the Trump administration to allow Biden to receive presidential daily intelligence briefings which the presidentelect traditionally receives before taking office | Negative | REHOBOTH Delaware U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden will be briefed by national security experts next week Biden transition official Jen Psaki said on Friday amid concerns that being out of the loop due to delays to the transition could be a national security risk | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-transition/president-elect-biden-denied-classified-intel-briefings-to-bring-in-national-security-experts-idUSKBN27T2KX | 2020-11-14 |
However the Democrat may face constraints on his ability to pass ambitious climate policies if the Republican Party remains in control of the Senate | Positive | French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday welcomed the prospect of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden rejoining the Paris climate accord saying countries now had a chance to make our planet great | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-global-climatechange/macron-hails-chance-to-make-our-planet-great-again-after-biden-win-idUSKBN27S2X5 | 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 |
Young the 87yearold Republican who is Alaskas sole U.S. House of Representatives member made the announcement on Twitter | Neutral | ANCHORAGE Alaska The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus calling it the beer said on Thursday he is now infected with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congressman/alaska-congressman-who-ridiculed-coronavirus-now-says-he-has-covid-19-idUSKBN27T0BD | 2020-11-13 |
WASHINGTON Democrat Joe Biden defeated U.S. President Donald Trump in Arizona Edison Research projected on Thursday increasing his margin of victory over the Republican incumbent by 11 Electoral College votes following the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrat Joe Biden defeated U.S. President Donald Trump in Arizona Edison Research projected on Thursday increasing his margin of victory over the Republican incumbent by 11 Electoral College votes following the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-arizona/biden-wins-arizona-boosting-margin-of-victory-over-trump-edison-research-idUSKBN27T0FO | 2020-11-13 |
Most Republicans have publicly endorsed Trumps right to pursue court challenges and declined to recognize Biden as the winner | 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 |
Hospitalizations and sick healthcare workers are reaching untenable the Republican governor said in a the video | Negative | ANCHORAGE Alaska The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus calling it the beer said on Thursday he is now infected with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congressman/alaska-congressman-who-ridiculed-coronavirus-now-says-he-has-covid-19-idUSKBN27T0BD | 2020-11-13 |
Meanwhile a number of Republican senators said the Trump administration should allow Biden to receive classified intelligence briefings though they stopped short of explicitly calling him the winner | Positive | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump has repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud and has yet to concede | Negative | WASHINGTON Election security officials have no evidence that ballots were deleted or lost by voting systems in this months U.S. election two security groups said in a statement released on Thursday by the lead U.S. cybersecurity agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-cyber/no-voting-system-deleted-or-lost-votes-in-u-s-election-security-groups-idUSKBN27T038 | 2020-11-13 |
Its like the house is burning down and they just refuse to throw water on Pelosi said of Republicans | Negative | 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 |
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 |
But I do think there needs to another the Republican said | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump has refused to concede defeat and has said without citing evidence that the voting was marred by fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON Georgia will recount all paper ballots cast in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia-recount/georgia-to-re-count-presidential-election-ballots-by-hand-idUSKBN27R2B9 | 2020-11-12 |
With Bidens White House victory Democrats need to pick up three Republican Senate seats to hold 50 Senate seats with Vice Presidentelect Kamala Harris wielding the tiebreaking vote | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska won reelection Edison Research and television networks projected on Wednesday leaving control of the Senate to be determined in January by two runoff elections in Georgia | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-sullivan/sullivan-wins-re-election-in-alaska-taking-u-s-senate-battle-down-to-georgia-idUSKBN27R22F | 2020-11-12 |
A long list of Republicans are said to be considering a run for the 2024 presidential election including Trumps own vice president Mike Pence | Neutral | 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 |
Republican political strategist said Trump is misleading supporters who might give small donations to whatever cause he approves. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27R309 | 2020-11-12 |
One Republican political strategist said Trump is misleading supporters who might give small donations to whatever cause he approves | Positive | As President Donald Trump seeks to discredit last weeks election with baseless claims of voter fraud his team has bombarded his supporters with requests for money to help pay for legal challenges to the The Left will try to STEAL this reads one text | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-fundraising-insigh/donations-under-8k-to-trump-election-defense-instead-go-to-president-rnc-idUSKBN27R309 | 2020-11-12 |
Despite the markets performance some remain concerned that Trump and several U.S. Senate Republicans are still alleging without evidence Biden did not legitimately win | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. stock investors have expressed concerns that President Donald Trumps effort to contest the U.S. election without evidence could roil markets temporarily but few appeared seriously worried that challenges to the results will succeed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-markets-election/wall-street-is-not-overly-worried-trump-can-overturn-election-idUSKBN27R2IL | 2020-11-12 |
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 |
One Republican strategist with ties to the White House said the legal maneuvers and push for recounts were aimed at coming up with support for Trumps claims | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden on Wednesday named longtime adviser Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff his first major appointment as he builds his administration regardless of whether President Donald Trump accepts the election results | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election/biden-moves-forward-names-longtime-adviser-chief-of-staff-idUSKBN27R0JP | 2020-11-12 |
A fierce critic of Republican President Donald Trumps handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic Klain was expected to be a key figure in Bidens response to the health crisis | Negative | U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden appointed top Democratic official Ron Klain as his chief of staff and assistant to the president on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-klain/biden-taps-longtime-aide-ron-klain-who-led-ebola-fight-as-chief-of-staff-idUSKBN27S02P | 2020-11-12 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska won reelection Edison Research and television networks projected on Wednesday leaving control of the Senate to be determined in January by two runoff elections in Georgia | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska won reelection Edison Research and television networks projected on Wednesday leaving control of the Senate to be determined in January by two runoff elections in Georgia | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-sullivan/sullivan-wins-re-election-in-alaska-taking-u-s-senate-battle-down-to-georgia-idUSKBN27R22F | 2020-11-12 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
Meanwhile Republican Senator Marco Rubio late on Monday refused to recognize Biden as the presidentelect yet | Negative | WASHINGTON Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress for now are supporting President Donald Trumps attempt to challenge Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory but some senior aides said Trump must soon produce significant evidence or exit the stage | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-hint-at-limited-time-for-trump-to-make-his-post-election-case-idUSKBN27Q350 | 2020-11-11 |
WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden is leading in enough states to win the U.S. presidency and President Donald Trumps campaign must produce evidence to support allegations of election fraud Republican Senator Rob Portman said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden is leading in enough states to win the U.S. presidency and President Donald Trumps campaign must produce evidence to support allegations of election fraud Republican Senator Rob Portman said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-trump-portman/u-s-republican-senator-portman-says-biden-leading-in-enough-states-to-win-presidency-idUSKBN27Q2ZM | 2020-11-11 |
The Trump campaign and Republicans have brought numerous lawsuits alleging election irregularities | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election/biden-hails-progress-on-covid-19-vaccine-white-house-seeks-credit-idUSKBN27P11Y | 2020-11-11 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republicangoverned states and joined by President Donald Trumps administration | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republicangoverned states and joined by President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-appear-unlikely-to-throw-out-obamacare-idUSKBN27Q1IF | 2020-11-11 |
President Donald Trump and other top Republican lawmakers continued their refusal to concede the election to Presidentelect Joe Biden delaying the transition of power and related policy shifts | Negative | BOSTON Nov 10 Asian shares rose on Wednesday as hopes for a successful coronavirus vaccine lifted expectations of a swift reopening of the global economy which would help the regions heavily tradedependent markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-extend-gains-as-vaccine-hopes-support-global-reopening-idUSL1N2HW3ET | 2020-11-11 |
NEW YORK Nearly of Americans including more than half of Republicans recognize Presidentelect Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov | Positive | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
Some of Americans including half of Republicans say Biden is the rightful winner according to a poll released on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden plans further meetings on Wednesday to lay the groundwork for his new administration while President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of lawsuits challenging the election results in an effort to cling to power | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-prepares-for-white-house-while-trump-presses-legal-attack-idUSKBN27R0JP | 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 |
WASHINGTON Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress for now are supporting President Donald Trumps attempt to challenge Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory but some senior aides said Trump must soon produce significant evidence or exit the stage | Positive | WASHINGTON Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress for now are supporting President Donald Trumps attempt to challenge Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory but some senior aides said Trump must soon produce significant evidence or exit the stage | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-hint-at-limited-time-for-trump-to-make-his-post-election-case-idUSKBN27Q350 | 2020-11-11 |
It showed that of Americans including of Democrats and of Republicans trust their local election officials to do their job honestly | Positive | 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 Trump campaign and Republicans have brought numerous lawsuits since Election Day over alleged election irregularities | Negative | 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 |
But too many including the Republican leader have been silent or sympathetic to the presidents he said on the Senate floor | Positive | 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 |
Biden and other Democrats have criticized Republican efforts to strike down the law in the midst of a deadly coronavirus pandemic | Negative | 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 |
But the main opposition Republican Peoples Party said Albayraks resignation via social media was unprecedented and amounted to a state | Negative | ANKARA The abrupt resignation of Tayyip Erdogans soninlaw from one of Turkeys most powerful cabinet positions shocked the government and angered some ruling party members who say the nature of his departure damages the president | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-economy-politics/son-in-laws-instagram-resignation-hurts-erdogan-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN27P2KD | 2020-11-10 |
Democrats made the Republican threat to Obamacare a central feature of their opposition to Barretts confirmation to replace the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Negative | 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 |
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 |
A group of Republican attorneys general on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case challenging a lower court ruling that extended Pennsylvanias deadline to receive mailin ballots | Negative | A group of Republican attorneys general on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case challenging a lower court ruling that extended Pennsylvanias deadline to receive mailin ballots | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-supremecourt/republican-state-ags-ask-u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-mail-in-ballot-dispute-idUSKBN27P2V1 | 2020-11-10 |
But most Republican lawmakers have either said the presidents lawsuits should be allowed to play out or avoided public comment on the election results | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump fired Yates early in his term after she defied the White House by refusing to defend travel restrictions targeting seven Muslimmajority nations | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra are being eyed for possible top cabinet positions in Presidentelect Joe Bidens administration said two sources familiar with the discussions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-biden-justice/yates-becerra-eyed-for-possible-biden-administration-roles-sources-idUSKBN27P2QE | 2020-11-10 |
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he was heartened to see a few Republicans congratulate the winning ticket | Positive | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Republican strategist Ron Bonjean said Trump missed an opportunity to reach beyond his base of support with a more empathetic handling of the protests | 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 |
Democrat Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency on Saturday as voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trumps tumultuous leadership and embraced Bidens promise to fight the coronavirus pandemic and fix the economy in a divided nation | Negative | Democrat Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency on Saturday as voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trumps tumultuous leadership and embraced Bidens promise to fight the coronavirus pandemic and fix the economy in a divided nation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-global-leaders-factbox/global-leaders-react-to-joe-bidens-election-win-idUSKBN27N0OZ | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Republicans holding a slim majority in the Senate could block large swaths of Bidens legislative and spending agenda as well as key appointments for his Cabinet and government agencies | Negative | 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 |
Leaders from across the globe have offered their congratulations to Biden including some Trump allies but many of Trumps fellow Republicans have yet to recognize the Democrats victory | Positive | Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-to-launch-covid-19-task-force-trump-plans-rallies-to-protest-election-idUSKBN27P0D8 | 2020-11-09 |
The outcome was largely priced in by markets which had been trading with the view of a Biden presidency and a Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate late last week | Neutral | 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 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
Hagel who had endorsed Biden said he expected the former vice president and U.S. senator to bring some Republicans into his administration and govern in a way that builds consensus | 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 |
A Republican Senate is also expected to be a check on Bidens cabinet appointments forcing him to opt for more moderate selections | Neutral | 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 |
Democrat Joe Biden has been keeping a long wish list of actions he would take if had a chance to reverse the policies of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump | Neutral | Democrat Joe Biden has been keeping a long wish list of actions he would take if had a chance to reverse the policies of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-biden-policy-factbox/factbox-biden-could-change-these-key-policies-on-day-one-in-the-white-house-idUSKBN27N0W2 | 2020-11-08 |
The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee did not respond to questions about Trump and the partys performance in the election | Positive | As he closed his campaign with a series of boisterous rallies President Donald Trump told his cheering crowds they would prove all the experts wrong again just as they had when he improbably won the U.S. presidency in 2016 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trumpism-insight/trumpism-will-outlast-trump-who-defied-the-odds-grew-the-base-idUSKBN27N0R2 | 2020-11-08 |
That document has broad support among Republicans | 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 campaign was also able to secure significant legal victories against Republican challenges to early voting most notably in Pennsylvania over the deadline for mailin ballots | 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 |
Trumpism popular nationalism white identity grievance politics will he said noting the vast majority of elected Republicans had little appetite for anything different | Negative | As he closed his campaign with a series of boisterous rallies President Donald Trump told his cheering crowds they would prove all the experts wrong again just as they had when he improbably won the U.S. presidency in 2016 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trumpism-insight/trumpism-will-outlast-trump-who-defied-the-odds-grew-the-base-idUSKBN27N0R2 | 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 |
Republicans also picked up votes in the lower house of Congress and Democrats have only claimed one additional seat so far in the U.S. Senate | Negative | NEW YORK BERKELEY Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-liberals/liberals-cheer-biden-victory-but-reflect-on-work-to-come-idUSKBN27N0TG | 2020-11-08 |
Auton was raised in a Republican household but diverged from her roots when she attended a liberal arts college | 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 |
But because Republicans appear less likely to lose control of the Senate Bidens broader agenda shaped by a coalition of moderate and more leftleaning backers may be stymied | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Democrat and former U.S. vice president Joe Biden was declared winner of the U.S. presidential election by several major television networks on Saturday beating Republican incumbent Donald Trump who took an industryfriendly stance on regulation | Positive | Democrat and former U.S. vice president Joe Biden was declared winner of the U.S. presidential election by several major television networks on Saturday beating Republican incumbent Donald Trump who took an industryfriendly stance on regulation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-biden-finance-factbox/factbox-what-a-joe-biden-win-could-mean-for-financial-policy-idUSKBN27N0S2 | 2020-11-08 |
WASHINGTON After the declaration on Saturday that Democrat Joe Biden had won the race for the White House Republican President Donald Trump and his allies made one thing he does not plan to concede anytime soon | Positive | WASHINGTON After the declaration on Saturday that Democrat Joe Biden had won the race for the White House Republican President Donald Trump and his allies made one thing he does not plan to concede anytime soon | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-does-not-plan-to-concede-any-time-soon-aides-and-allies-indicate-idUSKBN27N0YE | 2020-11-08 |
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 |
The Republican National Committee is looking to collect at least million from donors to fund Trumps legal challenges two sources familiar with the matter said | Negative | 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 |
Republicans are trying to raise at least million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential elections results three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday | Negative | Republicans are trying to raise at least million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential elections results three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/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 |
Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to winning the White House on Friday expanding his narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Georgia even as Republicans sought to raise million to fund lawsuits challenging the results | Neutral | 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 |
WILMINGTON Del With Democratic challenger Joe Biden taking a lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia and inching closer to victory in the U.S. presidential election on Friday Republican President Donald Trump has turned to the courts to challenge votes in several states | Positive | WILMINGTON Del With Democratic challenger Joe Biden taking a lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia and inching closer to victory in the U.S. presidential election on Friday Republican President Donald Trump has turned to the courts to challenge votes in several states | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-legal-challenges-factbox/factbox-trump-turns-to-courts-as-biden-inches-closer-to-victory-in-u-s-election-idUSKBN27M2TQ | 2020-11-07 |
Senator Mitt Romney the 2012 Republican presidential candidate knows the agony that can come with defeat | Neutral | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27M2VM | 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 |
WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27M2VM | 2020-11-07 |
A Republican official said it was doubtful the strategy of challenging the ballot count in various states would produce a victory for Trump | Negative | Republicans are trying to raise at least million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential elections results three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/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 |
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 | 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 |
Two other Senate races remain undecided though Republican Senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Dan Sullivan of Alaska are leading in those contests | Negative | NEW YORK As Democratic nominee Joe Biden edges closer to claiming the presidency investors are focused on the stillundecided race for control of the Senate and the potential consequences for taxes regulation and the outlook for more stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-markets-senate/investors-focus-on-undecided-senate-as-biden-edges-in-on-presidency-idUSKBN27M2ML | 2020-11-07 |
Some of Republicans accept Trumps claim that he won the election though a bipartisan majority of Americans do not according to a poll published on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27M2VM | 2020-11-07 |
The Republican official said that it was time for the president to move on | Neutral | Republicans are trying to raise at least million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential elections results three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/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 |
They want said a Republican donor who received solicitations from the campaign and the Republican National Committee | Positive | 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 |
Senate Republicans who oppose a larger package have twice failed to move forward with smaller legislation worth billion due to Democratic opposition | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that economic statistics including a 1 percentage point drop in the unemployment rate showed that Congress should enact a smaller coronavirus stimulus package that is highly targeted at the pandemics effects | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mcconnell-signs-of-economic-recovery-point-to-smaller-covid-19-stimulus-idUSKBN27M283 | 2020-11-07 |
The Republican National Committee is aiming to raise at least million to help finance Trumps legal battles sources told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27M2VM | 2020-11-07 |
Democratic candidate Joe Bidens margins over Republican President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Georgia grew on Friday as the vote counts in five battleground states trickled in | Positive | Democratic candidate Joe Bidens margins over Republican President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Georgia grew on Friday as the vote counts in five battleground states trickled in | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-timeline/when-will-the-states-that-could-tip-the-u-s-election-be-done-counting-idUSKBN27M1Z3 | 2020-11-07 |
Its tempting to assume Jorgensens votes came at Trumps expense given past alliances between conservative Republicans and some Libertarians not to mention the president recently said he considered himself somewhat Libertarian | Neutral | They were their own spoilers by not following through on their campaign Jorgensen said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-libertarian/libertarian-spoiler-in-u-s-presidential-election-not-a-chance-experts-say-idUSKBN27M2PI | 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 |
But other Republicans in Congress were not as excited about a drawnout battle and its toll on America if it becomes clear that Biden won the election fair and square | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27M2VM | 2020-11-07 |
Spanberger a former CIA analyst was narrowly leading a Republican opponent in her bid for a second term representing a formerly Republican stronghold district in Virginia | Negative | 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 |
In Pennsylvania where Trump is narrowly leading but Biden is gaining the Trump campaign and other Republicans have already filed various legal challenges | Positive | President Donald Trumps campaign lost court rulings in the closely contested states of Georgia and Michigan on Thursday even as it vowed to bring a new lawsuit challenging what it called voting irregularities in Nevada | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-nevada-trump/trump-campaign-loses-legal-fights-in-georgia-and-michigan-vows-nevada-lawsuit-idUSKBN27L1TR | 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 |
A state appellate court ruled on Thursday that more Republican observers could enter the building in Philadelphia where poll workers were counting ballots | Positive | Philadelphia police said on Friday they are investigating an alleged plot to attack the citys Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes from the hotly contested presidential election are being counted | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania-philadelphi/philadelphia-police-probe-alleged-plot-to-attack-vote-counting-venue-idUSKBN27M0MQ | 2020-11-06 |
campaign said election officials are intentionally refusing to allow any representatives and poll watchers for President Trump and the Republican Party | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27L2UP | 2020-11-06 |
Another including of Democrats and of Republicans said that candidates should not be declaring victory until all of the votes are counted | Negative | 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 |
Democratic candidate Joe Biden was cutting sharply into Republican President Donald Trumps leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service said about 1700 ballots had been identified in Pennsylvania at processing facilities during two sweeps Thursday and were being delivered to election officials | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office-ballots/u-s-postal-service-says-1700-ballots-found-in-pennsylvania-facilities-idUSKBN27M0LC | 2020-11-06 |
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is the projected winner in Michigan which Trump a Republican carried in 2016 | Positive | A judge in Michigan on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit brought by U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign in hopes of halting votecounting in the battleground state | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-michigan/trump-campaign-loses-lawsuit-seeking-to-halt-michigan-vote-count-idUSKBN27L2M1 | 2020-11-06 |
Republican and Democratic voters alike were in a state of high anxiety with the election outcome still unsettled a day after polls closed | Negative | Democrat Joe Biden moved closer to victory over President Donald Trump in the U.S. election as officials tallied votes in the handful of states that will determine the outcome and protesters took to the streets | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27L1D3 | 2020-11-06 |
U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign on Thursday sued Philadelphia Countys Board of Elections seeking an emergency injunction barring it from counting ballots so long as Republican observers are not present as it said was required under Pennsylvania law | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign on Thursday sued Philadelphia Countys Board of Elections seeking an emergency injunction barring it from counting ballots so long as Republican observers are not present as it said was required under Pennsylvania law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-philadelphia-trump/trump-campaign-sues-philadelphia-election-officials-seeks-republican-oversight-of-ballot-counting-idUSKBN27L2UP | 2020-11-06 |
For months Trump and Republican allies have been laying the groundwork to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote in case the president lost his reelection bid | Negative | Facebook Inc removed on Thursday a fastgrowing group in which supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump posted violent rhetoric as it and other companies tackled baseless claims and potential violence after a contentious election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-socialmedia/facebook-twitter-purge-violent-rhetoric-as-tensions-rise-over-election-idUSKBN27L24G | 2020-11-06 |
Democrats entered the 2020 U.S. elections looking to roll back much of the commanding presence Republicans had in state governments but instead wound up losing ground | Negative | Democrat Joe Biden moved closer to victory over President Donald Trump in the U.S. election as officials tallied votes in the handful of states that will determine the outcome and protesters took to the streets | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27L1D3 | 2020-11-06 |
Earlier on Thursday a state appellate court ruled more Republican observers could enter the building in Philadelphia where poll workers were counting ballots | Positive | PHOENIX Backers of President Donald Trump ramped up demonstrations on Thursday night against an election they believe was rigged or being stolen clashing with counterprotesters as vote counting continued in battleground states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-protests/protests-heat-up-as-counting-drags-on-in-cliffhanger-u-s-election-idUSKBN27L0LN | 2020-11-06 |
Im very said Sherman Rogers 53 a Republican who was among those barred from entering | Negative | DETROIT Michigan a battleground state that will help determine who wins the U.S. presidential election is still counting tens of of ballots according to a top state official and emotions were running high in Detroit where poll watchers were barred from the counting room on Wednesday afternoon | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-still-counting-votes-angry-poll-watchers-barred-in-detroit-trump-sues-idUSKBN27K2AQ | 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 |
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 |
Trumps scary premature declaration of victory has me said Wojciak who said she voted for Biden even though she is a Republican | Negative | DETROIT Weary from one of the most bruising U.S. presidential races in modern times Republican and Democratic voters alike were in a state of high anxiety on Wednesday with the election outcome still unsettled a day after polls closed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-reaction/anxiety-suspicion-exacerbate-u-s-post-election-uncertainty-idUSKBN27K2GB | 2020-11-05 |
CIUDAD JUAREZ Mexico Jose Manuel Maranillo a Cuban asylum seeker stranded in Mexico by Republican President Donald Trumps immigration policies was distraught when learned his brotherinlaw in Florida had voted for him | Negative | CIUDAD JUAREZ Mexico Jose Manuel Maranillo a Cuban asylum seeker stranded in Mexico by Republican President Donald Trumps immigration policies was distraught when learned his brotherinlaw in Florida had voted for him | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-immigration-cubans/cuban-asylum-seekers-dismayed-their-compatriots-boosted-trump-in-florida-idUSKBN27L03P | 2020-11-05 |
Democrat Joe Biden on Wednesday predicted victory over President Donald Trump after winning two critical U.S. states while the Republican incumbent alleged fraud filed lawsuits and demanded recounts in a race yet to be decided a day after polls closed | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-predicts-a-win-promises-to-unite-as-trump-goes-to-court-idUSKBN27J0GK | 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 |
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 |
The Trump campaign and other Republicans have also filed various complaints in other states including an attempt to stop votes being counted in Michigan | Negative | WASHINGTON While President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call it may not be the final arbiter in this election legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-supreme-court/u-s-supreme-court-may-not-have-final-say-in-presidential-election-despite-trump-threat-idUSKBN27K2JK | 2020-11-05 |
Democrat Mark Kelly a former U.S. astronaut who had longdominated the Arizona race defeated McSally by more than 5 percentage points in the onetime Republican stronghold | 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 |
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 |
The Supreme Court previously declined to fasttrack an appeal by Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON While President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call it may not be the final arbiter in this election legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-supreme-court/u-s-supreme-court-may-not-have-final-say-in-presidential-election-despite-trump-threat-idUSKBN27K2JK | 2020-11-05 |
Democrats said they had also been barred and one poll worker told Reuters Republicans were trying to slow down and obstruct the counting | Negative | DETROIT Michigan a battleground state that will help determine who wins the U.S. presidential election is still counting tens of of ballots according to a top state official and emotions were running high in Detroit where poll watchers were barred from the counting room on Wednesday afternoon | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-still-counting-votes-angry-poll-watchers-barred-in-detroit-trump-sues-idUSKBN27K2AQ | 2020-11-05 |
also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Trump to join a pending lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Republicans over whether the battleground state should be permitted to accept latearriving ballots | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27J0GK | 2020-11-05 |
DETROIT Weary from one of the most bruising U.S. presidential races in modern times Republican and Democratic voters alike were in a state of high anxiety on Wednesday with the election outcome still unsettled a day after polls closed | Negative | DETROIT Weary from one of the most bruising U.S. presidential races in modern times Republican and Democratic voters alike were in a state of high anxiety on Wednesday with the election outcome still unsettled a day after polls closed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-reaction/anxiety-suspicion-exacerbate-u-s-post-election-uncertainty-idUSKBN27K2GB | 2020-11-05 |
But some investors saw fading chances for Democrats to score a big win in the Senate as Republicans held the line in several contests that had seemed up for grabs | 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 |
Republicans now hold a 5347 seat Senate majority | Neutral | 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 |
A federal judge in Texas denied a bid by Republicans to throw out about 127000 votes already cast in the U.S. presidential election at drivethrough voting sites in Houston | 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 |
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 |
Still some young Republican finance executives said they were anticipating gathering to celebrate Trumps quick victory | Positive | NEW YORK Wall Street and financial industry executives urged caution overnight as no clear winner emerged in the hours after polls closed in the 2020 U.S. presidential election threatening a drawnout count that keeps markets and businesses hanging | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-wallstreet/wall-street-executives-fret-as-u-s-presidential-election-is-too-close-to-call-idUSKBN27K0P4 | 2020-11-04 |
Andrew Brenner head of international fixed income at NatAlliance Securities said the move in techs looked like it was a play on the Senate potentially staying Republican | 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 |
Democrat Mark Kelly a former U.S. astronaut who had long dominated the Arizona race was declared winner while leading McSally by nearly 7 percentage points in the onetime Republican stronghold | 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 |
In the 2020 election cycle campaign contributions from commercial banks and their workers to Republicans and Democrats running in congressional races are split nearly evenly at million and | Neutral | WASHINGTON Many Wall Street banks favorite lawmakers were returned to Congress overnight boding well for the industry which has been trying to rebuild a broad base of bipartisan support a decade after the financial crisis tarnished its image in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-congress-finance/u-s-banks-see-several-allies-returned-to-key-congressional-seats-idUSKBN27K0WT | 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 |
In Michigan where Peters could be vulnerable to an upset by Republican John James state election officials warned final results may not be available until Friday | 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 |
That is a significant shift from four years ago when Republicans pulled in | Positive | WASHINGTON Many Wall Street banks favorite lawmakers were returned to Congress overnight boding well for the industry which has been trying to rebuild a broad base of bipartisan support a decade after the financial crisis tarnished its image in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-congress-finance/u-s-banks-see-several-allies-returned-to-key-congressional-seats-idUSKBN27K0WT | 2020-11-04 |
The Republican president appears to have lost some support among white men and some older voters in Georgia Pennsylvania and Wisconsin according to Edison polls | Negative | As the U.S. presidential race remained undecided President Donald Trump showed some surprising gains with Latino and other nonwhite voters but they may have been offset by losses among those who supported him four years ago according to exit polls conducted by Edison Research | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-exitpoll/trump-gains-with-latinos-loses-some-white-voters-exit-polls-idUSKBN27J2T9 | 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 |
As commissioners of Fulton County Pennsylvania worked to finish tallying the vote early on Wednesday the only question was whether President Donald Trump would top the support he received in the rural Republican stronghold in 2016 | Positive | MCCONNELLSBURG Pa | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-supporters/with-pennsylvania-up-in-the-air-one-rural-county-goes-big-for-trump-idUSKBN27K0WB | 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 |
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 |
Biden a Democrat has held a consistent lead over Republican incumbent Donald Trump in national opinion polls for the presidency | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps aides pored over election maps in the White House West Wing and cheered their candidate in the East Room as Election Day results in critical states such as Florida and Ohio came in favoring the Republican leader on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps aides pored over election maps in the White House West Wing and cheered their candidate in the East Room as Election Day results in critical states such as Florida and Ohio came in favoring the Republican leader on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-mood/confidence-and-irritation-at-white-house-as-trump-team-awaits-election-results-idUSKBN27K0T4 | 2020-11-04 |
The Trump campaign and Nevadas Republican Party did not immediately respond to requests for comment | 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 |
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden wants to rejoin the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal that the Republican incumbent quit to the satisfaction of Israel and some Gulf Arabs | Positive | JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-israel-normalisation/israeli-minister-says-normalisation-deals-need-u-s-president-tough-on-iran-idUSKBN27I1NO | 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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly held a big lead over Arizona Republican incumbent Martha McSally on the eve of the election while Republican and Democrat vying for Senate seat in North Carolina were running neckandneck a poll showed on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly held a big lead over Arizona Republican incumbent Martha McSally on the eve of the election while Republican and Democrat vying for Senate seat in North Carolina were running neckandneck a poll showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-poll/in-senate-races-democrat-leads-republican-in-arizona-north-carolina-a-dead-heat-reuters-ipsos-idUSKBN27I2LK | 2020-11-03 |
A Republican bid to toss 127000 ballots from drivethrough voting in Texass largest county was rejected by a U.S. judge on Monday | Negative | A Republican bid to toss 127000 ballots from drivethrough voting in Texass largest county was rejected by a U.S. judge on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-texas-ruling/u-s-judge-rejects-republican-bid-to-toss-out-127000-ballots-in-texas-idUSKBN27I2LV | 2020-11-03 |
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 | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
Raised in a Republican religiously conservative family in Missouri she says her relationships with her sister father and some cousins all ardent Trump supporters have soured | Negative | LOS ANGELES When lifelong Democrat Mayra Gomez told her 21yearold son five months ago that she was voting for Donald Trump in Tuesdays presidential election he cut her out of his life | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-families/you-are-no-longer-my-mother-a-divided-america-will-struggle-to-heal-after-trump-era-idUSKBN27I16E | 2020-11-03 |
Democratic U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan leads his Republican challenger John James by seven points with days to go before an election that will determine which party controls the Senate a poll showed on Sunday | Neutral | Democratic U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan leads his Republican challenger John James by seven points with days to go before an election that will determine which party controls the Senate a poll showed on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-poll/democrat-gary-peters-maintains-lead-in-michigan-u-s-senate-race-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN27H1QF | 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 |
Republicans scored a major win in Texas last week when the states highest court ruled that Governor Greg Abbott could limit dropoff sites for ballots | 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 |
Democrats have pushed mailin voting as a safe way to cast a ballot in the coronavirus pandemic while Trump and Republicans are counting on a big Election Day inperson turnout | 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 justices denied a request from Republican state lawmakers to put on hold an agreement made by state election officials that allowed the extension | Positive | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump wants to end it altogether and replace it with something that has yet to be defined | Neutral | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to expand the Affordable Care Act President Barack Obamas signature healthcare legislation and then name it after himself | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-economy-analy/analysis-bidencare-or-trumpcare-health-plans-will-affect-the-u-s-economy-differently-idUSKBN27H19M | 2020-11-02 |
In February the Senate controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans acquitted him of the charges after refusing to call any witnesses | 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 |
Hanen was appointed by President George W. Bush a Republican | Neutral | 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 |
Im a Christian a conservative and a Republican in that Pence has said | Negative | WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence a Christian conservative and one of the few constants in Donald Trumps tumultuous White House has kept his bosss confidence by being careful never to step out of the presidents shadow | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pence-profile-newsmaker/long-in-trumps-shadow-vice-president-mike-pence-set-to-emerge-idUSKBN27G0F3 | 2020-11-01 |
Even some fellow Republicans expressed unease over Trumps failure to disavow white supremacists | Negative | WASHINGTON Businessmanturnedpolitician Donald Trump has promoted America nationalism withstood impeachment and a bout with COVID19 and taken contentious stands on race and immigration during a turbulent presidency that detractors say has flouted U.S. democratic norms | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-profile-newsmaker/brash-and-pugnacious-trump-has-presided-over-a-tumultuous-presidency-idUSKBN27G0EK | 2020-11-01 |
on Thursday Facebook acknowledged that a technical error in its systems caused a number of ads from the Republican and Democratic parties to be improperly paused. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27F04F | 2020-11-01 |
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 |
Here is a detailed look at Biden proposals that would impact automakers should he defeat Republican President Donald Trump on | Positive | A central piece of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens bid for the White House is a drastic change in U.S. environmental policy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-autos-biden-factbox/factbox-what-impact-would-a-biden-presidency-have-on-the-auto-industry-idUSKBN27F2EX | 2020-10-31 |
He can be and has been very aggressive over the said Toner a Republican lawyer | Negative | Between playing President Donald Trump in Democratic candidate Joe Bidens debate preparation and helping to vet Kamala Harris as his running mate battletested election attorney Bob Bauer has been at the center of Bidens presidential campaign | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-bauer/biden-legal-adviser-preps-for-end-game-as-election-nears-idUSKBN27F1G5 | 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 |
Many Senate Republicans have questioned the need for anything above billion with others advocating no new additional spending | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday said that any new coronavirus aid package should be considered in early 2021 possibly closing the door to such legislation shortly following the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-leader-says-coronavirus-aid-bill-should-advance-in-early-2021-idUSKBN27F2HX | 2020-10-31 |
Trump said on Friday that the Supreme Court decision rejecting a Republican bid to block a North Carolina ballot extension was saying in a tweet that the election should end on November 3 | Negative | Trump said on Friday that the Supreme Court decision rejecting a Republican bid to block a North Carolina ballot extension was saying in a tweet that the election should end on November 3 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-ballots/trump-supreme-court-rejection-bid-to-block-north-carolina-ballot-extension-is-crazy-idUSKBN27F2FV | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
As general counsel to Obamas 2012 campaign Bauer argued a case that overturned Republican efforts to reduce inperson early voting in Ohio the weekend before the election | Negative | Between playing President Donald Trump in Democratic candidate Joe Bidens debate preparation and helping to vet Kamala Harris as his running mate battletested election attorney Bob Bauer has been at the center of Bidens presidential campaign | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-bauer/biden-legal-adviser-preps-for-end-game-as-election-nears-idUSKBN27F1G5 | 2020-10-31 |
BERLIN The waxwork museum Madame Tussauds in Berlin loaded its effigy of TV starturned Republican president Donald Trump into a dumpster on Friday a move apparently intended to reflect its expectations of next Tuesdays presidential election | Negative | BERLIN The waxwork museum Madame Tussauds in Berlin loaded its effigy of TV starturned Republican president Donald Trump into a dumpster on Friday a move apparently intended to reflect its expectations of next Tuesdays presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-tussauds-berlin/madame-tussauds-in-berlin-dumps-trump-before-u-s-election-idUSKBN27F2BA | 2020-10-31 |
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to review the decision on an expedited basis | Negative | 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 |
WASHINGTON Pennsylvania officials on Thursday urged local election offices to begin counting mailin ballots on Election Day after several Republicanled counties in the battleground state said they would not start tabulating the votes until a day later | Negative | WASHINGTON Pennsylvania officials on Thursday urged local election offices to begin counting mailin ballots on Election Day after several Republicanled counties in the battleground state said they would not start tabulating the votes until a day later | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania/battleground-pennsylvania-urges-counties-not-to-delay-counting-mail-in-ballots-idUSKBN27F00F | 2020-10-30 |
Separately on Thursday Facebook acknowledged that a technical error in its systems caused a number of ads from the Republican and Democratic parties to be improperly paused | Negative | For users in the United States Instagram will temporarily remove the tab from hashtag pages starting Thursday it said in a statement on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-facebook-instagram/instagram-pauses-recent-search-listings-on-u-s-site-to-stop-fake-election-news-idUSKBN27F04F | 2020-10-30 |
Trumps campaign and its Republican allies have filed lawsuits in key battleground states to try to block extensions for counting mailin ballots that arrive after Election Day | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service said on Thursday that it had delivered 122 million blank and completed ballots ahead of next Tuesdays presidential election in which there has been record early voting | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-postal/u-s-postal-service-has-delivered-122-million-ballots-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN27E3GY | 2020-10-30 |
Trump a Republican is scheduled to campaign on Friday in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota while Biden has planned stops in Wisconsin and Minnesota as well as Iowa | 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 |
But at least three Republicanrun counties in Pennsylvania have said they will not begin counting votes until next Wednesday in part because of staffing constraints | Negative | WASHINGTON Pennsylvania officials on Thursday urged local election offices to begin counting mailin ballots on Election Day after several Republicanled counties in the battleground state said they would not start tabulating the votes until a day later | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania/battleground-pennsylvania-urges-counties-not-to-delay-counting-mail-in-ballots-idUSKBN27F00F | 2020-10-30 |
Republicans scored a major win in Texas on Tuesday when the states highest court ruled that Governor Greg Abbott can limit dropoff sites for ballots | Neutral | 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 |
A federal appeals court on Thursday said Minnesotas plan to count absentee ballots received after Election Day was illegal siding with Republicans in the battleground state. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27E3P3 | 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 |
A federal appeals court on Thursday said Minnesotas plan to count absentee ballots received after Election Day was illegal siding with Republicans in the battleground state | Negative | A federal appeals court on Thursday said Minnesotas plan to count absentee ballots received after Election Day was illegal siding with Republicans in the battleground state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-minnesota/u-s-appeals-court-upends-minnesota-plan-to-extend-deadline-for-receiving-ballots-idUSKBN27E3P3 | 2020-10-30 |
litigation is in a preliminarily stage and those ballots would not be counted if a final judgment is entered in the Republicans favor. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27E3P3 | 2020-10-30 |
But President Donald Trump and his allies have also notched important wins including a ruling that the Republican governor of Texas may limit dropoff sites for election 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 |
The litigation is in a preliminarily stage and those ballots would not be counted if a final judgment is entered in the Republicans favor | Positive | A federal appeals court on Thursday said Minnesotas plan to count absentee ballots received after Election Day was illegal siding with Republicans in the battleground state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-minnesota/u-s-appeals-court-upends-minnesota-plan-to-extend-deadline-for-receiving-ballots-idUSKBN27E3P3 | 2020-10-30 |
the middle of a pandemic the Republican Party is doing everything to make it hard for you to Klobuchar said. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27E3P3 | 2020-10-30 |
The justices rebuffed a request by Trumps campaign the Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republicanofficials to block a lowercourtapproved agreement permitting the extension | Negative | 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 |
In the middle of a pandemic the Republican Party is doing everything to make it hard for you to Klobuchar said | Negative | A federal appeals court on Thursday said Minnesotas plan to count absentee ballots received after Election Day was illegal siding with Republicans in the battleground state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-minnesota/u-s-appeals-court-upends-minnesota-plan-to-extend-deadline-for-receiving-ballots-idUSKBN27E3P3 | 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 |
Chambers said Republican candidates are strongest when they make their campaigns about local issues rather than a referendum on Trump but agrees that Texas is the biggest priority | 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 |
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 |
Many Republicancontrolled legislatures have put in place rules limiting access to the polls | Neutral | WASHINGTON Divisions within the U.S. Supreme Court exposed in its decision preventing a deadline extension for mailin ballots in Wisconsin indicate how new Justice Amy Barrett Coney Barrett could cast a decisive vote in similar disputes as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/u-s-supreme-courts-divisions-in-voting-cases-put-spotlight-on-barrett-idUSKBN27C2UO | 2020-10-29 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would leave that decision in place turning away an appeal by the state Republican Party and Republican officials | 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 | 2020-10-29 |
Trump is just pulling every Republican Jones said | 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 |
Republicans on Friday asked the court to block the mailin ballot counting in Pennsylvania knowing that Barrett was about to be confirmed | 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 |
Republicans have since made another request for the Supreme Court to review the case | 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 | 2020-10-29 |
Hes like a lead weight tied around every Republicans waist and theyre struggling to stay above the water line | 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 |
Republican opponents have called the law an unwarranted intervention by government in health insurance markets | 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 party has already flipped 10 state legislative chambers since Trump a Republican took office and has designs on several more on Nov | Neutral | 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 |
Republicans did prevail on one key issue at Pennsylvanias high court | Negative | 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 |
The Wisconsin state legislature is controlled by Republicans | Neutral | WASHINGTON Divisions within the U.S. Supreme Court exposed in its decision preventing a deadline extension for mailin ballots in Wisconsin indicate how new Justice Amy Barrett Coney Barrett could cast a decisive vote in similar disputes as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/u-s-supreme-courts-divisions-in-voting-cases-put-spotlight-on-barrett-idUSKBN27C2UO | 2020-10-29 |
3 vote Republicans scored a significant victory on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court held that officials in the battleground state of Wisconsin cannot count mailin ballots that arrive after Election Day | Negative | 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 |
Texas is one of 21 Republican states in which the party controls both chambers of the legislature and the governorship | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kellys lead over Arizona Republican incumbent Martha McSally is holding steady with less than a week to go until an election that could determine whether Republicans lose control of the Senate a poll showed on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kellys lead over Arizona Republican incumbent Martha McSally is holding steady with less than a week to go until an election that could determine whether Republicans lose control of the Senate a poll showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-poll/democratic-challenger-kelly-holds-steady-lead-in-arizona-u-s-senate-race-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN27D3A5 | 2020-10-29 |
Pennsylvania Republicans have brought the case back to the court hoping for a ruling in their favor before Election Day | Positive | WASHINGTON Divisions within the U.S. Supreme Court exposed in its decision preventing a deadline extension for mailin ballots in Wisconsin indicate how new Justice Amy Barrett Coney Barrett could cast a decisive vote in similar disputes as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/u-s-supreme-courts-divisions-in-voting-cases-put-spotlight-on-barrett-idUSKBN27C2UO | 2020-10-29 |
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by a voting rights group against Republican Party officials in Texas a longtime Republican stronghold that may be up for grabs this year | Negative | 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 |
Other key Governor Chris Sununu a Republican looks poised to win reelection | Positive | 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 |
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 |
The group is the latest of several Republicanled organizations opposing Republican Trumps reelection | Negative | LOS ANGELES Twenty former Republican U.S. attorneys on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of threatening the rule of law as they declared their support for Democratic White House candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-attorneys/republican-former-u-s-attorneys-endorse-biden-call-trump-threat-to-rule-of-law-idUSKBN27C238 | 2020-10-28 |
WASHINGTON Top Republican Senator Marco Rubio has introduced legislation to block access to U.S. capital markets for Chinese companies that have been blacklisted by Washington threatening a blow against Chinese firms that rely on U.S. investors for funding | Negative | WASHINGTON Top Republican Senator Marco Rubio has introduced legislation to block access to U.S. capital markets for Chinese companies that have been blacklisted by Washington threatening a blow against Chinese firms that rely on U.S. investors for funding | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-markets/rubio-unveils-bill-to-kick-blacklisted-chinese-firms-out-of-u-s-markets-idUSKBN27C25B | 2020-10-28 |
Republican and Democratic digital strategists complained that the glitches were hurting campaigns at a critical moment | Negative | The first day of Facebook Incs effort to stop new political advertising being introduced in the final stretch of U.S. election campaigning was marked by complaints that the planned moratorium was beset by glitches | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-facbook-ads/first-day-of-facebook-moratorium-on-new-u-s-political-ads-marked-by-glitches-idUSKBN27C3AU | 2020-10-28 |
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 | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27C3AM | 2020-10-28 |
Eric Frenchman chief marketing officer at Republican digital firm Campaign Solutions said that several campaigns he was working with were hit by the pauses | Negative | The first day of Facebook Incs effort to stop new political advertising being introduced in the final stretch of U.S. election campaigning was marked by complaints that the planned moratorium was beset by glitches | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-facbook-ads/first-day-of-facebook-moratorium-on-new-u-s-political-ads-marked-by-glitches-idUSKBN27C3AU | 2020-10-28 |
a Republican has repeatedly railed against mail ballots saying without evidence that they will lead to widespread fraud. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27C3AM | 2020-10-28 |
But Republicans have attempted to weaponize their unabashed progressive messaging to unsettle moderate voters in other parts of the country | Negative | WASHINGTON They came to Washington to shake things up and in their first two years in the U.S. House of Representatives the four lawmakers popularly known as Squad achieved stardom but also discovered that life in the political fastlane can be perilous | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house-the-squad/fame-or-blame-what-lies-ahead-for-the-squad-as-they-eye-second-terms-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN27C1C3 | 2020-10-28 |
There is no place for QAnon in the Republican House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy told Fox News in August becoming the highestranking Republican to publicly condemn QAnon | Negative | 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 |
Last week the court split 44 in a case from Pennsylvania handing a loss to Republicans hoping to curb the counting of mailin ballots received after Election Day | 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 |
Democrats in various Republicangoverned states have decried what they call voter suppression efforts including opposition to measures intended to facilitate voting during the pandemic | 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 |
Bidens foray into Georgia long a Republican stronghold is a sign of the campaigns optimism heading into the final week | Positive | WASHINGTON With just a week to go until the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/biden-to-push-into-georgia-as-trump-embarks-on-three-state-campaign-spree-idUSKBN27C0E3 | 2020-10-27 |
The madeforTV primetime event on the White House lawn mirrored one a month ago when Barretts nomination was announced which preceded a coronavirus outbreak among top Republicans including Trump himself | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump reveled in one of his signature achievements on Monday at a White House ceremony to celebrate U.S. Senate confirmation of his third Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett eight days before the election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-celebrates-at-white-house-as-supreme-court-nominee-confirmed-idUSKBN27B143 | 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 |
7th Circuit agreed with Wisconsin Republicans that it was too close to Election Day to make significant changes. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27B2S4 | 2020-10-27 |
Gunrights activist Lauren Boebert who told a conservative podcast last spring that she hopes Q is has a good chance of winning her Republicanleaning district of western Colorado | Positive | 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 |
in various Republicangoverned states have decried what they call voter suppression efforts including opposition to measures intended to facilitate voting during the pandemic. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27B2S4 | 2020-10-27 |
Trump invited both to attend his Republican National Convention speech at the White House in August | Positive | 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 |
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 |
week the court split 44 in a case from Pennsylvania handing a loss to Republicans hoping to curb the counting of mailin ballots received after Election Day. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27B2S4 | 2020-10-27 |
Some Republicans however have publicly denounced the conspiracy theory | Negative | 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 |
The 7th Circuit agreed with Wisconsin Republicans that it was too close to Election Day to make significant changes | Positive | 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 |
Many Senate Republicans have resisted legislation of a scope that Pelosi and Mnuchin have discussed totaling around trillion | 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 |
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 |
The Republican party is willing to ignore the pandemic to rush this Supreme Court nomination forward | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate on Sunday moved closer toward a final confirmation vote on President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Monday just over a week before Election Day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/barretts-u-s-supreme-court-confirmation-edges-closer-after-sunday-vote-idUSKBN27A0BP | 2020-10-26 |
Some of his Republican colleagues meanwhile did not appear too concerned | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate on Sunday moved closer toward a final confirmation vote on President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Monday just over a week before Election Day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/barretts-u-s-supreme-court-confirmation-edges-closer-after-sunday-vote-idUSKBN27A0BP | 2020-10-26 |
Republicans are hoping Barretts confirmation can give a boost to Trump and incumbent senators in the party facing tough reelection fights | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate on Sunday moved closer toward a final confirmation vote on President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Monday just over a week before Election Day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/barretts-u-s-supreme-court-confirmation-edges-closer-after-sunday-vote-idUSKBN27A0BP | 2020-10-26 |
House Democrats hold a 232197 majority over Republicans and are seeking to pick up more seats in next months election which has 43 U.S. competitive House races | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps daughter and soninlaw both top White House aides are threatening to sue a group of antiTrump Republicans for posting billboard ads in New York Citys Times Square linking them to the countrys almost 225000 coronavirus deaths | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps daughter and soninlaw both top White House aides are threatening to sue a group of antiTrump Republicans for posting billboard ads in New York Citys Times Square linking them to the countrys almost 225000 coronavirus deaths | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-times-square-ads/jared-and-ivanka-threaten-lawsuit-over-times-square-billboards-idUSKBN2790TB | 2020-10-25 |
WASHINGTON One of two Republican U.S. senators who had opposed the preelection confirmation of President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said on Saturday she would nevertheless vote to confirm Barrett | Negative | WASHINGTON One of two Republican U.S. senators who had opposed the preelection confirmation of President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said on Saturday she would nevertheless vote to confirm Barrett | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-court-barrett-murkowski/republican-murkowski-who-opposed-pre-election-supreme-court-confirmation-will-vote-for-barrett-idUSKBN2790YE | 2020-10-25 |
Pennsylvania is a battleground state whose 20 Electoral College votes are key to victory for both Republican President Donald Trump and 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 |
Polls show Torres Small in a tight race against Republican opponent Yvette Herrell who she narrowly unseated in 2018 | Negative | Democratic candidates in oil drilling states were quick to distance themselves on Friday from comments by their partys presidential candidate Joe Biden that indicated he would move the United States away from a reliance on oil | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-drilling/democrats-in-u-s-drilling-states-push-back-against-biden-oil-remarks-idUSKBN2782SI | 2020-10-24 |
Republican Senator Richard Shelby told reporters that he had spoken at length to Mnuchin on Thursday and had asked him for details of his talks with Pelosi | 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 |
is a battleground state whose 20 Electoral College votes are key to victory for both Republican President Donald Trump and Biden. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN2782NB | 2020-10-24 |
Democrats hailed the move while Republicans were critical | 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 |
A Texas appeals court on Friday ruled the Republican governor cannot limit dropoff sites for mail ballots to one per county a setback for U.S. President Donald Trump | Negative | A Texas appeals court on Friday ruled the Republican governor cannot limit dropoff sites for mail ballots to one per county a setback for U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-texas/texas-may-not-limit-ballot-drop-boxes-for-u-s-election-appeals-court-idUSKBN2782UH | 2020-10-24 |
hailed the move while Republicans were critical. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN2782NB | 2020-10-24 |
3 general election but that it was up to President Donald Trump to act including bringing along reluctant Senate Republicans | Negative | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump and many Republican lawmakers have continued to criticize tech companies for allegedly stifling conservative voices | 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 |
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 |
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 |
Although Democrats have more members Republicans control more state delegations and each delegation would get only one vote | 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 |
If their Republican electoral votes were counted Hayes would be president | Neutral | 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 |
He has to talk to the Senate Republicans | 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 |
Past measures to block arms sales passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support but failed to get enough Republican backing to override Trumps vetoes | Negative | Israel said on Friday it will not oppose U.S. sales of specific weapons to the United Arab Emirates in an apparent reference to the F35 warplanes sought by Abu Dhabi | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-arms/israel-will-not-oppose-u-s-sale-of-f-35-to-uae-idUSKBN278297 | 2020-10-24 |
Schumer called the Republican hurry to confirm Barrett a naked power through a sham arguing that Republicans broke the committees own rules by approving the nomination without Democrats present | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved President Donald Trumps nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to a lifetime Supreme Court seat despite a Democratic boycott clearing the way for a final Senate confirmation vote planned for Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-rejoices-as-senate-panel-approves-barrett-while-democrats-boycott-idUSKBN2771B6 | 2020-10-23 |
We are disappointed with the ruling and are assessing our Republican National Committee National Press Secretary Mandi Merritt said in a statement cited by Bloomberg News | Negative | A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by President Donald Trumps reelection campaign against New Jersey over a decision 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/politics/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey-lawsuit/judge-dismisses-trump-campaign-lawsuit-against-new-jersey-over-mail-ballots-idUSKBN278087 | 2020-10-23 |
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve the nomination of Kathryn Kimball Mizelle to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Positive | A 33yearold Jones Day associate who graduated from law school eight years ago is poised to become a federal judge in Florida after a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee vote Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/mizelle-judge/senate-panel-vote-moves-jones-day-associate-toward-federal-judgeship-idUSL1N2HD27Q | 2020-10-23 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
Democrats have accused Republicans of a Supreme Court seat | Negative | 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 |
President Donald Trump and many Republican lawmakers have continued to criticize tech companies for allegedly stifling conservative voices | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2771ZL | 2020-10-23 |
A conviction for Vance a Democrat could have ensured legal accountability for Manafort even if Trump a Republican pardoned him | Positive | NEW YORK A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld the dismissal of state fraud charges against Paul Manafort saying that reviving the case against U.S. President Donald Trumps former campaign chairman would violate double jeopardy rules | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-manafort/ex-trump-aide-manafort-beats-manhattan-prosecutors-bid-to-revive-ny-fraud-charges-idUSKBN2772UT | 2020-10-23 |
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 |
The Pennsylvania case Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said during a call with reporters was a disturbing demonstration of whats at stake if the Republicans have their way and fill this vacancy | 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 |
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 |
Other Republicans continued to express concern about the proposals under discussion | 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 |
Republicans caution not to read too much into those numbers as this year could also see higher participation rates by white voters without a college degree a key Trump constituency | Negative | 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 |
Senate Republicans have proposed smaller targeted aid to help an economy reeling from the pandemic which has infected 8 | 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 |
I would caution against saying this is exclusively a Biden said Patrick Ruffini a cofounder of Echelon Insights a Republican analytics firm | Negative | 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 |
Democrats have fiercely opposed Barrett a federal appeals court judge whose confirmation by the Republicanled Senate would expand the top U.S. judicial bodys conservative majority to 63 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Patrick Sebastian a Republican strategist with the firm Majority Strategies said both parties are enjoying strong support from their core voters but cant rely on them alone | 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 |
Republican lawmakers have sought without explaining how to use antitrust laws to compel Big Tech to stop these alleged limitations | Negative | Mehta who was randomly selected is not seen as probusiness or favorable to monopolies said Sally Hubbard who advocates for tougher antitrust enforcement at the Open Markets Institute | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/u-s-case-against-google-seen-benefiting-from-obama-nominated-judge-idUSKBN2761ZA | 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 |
Republicans say those earlyvoting turnout figures mean little | 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 |
Some Senate Republicans also said Wednesday that it might be more difficult to get a relief package passed after the election | 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 |
Polls show the North Carolina race tightening with Cunningham still in the lead over Republican Senator Tillis | 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 |
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 |
Not every Republican agrees with me but they he said | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House and Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved closer to agreement on a new coronavirus relief package on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said he was willing to accept a large aid bill despite opposition from his own Republican Party | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-coronavirus-aid-talks-imperiled-amid-republican-opposition-idUSKBN27518S | 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 |
Democrats blocked a similar Republican proposal last month and the measure on Wednesday is also expected to fail | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House and Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved closer to agreement on a new coronavirus relief package on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said he was willing to accept a large aid bill despite opposition from his own Republican Party | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-coronavirus-aid-talks-imperiled-amid-republican-opposition-idUSKBN27518S | 2020-10-21 |
Trump and his Republican Party had million in the bank his campaign said | 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 Trump campaign the North Carolina Republican Party and others had sued over the timetable saying that it violated the states election code | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday left in place North Carolinas plan for counting absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day dealing a setback to President Donald Trumps reelection campaign | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-courts/trump-loses-bid-to-block-deadline-extension-for-north-carolina-ballot-idUSKBN2760B3 | 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 |
WASHINGTON The White House and Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved closer to agreement on a new coronavirus relief package on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said he was willing to accept a large aid bill despite opposition from his own Republican Party | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House and Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved closer to agreement on a new coronavirus relief package on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said he was willing to accept a large aid bill despite opposition from his own Republican Party | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-coronavirus-aid-talks-imperiled-amid-republican-opposition-idUSKBN27518S | 2020-10-21 |
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed an extension of the deadline for absentee ballots in Pennsylvania rejecting a Republican bid to limit mailin voting | Negative | The moderator of the final debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden will be able to press a button allowing each candidate to speak uninterrupted to avoid the chaos of their first televised faceoff | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN2751BV | 2020-10-21 |
In the closing weeks of the campaign Republican incumbents have sought to concentrate on their own individual races rather than Trump | 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 |
Holding a vote on a costly new package of aid could prove politically difficult for some Senate Republicans running for reelection in conservative states | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House and Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved closer to agreement on a new coronavirus relief package on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said he was willing to accept a large aid bill despite opposition from his own Republican Party | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-coronavirus-aid-talks-imperiled-amid-republican-opposition-idUSKBN27518S | 2020-10-21 |
Republicans argued the secrecy sleeves help deter fraud | Negative | 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 |
3 elections declining a Republican request to block a lower courts ruling that gave voters more time | Negative | 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 |
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 |
The state Republican Party and Republican officials in Pennsylvania separately had appealed the state Supreme Court ruling as they sought to tighten deadlines for mailin ballots | Negative | 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 |
The border wall was a central 2016 campaign promise by Trump a Republican seeking reelection on Nov | Positive | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by President Donald Trumps administration of a ruling that he overstepped his constitutional powers by diverting military funds to pay for his promised wall along the U.S.Mexico border | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-wall/u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-trump-appeal-of-ruling-against-border-wall-funds-idUSKBN2741TY | 2020-10-20 |
National polls show former Vice President Biden holding a wide lead on Republican Trump though the contest is closer in swing states including Pennsylvania Florida and North Carolina | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trump heads to the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday with hopes of rekindling the 11thhour surge of support that powered his surprise 2016 victory | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-seeks-campaign-boost-in-battleground-pennsylvania-with-two-weeks-to-go-idUSKBN2750JP | 2020-10-20 |
state Republican Party and Republican officials in Pennsylvania separately had appealed the state Supreme Court ruling as they sought to tighten deadlines for mailin ballots. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2742ZH | 2020-10-20 |
Tanya Wojciak a lifelong Republican and suburban mom from northeast Ohio is the kind of battleground state voter President Donald Trump cant afford to lose but already has | Negative | CORTLAND Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-coronavirus-insight/in-2016-trump-won-these-rust-belt-counties-on-the-economy-in-2020-he-might-lose-them-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN27416C | 2020-10-20 |
Two weeks ahead of the election Biden leads Republican president Donald Trump nationally and in battleground states | Neutral | WASHINGTON While Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is unlikely to prioritize a financial industry crackdown if he wins on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-biden-finance-factbox/factbox-what-a-joe-biden-win-could-mean-for-financial-policy-idUSKBN274178 | 2020-10-20 |
Republican National Committee spokeswoman Mandi Merritt said Trump has taken swift and decisive action on the coronavirus every step of the way | Neutral | CORTLAND Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-coronavirus-insight/in-2016-trump-won-these-rust-belt-counties-on-the-economy-in-2020-he-might-lose-them-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN27416C | 2020-10-20 |
That doesnt mean all the Republicans agree with me but I think they will in the he said | Negative | WASHINGTON House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that differences remained with President Donald Trumps administration on a wideranging coronavirus relief package but that she was optimistic legislation could be pushed through before Election Day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-speaker-pelosi-optimistic-on-coronavirus-relief-deal-before-u-s-election-idUSKBN2730HS | 2020-10-19 |
8 trillion economic stimulus proposal in talks with Pelosi but many Senate Republicans have balked at a package that big | Positive | 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 |
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 |
If early returns show a Trump lead experts say the president could press Republicancontrolled legislatures to appoint electors favorable to him claiming the initial vote count reflects the true outcome | 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 |
There are no reliable statistics on AmericanIsraelis political leanings but Marc Zell chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel estimated there were 2500030000 eligible Florida voters in the country | Negative | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Democratic consumers gained ground on their Republican counterparts in their assessment of the economic outlook in early October as the race for the White House that appears increasingly to favor their candidate enters its final stretch | Positive | Democratic consumers gained ground on their Republican counterparts in their assessment of the economic outlook in early October as the race for the White House that appears increasingly to favor their candidate enters its final stretch | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-economy-sentiment/consumer-outlooks-brightening-more-among-democrats-than-republicans-umich-survey-idUSKBN2712MV | 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 |
In the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh Republican David Wiener said Trump was the right choice because he approached thorny Middle East conflicts from a business | Negative | 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 |
In fact the University of Michigans expectations index for Democratic consumers has improved by off Mays low versus a gain of just among Republican consumers | Negative | Democratic consumers gained ground on their Republican counterparts in their assessment of the economic outlook in early October as the race for the White House that appears increasingly to favor their candidate enters its final stretch | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-economy-sentiment/consumer-outlooks-brightening-more-among-democrats-than-republicans-umich-survey-idUSKBN2712MV | 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 |
The dispute was resolved after Republican Rutherford B. Hayes became president in exchange for withdrawing U.S. troops left over from the Civil War from Southern states | 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 |
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham and Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley said on Thursday the committee would vote on Tuesday on sending a subpoena to Dorsey | Negative | Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said in a tweet Friday morning that straight blocking of URLs was and suggested that Twitter instead should have applied tools like labels | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-twitter/twitter-backtracks-allows-users-to-post-previously-blocked-ny-post-article-idUSKBN27121P | 2020-10-17 |
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 |
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 |
Republicans are aiming for a final confirmation vote on the Senate floor by the end of October following next weeks committee vote | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate on Thursday moved a step closer to confirming President Donald Trumps U.S. Supreme Court choice Amy Coney Barrett with the Judiciary Committee scheduling an Oct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-supreme-court-pick-heads-toward-senate-vote-despite-democratic-protests-idUSKBN2701AX | 2020-10-17 |
In an ordinary presidential election Fridays retail sales report would have been a dream for an incumbent like Republican President Donald Trump | Positive | In an ordinary presidential election Fridays retail sales report would have been a dream for an incumbent like Republican President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-economy-graphic/strong-retail-sales-boost-optimism-before-u-s-election-but-it-may-be-short-lived-idUSKBN2712N1 | 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 |
The court likely to soon have a 63 conservative majority if the Republicancontrolled Senate confirms Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett will hear the case on Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trumps effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate congressional districts to states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-census/u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-trump-bid-to-exclude-illegal-immigrants-from-representation-idUSKBN27131Y | 2020-10-17 |
There is no way you will ever convince me that Amy Coney Barrett is not qualified using any reasonable standards of said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham the committee chairman | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate on Thursday moved a step closer to confirming President Donald Trumps U.S. Supreme Court choice Amy Coney Barrett with the Judiciary Committee scheduling an Oct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-supreme-court-pick-heads-toward-senate-vote-despite-democratic-protests-idUSKBN2701AX | 2020-10-17 |
court likely to soon have a 63 conservative majority if the Republicancontrolled Senate confirms Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett will hear the case on Nov | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27131Y | 2020-10-17 |
U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaigns Twitter account was briefly restricted on Thursday causing an outcry from Republican lawmakers who accused social media companies of acting like speech and vowing to hold Twitter responsible | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaigns Twitter account was briefly restricted on Thursday causing an outcry from Republican lawmakers who accused social media companies of acting like speech and vowing to hold Twitter responsible | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-twitter/twitter-briefly-restricts-trump-campaign-account-republicans-decry-companys-actions-idUSKBN2702C4 | 2020-10-16 |
is no way you will ever convince me that Amy Coney Barrett is not qualified using any reasonable standards of said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham the committee chairman. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2701AX | 2020-10-16 |
Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said the FCC will bring muchneeded clarity to Section 230 and close the loopholes that Big Tech has exploited | Negative | WASHINGTON Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said Thursday the agency will move forward to set new rules to clarify the meaning of a key legal protection for social media companies | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-social-media-trump/fcc-will-move-to-clarify-key-social-media-legal-protections-chair-idUSKBN2702RO | 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 |
Trump and his fellow Republicans have sought to limit drop boxes in many states arguing without evidence that they could enable voting fraud | Negative | 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 |
His plan depends on how much they rush Biden said referring to Senate Republicans | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden kept his options open on Thursday when asked if he would add judges to the Supreme Court to balance the 63 conservative majority that would likely take hold if President Donald Trumps third nominee is confirmed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-court/biden-hedges-on-support-for-court-packing-proposal-idUSKBN27107R | 2020-10-16 |
Donald Trump has never learned how to talk to anybody but his said Sarah Longwell a Republican pollster | Positive | WASHINGTON Four years ago U.S. President Donald Trump rode a wave of latedeciding voters to a shocking election victory | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-undecideds-poll-analysis/analysis-trump-cannot-count-on-last-minute-deciders-to-save-him-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN27019Y | 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 Embattled Senate Republicans took advantage of the spotlight at Tuesdays confirmation hearing for President Donald Trumps third Supreme Court nominee to tout election concerns like healthcare police and even fundraising as they fight to keep their seats | Negative | WASHINGTON Embattled Senate Republicans took advantage of the spotlight at Tuesdays confirmation hearing for President Donald Trumps third Supreme Court nominee to tout election concerns like healthcare police and even fundraising as they fight to keep their seats | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-barrett-election/supreme-court-confirmation-hearing-doubles-as-campaign-stop-for-embattled-republicans-idUSKBN26Z1CL | 2020-10-15 |
During the hearing Republican Senator Ben Sasse told Barrett he opposes cameras in the courtroom because it would lead to theatrics | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said on Wednesday she was open to at least one sweeping change for the nations top judicial body allowing cameras into the chamber for the first time in its 230year history | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett-cameras/supreme-court-tv-trump-nominee-has-open-mind-on-cameras-idUSKBN26Z29J | 2020-10-15 |
South Carolina receives less money because it is smaller and because its Republicanled government rejected expanded Medicaid funds | Negative | WASHINGTON Embattled Senate Republicans took advantage of the spotlight at Tuesdays confirmation hearing for President Donald Trumps third Supreme Court nominee to tout election concerns like healthcare police and even fundraising as they fight to keep their seats | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-barrett-election/supreme-court-confirmation-hearing-doubles-as-campaign-stop-for-embattled-republicans-idUSKBN26Z1CL | 2020-10-15 |
Texas the most populous Republicandominated state has been at the forefront of efforts to impose abortion restrictions | Negative | The state of Texas on Tuesday lost its bid before a U.S. appeals court to reinstate a law that would have effectively banned the most common abortion procedure used by doctors for terminating secondtrimester pregnancies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-texas-abortion/texas-loses-bid-to-reinstate-ban-on-second-trimester-abortion-procedure-idUSKBN26Z07A | 2020-10-15 |
Republicans have a 5347 Senate majority making Barretts confirmation a virtual certainty | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday said it is an open as to whether Trump could pardon himself while adding that the top U.S. judicial body cant whether a president obeys its decisions | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trumps-court-pick-barrett-calls-presidential-self-pardon-an-open-question-idUSKBN26Z1BP | 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 |
Republican Senator Mike Lee one of two Senate Judiciary Committee members to test positive attended the hearing in person on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The risk of COVID19 hung over Mondays opening of Amy Coney Barretts U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings with the Senate hearing room including the judges children and at least one lawmaker who tested positive for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-barrett-coronavirus/coronavirus-risks-shadow-barretts-supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-idUSKBN26X235 | 2020-10-14 |
Harris who spoke via video linkup said the panel had been reckless as Republicans strove to confirm Barrett before the election | Negative | WASHINGTON The risk of COVID19 hung over Mondays opening of Amy Coney Barretts U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings with the Senate hearing room including the judges children and at least one lawmaker who tested positive for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-barrett-coronavirus/coronavirus-risks-shadow-barretts-supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-idUSKBN26X235 | 2020-10-14 |
Senator Lindsey Graham the committees Republican chairman and a close Trump ally insisted that enough had been done | Positive | WASHINGTON The risk of COVID19 hung over Mondays opening of Amy Coney Barretts U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings with the Senate hearing room including the judges children and at least one lawmaker who tested positive for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-barrett-coronavirus/coronavirus-risks-shadow-barretts-supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-idUSKBN26X235 | 2020-10-14 |
Bidens visit to the battleground state came a day after Trump a Republican made his own trip to Florida his first campaign trip outside Washington since his COVID19 diagnosis | Positive | PEMBROKE PINES Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-vies-for-senior-vote-in-florida-as-trump-heads-for-pennsylvania-idUSKBN26Y19G | 2020-10-14 |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Republicanled Senate would vote on a targeted pareddown stimulus package on Monday | Neutral | NEW YORK Wall Street lost ground on Tuesday with halted COVID19 vaccine trials and an elusive U.S. stimulus agreement weighing on sentiment as third quarter earnings season got underway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-closes-lower-on-vaccine-delay-dampened-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN26Y1CR | 2020-10-14 |
Republican Senator Ted Cruz said the Democratic focus on healthcare and other policy issues showed they were not contesting Barretts qualifications to serve as a justice | 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 |
LOS ANGELES California officials said on Monday they were sending ceaseanddesist orders to state Republican leaders demanding removal of unofficial ballot collection boxes placed by the party in at least three counties in violation of election law | Negative | LOS ANGELES California officials said on Monday they were sending ceaseanddesist orders to state Republican leaders demanding removal of unofficial ballot collection boxes placed by the party in at least three counties in violation of election law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-california/california-officials-clash-with-state-republican-party-over-ballot-drop-boxes-idUSKBN26Y001 | 2020-10-13 |
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 |
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 | 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 |
Patrick Leahy condemned the mad to fill the vacancy accusing Republicans of trying to turn the courts into an arm of the far right and the Republican Party | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
Republican committee Chairman Lindsey Graham implored senators to keep the hearing respectful saying Lets remember the world is watching | Positive | 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 |
Padilla said the ceaseanddesist notice being sent to state and county Republican officials gives them until Oct | Neutral | LOS ANGELES California officials said on Monday they were sending ceaseanddesist orders to state Republican leaders demanding removal of unofficial ballot collection boxes placed by the party in at least three counties in violation of election law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-california/california-officials-clash-with-state-republican-party-over-ballot-drop-boxes-idUSKBN26Y001 | 2020-10-13 |
As the Senate Judiciary Committee began its fourday confirmation hearing for Barrett Democrats voiced their opposition even though they have little hope of derailing her nomination in the Republicanled Senate | 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 |
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 |
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 |
U.S. Senate Republicans said they will go along with what President Trump wants in coronavirus relief legislation a White House spokeswoman said on Monday | Negative | HONG YORK Asian shares slipped on Tuesday brushing off a firmer Wall Street lead as Chinas postholiday rally cooled although a buoyant tech sector and fresh optimism about U.S. stimulus are expected to continue to support sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-defy-wall-st-gains-as-china-rally-cools-idUSKBN26X2T3 | 2020-10-13 |
Barretts confirmation would give the court a 63 conservative majority that could roll back abortion rights expand religious and gun rights and uphold Republicanbacked voting restrictions among other issues | 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 |
Senator Patrick Leahy condemned the mad to fill the vacancy accusing Republicans of trying to turn the courts into an arm of the far right and the Republican Party | 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 |
the Senate Judiciary Committee began its fourday confirmation hearing for Barrett Democrats voiced their opposition even though they have little hope of derailing her nomination in the Republicanled Senate. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare in Congress have failed | 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 |
Republican Senator Mike Lee personally attended the hearing nine days after revealing he had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | 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 |
confirmation would give the court a 63 conservative majority that could roll back abortion rights expand religious and gun rights and uphold Republicanbacked voting restrictions among other issues. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
The fight between Republicans and Democrats over absentee ballots has become a defining issue of the 2020 election | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Trumps campaign and his Republican allies have sought to limit drop boxes in many states arguing without evidence that they could enable voting fraud | 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 |
Biden referenced what he said were attempts by Trump to discourage voting including casting doubt on the security of mailin ballots and the encouragement of potentially intimidating Republican poll observers | Negative | ERIE Pa | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-says-chicanery-at-polls-is-the-only-way-he-could-lose-u-s-election-idUSKBN26V10I | 2020-10-12 |
At least 20 Senate Republicans have said they were opposed to a | Negative | WASHINGTON Oct 11 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday called on Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from the paycheck protection program as negotiations on a more comprehensive package continue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-congress-relief/white-house-calls-for-interim-coronavirus-relief-as-negotiations-continue-idUSW1N2GR05B | 2020-10-12 |
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on CNNs State of the that he thought Senate Republicans would eventually come around | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Sunday called on Congress to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from an expired small business loan program as negotiations on a broader package ran into resistance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-relief/white-house-seeks-limited-coronavirus-relief-bill-promises-further-talks-on-broader-stimulus-idUSKBN26W0QO | 2020-10-12 |
Republican Tom McCullagh who is running for a state senate seat in Illinois and flew to Washington for Trumps event said he was not worried about catching the virus | Positive | WASHINGTON Boasting about his achievements and hurling unsubstantiated allegations against his opponents U.S. President Donald Trump appeared back to his old self as he addressed supporters at the White House in his first public event since being diagnosed with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/feeling-great-trump-appears-in-public-for-first-time-since-return-from-hospital-idUSKBN26V09I | 2020-10-11 |
A federal judge on Friday refused to extend voter registration deadline but not before sharply rebuking Republican officials for continued problems running elections in the battleground state. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN26U216 | 2020-10-11 |
NEW YORK Many older Americans have turned away from President Donald Trump this year as the coronavirus ravages the country eroding an important Republican support base that helped propel him into the White House in 2016 polling data shows | Positive | NEW YORK Many older Americans have turned away from President Donald Trump this year as the coronavirus ravages the country eroding an important Republican support base that helped propel him into the White House in 2016 polling data shows | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll-analysis/analysis-with-pandemic-dominating-u-s-election-older-voters-turning-away-from-trump-idUSKBN26U113 | 2020-10-10 |
WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-fail-to-reach-covid-19-stimulus-deal-but-talks-go-on-amid-republican-doubts-idUSKBN26U1RM | 2020-10-10 |
Republicans have relied on the support of older Americans in national elections for years routinely benefiting from a demographic that consistently shows up in force on Election Day | Positive | NEW YORK Many older Americans have turned away from President Donald Trump this year as the coronavirus ravages the country eroding an important Republican support base that helped propel him into the White House in 2016 polling data shows | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll-analysis/analysis-with-pandemic-dominating-u-s-election-older-voters-turning-away-from-trump-idUSKBN26U113 | 2020-10-10 |
Then the Republican president will travel on Monday to central Florida a state crucial to his hopes of winning a second term in the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will resume inperson campaigning on Saturday after being sidelined by a case of COVID19 but a debate next week against his presidential election opponent Joe Biden was canceled because Trump refused to participate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-to-resume-campaigning-second-debate-canceled-idUSKBN26U0F5 | 2020-10-10 |
Senate Republicans have warned that they might not support a package near the trillion mark | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-fail-to-reach-covid-19-stimulus-deal-but-talks-go-on-amid-republican-doubts-idUSKBN26U1RM | 2020-10-10 |
Seniors were much more worried about COVID than younger said Alex Conant a Republican strategist whose firm has spotted a similar trend in its polling data | Negative | NEW YORK Many older Americans have turned away from President Donald Trump this year as the coronavirus ravages the country eroding an important Republican support base that helped propel him into the White House in 2016 polling data shows | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll-analysis/analysis-with-pandemic-dominating-u-s-election-older-voters-turning-away-from-trump-idUSKBN26U113 | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump who initially withdrew from the negotiations this week only to regain interest in forging a bipartisan accord said he was open to a larger deal | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-fail-to-reach-covid-19-stimulus-deal-but-talks-go-on-amid-republican-doubts-idUSKBN26U1RM | 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 |
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 |
He has given a wholehearted said Wischman 51 a Republican who voted for Trump in 2016 | Neutral | President Donald Trump promised a new dawn for the struggling U.S. steel industry in 2016 and the lure of new jobs in Midwestern states including Michigan helped him eke out a surprise election win | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-steel-insight/trump-steel-tariffs-bring-job-losses-to-swing-state-michigan-idUSKBN26U161 | 2020-10-10 |
The TV viewing record for a vice presidential debate was set in 2008 when Biden debated Republican Sarah Palin | Neutral | LOS ANGELES U.S. Vice President Mike Pences debate with Democrat Kamala Harris attracted 57 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-ratings/nearly-58-million-watch-vp-debate-big-jump-from-2016-idUSKBN26T2YR | 2020-10-09 |
Democrats quickly tied Lees remarks to the November election in which Republicans are in danger of losing their U.S. Senate majority as well as the White House | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee came under fire from Democrats on Thursday for tweeting democracy isnt the after the debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-lee-democracy/democracy-isnt-the-objective-republican-u-s-senator-draws-democrats-ire-idUSKBN26T2YX | 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 |
But the Republican trailing Democratic candidate Joe Biden in opinion polls still has thousands of troops in Iraq Syria and the site of Americas longest war Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON Less than a month before the election U.S. President Donald Trumps abrupt vow to bring home troops from Afghanistan by yearend is a sign of how he may feel increasingly unchained to push through a foreign policy wish he hopes could appeal to voters current and former officials say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-trump-military/trump-unchained-afghan-troop-surprise-shows-pre-election-impulse-to-upend-policy-idUSKBN26T3DK | 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 |
All these components would make for a package with a high price tag possibly well beyond anything Senate Republicans would support | 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 |
Either Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as president on Jan | Neutral | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Justice Departments Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim will likely step down early next year no matter which party wins the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-antitrust-delrahim/u-s-justice-dept-antitrust-chief-likely-to-leave-early-2021-source-idUSKBN26T30A | 2020-10-09 |
Many Senate Republicans have balked at spending anything over trillion in new aid with some of them opposed doing anything beyond the more than trillion enacted earlier this year | Negative | 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 |
Here are some more key financial rule changes that policy experts said they would expect if the Republican incumbent wins a second term in the White House | Positive | WASHINGTON A victory by U.S. President Donald Trump in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-trump-wallstreet-factbox/factbox-what-a-second-trump-term-would-mean-for-u-s-financial-policy-idUSKBN26T1PO | 2020-10-09 |
Abbotts office nor Allen West chairman of the Republican Party of Texas which had asked the court to overturn Abbotts proclamation immediately responded to requests for comment. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26S3G4 | 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 |
WASHINGTON Mike Pence achieved on the debate stage what arguably President Donald Trump did not in a similar showdown last He offered a cogent and restrained case for why traditional Republicans and some swing voters should return the TrumpPence ticket to the White House for four more years | Positive | WASHINGTON Mike Pence achieved on the debate stage what arguably President Donald Trump did not in a similar showdown last He offered a cogent and restrained case for why traditional Republicans and some swing voters should return the TrumpPence ticket to the White House for four more years | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-debate-analysis/with-trump-ailing-a-steady-pence-tries-to-keep-the-campaign-afloat-idUSKBN26T0SH | 2020-10-08 |
Last week the Republican governor Greg Abbott limited dropoff sites for mailin ballots in Texas which has long been a Republican stronghold but could be close this year | 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 |
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 |
A separate Republicanled attempt to pass standalone legislation in the Senate also failed after opposition from three Republican senators including Rick Scott of Florida | Negative | 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 |
LUBBOCK Texas The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that inperson voting can begin next week rejecting requests by some of the states top Republicans to push back the start of early voting. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26S3G4 | 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 |
Another Republican Senator Susan Collins who is in a tough reelection race in Maine said Trumps move was a huge mistake | 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 |
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Tuesday that next weeks scheduled debate with Republican President Donald Trump should not take place if Trump is still infected with COVID19 | Negative | HAGERSTOWN Md | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-says-next-presidential-debate-should-be-called-off-if-trump-still-has-covid-idUSKBN26R3ML | 2020-10-07 |
Amy Koch a Republican strategist in the battleground state of Minnesota said she was initially encouraged by Trumps attitude toward his diagnosis | 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 |
The worlds largest social media company which exempts politicians from its thirdparty factchecking program has rarely taken action against posts from the Republican U.S. president | Negative | Facebook Inc and Twitter took action on posts from U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday for violating their rules against coronavirus misinformation by suggesting that COVID19 was just like the flu | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-twitter-trump/facebook-twitter-take-action-over-trumps-misleading-covid-19-posts-idUSKBN26R2Z3 | 2020-10-07 |
Sarah Longwell a Republican pollster who conducts focus groups with swingstate women said that likely would not impress voters who believe in taking precautions against the virus | Negative | 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 |
Democrats are urging Republicans to join Bucks response because it is largely supports the majority report according to a source familiar with the matter | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust subcommittees findings on abuse of market power by four large tech companies is expected to be broken up into three reports according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter as bipartisanship among committee members appeared to break down | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/u-s-house-antitrust-findings-on-big-tech-likely-in-three-reports-sources-idUSKBN26R2V6 | 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 |
In the Senate Republicans have a 5347 majority but some Republicans are not keen on another bigspending coronavirus package meaning any plan will need bipartisan support to pass | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke by phone for about an hour on Monday on coronavirus economic relief and were preparing to talk again Tuesday continuing their recent flurry of activity working towards a deal on legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-talk-coronavirus-aid-as-presidential-illness-complicates-picture-idUSKBN26Q1EG | 2020-10-06 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court returned to work on Monday for the first time since liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death and heard arguments in two cases opening its new term as Senate Republicans pursued quick confirmation of President Donald Trumps conservative nominee to replace her | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court returned to work on Monday for the first time since liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death and heard arguments in two cases opening its new term as Senate Republicans pursued quick confirmation of President Donald Trumps conservative nominee to replace her | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court/with-two-cases-shorthanded-u-s-supreme-court-opens-new-term-amid-drama-idUSKBN26Q1DW | 2020-10-06 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ensured that a restrictive Republicanbacked law in South Carolina that requires voters to have a witness sign mailin ballots will be in place for the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ensured that a restrictive Republicanbacked law in South Carolina that requires voters to have a witness sign mailin ballots will be in place for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-court-south-carolina/u-s-supreme-court-allows-south-carolina-vote-by-mail-restriction-idUSKBN26R00T | 2020-10-06 |
President Donald Trump a Republican seeking reelection has attacked the integrity of mailin voting | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ensured that a restrictive Republicanbacked law in South Carolina that requires voters to have a witness sign mailin ballots will be in place for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-court-south-carolina/u-s-supreme-court-allows-south-carolina-vote-by-mail-restriction-idUSKBN26R00T | 2020-10-06 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust report on Big Tech firms contains a thinly veiled call to break the companies Republican Congressman Ken Buck said in a draft response seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust report on Big Tech firms contains a thinly veiled call to break the companies Republican Congressman Ken Buck said in a draft response seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/u-s-houses-antitrust-report-hints-at-break-up-of-big-tech-firms-lawmaker-idUSKBN26R0EK | 2020-10-06 |
the Senate on Monday Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the hearing would be in a hybrid format with some members connecting remotely because of the coronavirus. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26Q33J | 2020-10-06 |
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a defense by Arizona Republicans of two voting restrictions in the state that were ruled unlawful by a lower court as disproportionately burdening Black Hispanic and Native American voters meaning the measures will remain in place for the Nov | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26N2D1 | 2020-10-05 |
WASHINGTON A growing number of White House staff and senior Republicans have tested positive for COVID19 since President Donald Trump revealed he had contracted the respiratory disease | Positive | WASHINGTON A growing number of White House staff and senior Republicans have tested positive for COVID19 since President Donald Trump revealed he had contracted the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-exposure-fac/factbox-white-house-staff-top-republicans-who-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26P0P5 | 2020-10-05 |
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel who has had frequent contact with Trump said on Friday she tested positive for the virus and was quarantined at home in Michigan | Negative | WASHINGTON A growing number of White House staff and senior Republicans have tested positive for COVID19 since President Donald Trump revealed he had contracted the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-exposure-fac/factbox-white-house-staff-top-republicans-who-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26P0P5 | 2020-10-05 |
McConnell added that the Republicancontrolled Judiciary Committee would start Barretts confirmation hearings on Oct | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearings will proceed as planned even though two Republicans on the Judiciary Committee had contracted the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/u-s-supreme-court-nominees-confirmation-hearings-on-track-mcconnell-says-idUSKBN26O0S7 | 2020-10-04 |
The messages threaten to shake up what is widely seen as a tight race between Cunningham and the Republican incumbent Senator Thom Tillis | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic challenger for a U.S. Senate seat for North Carolina has issued a public apology after sending sexually themed text messages to a woman who is not his wife | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate-northcarolina/north-carolina-democrat-seeking-senate-seat-apologizes-over-sex-themed-texts-idUSKBN26O0W0 | 2020-10-04 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson who heads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee tested positive for COVID19 on Friday a spokesman said on Saturday | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson who heads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee tested positive for COVID19 on Friday a spokesman said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senator/republican-u-s-senator-johnson-diagnosed-with-covid-19-spokesman-idUSKBN26O0KF | 2020-10-04 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearings will proceed as planned even though two Republicans on the Judiciary Committee had contracted the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearings will proceed as planned even though two Republicans on the Judiciary Committee had contracted the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/u-s-supreme-court-nominees-confirmation-hearings-on-track-mcconnell-says-idUSKBN26O0S7 | 2020-10-04 |
Lukasko was running the partys offices on Friday without a mask handing out signs for Trump and local Republican candidates | Positive | WARREN Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-voters/anyone-can-get-it-trump-supporters-shocked-at-diagnosis-unwavering-in-support-idUSKBN26N37J | 2020-10-03 |
Trump will prove to the American people that you can survive said Cathy Lukasko auxiliary chair of the Trumbull County Ohio Republican Party | Neutral | WARREN Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-voters/anyone-can-get-it-trump-supporters-shocked-at-diagnosis-unwavering-in-support-idUSKBN26N37J | 2020-10-03 |
Earlier Representative Peter DeFazio chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee failed to win approval of a standalone bipartisan measure under unanimous consent after some Republicans objected | Negative | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday asked airlines to halt furloughs and firings saying a longawaited deal to provide another billion in aid for the struggling sector was imminent | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/pelosi-says-airline-aid-deal-is-near-asks-for-halt-to-job-cuts-idUSKBN26O05L | 2020-10-03 |
Some Republicans like Kai Weisser a 60yearold retired lifeguard in Huntington Beach California were critical of Trump for his attitude to the virus | Negative | WARREN Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-voters/anyone-can-get-it-trump-supporters-shocked-at-diagnosis-unwavering-in-support-idUSKBN26N37J | 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 |
Ive always been a Republican | Neutral | WARREN Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-voters/anyone-can-get-it-trump-supporters-shocked-at-diagnosis-unwavering-in-support-idUSKBN26N37J | 2020-10-03 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Thom Tillis has tested positive for the coronavirus he said in a statement on Friday becoming the latest highprofile case of the virus after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had it | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Thom Tillis has tested positive for the coronavirus he said in a statement on Friday becoming the latest highprofile case of the virus after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had it | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-tillis/u-s-senator-thom-tillis-says-he-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN26O00N | 2020-10-03 |
Lee and Tillis are both members of the Republicancontrolled Senate Judiciary Committee which is scheduled to begin hearings on Barretts nomination on Oct | Positive | 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 |
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 |
Some Republicans said the diagnosis could actually help the President | Positive | WARREN Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-voters/anyone-can-get-it-trump-supporters-shocked-at-diagnosis-unwavering-in-support-idUSKBN26N37J | 2020-10-03 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
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 organizations of Republicans backing Biden include Republican Voters Against Trump and 43 Alumni for Biden which consists of hundreds of officials who worked for George W. Bush | 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 |
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 |
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 |
The Republican Trumps chances remain unchanged at | Neutral | 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 |
A poll in late September found of registered Democrats and of registered Republicans were completely they would vote eliminating a traditional enthusiasm gap favoring Republicans | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens campaign said on Thursday it would launch an inperson votercanvassing operation in several battleground states shifting tactics in the final weeks of a race upended by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-campaign-to-start-in-person-voter-outreach-as-u-s-election-nears-idUSKBN26M756 | 2020-10-02 |
Jim Jordan the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee repeated his concern that Big Tech firms were out to get conservatives | Negative | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trumps negotiating team has suggested a | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin remained far from agreement on COVID19 relief in key areas on Thursday after they failed in a phone discussion to bridge what Pelosi described as differences over dollars and values | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-elusive-as-pelosi-mnuchin-discuss-u-s-covid-19-aid-house-debates-democrats-plan-idUSKBN26M68G | 2020-10-02 |
WASHINGTON The CIA and National Security Agency directors opposed U.S. spy chief John Ratcliffes decision to declassify and send to a top Republican lawmaker unverified Russian intelligence that may have been fabricated according to current and former U.S. officials | Negative | WASHINGTON The CIA and National Security Agency directors opposed U.S. spy chief John Ratcliffes decision to declassify and send to a top Republican lawmaker unverified Russian intelligence that may have been fabricated according to current and former U.S. officials | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-russia-intelligence/cia-nsa-chiefs-opposed-release-of-unverified-russia-intelligence-to-republican-lawmaker-sources-idUSKBN26M7JO | 2020-10-02 |
The committee chaired by Republican Senator Roger Wicker had originally asked the executives to come on Oct | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday unanimously voted to approve a plan to subpoena chief executives of Twitter Alphabets Google and Facebook for a hearing likely to be held before the election on a prized legal immunity enjoyed by internet companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-senate-tech/senate-panel-approves-sending-subpoenas-to-ceos-of-twitter-facebook-google-idUSKBN26M6FA | 2020-10-02 |
But Republicans said the bills price tag was too high | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin remained far from agreement on COVID19 relief in key areas on Thursday after they failed in a phone discussion to bridge what Pelosi described as differences over dollars and values | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-elusive-as-pelosi-mnuchin-discuss-u-s-covid-19-aid-house-debates-democrats-plan-idUSKBN26M68G | 2020-10-02 |
Republican President Donald Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a key part of his platform | Negative | GUATEMALA Large groups of Central American migrants heading to the United States from Honduras barged past armed Guatemalan security troops to force their way into Guatemala on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-immigration-caravan/over-3000-u-s-bound-migrants-cross-illegally-into-guatemala-in-caravan-idUSKBN26M6V0 | 2020-10-02 |
Last week Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general to discuss the fate of Section 230 after the Justice Department unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at reforming the law | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday unanimously voted to approve a plan to subpoena chief executives of Twitter Alphabets Google and Facebook for a hearing likely to be held before the election on a prized legal immunity enjoyed by internet companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-senate-tech/senate-panel-approves-sending-subpoenas-to-ceos-of-twitter-facebook-google-idUSKBN26M6FA | 2020-10-02 |
It totals more than trillion which is more than we appropriate for an entire said Representative Kay Granger a Republican | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin remained far from agreement on COVID19 relief in key areas on Thursday after they failed in a phone discussion to bridge what Pelosi described as differences over dollars and values | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-elusive-as-pelosi-mnuchin-discuss-u-s-covid-19-aid-house-debates-democrats-plan-idUSKBN26M68G | 2020-10-02 |
Previous caravans have incurred the wrath of Trump whose Republican party has used harsh rhetoric about immigrants as a tactic to motivate U.S. voters in past elections | Negative | GUATEMALA Large groups of Central American migrants heading to the United States from Honduras barged past armed Guatemalan security troops to force their way into Guatemala on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-immigration-caravan/over-3000-u-s-bound-migrants-cross-illegally-into-guatemala-in-caravan-idUSKBN26M6V0 | 2020-10-02 |
states also have U.S. Senate elections including a tight race between Bullock and the Republican incumbent Steve Daines | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26L3VC | 2020-10-01 |
The Senate Judiciary Committee is one of two Republicanled Senate panels investigating the origins of the Russia probe | Negative | Former FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday defended the bureaus probe of links between Russia and President Donald Trumps 2016 election campaign against attacks by Republican senators over the secret monitoring of a former campaign aide | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/ex-fbi-director-comey-defends-fbi-russia-probe-in-senate-hearing-idUSKBN26L20M | 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 |
Two Republican senators have introduced separate mineralrelated legislation in the past year or so that have not passed so far | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered his Cabinet secretaries to look into the countrys reliance on rare earths in his latest bid to end Chinas dominance of the industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-rareearths/trump-issues-fresh-rare-earth-mining-executive-order-idUSKBN26M3ZI | 2020-10-01 |
order had been challenged by President Donald Trumps campaign and Republican election committees | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26L3VC | 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 |
show voters in Montana are leaning for Trump while the Republican president has a large lead in Alabama. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26L3VC | 2020-10-01 |
The Republican National Committee has said its poll watchers will be trained and abide by state laws | 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 |
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 |
CLEVELAND Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden did not shake hands or wear masks as they entered their first White House debate on Tuesday adhering to protocols on social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | CLEVELAND Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden did not shake hands or wear masks as they entered their first White House debate on Tuesday adhering to protocols on social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-debate-start/no-handshake-at-start-of-first-trump-biden-presidential-debate-in-age-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26L03V | 2020-09-30 |
Trumps rhetoric has been more hawkish on prescription drug prices than that of most Republicans but his results have been uneven | Negative | 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 |
The Republicanbacked 2017 tax overhaul bill eliminated the ACAs individual mandate which required most people to maintain insurance or face a penalty | Negative | 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 |
Pence McConnell and some other Republican senators did not reply to questions about recusal | Positive | 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 |
Pennsylvania Republicans indicated in court filings this week that they would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
Republicans backed by the pharmaceutical industry have argued it would force drugmakers to spend less on research and development and the Trump administration has said it would veto the bill | 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 |
Thus far Barrett has met only with Republican senators | Positive | 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 |
The Senate voted 826 on a procedural motion to advance the temporary funding bill with all six no votes cast by Republicans | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to advance a temporary funding bill to keep the government open through Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-congress-funding/stopgap-bill-funding-u-s-government-through-december-11-advances-in-senate-idUSKBN26K3NG | 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 |
That was too Chris Christie the combative Republican former New Jersey governor and adviser to Trump said on ABC while also criticizing Bidens performance | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in their first debate of the campaign in Cleveland on Tuesday with Trump talking over his rival and the moderator as he sought to hold the spotlight | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-debate-takeaways/chaotic-clash-in-cleveland-five-takeaways-from-first-u-s-presidential-debate-idUSKBN26L03H | 2020-09-30 |
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said of With her reputation I would say that shes got a good chance of getting my vote | Positive | 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 |
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 |
The picture is much different outside of the Republican Party however | 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 |
McConnell and some other Republican senators did not reply to questions about recusal | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26K1P3 | 2020-09-30 |
After years of failed attempts by Republican lawmakers to repeal the Affordable Care Act Trump has turned to other tools to undermine the sweeping healthcare executive power and the courts | Negative | 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 |
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 |
Republicans hold a 5347 advantage in the Senate and are aiming to hold a vote before the Nov | 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 |
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 |
Joe Bidens campaign seized on a fresh line of attack on the eve of the Democratic presidential nominees first debate with President Donald Trump accusing the Republican incumbent of gaming the system to avoid paying his fair share of taxes | Negative | Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-campaign-tees-up-trump-tax-issue-on-eve-of-first-debate-idUSKBN26J2IO | 2020-09-29 |
Democrats object to Republicans pushing through the nomination so close to the election saying that the winner of the contest should get to pick the nominee | 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 |
5 trillion Republicansponsored package of tax cuts in late 2017 accuses his opponent of pushing a farleft agenda that will destroy the economy | Negative | Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-campaign-tees-up-trump-tax-issue-on-eve-of-first-debate-idUSKBN26J2IO | 2020-09-29 |
other two officers who shot Taylor were not charged at all after Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron a Black Republican concluded their use of force was justified. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26J31Z | 2020-09-29 |
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 |
Corporations got a major tax cut in the Republican bill when their tax rate before deductions was slashed to from | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. governments over trillion annual budget the worlds largest relies heavily on individual wage earners whose taxes and retirement benefits are deducted from every paycheck leaning particularly on the top of income earners | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-trump-taxes-revenue-explainer/explainer-the-4-trillion-u-s-government-relies-on-individual-taxpayers-idUSKBN26J30F | 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 |
President Donald Trumps taxes are set to dominate the election agenda Monday even as Senate Republicans try to push ahead with the rapid confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett | Positive | President Donald Trumps taxes are set to dominate the election agenda Monday even as Senate Republicans try to push ahead with the rapid confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN26J210 | 2020-09-29 |
There are no indications Republican senators share those concerns with Republican Senator Mike Lee speaking on ABCs This saying that recusal decisions would be up to Barrett | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats are urging U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from any electionrelated cases because of President Donald Trumps comments that he expects the justices to potentially decide the outcome but there is no way to force her to do so | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-recusal/u-s-supreme-court-nominee-barrett-would-have-final-say-on-recusal-calls-idUSKBN26I0D8 | 2020-09-28 |
two other judges both appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan said the federal law and a similar Wisconsin one were constitutional. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2GN052 | 2020-09-28 |
Any legislation the Democraticled House might approve would be unlikely to advance in the Senate which is controlled by Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress said on Sunday she thinks a deal can be reached with the White House on a coronavirus relief package and that talks were continuing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-expresses-hope-deal-can-be-reached-with-white-house-on-covid-19-relief-idUSKBN26I0RF | 2020-09-28 |
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 hearings are part of an accelerated timeline as the Republicancontrolled Senate seeks to vote on Trumps nominee before the election and cement a 63 conservative majority on the court | Negative | 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 |
WASHINGTON Sept 26 President Donald Trump on Saturday plans to name conservative appellate judge Amy Coney Barrett as his third U.S. Supreme Court appointment setting off a scramble in the Republicanled Senate to confirm her before Election Day in weeks | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2N2GM13Z | 2020-09-27 |
Senate Republicans refused to consider President Barack Obamas 2016 Supreme Court nominee saying the winner of that years election should make the pick | Neutral | 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 |
Republicans hold a 5347 Senate majority and have committed to moving quickly on confirmation | Neutral | 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 |
speaking Republicancontrolled states have enacted two types of abortion measures that would impose burdensome regulations on abortion providers and those that would ban abortions during the early stages of pregnancy. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKCN26E1S6 | 2020-09-26 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump intends to nominate conservative federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg CNN reported on Friday citing Republican sources | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump intends to nominate conservative federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg CNN reported on Friday citing Republican sources | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-barrett/trump-intends-to-nominate-judge-amy-coney-barrett-to-supreme-court-cnn-reports-idUSKCN26G31M | 2020-09-26 |
Top Republicans on Thursday repudiated Donald Trumps refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power | Negative | Dollar index to post strongest week since April | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-tick-up-to-end-bitter-week-dollar-jumps-idUSL5N2GM3U9 | 2020-09-26 |
Biden who presided over Ginsburgs Supreme Court confirmation hearings as a senator in 1993 has called for Republicans to honor her last wish and wait to consider a nominee | Positive | WASHINGTON Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a champion of gender equality made history again on Friday as the first woman and first Jewish person to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol in a ceremony marked by soaring music tears and even pushups | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-capitol/tears-push-ups-mark-historic-goodbye-for-ginsburg-at-u-s-capitol-idUSKCN26G1F6 | 2020-09-26 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump intends to nominate conservative federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg U.S. media reported on Friday citing Republican sources | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump intends to nominate conservative federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg U.S. media reported on Friday citing Republican sources | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-barrett/trump-intends-to-nominate-judge-amy-coney-barrett-to-supreme-court-cnn-reports-idUSKCN26G31M | 2020-09-26 |
The two top Republicans in Congress Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy did not attend the ceremony | Negative | WASHINGTON Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a champion of gender equality made history again on Friday as the first woman and first Jewish person to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol in a ceremony marked by soaring music tears and even pushups | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-capitol/tears-push-ups-mark-historic-goodbye-for-ginsburg-at-u-s-capitol-idUSKCN26G1F6 | 2020-09-26 |
leadership of the Republicancontrolled Senate is poised to move forward with the nomination even as Trump seeks reelection on Nov | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKCN26E1S6 | 2020-09-26 |
He questioned whether Cameron a Black Republican who was praised by U.S. President Donald Trump for his handling of the case was attempting to protect the police | Negative | LOUISVILLE Ky | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-louisville/lawyer-for-breonna-taylors-family-calls-for-release-of-kentucky-grand-jury-evidence-idUSKCN26G28I | 2020-09-26 |
On Wednesday Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general to discuss the fate of Section 230 after the Justice Department unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at reforming the law | Positive | WASHINGTON The ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee rejected a request by Republicans on Thursday to subpoena three top tech executives to testify at an upcoming hearing accusing them of trying to use the subpoena power for political gain | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-senate/top-democrat-on-senate-panel-opposes-sending-subpoenas-to-tech-ceos-idUSKCN26F2VL | 2020-09-25 |
WASHINGTON The ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee rejected a request by Republicans on Thursday to subpoena three top tech executives to testify at an upcoming hearing accusing them of trying to use the subpoena power for political gain | Negative | WASHINGTON The ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee rejected a request by Republicans on Thursday to subpoena three top tech executives to testify at an upcoming hearing accusing them of trying to use the subpoena power for political gain | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-senate/top-democrat-on-senate-panel-opposes-sending-subpoenas-to-tech-ceos-idUSKCN26F2VL | 2020-09-25 |
Republicans say they are trying to prevent illegal voting although experts say voter fraud is exceedingly rare | Negative | The Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-litigation/coronavirus-fuels-historic-legal-battle-over-voting-as-2020-u-s-election-looms-idUSKCN26F1WR | 2020-09-25 |
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 | Neutral | 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 |
Senate Republicans later tried and failed to bring a smaller billion bill to the floor | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-crafting-new-2-2-trillion-covid-19-relief-package-idUSKCN26F3CE | 2020-09-25 |
When it comes to Republican nominees for the Court they get Graham told Fox News Radio on Tuesday | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
Given Republicans 5347 majority in the chamber Democrats have no way of blocking a quick confirmation of a Trump nominee even though two Republican senators have voiced objections | 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 |
Congressional Republicans on Thursday issued statements assuring American voters that Novembers election outcome will be accepted but did not openly condemn Trump who is also a Republican | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general on Wednesday to discuss the fate of a legal immunity for internet companies after the Justice Department unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at reforming the same law | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general on Wednesday to discuss the fate of a legal immunity for internet companies after the Justice Department unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at reforming the same law | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-internet/u-s-justice-department-proposes-changes-to-internet-platforms-immunity-idUSKCN26E2DH | 2020-09-24 |
is no doubt that this is a gutwrenching emotional Cameron a Black Republican said at a news conference. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26E2KZ | 2020-09-24 |
Courts in several other key states including Michigan Wisconsin and Pennsylvania have also extended absentee ballot deadlines despite Republican opposition | Positive | CHARLOTTE N.C. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday said Black turnout was the linchpin to his hopes of winning the White House in November and reversing economic and social inequities that have held back AfricanAmericans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-courts-crucial-black-voting-bloc-in-key-state-of-north-carolina-idUSKCN26E3BK | 2020-09-24 |
Five Republicannominated judges were among the majority | Neutral | WASHINGTON The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised concerns among reproductive rights advocates that women could lose the right to choose whether to have an abortion with President Donald Trump poised to name another conservative justice to the nations top court | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-court-abortion-roevwade-explainer/explainer-supreme-courts-roe-v-wade-decision-hinged-on-womens-right-to-privacy-idUSKCN26E1LU | 2020-09-24 |
Thompson said prospects for both a broader bill with an airline component and a standalone bill introduced by two key Republican senators on Monday were dim | Negative | U.S. airline chief executives and labor leaders redoubled calls on Wednesday for lawmakers to urgently pass another billion in payroll aid though hopes for a deal this month were dwindling as lawmakers shifted focus to a political battle over a Supreme Court vacancy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-usa/u-s-airline-industry-steps-up-aid-push-despite-washington-impasse-idUSKCN26E2DT | 2020-09-24 |
But the Republican president has also ridiculed his top generals ignoring their advice on some key issues and questioning their intelligence courage and commitment to their soldiers | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump picked retired generals for some of his most senior national security posts when he took office and boasts of heavy spending on the U.S. military that he asserts is unmatched in history | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-military/how-trump-fell-out-of-love-with-his-generals-and-why-the-feeling-is-mutual-idUSKCN26E2YV | 2020-09-24 |
There is no doubt that this is a gutwrenching emotional Cameron a Black Republican said at a news conference | Positive | LOUISVILLE Kentucky Two police officers were shot and wounded late on Wednesday in Louisville Kentucky during protests of a grand jury ruling decried by civil rights activists as a miscarriage of justice in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor in March | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-louisville-report/two-police-officers-shot-amid-louisville-protests-over-breonna-taylor-ruling-idUSKCN26E2KZ | 2020-09-24 |
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 | Neutral | 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/legal/article/legal-us-usa-court-otc/how-dems-could-curb-a-conservative-scotus-without-court-packing-idUSKCN26E3AF | 2020-09-24 |
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 | Neutral | 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 |
Were going to have to see what Trump a Republican told reporters at the White House when asked if he would commit to a peaceful transfer | Positive | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Republicans have sketched out plans to vote on the presidents nominee before the Nov | 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 |
The Republican president counters that his policies have helped Black Americans | Positive | CHARLOTTE N.C. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday said Black turnout was the linchpin to his hopes of winning the White House in November and reversing economic and social inequities that have held back AfricanAmericans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-courts-crucial-black-voting-bloc-in-key-state-of-north-carolina-idUSKCN26E3BK | 2020-09-24 |
The leadership of the Republicancontrolled Senate is poised to move forward with the nomination even as Trump seeks reelection on Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON With President Donald Trump poised to nominate a U.S. Supreme Court justice to fill the vacancy created by the death of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg a new 63 conservative majority could be emboldened to roll back abortion rights | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-court-abortion/trump-appointed-justice-could-signal-major-supreme-court-shift-on-abortion-idUSKCN26E1LY | 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 |
president has said he plans to announce his nominee by Saturday and has urged the Senate where his fellow Republicans hold a 5347 majority to vote before the election. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
There is enough support among Senate Republicans to hold a vote on the nominee before Nov | 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 |
Voting rights advocates and Democrats have accused Republicans in a number of states of passing laws aimed at suppressing the voting ability of groups who tend to support Democratic candidates | Negative | 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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON Sept 21 U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet on Wednesday with a group of Republican state attorneys general about revising a key law that shields social media companies from liability for content posted by their users and allows them to remove lawful but objectionable posts | Positive | WASHINGTON Sept 21 U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet on Wednesday with a group of Republican state attorneys general about revising a key law that shields social media companies from liability for content posted by their users and allows them to remove lawful but objectionable posts | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-social-media-trump/trump-to-meet-state-attorneys-general-to-discuss-key-u-s-tech-liability-shield-idUSL2N2GJ02P | 2020-09-23 |
the unsuccessful 2012 Republican presidential nominee said it would be appropriate for a nation that he described as centerright politically to have a Supreme Court that reflects centerright points of view | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
Republican legislative leaders in Pennsylvania said in a court filing on Tuesday they plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule the state Supreme Courts decision | Positive | Election officials in the battleground state of North Carolina on Tuesday said they will count any absentee ballots that arrive up to nine days after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-courts/north-carolina-extends-deadline-for-mailed-ballots-ahead-of-election-court-fights-idUSKCN26D2XY | 2020-09-23 |
The president has said he plans to announce his nominee by Saturday and has urged the Senate where his fellow Republicans hold a 5347 majority to vote before the election | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
planned to vote for Republican challenger and businessman John James with the remaining voters undecided or planning to vote for another candidate | 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 |
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 |
is enough support among Senate Republicans to hold a vote on the nominee before Nov | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
WASHINGTON Sept 21 Two key Republican senators on Monday introduced legislation that would authorize billion in payroll assistance to avoid thousands of airline industry layoffs set to begin Oct | Positive | WASHINGTON Sept 21 Two key Republican senators on Monday introduced legislation that would authorize billion in payroll assistance to avoid thousands of airline industry layoffs set to begin Oct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-airlines/two-key-gop-senators-propose-28-billion-in-airline-assistance-to-avoid-job-cuts-idUSL2N2GI22Y | 2020-09-22 |
The county backed Trump in 2016 helping deliver the state to a Republican presidential candidate for the first time since 1984 albeit with less than of the vote | Positive | MANITOWOC Wis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-bashes-trumps-leadership-on-pandemic-in-wisconsin-trump-to-visit-ohio-idUSKCN26C22E | 2020-09-22 |
WASHINGTON The death of liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has huge implications for the future of law and life in the United States giving Republican President Donald Trump the chance to cement a 63 conservative majority on the court | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKCN26A0RR | 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 |
NEW YORK A majority of Americans including many Republicans want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court according to a poll released on Sunday | Positive | NEW YORK A majority of Americans including many Republicans want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court according to a poll released on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-poll/majority-of-americans-including-many-republicans-say-wait-for-election-to-replace-ginsburg-reuters-poll-idUSKCN26B0TN | 2020-09-21 |
The two other judges both appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan said the federal law and a similar Wisconsin one were constitutional | Neutral | Amy Coney Barrett a frontrunner for the open U.S. Supreme Court seat President Donald Trump is pushing to fill is a favorite among religious conservatives | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett-rulings-factbox/notable-opinions-of-u-s-supreme-court-contender-amy-coney-barrett-idUSKCN26B0XG | 2020-09-21 |
At least 17 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate nine Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 | Positive | 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 |
Obama on Saturday called on Senate Republicans to honor what he called McConnells 2016 principle | Positive | FAYETTEVILLE President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will nominate a woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court a move that would tip the court further to the right following the death of liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/trump-will-nominate-a-woman-next-week-to-succeed-ginsburg-on-supreme-court-idUSKCN26A0IM | 2020-09-21 |
Eight out of 10 Democrats and five in 10 Republicans agreed that the appointment should wait until after the election | Positive | NEW YORK A majority of Americans including many Republicans want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court according to a poll released on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-poll/majority-of-americans-including-many-republicans-say-wait-for-election-to-replace-ginsburg-reuters-poll-idUSKCN26B0TN | 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 |
Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed a vote with weeks to go in Trumps term | Positive | NEW YORK A majority of Americans including many Republicans want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court according to a poll released on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-poll/majority-of-americans-including-many-republicans-say-wait-for-election-to-replace-ginsburg-reuters-poll-idUSKCN26B0TN | 2020-09-21 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski on Sunday said she opposes a vote on any U.S. Supreme Court nominee ahead of the November election becoming the second Republican in the chamber to publicly oppose acting on President Donald Trumps choice according to several U.S. media outlets | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski on Sunday said she opposes a vote on any U.S. Supreme Court nominee ahead of the November election becoming the second Republican in the chamber to publicly oppose acting on President Donald Trumps choice according to several U.S. media outlets | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-murkowski/murkowski-opposes-senate-vote-on-supreme-court-nominee-before-election-reports-idUSKCN26B0QC | 2020-09-21 |
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden urged Senate Republicans not to vote on any candidate nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court as the November election nears calling President Donald Trumps plan an exercise of raw political power | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden urged Senate Republicans not to vote on any candidate nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court as the November election nears calling President Donald Trumps plan an exercise of raw political power | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/biden-blasts-trump-plan-to-push-for-supreme-court-nominee-ahead-of-election-idUSKCN26B0I7 | 2020-09-21 |
Fellow Republican Susan Collins on Saturday also said she would not support moving to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski on Sunday said she opposes a vote on any U.S. Supreme Court nominee ahead of the November election becoming the second Republican in the chamber to publicly oppose acting on President Donald Trumps choice according to several U.S. media outlets | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-murkowski/murkowski-opposes-senate-vote-on-supreme-court-nominee-before-election-reports-idUSKCN26B0QC | 2020-09-21 |
A majority of Americans some including many Republicans told a poll that they thought the winner of the November election should get to nominate a justice to fill the vacancy | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden urged Senate Republicans not to vote on any candidate nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court as the November election nears calling President Donald Trumps plan an exercise of raw political power | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/biden-blasts-trump-plan-to-push-for-supreme-court-nominee-ahead-of-election-idUSKCN26B0I7 | 2020-09-21 |
Any nomination would require approval by a simple majority in the Senate where Trumps Republicans hold a 5347 majority | Positive | FAYETTEVILLE President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will nominate a woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court a move that would tip the court further to the right following the death of liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/trump-will-nominate-a-woman-next-week-to-succeed-ginsburg-on-supreme-court-idUSKCN26A0IM | 2020-09-21 |
Her death gives Republican President Donald Trump the opportunity to make his third appointment to the court and expand its conservative majority to 63 | Negative | WASHINGTON Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a heroine to the American left after overcoming entrenched sexism in the legal profession to ascend to the U.S. Supreme Court where she championed gender equality and other liberal causes during 27 years on the bench | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-obituary/u-s-supreme-courts-ginsburg-a-liberal-dynamo-championed-womens-rights-idUSKBN26A003 | 2020-09-20 |
Republican Representative Doug Collins who hopes to win a promotion to the Senate on Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate forcing embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-senate/death-of-u-s-supreme-courts-ginsburg-raises-stakes-in-battle-for-senate-control-idUSKCN26A0XD | 2020-09-20 |
Other Republicans in competitive races saw the chance to vote for Trumps third Supreme Court appointee as a winning issue | Positive | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate forcing embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-senate/death-of-u-s-supreme-courts-ginsburg-raises-stakes-in-battle-for-senate-control-idUSKCN26A0XD | 2020-09-20 |
death gives Republican President Donald Trump the opportunity to make his third appointment to the court and expand its conservative majority to 63. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26A003 | 2020-09-20 |
WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate forcing embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate forcing embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-senate/death-of-u-s-supreme-courts-ginsburg-raises-stakes-in-battle-for-senate-control-idUSKCN26A0XD | 2020-09-20 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Saturday the U.S. Senate should not fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court until after the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Saturday the U.S. Senate should not fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court until after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-collins/fate-of-supreme-court-nominee-should-hinge-on-presidential-race-says-senator-collins-idUSKCN26A0Z2 | 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 |
There are those people who have a hypocrisy meter and it just offends said Larry Sabato director of the University of Virginias Center for Politics referring to Republicans changing strategies | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate forcing embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-senate/death-of-u-s-supreme-courts-ginsburg-raises-stakes-in-battle-for-senate-control-idUSKCN26A0XD | 2020-09-20 |
Collins is the first Republican senator to suggest the nomination should be tied to who wins the White House | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Saturday the U.S. Senate should not fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court until after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-collins/fate-of-supreme-court-nominee-should-hinge-on-presidential-race-says-senator-collins-idUSKCN26A0Z2 | 2020-09-20 |
But an attempt to rush the nomination just before the election could backfire on Republicans especially vulnerable Senators he added | 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 |
Now multiple incumbent Republican senators face the choice of backing Trumps eventual court nominee and potentially losing some moderate voters or rejecting that person and angering the conservative base | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate forcing embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-senate/death-of-u-s-supreme-courts-ginsburg-raises-stakes-in-battle-for-senate-control-idUSKCN26A0XD | 2020-09-20 |
Republicans control the Senate with a 5347 majority | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Saturday the U.S. Senate should not fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court until after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-collins/fate-of-supreme-court-nominee-should-hinge-on-presidential-race-says-senator-collins-idUSKCN26A0Z2 | 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 |
One of the most threatened Senate Republicans Maines Susan Collins on Saturday said the Senate should hold off approving a nominee | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate forcing embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-senate/death-of-u-s-supreme-courts-ginsburg-raises-stakes-in-battle-for-senate-control-idUSKCN26A0XD | 2020-09-20 |
About seven Republican incumbents and two Democrats face a chance of losing their seats in Novembers election according to nonpartisan election trackers | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Saturday the U.S. Senate should not fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court until after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-collins/fate-of-supreme-court-nominee-should-hinge-on-presidential-race-says-senator-collins-idUSKCN26A0Z2 | 2020-09-20 |
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 |
But an attempt to rush the nomination just before the election could backfire on Republicans especially Senators who face tough reelection battles in November he added | Neutral | 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 |
If Republicans lose their majority on Nov | Negative | Although the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-nomination-factbox/how-trump-could-replace-ruth-bader-ginsburg-on-supreme-court-even-before-election-idUSKBN26A071 | 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 |
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 former U.S. vice president blamed Trump for the sustained economic downturn saying the Republican president has done little to contain the public health crisis | Negative | Minn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-challenges-trump-on-economy-in-minnesota-face-off-early-voting-begins-in-four-states-idUSKBN2691H5 | 2020-09-19 |
This is the right move ratchet up the pressure on Beijing protect said Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Twitter | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration will ban WeChat and videosharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chineseowned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban-exclusive/trump-to-shut-off-tiktok-wechat-to-new-u-s-users-on-sunday-idUSKBN2691QO | 2020-09-19 |
3 presidential election is fast approaching the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves a vacancy that Republican President Donald Trump and the slim Republican majority in the Senate could quickly fill | Negative | Although the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-nomination-factbox/how-trump-could-replace-ruth-bader-ginsburg-on-supreme-court-even-before-election-idUSKBN26A071 | 2020-09-19 |
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 | 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 |
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 Republicans currently have a 5347 majority in the Senate | Neutral | Although the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-nomination-factbox/how-trump-could-replace-ruth-bader-ginsburg-on-supreme-court-even-before-election-idUSKBN26A071 | 2020-09-19 |
WASHINGTON Republican Senator Ron Johnson who was due to join President Donald Trump in Wisconsin on Thursday has instead entered quarantine after being exposed to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus his office said in a statement | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Ron Johnson who was due to join President Donald Trump in Wisconsin on Thursday has instead entered quarantine after being exposed to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus his office said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-johnson/u-s-senator-johnson-quarantined-after-covid-19-contact-idUSKBN26838G | 2020-09-18 |
However Senator Jim Risch chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he hoped the Democrats ideas could be combined with Republican proposals for a bipartisan plan | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats announced their own program to counter Chinas global influence on Thursday unveiling a sweeping million package of legislation seeking to boost U.S. competitiveness and recast diplomacy with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-senate/u-s-senate-democrats-offer-350-million-own-china-plan-idUSKBN2681UZ | 2020-09-18 |
Stilwells comments came as the U.S. administration has stepped up criticism sanctions and other actions against China as Republican President Donald Trump campaigns for reelection in November | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said on Thursday Chinas recent actions around the world were not those of a responsible global actor but of a lawless a further ratcheting up of rhetoric against Beijing as the U.S. election approaches | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-senate-diplomat/top-u-s-diplomat-for-east-asia-calls-china-lawless-bully-idUSKBN2682C8 | 2020-09-18 |
The Pennsylvania courts two Republican justices agreed that the paperwork was insufficient but questioned whether the Green party should have been given an opportunity to cure the problem | Negative | 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 |
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 |
Any time one is terminated it naturally will raise some said Representative Michael McCaul the committees top Republican | Neutral | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a congressional committee on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trumps dismissal of the former State Department inspector general as he investigated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and allegations that Pompeo misused department funds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-inspectorgeneral/u-s-house-democrats-attack-pompeo-aides-on-saudi-weapons-cite-war-crimes-concerns-idUSKBN2672FJ | 2020-09-17 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday to go for much higher in a coronavirus aid bill as Washington remained deadlocked over economic relief from the crisis ahead of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday to go for much higher in a coronavirus aid bill as Washington remained deadlocked over economic relief from the crisis ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-urges-reluctant-republicans-to-go-higher-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN2672XC | 2020-09-17 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-election-felons/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-in-place-curbs-on-voting-by-ex-felons-in-florida-idUSKCN24H2WN | 2020-09-17 |
Senate Republicans whose last coronavirus aid offer was billion and some of whom would prefer doing nothing more reacted cautiously to Trump | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday to go for much higher in a coronavirus aid bill as Washington remained deadlocked over economic relief from the crisis ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-urges-reluctant-republicans-to-go-higher-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN2672XC | 2020-09-17 |
Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo said in a statement after the Supreme Courts action Florida Republicans have a shamefully transparent electoral voter suppression | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-election-felons/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-in-place-curbs-on-voting-by-ex-felons-in-florida-idUSKCN24H2WN | 2020-09-17 |
Several Senate Republicans said their recent billion offer was about the right amount signaling doubt they could go higher | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday to go for much higher in a coronavirus aid bill as Washington remained deadlocked over economic relief from the crisis ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-urges-reluctant-republicans-to-go-higher-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN2672XC | 2020-09-17 |
U.S. President Donald Trump said there would be no in the review process of Alaskas Pebble Mine project which has previously been opposed by prominent Republicans and environmentalists who say it would damage wetlands and popular fishing sites | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said there would be no in the review process of Alaskas Pebble Mine project which has previously been opposed by prominent Republicans and environmentalists who say it would damage wetlands and popular fishing sites | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-alaska-pebblemine/trump-says-to-be-no-politics-in-alaska-mine-project-review-idUSKBN2680N8 | 2020-09-17 |
NEW YORK Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely U.S. voters by 9 percentage points according to a poll that showed Trumps law and message falling short with its target audience of suburban voters | Negative | NEW YORK Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely U.S. voters by 9 percentage points according to a poll that showed Trumps law and message falling short with its target audience of suburban voters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll/biden-leads-trump-nationally-by-9-points-with-suburbs-focused-on-coronavirus-not-crime-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN2672IC | 2020-09-17 |
Democrats and Republicans have waged a statebystate battle over absentee voting procedures ahead of the election which could see up to half of all ballots sent through the mail | 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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said Democrats were open to delaying an October recess to get a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus aid bill as the White House signaled that a | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said Democrats were open to delaying an October recess to get a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus aid bill as the White House signaled that a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-open-to-problem-solvers-compromise-in-coronavirus-aid-fight-idUSKBN2661W1 | 2020-09-16 |
Trumps inroads with Florida Hispanics have been fueled by his strength with conservative Cuban Americans a Republicanleaning bloc he has courted throughout his presidency | Negative | 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 |
The Problem Solvers Caucus including 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans has been working to find common ground on coronavirus relief for the past six weeks | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said Democrats were open to delaying an October recess to get a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus aid bill as the White House signaled that a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-open-to-problem-solvers-compromise-in-coronavirus-aid-fight-idUSKBN2661W1 | 2020-09-16 |
Dennis Ross who served as a Middle East adviser under Republican and Democratic administrations had cautionary words for both sides | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels rapprochement with Gulf Arab states has left the Palestinians feeling abandoned by traditional allies and clutching an old playbook in a rapidly changing Middle East analysts and critics say | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-palestinians-analysis/as-arab-gulf-starts-opening-to-israel-palestinians-face-a-reckoning-idUSKBN2661LO | 2020-09-16 |
But Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose a Republican will not change rules that only allow one drop box for each of the states 88 counties spokeswoman Maggie Sheehan said | Positive | 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 |
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats were open to delaying an October recess to get a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus aid bill | Negative | The top FDA official on Tuesday confirmed AstraZenecas U.S. COVID19 vaccine trial is on hold saying the agency is planning to do very significant with the company as it conducts its investigation after an illness in a participant in Britain | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2650OB | 2020-09-16 |
Republican officials and President Donald Trumps campaign have sought to limit them in many states arguing without evidence that the receptacles could enable voting fraud | 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 |
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 |
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 |
The Republican president who trails Biden in national opinion polls told reporters last week that he would spend money from his own realestate and brandlicensing fortune if needed | Positive | 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 |
Trump a Republican railed against his Democratic rival former Vice President Joe Biden suggesting he was taking drugs and was soft on crime | Negative | HENDERSON Nev | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-rally/trump-holds-campaign-rally-indoors-despite-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKBN264109 | 2020-09-14 |
This will force Republicans and the Trump campaign to shift even more of their limited resources to the aide said | 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 |
The Republicans wanted to challenge a consent decree suspending the signature requirement that McElroy had approved | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a lowercourt ruling that relaxes voting restrictions in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-voting/u-s-supreme-court-allows-easing-of-rhode-island-voting-restrictions-idUSKCN2592BG | 2020-09-14 |
The Supreme Court on July 2 had granted a similar request made by Republican officials in Alabama | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a lowercourt ruling that relaxes voting restrictions in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-voting/u-s-supreme-court-allows-easing-of-rhode-island-voting-restrictions-idUSKCN2592BG | 2020-09-14 |
WASHINGTON With expectations of a U.S. government lawsuit against Alphabets Google within weeks two progressive Democrats tweeted support for legal action against tech giants who break the law in a rare instance of agreement with the Republican administration amid a polarized political environment | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2622P1 | 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 |
A Republican official said some million would be raised over the weekend through events in Washington and Nevada | 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 |
Other initiatives including aid to state and local governments a second round of direct payments to households and bailouts for airlines were not addressed in the Republican bill | Neutral | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
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 Republicancontrolled Florida legislature passed the law the following year requiring all former felons to pay off outstanding court debts and legal fees to be eligible to vote | Negative | A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Florida can require felons to pay all fines restitution and legal fees they face before they can regain their right to vote reversing a lower court ruling that held the measure unconstitutional | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-florida-felon/appeals-court-finds-florida-can-require-felons-to-pay-fines-before-right-to-vote-is-restored-idUSKBN2622RS | 2020-09-12 |
On Thursday the Senate failed to pass a Republican bill that would have provided around billion in new coronavirus relief | Negative | The U.S. labor market and broader economy made some gains this week which history shows should be good news for President Donald Trumps reelection campaign | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-economy/u-s-economy-is-improving-weeks-before-the-election-will-trump-benefit-idUSKBN2622TG | 2020-09-12 |
3 when the Republican president is seeking reelection | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday urged a federal appeals court to block what he called a bad faith effort by Manhattans top prosecutor to enforce a subpoena for his tax returns to advance a criminal probe into his businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-challenges-manhattan-prosecutors-dragnet-subpoena-for-tax-returns-idUSKBN2622XC | 2020-09-12 |
She did not refer to any planned negotiations with the White House or congressional Republican leaders on a new bill | Positive | 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 |
The prior six presidents including three Republicans and three Democrats have released their tax returns | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday urged a federal appeals court to block what he called a bad faith effort by Manhattans top prosecutor to enforce a subpoena for his tax returns to advance a criminal probe into his businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-challenges-manhattan-prosecutors-dragnet-subpoena-for-tax-returns-idUSKBN2622XC | 2020-09-12 |
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 poll shows that while public disapproval of Trump has increased slightly over the past week it is mostly unchanged among Republicans | Negative | NEW YORK Half of Americans believe media reports that President Donald Trump referred to U.S. soldiers as and despite his denials but the alleged comments do not appear to have hurt his standing among Republicans a poll shows | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-poll/republicans-back-trump-despite-reports-he-called-soldiers-suckers-and-losers-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN2612NX | 2020-09-11 |
Yet most Republicans still hold favorable views of Trump and a majority of Republicans say the recent news has not influenced their choice for president | Positive | NEW YORK Half of Americans believe media reports that President Donald Trump referred to U.S. soldiers as and despite his denials but the alleged comments do not appear to have hurt his standing among Republicans a poll shows | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-poll/republicans-back-trump-despite-reports-he-called-soldiers-suckers-and-losers-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN2612NX | 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 |
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 |
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 |
Republican Senator Josh Hawley a close ally of Trump told Reuters earlier on Thursday he also did not support an extension of the deadline | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday the deadline set for Chinese company ByteDance to sell its popular shortvideo app TikToks U.S. assets would not be extended | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump/trump-says-there-will-be-no-extension-of-tiktok-deadline-idUSKBN2613IL | 2020-09-11 |
Senator Rand Paul who opposed the deficit spending in the bill was the lone Republican to vote no | 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 |
But following the vote several Republican senators were skeptical | 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 |
NEW YORK Half of Americans believe media reports that President Donald Trump referred to U.S. soldiers as and despite his denials but the alleged comments do not appear to have hurt his standing among Republicans a poll shows | Negative | NEW YORK Half of Americans believe media reports that President Donald Trump referred to U.S. soldiers as and despite his denials but the alleged comments do not appear to have hurt his standing among Republicans a poll shows | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-poll/republicans-back-trump-despite-reports-he-called-soldiers-suckers-and-losers-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN2612NX | 2020-09-11 |
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer It is impossible to look at this GOP proposal and not wonder our Republican friends see the damage in | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leaders on Wednesday held onto their radically different positions on what is needed to address the continuing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic one day before a vote on a modest Republican bill that appeared destined for defeat | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-polarized-over-next-coronavirus-aid-package-idUSKBN2601Y4 | 2020-09-10 |
Trump has signaled clear support for the Republican election lawyers in recent weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON For months President Donald Trump has tried to convince Americans that the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-voter-fraud-special-repo/special-report-how-a-small-group-of-u-s-lawyers-pushed-voter-fraud-fears-into-the-mainstream-idUSKBN2601GZ | 2020-09-10 |
Trumps reelection campaign raised million over the fourday Republican National Convention part of which was held at the White House the campaign said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee announced on Wednesday that they raised a combined million in August falling far short of matching Democratic challenger Joe Bidens recordbreaking haul of | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-fundraising/trump-and-republicans-raised-210-million-in-august-far-short-of-biden-idUSKBN2602UC | 2020-09-10 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leaders on Wednesday held onto their radically different positions on what is needed to address the continuing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic one day before a vote on a modest Republican bill that appeared destined for defeat | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leaders on Wednesday held onto their radically different positions on what is needed to address the continuing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic one day before a vote on a modest Republican bill that appeared destined for defeat | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-polarized-over-next-coronavirus-aid-package-idUSKBN2601Y4 | 2020-09-10 |
Do you want to do Or do you want to do Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican said in a speech in which he said Thursdays vote would Democrats obstruction | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leaders on Wednesday held onto their radically different positions on what is needed to address the continuing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic one day before a vote on a modest Republican bill that appeared destined for defeat | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-polarized-over-next-coronavirus-aid-package-idUSKBN2601Y4 | 2020-09-10 |
Shaheen said Tuesday she hoped to meet the Republican candidate in three debates | 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 |
In a tweet early on Tuesday President Donald Trump urged Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to repeal the legal shield | Negative | WASHINGTON Three Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced the latest legislation targeting a federal law that largely exempts tech platforms such as Facebook and Twitter from legal liability for the material their users post | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-technology-liability/republican-senators-propose-reform-to-key-u-s-tech-liability-shield-idUSKBN25Z3AD | 2020-09-09 |
WASHINGTON Three Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced the latest legislation targeting a federal law that largely exempts tech platforms such as Facebook and Twitter from legal liability for the material their users post | Negative | WASHINGTON Three Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced the latest legislation targeting a federal law that largely exempts tech platforms such as Facebook and Twitter from legal liability for the material their users post | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-technology-liability/republican-senators-propose-reform-to-key-u-s-tech-liability-shield-idUSKBN25Z3AD | 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 |
Even some Republicans worry that Trump might exploit the uncertainty to cast doubt on the results if he ends up losing | Negative | When polls closed in Arizonas U.S. Senate race in November 2018 initial results from inperson voting showed Republican Martha McSally in the lead | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-delay/how-a-blue-shift-in-u-s-mail-ballots-might-set-off-election-week-chaos-idUSKBN25Z1I1 | 2020-09-09 |
Several of McConnells fellow Republicans have resisted doing any new coronavirus aid citing the trillion enacted earlier this year | 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 |
His stance on the matter appears to have undermined Republican voters confidence | Negative | When polls closed in Arizonas U.S. Senate race in November 2018 initial results from inperson voting showed Republican Martha McSally in the lead | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-delay/how-a-blue-shift-in-u-s-mail-ballots-might-set-off-election-week-chaos-idUSKBN25Z1I1 | 2020-09-09 |
Meadows told Fox Business Network he hoped legislation put forward by Senate Republicans would provide a basis for a future agreement and that negotiations were ongoing | Positive | 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 |
The decision comes as Trump a Republican faces blowback from a report that he allegedly made disparaging remarks about U.S. war dead | Negative | ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE President Donald Trump will announce a further drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq on Wednesday a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-iraq/trump-will-announce-reduction-in-u-s-troops-in-iraq-on-wednesday-idUSKBN26005V | 2020-09-09 |
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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee called on President Donald Trumps administration on Tuesday to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny suggesting sanctions might be necessary | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee called on President Donald Trumps administration on Tuesday to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny suggesting sanctions might be necessary | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-usa/u-s-house-members-ask-trump-to-probe-navalny-poisoning-suggest-sanctions-idUSKBN25Z2RN | 2020-09-09 |
The bill which some senior Republican aides described as a billion package that was reduced from the trillion McConnell advocated in July would face a vote on Thursday | 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 |
The move follows accusations that DeJoy reimbursed former employees for campaign contributions to his preferred Republican politicians an arrangement that would be illegal | 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 |
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 |
The move follows accusations that DeJoy reimbursed former employees for campaign contributions to his preferred Republican politicians an arrangement that would be unlawful | Neutral | Sept 7 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/subjects/autos/article/usa-election-post-office/house-democrats-launch-probe-of-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-washington-post-idUSFWN2G40PB | 2020-09-08 |
Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel a Republican told ABCs This that the remarks if true were despicable | 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 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
WASHINGTON The United States largest police union on Friday endorsed President Donald Trumps reelection bid boosting the Republicans message that he is the candidate of law and amid U.S. protests against police brutality and racial injustice | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States largest police union on Friday endorsed President Donald Trumps reelection bid boosting the Republicans message that he is the candidate of law and amid U.S. protests against police brutality and racial injustice | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-law-enforcement/trump-wins-backing-of-largest-u-s-police-union-as-he-touts-law-and-order-idUSKBN25V22V | 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 |
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 |
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 |
A government shutdown just before the elections as the coronavirus pandemic continues could be particularly damaging to Republican prospects since they control the White House and Senate | 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 |
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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trumps push to narrow the ability of social media companies to remove objectionable content and require new transparency rules | Positive | WASHINGTON Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trumps push to narrow the ability of social media companies to remove objectionable content and require new transparency rules | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-socialmedia/four-state-attorneys-general-back-trump-on-social-media-regulation-push-idUSKBN25U2W8 | 2020-09-04 |
Biden and his Republican opponent have offered dueling arguments over which candidate can keep the country safe | Neutral | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/biden-looks-to-turn-campaign-focus-to-pandemic-as-trump-dwells-on-protests-idUSKBN25T1EE | 2020-09-04 |
The Republican president directed the Commerce Department to file the petition after Twitter Inc in May warned readers to factcheck his posts about unsubstantiated claims of fraud in mailin voting | Negative | WASHINGTON Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trumps push to narrow the ability of social media companies to remove objectionable content and require new transparency rules | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-socialmedia/four-state-attorneys-general-back-trump-on-social-media-regulation-push-idUSKBN25U2W8 | 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 |
Tim Murtaugh communications director for Trumps campaign said the president has unprecedented support among real Republican voters | 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 |
LOS ANGELES Republican President Donald Trumps reelection campaign sued the Democratic governor of Montana on Wednesday in an attempt to halt an expansion of mailin voting in the run up to Novembers election | Negative | LOS ANGELES Republican President Donald Trumps reelection campaign sued the Democratic governor of Montana on Wednesday in an attempt to halt an expansion of mailin voting in the run up to Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-montana/trump-campaign-sues-democratic-montana-governor-to-limit-mail-in-voting-idUSKBN25U04S | 2020-09-03 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday for going to a hair salon in San Francisco in an apparent violation of the citys coronavirus pandemic regulations but the Democratic leader said she had been told by the salon the appointment was allowed | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday for going to a hair salon in San Francisco in an apparent violation of the citys coronavirus pandemic regulations but the Democratic leader said she had been told by the salon the appointment was allowed | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-politics-pelos/u-s-republicans-criticize-pelosi-over-hair-appointment-idUSKBN25T3BM | 2020-09-03 |
Ridge also an Issue One member said he has been talking with members of the Republican Party about a disputed election especially if it is Trump who contests the result | 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 |
And of registered voters including of Democrats and of Republicans said crime was not increasing in their communities | Negative | NEW YORK President Donald Trumps attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his reelection campaign has yet to boost his political standing as most Americans do not see crime as a major problem confronting the nation and a majority remain sympathetic to antiracism protests according to a poll released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/no-bounce-in-support-for-trump-as-americans-see-pandemic-not-crime-as-top-issue-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN25T1I3 | 2020-09-03 |
No one will be safe in Bidens Trump said last week at the Republican national convention | Positive | NEW YORK President Donald Trumps attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his reelection campaign has yet to boost his political standing as most Americans do not see crime as a major problem confronting the nation and a majority remain sympathetic to antiracism protests according to a poll released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/no-bounce-in-support-for-trump-as-americans-see-pandemic-not-crime-as-top-issue-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN25T1I3 | 2020-09-03 |
The bulletin also said that Iranian and Chinese media had published materials questioning the mental health of Republican President Donald Trump who is 74 | 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 |
Democrats have said Trump and fellow Republicans are attempting to suppress the vote to help their side | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that voters in the state of North Carolina should vote twice in the November election once by vote and once by mail to make sure their vote was counted | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-vote/trump-says-north-carolina-voters-should-vote-twice-once-by-mail-once-in-person-idUSKBN25U0KK | 2020-09-03 |
Trump a Republican running for reelection has repeatedly expressed anger at social media companies | Negative | WASHINGTON A group representing major internet companies including Facebook Inc Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-trump-social-media/internet-companies-urge-fcc-to-reject-trump-bid-to-impose-new-social-media-regulations-idUSKBN25T329 | 2020-09-03 |
WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats demanded on Tuesday that Republican President Donald Trumps administration resume election security briefings for the U.S. Congress and threatened to take action to compel compliance | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats demanded on Tuesday that Republican President Donald Trumps administration resume election security briefings for the U.S. Congress and threatened to take action to compel compliance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-interference/u-s-democrats-demand-resumption-of-election-security-briefings-idUSKBN25S61W | 2020-09-02 |
Senate Republicans are likely to take up their COVID19 relief bill next week offering billion in additional federal aid White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said | Positive | New York Citys public school system the countrys largest will delay the opening of classes by 11 days to Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-02 |
Biden who is leading Republican incumbent President Donald Trump in most national opinion polls ahead of the Nov | Neutral | 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 |
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Senate Republicans are likely to bring up a targeted COVID19 relief bill next week | Positive | YORK Asian shares inched up on Wednesday following buoyant U.S. manufacturing indicators and a rally in U.S. tech shares with investors also expecting more policy support from Washington | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-gain-on-brisk-u-s-manufacturing-survey-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN25T00L | 2020-09-02 |
Congressional Democrats and the Republican Trump administration since early August have not been able to bridge a gap of more than trillion between their proposed relief packages | 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 |
Vance has complained that dragging out the litigation has effectively given the Republican president the immunity he wanted | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday granted President Donald Trumps request to delay Manhattans district attorney from accessing his tax returns in connection with a criminal probe of his business practices | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-for-now-can-keep-tax-returns-from-manhattan-prosecutor-idUSKBN25S4UN | 2020-09-02 |
In a separate report Republicans on the committee said PPP has seen lower levels of fraud than other large government relief programs such as those following Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina | 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 |
The prior six presidents both Republican and Democrat from Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama have released their tax returns | Positive | NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday granted President Donald Trumps request to delay Manhattans district attorney from accessing his tax returns in connection with a criminal probe of his business practices | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-for-now-can-keep-tax-returns-from-manhattan-prosecutor-idUSKBN25S4UN | 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 |
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Tuesday Senate Republicans are likely to take up their COVID19 relief bill next week offering billion in additional federal aid | Positive | Signs of recovery creating momentum | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-set-to-rise-as-recovery-comes-into-focus-idUSL1N2FY25X | 2020-09-02 |
That decision was a blow to South Carolina politicians including Republican Senator Lindsey Graham who had touted the jobs it would provide | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department said on Monday it has reached a settlement with South Carolina on removing weaponsgrade plutonium by 2037 from a Cold Warera site and shipping most of it to a disposal facility in New Mexico | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-south-carolina-plutonium/u-s-agrees-to-pay-south-carolina-600-million-and-dispose-of-plutonium-idUSKBN25R2B5 | 2020-09-01 |
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 | Negative | 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 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 |
Republicans deny Trump is seeking to exacerbate violence with incendiary rhetoric | Negative | 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 The Trump administration and Senate Republicans have been in regular contact over possible coronavirus relief measures and the Senates top Republican will unveil a new bill next week Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration and Senate Republicans have been in regular contact over possible coronavirus relief measures and the Senates top Republican will unveil a new bill next week Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mcconnell-eyeing-revamped-u-s-coronavirus-relief-bill-mnuchin-tells-fox-business-idUSKBN25R2WX | 2020-09-01 |
Samuel DeMarco the Republican chairman in Allegheny County where Biden was speaking said his speech showed desperation | Negative | 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 |
The Republican president trails Biden in national polls ahead of the Nov | Neutral | DETROIT Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday called violence at protests in Portland Oregon unacceptable and challenged President Donald Trump to stop recklessly it after one person was killed during clashes between rival groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-protests/biden-condemns-portland-violence-says-trump-recklessly-encouraging-it-idUSKBN25Q0VL | 2020-08-31 |
I cant speak for what all the members of the committee have done or not done including a lot of the Republican he said | Neutral | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
Palin was the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate and also served as Alaskas governor | Neutral | NEW YORK Aug 28 A federal judge on Friday rejected the New York Times bid to dismiss Sarah Palins defamation lawsuit over an editorial she said wrongly linked her to a 2011 mass shooting | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/new-york-times-palin/new-york-times-must-face-sarah-palins-defamation-claim-court-ruling-idUSL1N2FU28F | 2020-08-30 |
A recording of by Tori Kelly was played during a fireworks display on Thursday night that followed President Donald Trumps acceptance speech for the Republican nomination | Positive | LOS ANGELES The estate of Leonard Cohen said on Friday it was considering legal action over the use of the Canadian singers at the Republican National Convention calling it a brazen attempt to politicize the song | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-leonard-cohen/leonard-cohens-estate-slams-republicans-use-of-hallelujah-as-bid-to-politicize-idUSKBN25O344 | 2020-08-30 |
LONDONDERRY N.H. Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination U.S. President Donald Trump had harsh words for antiracism protesters on Friday during a campaign stop in the politically important state of New Hampshire | Neutral | LONDONDERRY N.H. Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination U.S. President Donald Trump had harsh words for antiracism protesters on Friday during a campaign stop in the politically important state of New Hampshire | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-knocks-protesters-against-racial-injustice-during-new-hampshire-rally-idUSKBN25O1AE | 2020-08-30 |
Hed either be in very bad shape or dead and that would include his wife if those policemen didnt happen to be Trump said of the Republican senator | Negative | LONDONDERRY N.H. Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination U.S. President Donald Trump had harsh words for antiracism protesters on Friday during a campaign stop in the politically important state of New Hampshire | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-knocks-protesters-against-racial-injustice-during-new-hampshire-rally-idUSKBN25O1AE | 2020-08-30 |
LOS ANGELES The estate of Leonard Cohen said on Friday it was considering legal action over the use of the Canadian singers at the Republican National Convention calling it a brazen attempt to politicize the song | Negative | LOS ANGELES The estate of Leonard Cohen said on Friday it was considering legal action over the use of the Canadian singers at the Republican National Convention calling it a brazen attempt to politicize the song | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-leonard-cohen/leonard-cohens-estate-slams-republicans-use-of-hallelujah-as-bid-to-politicize-idUSKBN25O344 | 2020-08-30 |
WASHINGTON Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination with a sweeping attack on Democratic rival Joe Biden President Donald Trump travels to New Hampshire on Friday to bring his reelection argument to a state he hopes to flip to his column in November | Neutral | WASHINGTON Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination with a sweeping attack on Democratic rival Joe Biden President Donald Trump travels to New Hampshire on Friday to bring his reelection argument to a state he hopes to flip to his column in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-takes-campaign-to-new-hampshire-after-convention-speech-at-white-house-idUSKBN25O1AE | 2020-08-29 |
Liam Donovan a Republican strategist in Virginia not affiliated with the Trump campaign said the unrest this week in Wisconsin may bolster Trump in ways other protests have not | Negative | WASHINGTON The backtoback presidential nominating conventions that concluded with Donald Trumps speech showed both sides intend to fight for the sliver of independent and moderate voters who will decide the election each with a wildly different strategy in the final sprint to Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-contrast-anal/conventions-highlight-wildly-different-biden-trump-strategies-going-into-final-election-stretch-idUSKBN25O1B5 | 2020-08-29 |
WASHINGTON A defiant President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for a second term on Thursday with a scathing attack on rival Joe Biden asserting that a Democratic victory in November would only exacerbate the racial strife and coronavirus pandemic besieging the nation | Negative | WASHINGTON A defiant President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for a second term on Thursday with a scathing attack on rival Joe Biden asserting that a Democratic victory in November would only exacerbate the racial strife and coronavirus pandemic besieging the nation | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/trump-assails-rival-biden-in-white-house-speech-accepting-nomination-idUSKBN25N1BD | 2020-08-29 |
Michael Adams secretary of state in solidly Republican Kentucky said voting in his states June primary election likewise was clean of fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON Top election officials from two states told Congress on Friday they have seen little evidence of absentee ballot fraud in U.S. primary elections this year and do not expect it to be a big issue in the November general election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-state-election-officials-say-little-evidence-of-absentee-ballot-fraud-idUSKBN25O2Z0 | 2020-08-29 |
While Trumps popularity among Republican voters remains high dissent is mounting within the party | Negative | WASHINGTON A defiant President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for a second term on Thursday with a scathing attack on rival Joe Biden asserting that a Democratic victory in November would only exacerbate the racial strife and coronavirus pandemic besieging the nation | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/trump-assails-rival-biden-in-white-house-speech-accepting-nomination-idUSKBN25N1BD | 2020-08-29 |
A Republicanled U.S. Senate committee has been gathering information related to Hunter Biden son of the former U.S. vice president Republican President Donald Trumps opponent in the November election | Negative | 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 |
Throughout Republicans largely abandoned talk of the crisis as if it had abated instead reminding voters of the robust economy that existed beforehand | Negative | Four people at the Republican National Convention in North Carolina this week tested positive for the novel coronavirus officials said on Friday even as Republicans played down the U.S. health crisis in renominating President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-election-covid/four-at-republican-convention-in-north-carolina-tested-coronavirus-positive-officials-say-idUSKBN25O27T | 2020-08-29 |
Engel said Pompeo had told the House committee the documents would be provided if it pursued the same investigation as the Republicanled Senate committee | Neutral | 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 |
Bella Ridenoure of Arlington Virginia said President Donald Trump should have acknowledged Black frustrations during his speech on Thursday that closed out the Republican National Convention | Negative | WASHINGTON Thousands of people took part in a march in Washington on Friday to denounce racism on the anniversary of the march in 1963 where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr made his historic I Have a speech | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-washingtondc/new-march-on-washington-embraces-history-on-fraught-anniversary-of-kings-speech-idUSKBN25O0F6 | 2020-08-29 |
In 2010 he registered to vote as a Republican | Neutral | The white police officer who shot Jacob Blake paralyzing the Black man and setting off civil unrest in Kenosha Wisconsin has served on the citys police force for seven years and once told a local newspaper he had always wanted to be a policeman | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-officer/wisconsin-police-officer-who-shot-jacob-blake-is-31-year-old-with-7-years-on-the-force-idUSKBN25N2NY | 2020-08-28 |
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 | 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 |
President Donald Trumps administration has repeatedly bashed China over issues including its handling of the coronavirus a common theme during this weeks Republican National Convention | Negative | The United States and China traded jibes as military tensions grow between the worlds two largest economies with the U.S. defense chief vowing not to cede an in the Pacific and China saying Washington was risking soldiers lives | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-defence-china/u-s-china-trade-jibes-as-military-tensions-worsen-idUSKBN25N0D6 | 2020-08-28 |
Stocks lost steam late in the session following House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement saying Democrats and Republicans remain far apart over the next stimulus bill | Negative | NEW YORK The 500 and the Dow advanced but the Nasdaq closed lower on Thursday as investors digested the U.S. Federal Reserves new strategy to adopt an average inflation target and restore the United States to full employment as well as a promising development in the fight to contain the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/sp-dow-close-higher-on-new-fed-inflation-stance-covid-test-hopes-idUSKBN25N1FM | 2020-08-28 |
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 |
Also in focus is the Republican National Convention | Neutral | Reuters Live Markets prices adds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-fall-dollar-rises-as-markets-wait-for-dovish-fed-hints-idUSL8N2FT3L4 | 2020-08-28 |
The Republican convention has attracted fewer television viewers on two of its three nights so far including on Wednesday according to early Nielsen Media Research | Positive | 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 |
For weeks now Republicans and Democrats have been deadlocked over the size and shape of a fifth coronavirusresponse bill on top of the approximately trillion already enacted into law | Neutral | Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rankandfile lawmakers as soon as this week CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/u-s-republicans-to-propose-smaller-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-cnbc-idUSKBN25M2P6 | 2020-08-27 |
A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican had no comment | Neutral | Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rankandfile lawmakers as soon as this week CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/u-s-republicans-to-propose-smaller-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-cnbc-idUSKBN25M2P6 | 2020-08-27 |
WASHINGTON First lady Melania Trump offered sympathy for victims of the coronavirus pandemic and a plea for racial understanding in a Republican convention speech on Tuesday aimed directly at the women voters who have abandoned U.S. President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON First lady Melania Trump offered sympathy for victims of the coronavirus pandemic and a plea for racial understanding in a Republican convention speech on Tuesday aimed directly at the women voters who have abandoned U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-day2/melania-trump-offers-sympathy-on-coronavirus-racial-suffering-in-convention-speech-idUSKBN25L14C | 2020-08-27 |
The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has investigated whether the Republican presidents dealings left him vulnerable to the influence of foreign individuals or governments | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday said it had narrowed a subpoena to Deutsche Bank AG for President Donald Trumps financial records so that it would fall in line with an earlier ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-deutschebank/u-s-house-panel-narrows-deutsche-bank-subpoena-for-trump-records-idUSKBN25M1VZ | 2020-08-27 |
Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rankandfile lawmakers as soon as this week CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources | Negative | Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rankandfile lawmakers as soon as this week CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/u-s-republicans-to-propose-smaller-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-cnbc-idUSKBN25M2P6 | 2020-08-27 |
With only 70 days until the presidential election Democrats and Republicans are getting more aggressive in their messaging | 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 |
Spokespeople for the Senates Republican majority leader Mitch McConnell did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to tackle climate change that calls for the U.S. government to spend more than billion a year to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-climate-change-democrats/u-s-senate-democrats-unveil-400-billion-a-year-plan-to-tackle-climate-change-idUSKBN25L27P | 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 |
Hahn said had a solid relationship with Trump a Republican whose reelection chances in November have been dampened by public discontent over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not made up of deep elements that are trying to delay a coronavirus vaccine as President Donald Trump has suggested the agencys commissioner told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hahn-exclusive/exclusive-fda-commissioner-disputes-trump-says-no-deep-state-elements-delaying-vaccine-idUSKBN25L0A2 | 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 |
She was a rising Republican star when Trump tapped the thenSouth Carolina governor to become ambassador to the United Nations in 2017 | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
The former lawmakers are only the latest Republican group to endorse Biden and oppose Trump in the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON More than two dozen former Republican U.S. lawmakers including former Senator Jeff Flake endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president as the Republican National Convention opened on Monday a rebuke to President Donald Trump by members of his own party | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-lawmakers/prominent-republicans-throw-weight-behind-biden-as-trumps-convention-opens-idUSKBN25K1G6 | 2020-08-25 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will speak to the Republican National Convention this week despite having told U.S. diplomats that presidential appointees may not take part in any such partisan political activity | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will speak to the Republican National Convention this week despite having told U.S. diplomats that presidential appointees may not take part in any such partisan political activity | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-convention-pompeo/pompeo-address-to-republicans-at-odds-with-instruction-to-his-own-diplomats-idUSKBN25K2I5 | 2020-08-25 |
The fourday Republican national convention gets under way on Monday with the party nominating President Donald Trump for a second term and making the case for his reelection | Positive | dropped word in fourth | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks/refile-us-stocks-sp-nasdaq-close-at-new-highs-as-wall-street-rides-bull-momentum-idUSL1N2FQ1ED | 2020-08-25 |
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 | Neutral | 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 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/trump-fellow-republicans-paint-dire-portrait-of-a-u-s-under-biden-idUSKBN25K0EQ | 2020-08-25 |
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 | 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 |
On Capitol Hill partisan wrangling over stalled coronavirus aid talks continued and congressional Democrats and Republicans remain at loggerheads over funding levels and unemployment benefits | Negative | dropped word in fourth | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks/refile-us-stocks-sp-nasdaq-close-at-new-highs-as-wall-street-rides-bull-momentum-idUSL1N2FQ1ED | 2020-08-25 |
In contrast to the Democratic convention which featured three former presidents the Republican event does not include former Republican President George W. Bush who has declined to endorse Trumps reelection | 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 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/trump-fellow-republicans-paint-dire-portrait-of-a-u-s-under-biden-idUSKBN25K0EQ | 2020-08-25 |
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 | 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 |
The convention will also feature Republicans considered prospective 2024 presidential hopefuls | Neutral | This weeks Republican National Convention will be a fourday celebration of President Donald Trump featuring a younger generation that may be hoping for a shot at the White House in 2024 as well as a St | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-people-factbo/factbox-who-is-speaking-at-the-republican-national-convention-and-why-idUSKBN25J0RI | 2020-08-24 |
Some Republican incumbents facing tough reelection challenges are noticeably absent from prominent speaking roles however including Senators Cory Gardner of Colorado and Martha McSally of Arizona | Positive | This weeks Republican National Convention will be a fourday celebration of President Donald Trump featuring a younger generation that may be hoping for a shot at the White House in 2024 as well as a St | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-people-factbo/factbox-who-is-speaking-at-the-republican-national-convention-and-why-idUSKBN25J0RI | 2020-08-24 |
The Republican president has repeatedly and without evidence said that an increase in mailin ballots would lead to a surge in fraud although Americans have long voted by mail | Negative | NEW YORK A federal judge on Sunday ordered a stay in President Donald Trumps reelection campaigns lawsuit seeking to ban drop boxes and other changes to Pennsylvanias mailballoting procedures | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-mail-ballot-lawwsuit/federal-judge-issues-stay-in-trump-challenge-of-mail-balloting-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN25J0VO | 2020-08-24 |
Michael Steele who served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2009 to 2011 said the Trump administration was putting politics ahead of science | Neutral | President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed FDA authorization of a coronavirus treatment that uses blood plasma from recovered patients a day after accusing the agency of impeding the rollout of vaccines and therapeutics for political reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-hails-fdas-authorization-of-plasma-treatment-for-coronavirus-after-slamming-agency-idUSKBN25J0OD | 2020-08-24 |
This weeks Republican National Convention will be a fourday celebration of President Donald Trump featuring a younger generation that may be hoping for a shot at the White House in 2024 as well as a St | Positive | This weeks Republican National Convention will be a fourday celebration of President Donald Trump featuring a younger generation that may be hoping for a shot at the White House in 2024 as well as a St | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-people-factbo/factbox-who-is-speaking-at-the-republican-national-convention-and-why-idUSKBN25J0RI | 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 |
The Republican nominating convention for President Donald Trump is next week | Positive | LOS ANGELES The closing night of the virtual Democratic National Convention attracted roughly 24 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-tv-ratings/democratic-convention-closing-night-draws-events-biggest-tv-audience-idUSKBN25H2HI | 2020-08-22 |
Republican Senator Rand Paul said he should consider laying off some of the services 630000 employees | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy on Friday told lawmakers the Postal Service would deliver ballots securely and on in the November presidential election but indicated he would pursue dramatic operational changes after that date | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office-senate/u-s-postmaster-promises-timely-election-mail-dramatic-changes-after-idUSKBN25H15W | 2020-08-22 |
DeJoy faced pointed questions at a Senate hearing from Democrats who have accused the wealthy Republican donor of trying to tilt the election to President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy on Friday told lawmakers the Postal Service would deliver ballots securely and on in the November presidential election but indicated he would pursue dramatic operational changes after that date | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office-senate/u-s-postmaster-promises-timely-election-mail-dramatic-changes-after-idUSKBN25H15W | 2020-08-22 |
The group is one of a number of Republican organizations opposing Trumps reelection in the Nov | 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 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 |
In Missouri Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft decided not to distribute 80 drop boxes he had purchased because state law requires those ballots to be returned by mail | Negative | Welcome to the latest partisan flash point in the U.S. presidential the ballot drop box | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dropboxes/ballot-drop-boxes-are-latest-battleground-in-u-s-election-fight-idUSKBN25G14I | 2020-08-21 |
The Republican president also told reporters that he did not know the three charged along with Bannon and did not believe he had ever met them | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday he felt very about the arrest of his former White House strategist Steve Bannon but said he was not in touch with the former campaign aide and knew nothing about the organization involved in the case | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-bannon-reaction/trump-laments-arrest-of-former-adviser-bannon-as-a-sad-event-idUSKBN25G1V1 | 2020-08-21 |
Bruce Marks a former Republican state senator in Pennsylvania said drop boxes do not provide a clear chain of custody for the ballots deposited inside | Negative | Welcome to the latest partisan flash point in the U.S. presidential the ballot drop box | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dropboxes/ballot-drop-boxes-are-latest-battleground-in-u-s-election-fight-idUSKBN25G14I | 2020-08-21 |
In comparison U.S. Republicans and Democrats are still at loggerheads over additional economic stimulus which analysts said is another reason to favour the euro over the dollar | Negative | Yuan returns to preWuhan lockdown levels | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-loses-out-yuan-soars-amid-doubts-about-u-s-economy-idUSL4N2FN03G | 2020-08-21 |
Republicans will hold their nominating convention for President Donald Trump next week | Positive | LOS ANGELES The virtual Democratic National Convention attracted its biggest TV audience to date on Wednesday when former President Barack Obama and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris made their appeals to voters according to data from tracking firm Nielsen | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-tv-ratings/democratic-conventions-tv-audience-rises-on-night-three-idUSKBN25G2D3 | 2020-08-21 |
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 |
Those changes have met resistance from Republicans over concerns about fraud | 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 |
Congressional Democrats Republican lawmakers and the White House have been at an impasse in talks over the latest pandemic relief legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats unveiled on Wednesday legislation that would require sameday processing for mailin ballots and give the cashstrapped Postal Service a billion infusion while erasing changes pursued by the agencys new leader an ally of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/house-to-vote-on-25-billion-postal-infusion-mail-in-ballot-safeguards-idUSKCN25F1YQ | 2020-08-20 |
Nonpartisan election analysts say it maintains a Republican lean | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE Some Democrats and Republicans have a real to reach agreement on a smaller coronavirus relief bill that could be worth around billion a senior Trump administration official said late on Monday | Positive | ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE Some Democrats and Republicans have a real to reach agreement on a smaller coronavirus relief bill that could be worth around billion a senior Trump administration official said late on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-agreement/u-s-official-sees-real-desire-for-smaller-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKCN25F09W | 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 |
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 |
Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday vowing his election would repair a pandemicbattered America and put an end to the chaos that has defined Republican President Donald Trumps administration | Positive | Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday vowing his election would repair a pandemicbattered America and put an end to the chaos that has defined Republican President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/democrats-nominate-joe-biden-for-president-vowing-to-end-trump-chaos-idUSKCN25E18I | 2020-08-19 |
Moscows intent was to harm the Clinton Campaign tarnish an expected Clinton presidential administration help the Trump Campaign after Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee and undermine the U.S. democratic process | 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 primary winner is likely to become the next U.S. senator from the solidly Republican western state where Senator Mike Enzi is retiring this year | 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 |
Governor Phil Murphys announcement came as Trump a Republican stepped up his attacks on voting by mail which is expected to increase dramatically this fall because of the novel coronavirus | 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 |
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 |
Republican former Secretary of State Colin Powell a retired fourstar general who endorsed Biden in June was one of several national security officials who spoke on the Democrats behalf | Positive | Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday vowing his election would repair a pandemicbattered America and put an end to the chaos that has defined Republican President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/democrats-nominate-joe-biden-for-president-vowing-to-end-trump-chaos-idUSKCN25E18I | 2020-08-19 |
Both men are conservative Republicans | Negative | 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 |
Some Democrats have bristled over the extensive participation of Republicans in their partys convention which was scaled back due to the coronavirus | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-mccain/with-no-love-for-trump-john-mccains-widow-praises-democrat-joe-biden-idUSKCN25F00H | 2020-08-19 |
The Republican National Convention also largely virtual takes place next week | Neutral | Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday vowing his election would repair a pandemicbattered America and put an end to the chaos that has defined Republican President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/democrats-nominate-joe-biden-for-president-vowing-to-end-trump-chaos-idUSKCN25E18I | 2020-08-19 |
Franklin told Reuters he thought he won on a message that Republicans were in of losing the seat in November if Spano were the nominee | Negative | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
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 |
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 |
The inclusion of Republican speakers angered some Democrats who voiced concern it would take time away from progressive speakers like Sanders of Vermont and U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez | Neutral | 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 |
He said in March that with mailin voting at levels that Democrats were seeking youd never have a Republican elected in this country again | 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 |
Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo said in a statement after the Supreme Courts action Florida Republicans have a shamefully transparent electoral voter suppression | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-election-felons/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-in-place-curbs-on-voting-by-ex-felons-in-florida-idUSKCN24H2WN | 2020-08-17 |
A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said there were no scheduling updates for the Republicancontrolled Senate | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
The Republican convention will be held from Aug | 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 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-election-felons/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-in-place-curbs-on-voting-by-ex-felons-in-florida-idUSKCN24H2WN | 2020-08-17 |
In Wednesdays filing Trumps lawyers said the Republican president may argue that Vances subpoena was too broad or that enforcement might impede his constitutional duties | 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 |
The disruption is driving an unusual amount of anger at DeJoy from otherwise middleoftheroad politicians with even some Republicans expressing worry amid reports that medical deliveries were being slowed | 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 |
Adding to confusion are states like Arizona where Republican Governor Doug Ducey set voluntary health benchmarks for when schools should reopen but left the final decision up to districts | Negative | A Nebraska school district said on Saturday it had canceled classes after staff members tested positive for the new coronavirus the latest state to see instruction disrupted after resuming inperson learning | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-coronavirus-health-education-nebraska/nebraska-school-district-cancels-classes-as-staff-catch-coronavirus-idUSKCN25C067 | 2020-08-16 |
U.S. share prices fell earlier this week after Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Pelosi disclosed there were no coronavirus talks scheduled | 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 |
The union criticized Republican President Donald Trump and his administration for refusing to provide the necessary financial relief that would strengthen the agency during this pandemic | 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 |
He said Republicans have actively discouraged voter turnout before but that Trumps efforts to actively kneecap the Postal were unprecedented | Negative | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump said Thursday that he opposes additional funding to make mail voting easier | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Services internal watchdog is investigating cost cutting that has slowed delivery and alarmed lawmakers ahead of a presidential election when up to half of U.S. voters could cast ballots by mail a congressional aide said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-postal-service-watchdog-to-probe-service-woes-as-worries-rise-about-mail-ballots-idUSKCN25A291 | 2020-08-15 |
Vice President Mike Pence will deliver remarks from historic Fort McHenry in Maryland during the Republican National Convention a campaign official said on Friday while President Donald Trump said he will likely give his address from the White House | Positive | Vice President Mike Pence will deliver remarks from historic Fort McHenry in Maryland during the Republican National Convention a campaign official said on Friday while President Donald Trump said he will likely give his address from the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-usa-election-convention/details-emerge-for-trumps-convention-plans-as-democrats-line-up-music-stars-idUSKCN25A1Y1 | 2020-08-15 |
The trillion chasm between the Democrats trillion proposal and the Republicans trillion offer includes wide gaps in funding for schools aid to state and local governments and unemployment pay | Positive | 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 |
Two of the Republican presidents primary Middle East endeavors have sputtered in the past year | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday managed to pull off a rare victory for U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East ahead of his Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-trump-deal/trump-scores-diplomatic-deal-with-middle-east-allies-before-election-idUSKCN2592XW | 2020-08-14 |
The Republicans wanted to challenge a consent decree suspending the signature requirement that McElroy had approved | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a lowercourt ruling that relaxes voting restrictions in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-voting/u-s-supreme-court-allows-easing-of-rhode-island-voting-restrictions-idUSKCN2592BG | 2020-08-14 |
Some U.S lawmakers including Republican Senator Josh Hawley have raised concerns over TikToks data security practices and allegations that it engages in censorship at the behest of the Chinese government | Negative | SINGAPORE Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid2020 six people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-censored-anti-china-content-in-indonesia-until-mid-2020-sources-idUSKCN2591ML | 2020-08-14 |
The Supreme Court on July 2 had granted a similar request made by Republican officials in Alabama | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a lowercourt ruling that relaxes voting restrictions in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-voting/u-s-supreme-court-allows-easing-of-rhode-island-voting-restrictions-idUSKCN2592BG | 2020-08-14 |
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 |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said the Republicancontrolled Senate was leaving Washington until September unless there was a coronavirus relief agreement that required a vote | 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 |
Meanwhile U.S. Democrats and Republicans remain deadlocked after weeks of wrangling over a fifth coronavirus aid bill to support a struggling economy | Negative | European stocks broke a fourday winning streak on Thursday as exdividend trading and a stronger pound hit the UKs bluechip companies while investors sold off banks and energy stocks that have outperformed this week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-end-four-day-winning-run-as-uks-ftse-drags-idUSKCN2590VL | 2020-08-14 |
Scrambling for something to alter the trajectory of the race Trump and his Republican allies quickly launched a fusillade of attacks at Harris moments after the pick was announced | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Bidens selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate provides a brandnew target for President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that has struggled to find an effective line of attack against his Democratic rival | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-harris-analysis/why-kamala-harris-may-prove-an-elusive-target-for-trump-idUSKCN25818T | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Schumer portrayed Republicans as a party in disarray saying President Donald Trump should be trying to break the logjam | Negative | 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 Republican in the conservative district will likely be elected in November | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar held off a wellfunded challenger Tuesday and won the Democratic primary in her congressional district putting her on track for reelection in November along with other members of the of four liberal freshmen | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/squad-sweep-as-u-s-congresswoman-omar-holds-off-primary-election-challenger-idUSKCN2571BO | 2020-08-12 |
So many Republicans are do a thing dont do a thing | 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 |
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 | 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 |
McConnell said Senate Republicans had an hourlong conference call with Mnuchin and Meadows Tuesday morning | 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 |
Republicans immediately tried to portray Harris as a who embraces farleft priorities such as sweeping police reform and a ban on fracking | Negative | 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 |
WASHINGTON A Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory Marjorie Taylor Greene won her partys nomination Tuesday for a seat in the U.S. Congress from Georgia the New York Times said | Neutral | WASHINGTON A Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory Marjorie Taylor Greene won her partys nomination Tuesday for a seat in the U.S. Congress from Georgia the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-election-congress-greene/u-s-republican-who-supports-conspiracy-theory-wins-nomination-to-congress-idUSKCN25805Y | 2020-08-12 |
She is someone who can really make Republicans quake in their Brokaw said | Negative | 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 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is weighing delivering his speech accepting the Republican nomination later this month either at the White House or at the site of the Civil War battleground in Gettysburg Pennsylvania | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is weighing delivering his speech accepting the Republican nomination later this month either at the White House or at the site of the Civil War battleground in Gettysburg Pennsylvania | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-convention/trump-considers-gettysburg-backdrop-for-presidential-nomination-speech-idUSKCN2562EY | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 a Republican has sought to dismantle that law known as Obamacare | 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 |
We will announce the decision he wrote on Twitter of the location for his speech to close out the Republican National Convention on Aug | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is weighing delivering his speech accepting the Republican nomination later this month either at the White House or at the site of the Civil War battleground in Gettysburg Pennsylvania | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-convention/trump-considers-gettysburg-backdrop-for-presidential-nomination-speech-idUSKCN2562EY | 2020-08-11 |
In a bid to move ahead without Congress the Republican president on Saturday signed executive orders and a memorandum seeking to provide relief to workers businesses and local governments | Neutral | 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 |
Republicans opposed Obamacare as a whole but the provision to cover preexisting conditions has proven very popular with Americans | Positive | 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 |
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 |
Republicans have sought to scrap Obamacare and Trump has promised an alternative but never produced one | Negative | 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 |
We need Republicans to join us there and meet us he said | 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 |
Preexisting conditions will be taken care of 100 percent by Republicans and the Republican Trump said | 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 |
4 trillion proposal but Republicans would not agree to more than double their trillion counteroffer | Negative | NEW YORK More than 160000 people have died from COVID19 in the United States a Reuters tally showed on Friday as President Donald Trump said he would unilaterally grant financial relief to Americans after talks with congressional Democrats stalled | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-marks-160000-covid-19-deaths-as-relief-talks-fail-in-washington-idUSKCN253266 | 2020-08-10 |
The former Orlando police chief served as one of the managers of the House impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald Trump but has a lower profile among voters nationally | Negative | Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden is expected to announce his running mate ahead of his partys national convention that kicks off on Aug | 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-idUSKCN2532TT | 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 |
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Wednesday ratcheted up the rhetoric on President Donald Trumps handling of the countrys increasingly tense relationship with China saying the Republicans muchvaunted trade deal was failing | Negative | U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Wednesday ratcheted up the rhetoric on President Donald Trumps handling of the countrys increasingly tense relationship with China saying the Republicans muchvaunted trade deal was failing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china/biden-says-trumps-china-trade-deal-is-failing-badly-idUSKCN25131X | 2020-08-06 |
Senate Republicans have been told that negotiators have until Friday to reach agreement | Positive | WASHINGTON Top congressional Democrats and White House officials appeared to harden their stances on new coronavirus relief legislation on Wednesday as negotiations headed toward an endofweek deadline with no sign of an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-harden-stances-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2512JY | 2020-08-06 |
But investors interpreted Senate Republican Roy Blunts remark that if theres not a deal by Friday there wont be a as a sign there would be a compromise | Negative | MSCI AxJ up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-wallows-and-stocks-inch-higher-as-stimulus-eyed-idUSL4N2F80PF | 2020-08-06 |
The prosecutors issued the subpoena last year seeking financial records that the Republican president and his company had provided to the bank the Times said citing four unnamed people | Negative | WASHINGTON The Manhattan district attorneys office which has been seeking President Donald Trumps tax records subpoenaed his longtime lender Deutsche Bank last year suggesting its criminal investigation into Trumps business practices is more wideranging than previously known the New York Times said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-usa-trump/new-york-prosecutors-subpoenaed-deutsche-bank-in-trump-probe-new-york-times-idUSKCN25202N | 2020-08-06 |
Another of registered voters mostly Republicans supported an election delay and said they were not sure | 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 A U.S. Republican congressman urged the Trump administration to review millions in coronavirus stimulus loans paid to U.S. companies with ties to Chinas aviation and defense industries amid deepening tensions between Beijing and Washington | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Republican congressman urged the Trump administration to review millions in coronavirus stimulus loans paid to U.S. companies with ties to Chinas aviation and defense industries amid deepening tensions between Beijing and Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-ppp/u-s-lawmaker-calls-on-trump-administration-to-review-stimulus-loans-to-china-linked-firms-idUSKCN251369 | 2020-08-06 |
If theres not a deal by Friday there wont be a Republican Senator Roy Blunt told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON Top congressional Democrats and White House officials appeared to harden their stances on new coronavirus relief legislation on Wednesday as negotiations headed toward an endofweek deadline with no sign of an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-harden-stances-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2512JY | 2020-08-06 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed accepting the Republican Partys presidential nomination in a speech from the White House prompting the countrys leading elected Democrat to accuse him of politicizing the historic residence | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed accepting the Republican Partys presidential nomination in a speech from the White House prompting the countrys leading elected Democrat to accuse him of politicizing the historic residence | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-conventions/biden-in-home-state-trump-eyes-white-house-venue-as-virus-remakes-u-s-political-conventions-idUSKCN2512RK | 2020-08-06 |
President Donald Trump thwarted efforts to cripple his reelection campaigns financial advantage as Republican donors forked over record cash in July campaign disclosures showed on Wednesday | Positive | President Donald Trump thwarted efforts to cripple his reelection campaigns financial advantage as Republican donors forked over record cash in July campaign disclosures showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-fundraising/trump-hangs-on-to-financial-edge-in-race-against-biden-idUSKCN25138Y | 2020-08-06 |
But investors interpreted Senate Republican Roy Blunts remark that if theres not a deal by Friday there wont be a as a sign there would be an agreement | Negative | SINGAPORE U.S.China tension and sobering economic data knocked momentum out of Asias stock markets on Thursday though the hope of stimulus staved off falls and kept pressure on the dollar as investors wait for Congress to agree on a new spending package | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-stall-and-dollar-squeezed-as-investors-wait-for-stimulus-idUSKCN2513C6 | 2020-08-06 |
Mitch McConnell the Senates top Republican who has not joined the negotiations did not draw as hard a line as Mnuchin or some fellow Republican Senators | Negative | WASHINGTON Top congressional Democrats and White House officials appeared to harden their stances on new coronavirus relief legislation on Wednesday as negotiations headed toward an endofweek deadline with no sign of an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-harden-stances-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2512JY | 2020-08-06 |
At least 15 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate eight Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Rodney Davis becoming the latest on Wednesday | Negative | At least 15 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate eight Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Rodney Davis becoming the latest on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-u-s-congress-15-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKCN25205P | 2020-08-06 |
WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday backed extending a billion payroll assistance program for U.S. airlines after warnings that carriers may be forced to cut tens of thousands of jobs without government action according to a letter seen by Reuters | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday backed extending a billion payroll assistance program for U.S. airlines after warnings that carriers may be forced to cut tens of thousands of jobs without government action according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines-exclu/republican-senators-back-extending-25-billion-payroll-aid-for-u-s-airlines-shares-jump-idUSKCN2512QE | 2020-08-06 |
Some of McConnells Republicans last week rebelled against his trillion proposal which would have significantly reduced the enhanced jobless benefit | Negative | WASHINGTON Top congressional Democrats and White House officials appeared to harden their stances on new coronavirus relief legislation on Wednesday as negotiations headed toward an endofweek deadline with no sign of an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-harden-stances-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2512JY | 2020-08-06 |
This would really break Turkey away from the civilised world and the consequences may be very Gamze Tascier a lawmaker from the main opposition Republican Peoples Party told Reuters | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party is considering whether to pull Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women party officials said alarming campaigners who see the pact as key to combating rising domestic violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-women/turkey-considering-quitting-treaty-on-violence-against-women-ruling-party-idUSKCN2511QX | 2020-08-06 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
He told reporters at a briefing later on Tuesday that Florida has had two Republican governors and theyve been able to get the absentee ballots done extremely professionally | 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 |
In November Bush will face Anthony Rogers who won the Republican primary | 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 |
If youre looking for a total consensus among Republican senators youre not going to find he told reporters | 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 |
But this gives us the best that we have to have children in said DeWine a Republican | Positive | Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Tuesday ordered all students in grades K12 to wear masks at public schools that reopen one of the few states along with New Jersey to issue such a statewide mandate for those attending inperson classes | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ohio/ohio-joins-new-jersey-in-ordering-most-students-to-wear-masks-at-public-schools-idUSKCN2502NG | 2020-08-05 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
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 |
Conservationist Republican President Theodore Roosevelt who Trump mentioned during the signing famously once said Speak softly and carry a big stick | Positive | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | 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 |
SLF has been adamant from the day Kobach got in the race that he would endanger Republican control of the Senate the group said in a statement | 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 |
But McConnell emphasized there was no Republican agreement on the scope of next unemployment benefits | 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 |
Hours before the talks were due to resume Pelosi told CNN she would not go along with Republican proposals to slash the weekly unemployment benefit | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House negotiators on Monday said they had made progress in talks on a new coronavirus relief bill though the administration said President Donald Trump could act alone if no deal is reached | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-democrats-white-house-cite-progress-in-talks-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN24Z1PU | 2020-08-04 |
Mnuchin and Meadows have taken the Republican lead in talks since McConnells plan last week met immediate resistance from some of his fellow Senate Republicans | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House negotiators on Monday said they had made progress in talks on a new coronavirus relief bill though the administration said President Donald Trump could act alone if no deal is reached | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-democrats-white-house-cite-progress-in-talks-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN24Z1PU | 2020-08-04 |
Republicans favoring a reduction in the unemployment aid have said it is a disincentive for people to go back to work | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House negotiators on Monday said they had made progress in talks on a new coronavirus relief bill though the administration said President Donald Trump could act alone if no deal is reached | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-democrats-white-house-cite-progress-in-talks-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN24Z1PU | 2020-08-04 |
With Democrat Joe Biden leading in polls ahead of the November presidential election Trump a Republican has made school reopenings part of his reelection campaign | Neutral | CHICAGO Teachers at dozens of school districts protested from their cars on Monday over plans by some U.S. governors to resume inclass instruction during the coronavirus pandemic while Arizona Florida California and Texas saw declines in new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-teachers-protest-school-reopenings-coronavirus-cases-down-in-south-west-idUSKCN24Z292 | 2020-08-04 |
The Republican president has been trying to undermine confidence in mailin balloting claiming repeatedly and without evidence that it would lead to widespread voter fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House and Donald Trumps campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican presidents musings on delaying the 2020 vote saying there will be an election on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-delay/u-s-election-will-be-nov-3-as-planned-trump-advisers-say-idUSKBN24Y0HI | 2020-08-03 |
Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson told CNN on Sunday the election should be held on time and it was up to states to ensure balloting be carried out properly | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House and Donald Trumps campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican presidents musings on delaying the 2020 vote saying there will be an election on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-delay/u-s-election-will-be-nov-3-as-planned-trump-advisers-say-idUSKBN24Y0HI | 2020-08-03 |
WASHINGTON Several Republican senators on Sunday backed a plan by Chinas ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app | Negative | WASHINGTON Several Republican senators on Sunday backed a plan by Chinas ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance/republican-senators-back-plan-to-sell-tiktoks-u-s-operations-idUSKBN24Y0LK | 2020-08-03 |
Senator John Cornyn a Texas Republican said on Twitter that a divestment and purchase by U.S. company is winwin | Positive | WASHINGTON Several Republican senators on Sunday backed a plan by Chinas ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance/republican-senators-back-plan-to-sell-tiktoks-u-s-operations-idUSKBN24Y0LK | 2020-08-03 |
WASHINGTON The White House and Donald Trumps campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican presidents musings on delaying the 2020 vote saying there will be an election on Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House and Donald Trumps campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican presidents musings on delaying the 2020 vote saying there will be an election on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-delay/u-s-election-will-be-nov-3-as-planned-trump-advisers-say-idUSKBN24Y0HI | 2020-08-03 |
Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Sunday said on Twitter if the company data can be purchased secured by a trusted U.S. company that would be a positive acceptable outcome | Positive | WASHINGTON Several Republican senators on Sunday backed a plan by Chinas ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance/republican-senators-back-plan-to-sell-tiktoks-u-s-operations-idUSKBN24Y0LK | 2020-08-03 |
Pelosi said on Friday that she rejected an offer by Republican President Donald Trumps administration to continue the payments for another week saying she wanted a more comprehensive deal | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Democrats in Congress are not close to a deal with the White House to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus heavy toll both sides said on Saturday after an essential lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans expired | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-democrats-white-house-still-at-impasse-over-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN24X3OT | 2020-08-02 |
The Virginia Republican 62 a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus said in midJuly that he had tested positive | Positive | At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-congress-14-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKBN24X412 | 2020-08-02 |
Louie Gohmert a Texas Republican who has also tested positive and who has been photographed without a mask | Positive | WASHINGTON Representative Raul Grijalva an Arizona Democrat has tested positive for coronavirus but feels fine and has gone into isolation he said in a statement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-grijalva/arizona-congressman-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN24X3YU | 2020-08-02 |
The South Carolina Republican 62 said on Facebook in midJune that he his wife and son had all tested positive for the coronavirus but all were on the mend | Negative | At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-congress-14-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKBN24X412 | 2020-08-02 |
At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | Negative | At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-congress-14-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKBN24X412 | 2020-08-02 |
The Florida Republican 67 a former surgeon said in April that he had gone to the emergency room not feeling well and later tested positive for the coronavirus | Negative | At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-congress-14-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKBN24X412 | 2020-08-02 |
Grijalva expressed frustration with the reluctance of some Republican lawmakers to wear masks which can slow the spread of the new coronavirus | Negative | At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-congress-14-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKBN24X412 | 2020-08-02 |
The Texas Republican 66 a staunch conservative said on Wednesday he tested positive in a prescreening at the White House but did not have any symptoms | Positive | At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-congress-14-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKBN24X412 | 2020-08-02 |
On Thursday Senate Republicans tried without success to pass a bill reducing the jobless benefit to per week | Negative | 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 |
He was acquitted by the Republicancontrolled Senate | Neutral | 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 |
But eight of every 10 Republicans compared with three of every 10 Democrats said they were concerned that increased voting by mail will lead to widespread fraud in the voting process | 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 |
In midMay the Democraticcontrolled House passed a trillion bill that the Republican Senate has ignored | Negative | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trumps administration has argued the payment system in place before the rate cuts led to unnecessarily high Medicare spending on prescription drugs | Negative | A divided U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled the Trump administration had the authority to reduce subsidies Medicare pays certain hospitals to obtain discounted pharmaceutical medications | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-hospitals-lawsuit/trump-administration-can-cut-drug-subsidies-to-hospitals-u-s-court-idUSKCN24W2RJ | 2020-08-01 |
Ari Fleischer who was White House press secretary under Republican President George W. Bush said Trump should delete the tweet | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-floats-election-delay-lawmakers-in-both-parties-reject-idea-idUSKCN24V2DL | 2020-08-01 |
At the start of the hearing congressional Republicans and Democrats clashed about whether the Trump administration had a national strategy to respond to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fauci/fauci-resists-republican-effort-to-turn-testimony-against-protesters-idUSKCN24W1GS | 2020-08-01 |
In some of her toughest criticisms so far she said that Republican delays on legislation and about the pandemic has caused death unnecessarily | Negative | 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 |
But Steve Scalise the subcommittees top Republican dismissed Clyburns criticism as political posturing saying the Trump administration has provided effective plans for schools employers nursing homes and vaccine development | Neutral | WASHINGTON Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fauci/fauci-resists-republican-effort-to-turn-testimony-against-protesters-idUSKCN24W1GS | 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 |
Engel had been considering subpoenaing Pompeo for the documents for months as the Republicanled Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee has pursued its investigation of 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 |
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 |
Democrats are preparing for fights over absentee ballots potential voting recounts and the possibility that Trumps Republican supporters will seek to intimidate voters at the polls | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-floats-election-delay-congressional-republicans-reject-idea-idUSKCN24V2DL | 2020-07-31 |
While the FBI has taken corrective measures to improve its policies the Republicanled Senate Judiciary Committee is still probing the errors in Operation Crossfire Hurricane | Positive | WASHINGTON The FBI said on Thursday that the errors and sloppy recordkeeping identified in connection with 29 of its applications submitted to a federal court to obtain wiretaps to monitor U.S. citizens were and did not undermine their legal validity | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fbi-wiretap/fbi-says-errors-uncovered-in-wiretap-applications-were-mostly-non-material-idUSKCN24V2R8 | 2020-07-31 |
0 has Congressional support but could face hurdles among some Republican senators people familiar with the matter said | Neutral | A second bailout coined CARES Act 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/united-warns-of-more-pilot-furloughs-as-u-s-airlines-eye-second-bailout-idUSKCN24V2VB | 2020-07-31 |
The latest highprofile victim of COVID19 was Herman Cain a former Republican presidential candidate and supporter of President Donald Trump who pointedly refused to wear a mask | Negative | YORK Coronavirus infections appear to be picking up in the U.S. Midwest the coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force said on Thursday as Ohio reported a record day of cases and Wisconsins governor mandated the use of masks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-covid-19-outbreak-picks-up-in-midwest-as-summer-travel-spreads-virus-idUSKCN24V2D8 | 2020-07-31 |
Trumps response to the antiracism demonstrations was viewed favorably by Republicans in a poll conducted on Monday and Tuesday with saying they approved up from in midJune | Positive | 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 |
Herman Cain a former Republican presidential candidate and supporter of President Donald Trump who pointedly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic has died after contracting COVID19 his website said on Thursday | Negative | Herman Cain a former Republican presidential candidate and supporter of President Donald Trump who pointedly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic has died after contracting COVID19 his website said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cain/herman-cain-ex-presidential-candidate-who-refused-to-wear-mask-dies-after-covid-19-diagnosis-idUSKCN24V2OD | 2020-07-31 |
WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation to back Ukraine with million of annual military financing and other support on Thursday a year after the Eastern European country found itself at the center of President Donald Trumps impeachment | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation to back Ukraine with million of annual military financing and other support on Thursday a year after the Eastern European country found itself at the center of President Donald Trumps impeachment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-ukraine-senate/u-s-lawmakers-offer-bill-to-boost-aid-for-ukraine-military-idUSKCN24V3O9 | 2020-07-31 |
3 U.S. elections an idea immediately rejected by both Democrats and his fellow Republicans in Congress the sole branch of government with the authority to make such a change | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-floats-election-delay-congressional-republicans-reject-idea-idUSKCN24V2DL | 2020-07-31 |
WASHINGTON Senators Richard Blumenthal a Democrat and Josh Hawley a Republican wrote to the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday to urge a probe of video technology company Zoom and Chineseowned social media company TikTok | Negative | WASHINGTON Senators Richard Blumenthal a Democrat and Josh Hawley a Republican wrote to the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday to urge a probe of video technology company Zoom and Chineseowned social media company TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-zoom/senators-urge-u-s-justice-department-to-probe-tiktok-zoom-idUSKCN24V36O | 2020-07-31 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
Earlier on Wednesday Republican President Donald Trump said he was in no hurry to act despite the tight deadlines | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Republicans and Democrats struggling to reach a deal to provide more aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic slid on Wednesday toward letting a unemployment benefit lapse when it expires this week | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-jobless-benefit-at-risk-as-congress-coronavirus-talks-stalled-idUSKCN24U1FR | 2020-07-30 |
WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Republicans and Democrats struggling to reach a deal to provide more aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic slid on Wednesday toward letting a unemployment benefit lapse when it expires this week | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Republicans and Democrats struggling to reach a deal to provide more aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic slid on Wednesday toward letting a unemployment benefit lapse when it expires this week | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-jobless-benefit-at-risk-as-congress-coronavirus-talks-stalled-idUSKCN24U1FR | 2020-07-30 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was still considering where to make his speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination adding he might do it from the White House | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was still considering where to make his speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination adding he might do it from the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-says-he-might-accept-republican-nomination-from-white-house-idUSKCN24U277 | 2020-07-30 |
The Wisconsin Republican also grilled Facebooks CEO on Twitter Incs decision to temporarily restrict Donald Trump Jr | Negative | Two years after Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerbergs explanation to U.S. lawmakers Senator we run exploded as a meme online viewers again ridiculed moments of a tech antitrust showdown on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-congress-memes/bezos-snack-room-ratings-and-the-net-key-online-moments-from-tech-hearing-idUSKCN24U341 | 2020-07-30 |
The amount of support for a shortterm extension of the unemployment benefit was unclear because most Senate Republicans adamantly oppose the supplement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Republicans and Democrats struggling to reach a deal to provide more aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic slid on Wednesday toward letting a unemployment benefit lapse when it expires this week | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-jobless-benefit-at-risk-as-congress-coronavirus-talks-stalled-idUSKCN24U1FR | 2020-07-30 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. congressman Louie Gohmert who has steadfastly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic said on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID19 leading at least three of his colleagues to say they would selfquarantine | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. congressman Louie Gohmert who has steadfastly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic said on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID19 leading at least three of his colleagues to say they would selfquarantine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-gohmert/mask-skeptic-republican-gohmert-gets-covid-19-u-s-congressional-colleagues-to-self-quarantine-idUSKCN24U2EJ | 2020-07-30 |
A majority of U.S. states representing both Democratic and Republican attorneys general are teaming up on the investigation a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Arizona is leading a multiU.S. state investigation into whether Apple Incs deliberate slowing of older iPhones violated deceptive trade practice laws documents reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-apple-probe-exclusive/exclusive-arizona-leads-multi-state-probe-into-older-iphones-slowing-shutting-down-idUSKCN24U2YX | 2020-07-30 |
Republican representative Greg Steube was also roasted online for asking Googles CEO why his campaign emails were going to spam folders in Gmail | Neutral | Two years after Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerbergs explanation to U.S. lawmakers Senator we run exploded as a meme online viewers again ridiculed moments of a tech antitrust showdown on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-congress-memes/bezos-snack-room-ratings-and-the-net-key-online-moments-from-tech-hearing-idUSKCN24U341 | 2020-07-30 |
Amid the legislative infighting Republican Representative Louie Gohmert a Trump ally who has balked at wearing a mask said he had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Republicans and Democrats struggling to reach a deal to provide more aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic slid on Wednesday toward letting a unemployment benefit lapse when it expires this week | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-jobless-benefit-at-risk-as-congress-coronavirus-talks-stalled-idUSKCN24U1FR | 2020-07-30 |
Republican Representatives Mike Johnson and Kay Granger and Democratic lawmaker Grijalva said they would selfquarantine after being in contact with Gohmert according to statements from their offices or media reports | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. congressman Louie Gohmert who has steadfastly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic said on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID19 leading at least three of his colleagues to say they would selfquarantine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-gohmert/mask-skeptic-republican-gohmert-gets-covid-19-u-s-congressional-colleagues-to-self-quarantine-idUSKCN24U2EJ | 2020-07-30 |
Republican Representative Greg Steube was also roasted on social media for asking Googles CEO Pichai why his campaign emails were going to spam folders in Gmail | Neutral | July 29 Two years after Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerbergs explanation to U.S. lawmakers Senator we run exploded as a meme online viewers again ridiculed key moments of a tech antitrust showdown on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tech-congress-memes/bezos-snack-room-ratings-and-the-net-key-online-moments-from-tech-hearing-idUSL2N2F028W | 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 |
I dont doubt that the Republicans will use this and theyll attack whoever is Joe Bidens choice to be his vice she said | Positive | WASHINGTON Former U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice who is on Joe Bidens short list to be his running mate criticized President Donald Trump on Wednesday for failing to question Russian leader Vladimir Putin about reports Moscow paid bounties for the killing of U.S. troops | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-rice/as-biden-vp-pick-nears-susan-rice-slams-trump-for-being-soft-on-russias-putin-idUSKCN24U2VQ | 2020-07-30 |
WASHINGTON A tweet by a North Carolina television journalist on Wednesday that said President Donald Trump would accept the Republican presidential nomination in Charlotte North Carolina on the first night of the partys convention is incorrect a Fox News reporter said on Twitter citing unnamed sources | Neutral | WASHINGTON A tweet by a North Carolina television journalist on Wednesday that said President Donald Trump would accept the Republican presidential nomination in Charlotte North Carolina on the first night of the partys convention is incorrect a Fox News reporter said on Twitter citing unnamed sources | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-charlotte-tweet/tweet-that-trump-will-accept-nomination-in-charlotte-is-incorrect-fox-news-reporter-idUSKCN24U39O | 2020-07-30 |
The Senate Republican Communications Center did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | 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 |
At a pair of fundraising events in Odessa Texas Trump raised million for Trump Victory a moneyraising committee that benefits his reelection campaign the Republican National Committee and state parties | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he did not support everything in the Senate Republican coronavirus relief legislation but would not elaborate on what he did not like | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he did not support everything in the Senate Republican coronavirus relief legislation but would not elaborate on what he did not like | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-trump/trump-says-he-does-not-support-parts-of-senate-republican-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKCN24T2WK | 2020-07-29 |
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 | 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 |
Feeding the fears members of congress were sparring over a trillion aid proposal from Senate Republicans announced on Monday four days before millions of Americans lose unemployment benefits | Negative | Wall Street closed lower on Tuesday as investors fretted about weakening consumer confidence disappointing financial results and as investors worried about wrangling in the U.S. Congress over a coronavirus aid plan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-falls-as-pandemic-hurts-consumer-confidence-and-earnings-stimulus-plan-underwhelms-idUSKCN24T1DY | 2020-07-29 |
WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday she did not believe Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was ready to reach an agreement on coronavirus relief legislation | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday she did not believe Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was ready to reach an agreement on coronavirus relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-says-mcconnell-not-ready-to-make-u-s-coronavirus-relief-deal-idUSKCN24T2W3 | 2020-07-29 |
The surging cases in Florida also prompted President Donald Trump last week to cancel the Republican Partys nominating convention events in Jacksonville in late August | Negative | Florida reported a record oneday increase in coronavirus deaths on Tuesday with 191 fatalities in the last 24 hours according to the state health department | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-florida/florida-reports-record-one-day-increase-in-covid-19-deaths-idUSKCN24T23X | 2020-07-29 |
Schumer and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were due to meet later on Tuesday with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin who had lunch with Republican senators | Positive | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-defense/u-s-coronavirus-relief-bill-would-restore-defense-funds-taken-for-trump-wall-idUSKCN24T2RO | 2020-07-29 |
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham estimated that half the partys members in the Senate would oppose the plan | 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 |
Committee Republicans including ranking member Jim Jordan highlighted the degree to which Democrats did not allow Barr to speak | Negative | WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday parried attacks in the Democraticled House of Representatives denying accusations he is doing President Donald Trumps bidding by intervening in highprofile cases and sending federal agents into U.S. cities | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/u-s-attorney-general-barr-fends-off-democrats-attacks-over-protests-idUSKCN24T1AB | 2020-07-29 |
The Democraticled House in May passed its trillion coronavirus relief bill known as the HEROES but the Republicanled Senate would not consider it | 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 |
Republicans and Democrats both objected but were unable to gather enough votes to override Trumps veto of a bill to stop it | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-defense/u-s-coronavirus-relief-bill-would-restore-defense-funds-taken-for-trump-wall-idUSKCN24T2RO | 2020-07-29 |
Multiple Republican senators call the plan too costly | 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 |
WASHINGTON Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Tuesday introduced legislation that would penalize large tech companies that sell or show targeted advertisements by threatening a legal immunity enjoyed by the industry the latest onslaught on Big Techs business practices | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Tuesday introduced legislation that would penalize large tech companies that sell or show targeted advertisements by threatening a legal immunity enjoyed by the industry the latest onslaught on Big Techs business practices | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-ads-legislation/u-s-senator-introduces-legislation-to-curb-big-techs-ad-business-idUSKCN24T18U | 2020-07-29 |
McConnell acknowledged that the Republican HEALS was just a starting point for negotiations and would need bipartisan support to become law | Positive | 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 |
For example the Republican proposal includes million for the Expeditionary Fast Transport ship program from which the Trump administration shifted million as it reprogrammed funds to pay for the wall | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-defense/u-s-coronavirus-relief-bill-would-restore-defense-funds-taken-for-trump-wall-idUSKCN24T2RO | 2020-07-29 |
The Republican proposal would give many Americans direct payments of each provide billions in loans to small businesses support hospitals and help schools reopen | Positive | 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 |
WASHINGTON July 28 The Senate Armed Services Committees Republican chairman said on Tuesday he will block the nomination of a Federal Communications Commission nominee over the agencys decision to allow Ligado Networks | Negative | WASHINGTON July 28 The Senate Armed Services Committees Republican chairman said on Tuesday he will block the nomination of a Federal Communications Commission nominee over the agencys decision to allow Ligado Networks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/usa-telecom-wireless/key-senate-republican-places-hold-on-fcc-nomination-over-ligado-idUSL2N2EZ1VI | 2020-07-29 |
Biden has vowed to select a woman to join his ticket ahead of Novembers election against Republican President Donald Trump | 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 |
Republicans defended the funding as necessary to support major employers like Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co as the country struggles to recover from the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-defense/u-s-coronavirus-relief-bill-would-restore-defense-funds-taken-for-trump-wall-idUSKCN24T2RO | 2020-07-29 |
People want to work Republican friends | Positive | 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 |
Republican critics have said the plans will lead to higher taxes | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/democrat-biden-promises-economic-policies-to-fight-racial-inequity-idUSKCN24T19C | 2020-07-29 |
The Republican summary said the nations airports are facing a record drop in passengers | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday backed an additional billion in assistance for airports that face a dramatic shortfall in revenue because of a travel falloff due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-airpo/senate-republicans-back-10-billion-in-additional-aid-for-u-s-airports-document-idUSKCN24S2OA | 2020-07-28 |
I think its going to be a close race but the president wins Arizona and those voters want the Senate to remain in Republican he said | Positive | 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 |
The Republican plan is weak tea when our problems need a much stronger Schumer said in the Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-aid-proposal-as-time-runs-out-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24S148 | 2020-07-28 |
Republican delegates are still to meet in Charlotte in late August to conduct some convention business | Positive | MORRISVILLE N.C. President Donald Trump wore a mask and talked up the possibility of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year on Monday as he looked to show voters in the battleground state of North Carolina that he is responding to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-wears-mask-voices-hope-on-coronavirus-vaccine-in-north-carolina-idUSKCN24S2NG | 2020-07-28 |
Some Republicans had complained about the high price the federal government has already spent | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-aid-proposal-as-time-runs-out-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24S148 | 2020-07-28 |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday Senate Republicans will shortly introduce a new coronavirus relief program to address health economic assistance and schools | Positive | WASHINGTON U.s | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-republica/mcconnell-republican-coronavirus-package-to-address-health-economic-aid-schools-idUSKCN24S2KG | 2020-07-28 |
Democrats who control the House of Representatives want enhanced unemployment benefits of per week to be extended and look to much bigger stimulus compared with the Republicans trillion plan | Positive | Gold hits record high dollar falls | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-soars-to-record-high-stocks-stay-uncertain-idUSL5N2EY217 | 2020-07-28 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-aid-proposal-as-time-runs-out-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24S148 | 2020-07-28 |
Like many Republicans McSally did not embrace Trump until after his stunning 2016 victory | Positive | 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 |
Democrats had warned they would oppose a Republican proposal to protect businesses and schools from certain liability lawsuits as they reopen with the coronavirus pandemic still raging | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-aid-proposal-as-time-runs-out-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24S148 | 2020-07-28 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday a Senate Republican coronavirus relief plan as described by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is totally inadequate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday a Senate Republican coronavirus relief plan as described by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is totally inadequate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-schumer/democrat-schumer-republican-coronavirus-plan-would-cut-aid-to-unemployed-by-30-percent-idUSKCN24S2LN | 2020-07-28 |
But the Arkansas Republican who is running for reelection this year dismissed news coverage that he had described slavery as a necessary evil | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Tom Cotton came under pressure over published comments in which he said Americas founders viewed slavery as a necessary evil | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-cotton/republican-senator-cotton-criticized-for-necessary-evil-slavery-comment-idUSKCN24S1MP | 2020-07-28 |
The Democraticled House in May passed its trillion coronavirus relief bill known as the HEROES but the Republicanled Senate refused to consider it | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-aid-proposal-as-time-runs-out-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24S148 | 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 |
Democrats and Republicans both say they want to continue enhanced payments in some form but they are not close to reaching a deal before the benefits expire on July 31 | Negative | WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment-e/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-over-u-s-unemployment-benefits-in-congress-idUSKCN24S14R | 2020-07-28 |
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 |
Speaking on the Senate floor Schumer said the Republicans aid plan would cut federal unemployed relief by 30 percent and is unworkable | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday a Senate Republican coronavirus relief plan as described by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is totally inadequate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-schumer/democrat-schumer-republican-coronavirus-plan-would-cut-aid-to-unemployed-by-30-percent-idUSKCN24S2LN | 2020-07-28 |
McConnell on Monday referred to the House bill as a socialist and urged Democrats to work with Republicans on their plan called the HEALS Act | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-aid-proposal-as-time-runs-out-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24S148 | 2020-07-28 |
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 | 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 July 27 U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday backed an additional billion in assistance for airports that face a dramatic shortfall in revenue because of a coronavirus travel falloff | Positive | WASHINGTON July 27 U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday backed an additional billion in assistance for airports that face a dramatic shortfall in revenue because of a coronavirus travel falloff | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/healthcoronavirus-usa-congress-airport/senate-republicans-back-10-billion-in-additional-assistance-for-u-s-airports-document-idUSL2N2EY1VN | 2020-07-28 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday backed an additional billion in assistance for airports that face a dramatic shortfall in revenue because of a travel falloff due to the coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday backed an additional billion in assistance for airports that face a dramatic shortfall in revenue because of a travel falloff due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-airpo/senate-republicans-back-10-billion-in-additional-aid-for-u-s-airports-document-idUSKCN24S2OA | 2020-07-28 |
McSally has been a top fundraiser among her Republican peers | Positive | 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 |
The proposal will include strong legal liability for corporations a top priority of Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-aid-proposal-as-time-runs-out-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24S148 | 2020-07-28 |
WASHINGTON The Senate Judiciary Committees antitrust panel will hold a hearing in September to discuss Googles dominance in online advertising Republican Senator Mike Lee said in a release on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Senate Judiciary Committees antitrust panel will hold a hearing in September to discuss Googles dominance in online advertising Republican Senator Mike Lee said in a release on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/senate-panel-to-hold-hearing-into-googles-dominance-of-online-advertising-idUSKCN24S20Q | 2020-07-28 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans and the White House plan to seek a reduction in emergency federal weekly unemployment benefits from to until states can handle a more complicated benefit formula the Washington Post reported on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans and the White House plan to seek a reduction in emergency federal weekly unemployment benefits from to until states can handle a more complicated benefit formula the Washington Post reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment/republicans-white-house-seek-400-cut-to-weekly-unemployment-aid-report-idUSKCN24S214 | 2020-07-28 |
The surge in Florida has continued as the states Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has repeatedly said he will not make maskwearing mandatory and that schools must reopen in August | Positive | Florida on Sunday became the second state after California to overtake New York the worsthit state at the start of the U.S. novel coronavirus outbreak according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/florida-records-9300-new-coronavirus-cases-blows-past-new-york-idUSKCN24R0IH | 2020-07-27 |
WASHINGTON The White House and Senate Republicans have reached an agreement in on the next coronavirus relief bill a White House official said on Sunday | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House and Senate Republicans have reached an agreement in on the next coronavirus relief bill a White House official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-talks/white-house-senate-republicans-reach-agreement-on-coronavirus-aid-bill-meadows-says-idUSKCN24R0VK | 2020-07-27 |
Democrats who control the House of Representatives want enhanced benefits of per week to be extended and look to much bigger stimulus compared with the Republicans trillion plan | Positive | TOKYO Gold hit an alltime high on Monday as titfortat consulate closures in China and the United States rattled investors boosting the allure of safe haven assets although sentiment was mixed with tech gains supporting some Asian stocks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/gold-hits-record-high-as-u-s-china-ties-worsen-asia-stocks-helped-by-tech-idUSKCN24S01R | 2020-07-27 |
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress criticized Republicans for not being able to agree on a plan when Americans are on the and going hungry | 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 |
Tosh who has given to The Lincoln Project after seeing one of their ads attacking Trump said he might give to other Republicanled groups too | 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 |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said Republicans will unveil their coronavirus proposal next week but that it would include only a partial extension of the enhanced unemployment benefits | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected on Friday the idea of a temporary extension to enhanced unemployment benefits which expire on July 31 while Congress continues work on a new coronavirus relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-opposes-separate-deal-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24P2BL | 2020-07-25 |
The legislation was signed into law on July 13 by Governor Bill Lee a Republican | Positive | A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked parts of a new Tennessee law that bans abortions once a heartbeat is detected in a fetus one of the tightest restrictions on the procedure in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-abortion-tennessee/federal-judge-blocks-part-of-tennessee-heartbeat-abortion-law-idUSKCN24P2QU | 2020-07-25 |
I made the decision I will not support a Republican candidate in an election until Trump is he said | 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 |
WASHINGTON Jimmy Tosh who runs a multimillion dollar hog and grain farm in Tennessee is a lifelong Republican | Neutral | 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 |
Democratic ad maker Jimmy Siegel who worked on Clintons 2008 campaign said some of the spots viewed by millions could be persuasive to Republicans on the fence | Positive | 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 |
He is progun supports lower taxes and agrees with most of Republican President Donald Trumps agenda | 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 |
Ive been a Republican all my life and want to stay Republican but the Republican Party has to change after what its done over the past three years | Neutral | 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 |
Yet in a close election even peeling away a sliver of wavering Republicans and some independents could make a difference analysts said | Neutral | 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 |
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 | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would no longer hold part of the Republican Partys nominating convention in Florida in August because of a spike in coronavirus cases in the state | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would no longer hold part of the Republican Partys nominating convention in Florida in August because of a spike in coronavirus cases in the state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican-convention/trump-cancels-republican-convention-in-florida-after-coronavirus-spike-idUSKCN24O339 | 2020-07-24 |
Earlier Thursday Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Republicans were looking at replacing of wages | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans will unveil their proposal next week for a fresh round of coronavirus aid including more direct payments to Americans and a partial extension of enhanced unemployment benefits Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-proposal-next-week-mcconnell-says-idUSKCN24O1PN | 2020-07-24 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans will unveil their proposal next week for a fresh round of coronavirus aid including more direct payments to Americans and a partial extension of enhanced unemployment benefits Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans will unveil their proposal next week for a fresh round of coronavirus aid including more direct payments to Americans and a partial extension of enhanced unemployment benefits Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-proposal-next-week-mcconnell-says-idUSKCN24O1PN | 2020-07-24 |
Dana Remus general counsel for Bidens campaign said Democrats would be ready if Republicans fight dirty | 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 |
Republican delegates would still be meeting in Charlotte North Carolina the original venue for the convention on the week beginning Aug | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would no longer hold part of the Republican Partys nominating convention in Florida in August because of a spike in coronavirus cases in the state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican-convention/trump-cancels-republican-convention-in-florida-after-coronavirus-spike-idUSKCN24O339 | 2020-07-24 |
Republicans say that while they are making routine preparations for recounts and voting irregularities they are more focused on combating efforts to expand mailin balloting | Neutral | 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 |
As new cases surged in the state in recent weeks some Republican lawmakers and party delegates said they would avoid traveling to Florida for the event | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would no longer hold part of the Republican Partys nominating convention in Florida in August because of a spike in coronavirus cases in the state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican-convention/trump-cancels-republican-convention-in-florida-after-coronavirus-spike-idUSKCN24O339 | 2020-07-24 |
Democrats say their greatest focus is on guarding against what they expect to be a significant votersuppression effort by Republicans | Positive | 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 |
U.S. President Donald Trump a Republican who has rejected a nationwide mask rule and been reluctant to wear one himself this week reversed course and encouraged Americans to do so | Negative | The United States on Thursday recorded more than 1100 deaths from COVID19 marking the third straight day the nation passed that grim milestone as the pandemic escalates in southern and western U.S. states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-top-1100-for-a-third-day-in-a-row-idUSKCN24O2C2 | 2020-07-24 |
Don Huizenga a Republican delegate from Minnesota was excited about going just two weeks ago but changed his mind after seeing the growing coronavirus numbers in Florida | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would no longer hold part of the Republican Partys nominating convention in Florida in August because of a spike in coronavirus cases in the state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican-convention/trump-cancels-republican-convention-in-florida-after-coronavirus-spike-idUSKCN24O339 | 2020-07-24 |
That ruling imposed after complaints of improper conduct in past elections required Republicans to get court approval before they could conduct pollmonitoring activities in minority precincts | 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 |
Trump also said he would no longer hold part of the Republican Partys nominating convention in Florida in August because of a spike in coronavirus cases in the state | Neutral | The United States on Thursday recorded more than 1100 deaths from COVID19 marking the third straight day the nation passed that grim milestone as the pandemic escalates in southern and western U.S. states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-top-1100-for-a-third-day-in-a-row-idUSKCN24O2C2 | 2020-07-24 |
Kemp has stood apart even from his Republican counterparts on the mask issue | Negative | ATLANTA A Georgia judge on Thursday ordered the governor and Atlantas mayor to enter mediation over the governors lawsuit aimed at stopping the city from enforcing its requirement that people wear masks in public during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-georgia/georgias-governor-and-atlantas-mayor-ordered-to-mediate-coronavirus-mask-fight-idUSKCN24P002 | 2020-07-24 |
The system is not ready for these changes and it will be overwhelmed leading to lots of said a Republican official involved in the partys efforts | 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 |
WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress aim to pass a fourth coronavirus aid package before the end of the month but they will have to overcome significant differences | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress aim to pass a fourth coronavirus aid package before the end of the month but they will have to overcome significant differences | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation-ex/what-democrats-and-republicans-want-in-the-next-coronavirus-relief-package-idUSKCN24N273 | 2020-07-23 |
WASHINGTON Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they want Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey to appear at a hearing next week of major technology companies | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they want Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey to appear at a hearing next week of major technology companies | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tech-congress/house-republicans-want-twitter-ceo-to-testify-at-tech-hearing-idUSKCN24N2NF | 2020-07-23 |
WASHINGTON Joe Bidens presidential campaign on Tuesday announced million in new spending on advertising as the former vice president looks to capitalize on his polling advantage over Republican President Donald Trump ahead of the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON Joe Bidens presidential campaign on Tuesday announced million in new spending on advertising as the former vice president looks to capitalize on his polling advantage over Republican President Donald Trump ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-advertising/biden-announces-15-million-ad-buy-after-fundraising-surge-idUSKCN24M2ML | 2020-07-22 |
Former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges and longtime Householder adviser Jeff Longstreth along with lobbyists Juan Cespedes and Neil Clark were also charged on Tuesday | Negative | Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder a Republican and four other men tied to state politics were arrested on Tuesday in a million federal bribery case stemming from a bill passed last year to bail out the states nuclear power plants a U.S. prosecutor said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-ohio-corruption/ohio-house-speaker-4-others-charged-in-60-million-nuclear-bailout-bribery-case-idUSKCN24M2KI | 2020-07-22 |
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder a Republican and four other men tied to state politics were arrested on Tuesday in a million federal bribery case stemming from a bill passed last year to bail out the states nuclear power plants a U.S. prosecutor said | Negative | Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder a Republican and four other men tied to state politics were arrested on Tuesday in a million federal bribery case stemming from a bill passed last year to bail out the states nuclear power plants a U.S. prosecutor said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-ohio-corruption/ohio-house-speaker-4-others-charged-in-60-million-nuclear-bailout-bribery-case-idUSKCN24M2KI | 2020-07-22 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on Tuesday on how much to spend on the next round of coronavirus relief as they discussed proposals to extend unemployment insurance for Americans thrown out of work and provide more money for schools | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on Tuesday on how much to spend on the next round of coronavirus relief as they discussed proposals to extend unemployment insurance for Americans thrown out of work and provide more money for schools | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/democrats-want-more-money-more-detail-after-meeting-trump-team-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN24M1OT | 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 |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans would soon unveil a new coronavirus bill that is expected to have a trillion price tag | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on Tuesday on how much to spend on the next round of coronavirus relief as they discussed proposals to extend unemployment insurance for Americans thrown out of work and provide more money for schools | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/democrats-want-more-money-more-detail-after-meeting-trump-team-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN24M1OT | 2020-07-22 |
Both Biden and Republican President Donald Trump are eager to woo working women who are caring for parents and children during a pandemic that has shuttered schools and workplaces | Positive | NEW CASTLE Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-pledges-free-preschool-as-part-of-sweeping-caregiving-proposal-idUSKCN24M14L | 2020-07-22 |
De Blasio a Democrat told a press briefing that Trump a Republican often bluffs and and therefore it did not make sense to put too much stock in his statements | Negative | New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday he would immediately take President Donald Trump to court if he followed through on his plan to send federal law enforcement to U.S. cities including New York | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-global-race-protests-new-york/new-york-city-mayor-says-would-take-trump-to-court-on-federal-troops-idUSKCN24M22D | 2020-07-22 |
There are also disagreements within the Republican ranks over what new legislation should contain | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on Tuesday on how much to spend on the next round of coronavirus relief as they discussed proposals to extend unemployment insurance for Americans thrown out of work and provide more money for schools | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/democrats-want-more-money-more-detail-after-meeting-trump-team-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN24M1OT | 2020-07-22 |
WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the trillion Republicans say they are considering as the size of a coronavirus aid package would not be sufficient to do what is needed for the U.S. economy and Americans health | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the trillion Republicans say they are considering as the size of a coronavirus aid package would not be sufficient to do what is needed for the U.S. economy and Americans health | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-meeti/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-says-republican-1-trillion-coronavirus-aid-proposal-not-enough-idUSKCN24M2VR | 2020-07-22 |
If enacted the plan could benefit Trumps Republican Party by eliminating the largely nonwhite population of migrants in the United States illegally creating voting districts that skew more Caucasian | 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 |
Kevin Madden a top aide to Republican Mitt Romneys 2012 presidential campaign said Trumps ad juggernaut was having a hard time breaking through to voters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign ramped up expenditure in June as the presidential race intensified spending more than million about twice the amount spent the month before | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-fundraising/trailing-in-polls-trump-re-election-campaign-boosts-spending-in-june-idUSKCN24M07E | 2020-07-22 |
WASHINGTON Advisers to President Donald Trump and top congressional Democrats were set to discuss the next steps in responding to the coronavirus crisis on Tuesday with congressional Republicans saying they were working on a trillion relief bill | Positive | WASHINGTON Advisers to President Donald Trump and top congressional Democrats were set to discuss the next steps in responding to the coronavirus crisis on Tuesday with congressional Republicans saying they were working on a trillion relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-democrats-white-house-to-meet-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKCN24L1N5 | 2020-07-21 |
The Republican president who had pushed back on mask requirements by state and local officials posted a black and white photo of himself wearing one on Twitter | Positive | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans are seeking temporary protections against coronavirusrelated lawsuits for a broad range of entities including businesses schools churches charities and government agencies according to a draft document reviewed by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans are seeking temporary protections against coronavirusrelated lawsuits for a broad range of entities including businesses schools churches charities and government agencies according to a draft document reviewed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/u-s-senate-republicans-seek-liability-protections-for-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN24I2OA | 2020-07-21 |
3 presidential election but reminded the Republican president that he will have to vacate the White House if he loses | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. Democrat said on Monday that Donald Trump might not like the outcome of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pelosi/pelosi-says-trump-will-be-fumigated-out-if-he-refuses-to-leave-after-white-house-loss-idUSKCN24L2DP | 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 |
The state of Oregon and the American Civil Liberties Union have sued the Trump administration for unlawfully detaining Oregon residents and some Republicans spoke out against its tactics on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Monday said he would send law enforcement to more U.S. cities as a federal crackdown on antiracism protests in Oregon with unmarked cars and unidentified forces angered people across the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/trump-to-send-federal-forces-to-more-democrat-cities-idUSKCN24L1I1 | 2020-07-21 |
Senator Josh Hawley a Republican has said he would introduce legislation that would penalize U.S. companies which use forced labor in their supply chains | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday added 11 Chinese companies implicated in what it called human rights violations in connection with Chinas treatment of its Uighurs in Xinjiang in western China to the U.S. economic blacklist | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-human-rights/u-s-adds-11-companies-to-economic-blacklist-over-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-idUSKCN24L1XT | 2020-07-21 |
U.S. President Donald Trumps push to crack down on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republicans winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps push to crack down on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republicans winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-immigration-factbox/factbox-trump-and-biden-take-sharply-different-paths-on-immigration-idUSKCN24L122 | 2020-07-21 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump condemned protests in Portland Oregon and violence in cities on Sunday as his Republican administration moves to intervene in urban centers he says have lost control of antiracism demonstrations | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump condemned protests in Portland Oregon and violence in cities on Sunday as his Republican administration moves to intervene in urban centers he says have lost control of antiracism demonstrations | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/trump-portland-mayor-clash-over-causes-of-escalating-unrest-idUSKCN24K0PC | 2020-07-20 |
The Republican president was asked on Fox News if the flag a symbol of U.S. slavery and white supremacy for many Americans was offensive | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say the Confederate flag was an offensive symbol in an interview broadcast on Sunday saying it is a source of pride for people who love the South | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-confederate/trump-says-confederate-flag-proud-symbol-of-u-s-south-idUSKCN24K0I0 | 2020-07-20 |
He warned that if Russia continued to interfere there would be a real price to if he wins the November election against Republican President Donald Trump | Negative | DETROIT Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday he is now getting intelligence briefings and has been told Russia continues to try to meddle in Novembers U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-warns-of-russian-election-meddling-after-receiving-intelligence-briefings-idUSKCN24J02N | 2020-07-19 |
So far in this election cycle five incumbents in the House two Democrats and three Republicans have been defeated in their reelection bids by challengers from their own parties | Positive | 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 |
Kemp a fellow Republican and Trump supporter urged all Georgians to wear masks for at least four weeks but said mandates were unenforceable and suggested they would hobble the economy | Negative | Divided Americans clashed anew over mask mandates and the reopening of schools on Friday with states and localities choosing conflicting strategies in the face of surging coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-divided-over-mask-wearing-and-schools-reopening-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-idUSKCN24I1QW | 2020-07-18 |
Now when can I expect a response to our tweeted Representative Jim Jordan the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee | 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 |
WASHINGTON A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirusaid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the finishing touches on provisions granting liability protections for a wide range of entities resuming operations amid the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirusaid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the finishing touches on provisions granting liability protections for a wide range of entities resuming operations amid the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-seek-liability-protections-as-coronavirus-aid-battle-looms-idUSKCN24I18H | 2020-07-18 |
While the differences between Republicans and Democrats over next steps were huge McConnell said earlier this I do think well get there and do something that needs to be done | Positive | WASHINGTON A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirusaid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the finishing touches on provisions granting liability protections for a wide range of entities resuming operations amid the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-seek-liability-protections-as-coronavirus-aid-battle-looms-idUSKCN24I18H | 2020-07-18 |
WASHINGTON Senator Josh Hawley a Republican who closely follows tech issues pressed Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey on Friday on whether a company employee had been paid to assist with a hack of highprofile accounts this week aimed at scamming readers | Negative | WASHINGTON Senator Josh Hawley a Republican who closely follows tech issues pressed Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey on Friday on whether a company employee had been paid to assist with a hack of highprofile accounts this week aimed at scamming readers | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-twitter-cyber-hawley/senator-asks-twitter-about-claim-worker-was-paid-to-help-with-hack-idUSKCN24I2JO | 2020-07-18 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-election-felons/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-in-place-curbs-on-voting-by-ex-felons-in-florida-idUSKCN24H2WN | 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 |
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 |
The Republican president has said school districts must offer a full schedule of classes and he threatened to cut funding from schools that do not follow through | Negative | 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 |
Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo said in a statement after the Supreme Courts action Florida Republicans have a shamefully transparent electoral voter suppression | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-election-felons/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-in-place-curbs-on-voting-by-ex-felons-in-florida-idUSKCN24H2WN | 2020-07-17 |
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 |
Bucking the trend Georgias Republican governor Brian Kemp issued an executive order late on Wednesday suspending local facemask regulations while saying residents were strongly to wear them | Negative | ATLANTA Colorado and Arkansas on Thursday joined a growing list of U.S. states requiring face coverings in public to combat a surge in coronavirus infections after Georgias governor moved the other way and barred such measures from being imposed at the local level | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-elected-leaders-clash-over-masks-as-new-covid-19-cases-set-another-record-idUSKCN24H2L1 | 2020-07-17 |
WASHINGTON The Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Thursday that would cut federal aid to state and local governments if they do not protect statues after protesters attacked monuments to people who owned slaves or fought for the Confederacy | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Thursday that would cut federal aid to state and local governments if they do not protect statues after protesters attacked monuments to people who owned slaves or fought for the Confederacy | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-statues/top-house-republican-threatens-to-cut-funding-to-states-cities-that-dont-protect-statues-idUSKCN24H2RN | 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 |
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine also a Republican widened his directive to include more circumstances where face masks are obligatory | Neutral | ATLANTA Colorado and Arkansas on Thursday joined a growing list of U.S. states requiring face coverings in public to combat a surge in coronavirus infections after Georgias governor moved the other way and barred such measures from being imposed at the local level | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-elected-leaders-clash-over-masks-as-new-covid-19-cases-set-another-record-idUSKCN24H2L1 | 2020-07-17 |
Under his bill introduced with fellow Republican Representatives Jim Jordan and Sam Graves some federal funds would be withheld if local governments do not restore order or arrest rioters | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Thursday that would cut federal aid to state and local governments if they do not protect statues after protesters attacked monuments to people who owned slaves or fought for the Confederacy | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-statues/top-house-republican-threatens-to-cut-funding-to-states-cities-that-dont-protect-statues-idUSKCN24H2RN | 2020-07-17 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps troubled reelection bid entered a new phase on Thursday after a leadership shakeup put a longtime Republican political strategist in charge of resetting the campaign even as Trump refuses to show more discipline | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps troubled reelection bid entered a new phase on Thursday after a leadership shakeup put a longtime Republican political strategist in charge of resetting the campaign even as Trump refuses to show more discipline | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-campaign-aims-to-reset-with-staff-shake-up-sharpened-data-focus-idUSKCN24H34M | 2020-07-17 |
Republicans will significantly limit the number of attendees at the partys August convention nominating President Donald Trump for a second White House term in Jacksonville Florida as coronavirus cases continue to spike sharply across the state | Negative | Republicans will significantly limit the number of attendees at the partys August convention nominating President Donald Trump for a second White House term in Jacksonville Florida as coronavirus cases continue to spike sharply across the state | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/republicans-to-limit-national-convention-attendance-in-florida-amid-coronavirus-spike-idUSKCN24H272 | 2020-07-17 |
SAO PAULO Brazil rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday said he hopes Republican U.S. President Donald Trump will be reelected in November although he said the commercial relationship between the two countries is promising even if a Democrat wins | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazil rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday said he hopes Republican U.S. President Donald Trump will be reelected in November although he said the commercial relationship between the two countries is promising even if a Democrat wins | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-usa/brazils-bolsonaro-a-trump-ally-says-he-hopes-u-s-president-is-reelected-idUSKCN24H3GW | 2020-07-17 |
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 | 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 |
Only the approximately 2500 regular delegates will be permitted to attend the first three nights of the fournight event according to a Republican source with knowledge of the plans | Positive | Republicans will significantly limit the number of attendees at the partys August convention nominating President Donald Trump for a second White House term in Jacksonville Florida as coronavirus cases continue to spike sharply across the state | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/republicans-to-limit-national-convention-attendance-in-florida-amid-coronavirus-spike-idUSKCN24H272 | 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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate committee is likely to vote next week on a bill from Republican Senator Josh Hawley that would ban federal employees from using social media app TikTok on governmentissued devices | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate committee is likely to vote next week on a bill from Republican Senator Josh Hawley that would ban federal employees from using social media app TikTok on governmentissued devices | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-legislation-tiktok/senate-committee-to-vote-on-bill-banning-federal-employees-from-using-tiktok-idUSKCN24G2VM | 2020-07-16 |
Support for Trump a Republican has slumped as voters say they disapprove of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his response to nationwide protests against police brutality and racism | Negative | 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 |
The filing deadline was due to expire shortly before midnight on Wednesday and several prominent Republican incumbents had not yet reported their totals for the three months ended June 30 | 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 Royce West a Black Texas state legislator on Wednesday conceded to Air Force veteran MJ Hegar the Democratic nominee to take on Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn in November | Negative | WASHINGTON Royce West a Black Texas state legislator on Wednesday conceded to Air Force veteran MJ Hegar the Democratic nominee to take on Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-west/black-texan-royce-west-concedes-in-democratic-u-s-senate-race-idUSKCN24G2AN | 2020-07-16 |
Trump whose popularity in opinion polls is declining ahead of an election in November has been reluctant to embrace maskwearing and most Republican governors and local officials have followed suit | Negative | Oklahomas governor said he was diagnosed with COVID19 on Wednesday becoming one of the highest elected U.S. politicians to test positive for the disease as new coronavirus infections in his state and neighboring Texas surged by record numbers for a second straight day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/oklahoma-governor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-as-u-s-cases-surge-idUSKCN24G2OC | 2020-07-16 |
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 |
When asked why the Republican president has not released the records about half said it was because of reasons that could make it tougher for him to be reelected | Negative | NEW YORK Two out of three Americans want to see President Donald Trumps income taxes and about half believe he has been withholding them for reasons that could hurt him politically according to a public opinion poll | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll/two-in-three-americans-want-to-see-trumps-tax-returns-reuters-ipsos-poll-shows-idUSKCN24G14N | 2020-07-16 |
The Republican president publicly has scoffed at the numerous opinion polls showing him behind Biden | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
Republicans are struggling to recalibrate as restrictions on large inperson events have mostly sidelined Trumps signature campaign rallies | Negative | 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 |
In Wednesdays filing Trumps lawyers said the Republican president may argue that Vances subpoena was too broad or that enforcement might impede his constitutional duties | 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 |
WASHINGTON Alabama Republicans nominated political neophyte Tommy Tuberville the choice of President Donald Trump to run for the Senate in November as voters in three states picked candidates Tuesday in races that will help decide control of the chamber | Positive | WASHINGTON Alabama Republicans nominated political neophyte Tommy Tuberville the choice of President Donald Trump to run for the Senate in November as voters in three states picked candidates Tuesday in races that will help decide control of the chamber | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/trump-pick-gets-nod-in-alabama-as-three-u-s-states-choose-senate-candidates-idUSKCN24F14I | 2020-07-15 |
WASHINGTON Democrat MJ Hegar declared victory on Tuesday in the race for her partys nomination to a U.S. Senate seat from Texas saying she was ready to take on incumbent Republican John Cornyn in the November election | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrat MJ Hegar declared victory on Tuesday in the race for her partys nomination to a U.S. Senate seat from Texas saying she was ready to take on incumbent Republican John Cornyn in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-texas/u-s-air-force-veteran-mj-hegar-declares-victory-in-democratic-senate-race-in-texas-idUSKCN24G0G3 | 2020-07-15 |
WASHINGTON Republicans are planning to move their convention formally nominating President Donald Trump for a second White House term from an indoor arena to an outdoor venue as Floridas coronavirus cases surge two party sources familiar with the conversations said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans are planning to move their convention formally nominating President Donald Trump for a second White House term from an indoor arena to an outdoor venue as Floridas coronavirus cases surge two party sources familiar with the conversations said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/coronavirus-may-force-trump-nominating-convention-outdoors-idUSKCN24F2K9 | 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 |
Maine Democrats chose Sara Gideon the speaker of the states House of Representatives to face off against moderate Republican Senator Susan Collins one of the Senates most atrisk Republicans | Neutral | WASHINGTON Alabama Republicans nominated political neophyte Tommy Tuberville the choice of President Donald Trump to run for the Senate in November as voters in three states picked candidates Tuesday in races that will help decide control of the chamber | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/trump-pick-gets-nod-in-alabama-as-three-u-s-states-choose-senate-candidates-idUSKCN24F14I | 2020-07-15 |
Texas has long been dominated by Republicans but analysts say changing demographics have made it more competitive | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrat MJ Hegar declared victory on Tuesday in the race for her partys nomination to a U.S. Senate seat from Texas saying she was ready to take on incumbent Republican John Cornyn in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-texas/u-s-air-force-veteran-mj-hegar-declares-victory-in-democratic-senate-race-in-texas-idUSKCN24G0G3 | 2020-07-15 |
During a CBS News interview the Republican president was asked why Black people were still dying at the hands of law enforcement | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised U.S. police departments and downplayed police violence against Black people saying more white are killed by police officers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-trump/trump-downplays-police-violence-against-black-people-says-more-white-people-killed-idUSKCN24F2WQ | 2020-07-15 |
WASHINGTON Democrats in Maine chose Sara Gideon the speaker of the states House of Representatives as their nominee for the U.S. Senate in November elections when she will face off against incumbent Republican Susan Collins the New York Times said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats in Maine chose Sara Gideon the speaker of the states House of Representatives as their nominee for the U.S. Senate in November elections when she will face off against incumbent Republican Susan Collins the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-maine/democrat-sara-gideon-wins-nomination-to-challenge-u-s-senator-susan-collins-idUSKCN24G06K | 2020-07-15 |
The Republican president who trails Biden in national opinion polls has chafed at his inability to hold large political gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic | 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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON Alabama Republicans nominated political neophyte Tommy Tuberville the choice of President Donald Trump to run for the Senate in November as voters in three states picked candidates on Tuesday for races that will help decide control of the chamber | Positive | WASHINGTON Alabama Republicans nominated political neophyte Tommy Tuberville the choice of President Donald Trump to run for the Senate in November as voters in three states picked candidates on Tuesday for races that will help decide control of the chamber | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate/trump-pick-gets-nod-in-alabama-as-three-u-s-states-choose-senate-candidates-idUSKCN24F14I | 2020-07-15 |
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 |
Republican Senator Marco Rubio a China hardliner said it was long for the administration to take decisive on the issue as the Senate has | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to soon scrap a 2013 agreement between U.S. and Chinese auditing authorities a senior State Department official said a move that could foreshadow a broader crackdown on U.S.listed Chinese firms under fire for sidestepping American disclosure rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-to-soon-end-audit-deal-underpinning-chinese-listings-in-u-s-official-idUSKCN24E2XW | 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 |
I do think well get there and do something that needs to be before Congress begins an August recess the Republican senator predicted | 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 |
Democrats are pushing for new federal aid to state and local governments affected by the coronavirus which Republicans have resisted | Negative | 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 |
But Republicans criticized the governor for failing to issue statewide guidelines for schools during the health crisis | Negative | SACRAMENTO Californias governor on Monday clamped new restrictions on businesses as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations soared and the states two largest school districts in Los Angeles and San Diego said children would be made to stay home in August | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-shuts-down-businesses-schools-as-coronavirus-outbreak-grows-idUSKCN24E23E | 2020-07-14 |
Democrats in the U.S. Senate impatient with the pace of Republican deliberations on additional coronavirus aid have proposed longterm extensions to a temporary unemployment insurance program | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday she believes U.S. lawmakers can find a compromise on extending jobless benefits and unemployment insurance for Americans struggling amid coronavirus pandemic shutdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-needs-compromise-to-extend-covid-19-unemployment-payments-pelosi-says-idUSKCN24D0HO | 2020-07-13 |
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans point to statistics showing many Americans receive more money from the extended unemployment benefits than they earned when they were at work | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday she believes U.S. lawmakers can find a compromise on extending jobless benefits and unemployment insurance for Americans struggling amid coronavirus pandemic shutdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-needs-compromise-to-extend-covid-19-unemployment-payments-pelosi-says-idUSKCN24D0HO | 2020-07-13 |
On Sunday the Republican presidents education secretary Betsy DeVos repeatedly refused to say if states and school districts should follow the CDC guidelines | Negative | WASHINGTON House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump of messing childrens health on Sunday and said federal guidelines on reopening schools amid the coronavirus outbreak should be mandatory | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-education/pelosi-says-trump-messing-with-childrens-health-on-school-reopenings-idUSKCN24D0GX | 2020-07-13 |
A number of Republican governors have made clear they will go their own way on coronavirus measures including whether to reopen schools | Neutral | WASHINGTON House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump of messing childrens health on Sunday and said federal guidelines on reopening schools amid the coronavirus outbreak should be mandatory | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-education/pelosi-says-trump-messing-with-childrens-health-on-school-reopenings-idUSKCN24D0GX | 2020-07-13 |
We are not going to be rushed into Marylands Republican governor Larry Hogan said on NBCs Meet the Press | Positive | WASHINGTON House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump of messing childrens health on Sunday and said federal guidelines on reopening schools amid the coronavirus outbreak should be mandatory | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-education/pelosi-says-trump-messing-with-childrens-health-on-school-reopenings-idUSKCN24D0GX | 2020-07-13 |
Republican reaction on Capitol Hill was largely muted with a handful of Trump allies welcoming the action | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone sparing him from prison after he was convicted of lying under oath to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-stone/witch-hunt-trump-commutes-longtime-adviser-roger-stones-prison-sentence-idUSKBN24B351 | 2020-07-12 |
Muharrem Erkek deputy leader of the main opposition Republican Peoples Party said the new law would erode and polarise the legal profession | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys parliament passed a law on Saturday on changing the structure of bar associations a move that lawyers argue will further undermine judicial independence in a country where they say the judiciary is already in disarray | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-lawyers/turkish-parliament-passes-disputed-bar-associations-law-idUSKCN24C08L | 2020-07-12 |
Those rulings were only the latest setbacks for the Republican president in the past month from a ninemember court that until this term generally backed him in big cases | Neutral | WASHINGTON The conservativemajority U.S. Supreme Court with Chief Justice Roberts leading the way has distinctly staked out its independence from President Donald Trump by delivering a series of setbacks to him and his administration in pivotal cases | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-court-term-analysis/u-s-supreme-court-defied-trump-at-key-moments-in-blockbuster-term-idUSKBN24B17I | 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 |
MIAMI President Donald Trump is expected to raise million on Friday during a highdollar fundraiser hosted by the chief executive of a snack company in coronavirusstricken Florida according to a Republican official | Positive | MIAMI President Donald Trump is expected to raise million on Friday during a highdollar fundraiser hosted by the chief executive of a snack company in coronavirusstricken Florida according to a Republican official | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-elections-trump-fundraising/trump-to-raise-10-million-at-in-person-fundraiser-in-covid-hit-florida-idUSKBN24B2WD | 2020-07-11 |
Trump continues to aim at what Republican Richard Nixon called the silent defined during his successful 1968 presidential campaign as mostly middleclass middleaged white Americans in Middle America | Positive | 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 |
Republican Trump has held a series of events recently with large crowds despite warnings from public health professionals about the dangers of big gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | MIAMI A campaign rally for President Donald Trump set for Saturday in New Hampshire has been postponed by a week or because of a tropical storm off the East Coast White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany told reporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-storm/trump-rally-in-new-hampshire-postponed-white-house-cites-tropical-storm-idUSKBN24B2FV | 2020-07-11 |
If Congress doesnt act we are going to see epic failure once said Holden an independent who is also elections supervisor in Georgias Paulding County a Republicandominated suburb of Atlanta | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trumps campaign and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens campaigns did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Facebook Inc is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its social network in the days leading up to the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-facebook-elections/facebook-mulls-ban-on-political-ads-ahead-of-u-s-elections-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN24B2UP | 2020-07-11 |
If we dont adopt this best practice it could lead to a shutdown of the Republican governor told local KLBKTV in Lubbock adding it was the last thing he wanted | Negative | New cases of COVID19 rose by over 69000 across the United States on Friday according to a Reuters tally setting a record for the third consecutive day as Walt Disney Co stuck to its plans to reopen its flagship theme park in hardhit Florida | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-sets-record-for-new-covid-cases-third-day-in-a-row-at-over-69000-idUSKBN24B2QI | 2020-07-11 |
In Texas a group of bar owners sued Governor Greg Abbott a Republican saying his June 26 order closing them down violates the state constitution the Dallas Morning News reported | Negative | More than 60500 new COVID19 infections were reported across the United States on Thursday according to a Reuters tally setting a oneday record as weary Americans were told to take new precautions and the pandemic becomes increasingly politicized | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-sets-one-day-record-with-more-than-60500-covid-cases-americans-divided-idUSKBN24A28B | 2020-07-10 |
As coronavirus cases surge in Florida skepticism is growing that Republican National Convention organizers will be able to pull off the grand party President Donald Trump promised for his renomination | Negative | As coronavirus cases surge in Florida skepticism is growing that Republican National Convention organizers will be able to pull off the grand party President Donald Trump promised for his renomination | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/florida-virus-surge-threatens-trumps-convention-plans-idUSKBN24A36W | 2020-07-10 |
Democrat Joe Biden will review a decision by Republican President Donald Trump to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany if he is elected president a top aide to the candidate told Reuters | Positive | Democrat Joe Biden will review a decision by Republican President Donald Trump to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany if he is elected president a top aide to the candidate told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-germany-exclusive/exclusive-biden-to-review-trump-decision-to-cut-troops-in-germany-if-elected-idUSKBN24A293 | 2020-07-10 |
The Republicanled U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has voted to require the Pentagon to rename military bases named after Confederate generals | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. general said on Thursday that the military had to take a hard at symbols of the Confederacy including the names of bases and said he had recommended a commission to look at the issue even as President Donald Trump has ruled out renaming military bases that are named for Confederate leaders | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-defense/u-s-military-needs-to-take-hard-look-at-confederacy-symbols-base-names-top-general-says-idUSKBN24A31S | 2020-07-10 |
Five Republican U.S. senators said this week they would skip the convention | Neutral | As coronavirus cases surge in Florida skepticism is growing that Republican National Convention organizers will be able to pull off the grand party President Donald Trump promised for his renomination | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/florida-virus-surge-threatens-trumps-convention-plans-idUSKBN24A36W | 2020-07-10 |
Lopez Obrador told television network Telemundo that in the past Trump a Republican had a certain of Mexicans | Neutral | MEXICO CITY President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that Donald Trump had drastically changed the way he talks about Mexicos people in the leftist leaders latest warm words about the U.S. president who has a history of upsetting Mexicans | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-president-trump/lopez-obrador-says-trump-has-completely-changed-attitude-toward-mexicans-idUSKBN24B06R | 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 |
Trumps Republican allies said both investigations are motivated by partisan politics | 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 |
The legislation is expected to be blocked in the Republicancontrolled Senate | Negative | 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 |
It seems much more political than anything House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said at a news conference | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
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 |
3 percent of the vote in early Trump was uncontested on the Republican side | Neutral | 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 |
Nonpartisan analysts rank the district as leaning Republican | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON Political analyst Brigid Harrison conceded on Tuesday to former schoolteacher Amy Kennedy in the New Jersey Democratic primary contest to take on U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew who abandoned that party for the Republicans in the November election | Negative | WASHINGTON Political analyst Brigid Harrison conceded on Tuesday to former schoolteacher Amy Kennedy in the New Jersey Democratic primary contest to take on U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew who abandoned that party for the Republicans in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey-harrison/brigid-harrison-concedes-to-amy-kennedy-in-u-s-house-democratic-primary-idUSKBN24906A | 2020-07-08 |
Trumps sagging poll numbers and Democratic animosity against his leading allies in Congress have deepened this years challenge for Senate Republicans including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell | Negative | WASHINGTON The South Carolina Democrat challenging Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham nearly doubled his fundraising this spring his campaign said on Tuesday in the latest sign of the mounting campaign hurdles facing Republicans in the U.S. Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate/south-carolina-democrat-aiming-to-unseat-lindsey-graham-raises-13-9-million-in-quarter-idUSKBN2482CP | 2020-07-08 |
NEW YORK U.S Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee announced on Tuesday he will not attend the Republican National Convention in August becoming the second senator to say he would skip the gathering in Jacksonville Florida | Negative | NEW YORK U.S Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee announced on Tuesday he will not attend the Republican National Convention in August becoming the second senator to say he would skip the gathering in Jacksonville Florida | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-coronavirus/republican-senator-alexander-becomes-second-to-skip-party-convention-idUSKBN2481S0 | 2020-07-08 |
And with the U.S. election tight it would not appear to be very for Trump to ignore the oil industry a traditional base of Republican support said Alcocer | Neutral | MEXICO CITY When Mexicos leader enters the White House to meet President Donald Trump on Wednesday he will do so not only as a hostage to the whims of his U.S. counterpart but also as partner in an unlikely alliance that has benefited both men | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico/marriage-of-convenience-what-mexicos-leftist-leader-gets-out-of-trump-idUSKBN2482KW | 2020-07-08 |
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley an 86year old Republican from Iowa said on Monday he would sit out the convention due to coronavirus concerns | Negative | NEW YORK U.S Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee announced on Tuesday he will not attend the Republican National Convention in August becoming the second senator to say he would skip the gathering in Jacksonville Florida | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-coronavirus/republican-senator-alexander-becomes-second-to-skip-party-convention-idUSKBN2481S0 | 2020-07-08 |
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 | 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 Republican Party will provide mandatory coronavirus testing at the convention according to a memo sent to reporters and attendees | Negative | NEW YORK U.S Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee announced on Tuesday he will not attend the Republican National Convention in August becoming the second senator to say he would skip the gathering in Jacksonville Florida | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-coronavirus/republican-senator-alexander-becomes-second-to-skip-party-convention-idUSKBN2481S0 | 2020-07-08 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
Trump a Republican defeated Clinton by a margin of 304 to 227 Electoral College votes despite losing the popular vote nationally by about 3 million votes | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to free faithless in the complex Electoral College system that decides the outcome of presidential elections from state laws that force them to support the candidate who wins the states popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-electoral/u-s-supreme-court-curbs-faithless-electors-in-presidential-voting-idUSKBN2471TI | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
South Dakota solidly Republican has not been infected as badly as other states but cases in Pennington County where Mount Rushmore is have more than doubled in the past month | 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 |
WASHINGTON A top Trump administration health official said on Sunday it was not clear whether it will be safe to hold the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville next month as Florida sees record numbers of coronavirus cases | Negative | WASHINGTON A top Trump administration health official said on Sunday it was not clear whether it will be safe to hold the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville next month as Florida sees record numbers of coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican/too-soon-to-say-if-safe-to-hold-republican-convention-in-florida-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN2460MI | 2020-07-06 |
Trump a Republican who has emphasized a law and approach to the demonstrations has opposed proposals to rename U.S. military bases that are named after Confederate generals | Negative | 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 |
The Texas Republican Party has been under pressure to cancel their convention or host it virtually | Negative | The Executive Committee of the Texas Republican Party voted on Thursday to push ahead and have their state convention in person this month despite a surge in coronavirus cases in Houston where it will take place | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-texas-republicans/texas-republicans-to-host-in-person-convention-despite-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN243382 | 2020-07-03 |
Through this bill the U.S. Senate makes clear which side we are said Republican Senator Pat Toomey a cosponsor | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation on Thursday to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement Beijings draconian new national security law on Hong Kong sending it to the White House for President Donald Trumps signature | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-sanctions/bill-targeting-banks-over-chinas-hong-kong-law-passes-u-s-senate-idUSKBN2432NA | 2020-07-03 |
Trump a Republican who has worked to cultivate warmer relations with Moscow denied being briefed on the matter before it was reported by news outlets last week | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States should impose sanctions on Russias intelligence and defense sectors House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday after a briefing on reported Russian payments to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia/u-s-should-put-sanctions-on-russian-intelligence-defense-sectors-pelosi-idUSKBN2432GW | 2020-07-03 |
The Texas Medical Association a sponsor of the convention had urged Republicans not to hold it and after the committees vote it said it was withdrawing its sponsorship | Neutral | The Executive Committee of the Texas Republican Party voted on Thursday to push ahead and have their state convention in person this month despite a surge in coronavirus cases in Houston where it will take place | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-texas-republicans/texas-republicans-to-host-in-person-convention-despite-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN243382 | 2020-07-03 |
Indiana will now get another shot at arguing for the legality of its two Republicanbacked laws that the 7th Circuit had prevented from going into effect | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday gave Indiana a second chance to revive two restrictive abortion laws one imposing an ultrasound requirement and the other expanding parental notification when minors seek abortions by throwing out a lower courts rulings blocking them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-abortion/u-s-supreme-court-sends-indiana-abortion-cases-back-to-lower-courts-idUSKBN2432B9 | 2020-07-03 |
Texas Governor Greg Abbott a Republican on Thursday issued an executive order that masks must be used inside commercial buildings or outside when social distancing is not possible | Neutral | The Executive Committee of the Texas Republican Party voted on Thursday to push ahead and have their state convention in person this month despite a surge in coronavirus cases in Houston where it will take place | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-texas-republicans/texas-republicans-to-host-in-person-convention-despite-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN243382 | 2020-07-03 |
Republicans at the state level have pursued a variety of abortion restrictions | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday gave Indiana a second chance to revive two restrictive abortion laws one imposing an ultrasound requirement and the other expanding parental notification when minors seek abortions by throwing out a lower courts rulings blocking them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-abortion/u-s-supreme-court-sends-indiana-abortion-cases-back-to-lower-courts-idUSKBN2432B9 | 2020-07-03 |
Trump and Republican allies have attacked the idea of expanding mail balloting arguing it is vulnerable to fraud and worrying that easier voting would hurt their partys chances | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a lowercourt ruling that would have relaxed voting restrictions in Alabama state during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-alabama/u-s-supreme-court-blocks-alabama-order-easing-voting-restrictions-idUSKBN24409F | 2020-07-03 |
WASHINGTON Herman Cain a 2012 Republican presidential candidate has been diagnosed with CVOID19 and admitted to an Atlantaarea hospital according to a statement on Thursday on his Twitter feed | Neutral | WASHINGTON Herman Cain a 2012 Republican presidential candidate has been diagnosed with CVOID19 and admitted to an Atlantaarea hospital according to a statement on Thursday on his Twitter feed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cain/herman-cain-2012-republican-presidential-candidate-hospitalized-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN2432Z2 | 2020-07-03 |
The Executive Committee of the Texas Republican Party voted on Thursday to push ahead and have their state convention in person this month despite a surge in coronavirus cases in Houston where it will take place | Neutral | The Executive Committee of the Texas Republican Party voted on Thursday to push ahead and have their state convention in person this month despite a surge in coronavirus cases in Houston where it will take place | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-texas-republicans/texas-republicans-to-host-in-person-convention-despite-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN243382 | 2020-07-03 |
Critics of both men have expressed concern that Lopez Obradors visit could help Trump shore up support among Hispanic voters as the Republican U.S. president gears up Novembers election | Negative | MEXICO CITY Most Mexicans support their presidents planned visit to his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump next week though they continue to regard the American leader in a distinctly negative light an opinion poll showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa-poll/most-mexicans-back-presidents-u-s-visit-but-dislike-trump-poll-shows-idUSKBN2432F2 | 2020-07-03 |
5 trillion infrastructure package on Wednesday by a 233to188 vote to boost spending on roads bridges public transit and rail but the White House and Senate Republicans opposed the measure | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure-congress/u-s-house-approves-1-5-trillion-infrastructure-bill-but-outlook-uncertain-idUSKBN2427FO | 2020-07-02 |
He needs to articulate why he wants a second said the Republican official familiar with internal White House dynamics | Positive | WASHINGTON Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/fearing-an-election-loss-trump-allies-push-him-to-be-less-polarizing-idUSKBN2427GT | 2020-07-02 |
He knows hes in the Republican source said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/fearing-an-election-loss-trump-allies-push-him-to-be-less-polarizing-idUSKBN2427GT | 2020-07-02 |
Dozens of Republican former national security officials are set to back Biden claiming that Trump is a threat to U.S. security people involved in the effort told Reuters | Negative | 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 |
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 Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | Neutral | WASHINGTON Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/fearing-an-election-loss-trump-allies-push-him-to-be-less-polarizing-idUSKBN2427GT | 2020-07-02 |
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 | 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 |
If they are spending a ton in Iowa close to the said one Iowa GOP operative then its real bad for every Republican | 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 |
Other Republican groups opposing his reelection include the Lincoln Project cofounded by George Conway husband of Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway | Negative | 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 |
He has to go back and become an acceptable president and then take the wood to said a Republican ally close to the White House | Positive | WASHINGTON Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/fearing-an-election-loss-trump-allies-push-him-to-be-less-polarizing-idUSKBN2427GT | 2020-07-02 |
Twentythree Republican incumbents are seeking reelection this year compared to 12 Democratic incumbents | Neutral | 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 |
Trump has expressed contempt for Republican and conservative figures who oppose him saying on Twitter that Never Republicans are human scum | Negative | 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 |
People are even actually saying he want this the ally said of fellow Republican supporters | Positive | WASHINGTON Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/fearing-an-election-loss-trump-allies-push-him-to-be-less-polarizing-idUSKBN2427GT | 2020-07-02 |
More than million in television ads have already been booked for the fall in North Carolina according to a North Carolina Republican official familiar with the spending plans | 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 |
NEW YORK The Republican National Committee plans to make coronavirus testing available to all attendees of the partys convention in August and is discussing whether to make the testing mandatory according to two people familiar with the matter | Positive | NEW YORK The Republican National Committee plans to make coronavirus testing available to all attendees of the partys convention in August and is discussing whether to make the testing mandatory according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republicans-convention/republicans-weigh-mandatory-covid-19-testing-at-convention-sources-idUSKBN2427HM | 2020-07-02 |
Trumps falling poll numbers worry some fellow Republicans they will lose control of the U.S. Senate having already lost leadership of the House of Representatives in 2018 | Negative | WASHINGTON Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/fearing-an-election-loss-trump-allies-push-him-to-be-less-polarizing-idUSKBN2427GT | 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 |
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 |
The measure was then blocked by Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn who called it a stunt | Negative | Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens campaign on Tuesday criticized U.S. Senate Republicans for blocking legislation to require campaigns to report offers of foreign election help to the FBI saying it could open the door to interference in the 2020 contest | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-biden-russia/biden-attacks-republicans-for-blocking-law-on-foreign-election-interference-idUSKBN2413OW | 2020-07-01 |
Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren will introduce the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Review Act on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called for a government analysis of foreign influence in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain on Tuesday saying the coronavirus pandemic has exposed an overreliance on China and other countries for the production of essential drugs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-senate-supplychain/exclusive-after-pandemic-u-s-senators-want-review-of-drug-supply-chain-idUSKBN2411HI | 2020-07-01 |
WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called for a government analysis of foreign influence in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain on Tuesday saying the coronavirus pandemic has exposed an overreliance on China and other countries for the production of essential drugs | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called for a government analysis of foreign influence in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain on Tuesday saying the coronavirus pandemic has exposed an overreliance on China and other countries for the production of essential drugs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-senate-supplychain/exclusive-after-pandemic-u-s-senators-want-review-of-drug-supply-chain-idUSKBN2411HI | 2020-07-01 |
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 | 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 Top Republican Senators on Tuesday cast doubt and skepticism on reports that Russia paid the Taliban bounties to kill members of the U.S. armed services after receiving a White House briefing | Negative | WASHINGTON Top Republican Senators on Tuesday cast doubt and skepticism on reports that Russia paid the Taliban bounties to kill members of the U.S. armed services after receiving a White House briefing | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-senate/top-u-s-republican-senators-cast-doubt-on-russia-bounty-reports-idUSKBN2413ES | 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 |
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 |
Future Democratic administrations are likely to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles while future Republican administrations may offer less policy support | Positive | LONDON Britains transition from petroleum to electricity in road transport is accelerating albeit from a low base and will start to have a significant impact on oil consumption towards the end of the decade | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-global-oil-kemp/britains-accelerating-transition-to-electric-cars-kemp-idUSKBN2412OB | 2020-07-01 |
McConnell 78 the most powerful Republican in Congress and a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump is seeking a seventh sixyear term | 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 |
And Republican hawk John Bolton Trumps former national security adviser told Reuters if the allegations were true it was tantamount to an attack on Americans directly | 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 said Hickenloopers late stumbles showed he would be vulnerable against Gardner | 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 |
Republicans majority of 53 to 47 seats in the U.S. Senate is looking increasingly vulnerable in the Nov | Negative | 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 |
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens campaign on Tuesday criticized U.S. Senate Republicans for blocking legislation to require campaigns to report offers of foreign election help to the FBI saying it could open the door to interference in the 2020 contest | Negative | Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens campaign on Tuesday criticized U.S. Senate Republicans for blocking legislation to require campaigns to report offers of foreign election help to the FBI saying it could open the door to interference in the 2020 contest | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-biden-russia/biden-attacks-republicans-for-blocking-law-on-foreign-election-interference-idUSKBN2413OW | 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 |
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 |
Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina where cases are spiking posted a similar message on Twitter I am encouraging everyone to WEAR YOUR | Positive | 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 |
But two Republican lawmakers said they remain concerned after hearing details from the White House at a meeting on Monday | Neutral | 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 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 |
The city of Jacksonville Florida where Trump will accept the Republican presidential nomination in August adopted a mandatory mask requirement for public and indoor locations on Monday | Positive | 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 |
The Republican lawmakers were briefed on Monday by Ratcliffe White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and national security adviser Robert OBrien | Neutral | 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 |
The city of Jacksonville Florida venue for part of the Republican nominating convention in August said on Twitter it would be requiring masks in public starting later on Monday | Positive | LOS ANGELES California and Texas both marked record spikes in new COVID19 infections on Monday a Reuters tally showed as Los Angeles reported an oneday surge in Americas secondlargest city that put it over 100000 cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-texas-see-record-covid-19-surges-arizona-clamps-down-idUSKBN2401Z8 | 2020-06-30 |
That began to change as coronavirus cases nationwide soared to record levels prompting Republicanled states like Texas and Florida to reimpose restrictions such as closing recently reopened bars | 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 |
There was no word on whether the administration would brief more lawmakers or any nonRepublicans | Neutral | WASHINGTON Both Democrats and President Donald Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress demanded more information from the White House on Monday after reports that Russian military intelligence offered militants bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-house/u-s-republicans-democrats-want-to-question-trump-aides-over-russia-bounty-reports-idUSKBN240215 | 2020-06-30 |
Jeff Landry Louisianas Republican attorney general said the ruling continued a heartbreaking line of decisions that places to abortion above the health and safety of women and girls | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court defended abortion rights in a major ruling on Monday by striking down a Louisiana law placing restrictions on doctors who perform the procedure leaving antiabortion advocates and the White House bitterly disappointed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-abortion/in-major-ruling-u-s-supreme-court-strikes-down-strict-louisiana-abortion-law-idUSKBN2401WI | 2020-06-30 |
Republican Representative Kevin Brady countered that legislation aiming to lower drug prices would discourage the development of drugs to treat diseases including COVID19 | 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 |
Trump has dismissed the reports as fake and took to Twitter to suggest the reports were being spread by media outlets trying to make Republicans look bad | Negative | WASHINGTON Both Democrats and President Donald Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress demanded more information from the White House on Monday after reports that Russian military intelligence offered militants bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-house/u-s-republicans-democrats-want-to-question-trump-aides-over-russia-bounty-reports-idUSKBN240215 | 2020-06-30 |
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 | Neutral | 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 |
5 trillion for jobcreating public works and other projects at a time when some Republicans are expressing newfound concerns over the federal debt | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will try this week to revive efforts to enact police reform legislation in Congress a Republican senator said on Sunday after moves to address police misconduct following the death of George Floyd deteriorated into partisan bickering | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will try this week to revive efforts to enact police reform legislation in Congress a Republican senator said on Sunday after moves to address police misconduct following the death of George Floyd deteriorated into partisan bickering | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/republican-senator-sees-effort-this-week-to-revive-police-reform-debate-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN23Z0QV | 2020-06-29 |
The Mississippi House voted 8534 in favor of the measure which would need approval in the Senate before going to the Southern states Republican governor according to reports | Positive | The Mississippi House of Representatives on Saturday voted to move ahead with a process that could result in the removal of a Confederate emblem from the state flag according to media reports and the governor vowed to approve a bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-protests-mississippi-flag/mississippi-moves-to-change-its-state-flag-idUSKBN23Y0WI | 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 |
Republicans view the law as excessive government intrusion into the healthcare market | Negative | President Donald Trumps administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the healthcare safety net seeking to scrap coverage during the novel coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-obamacare/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-axe-obamacare-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23X0PZ | 2020-06-27 |
Texas and 17 other Republicanled states have joined the Trump administration in seeking to challenge the law | Positive | President Donald Trumps administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the healthcare safety net seeking to scrap coverage during the novel coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-obamacare/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-axe-obamacare-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23X0PZ | 2020-06-27 |
This could be our last opportunity to stay Beijings hand before it destroys what is left of freedom in the said Republican Senator Josh Hawley | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday that would impose mandatory sanctions on people or companies that back efforts by China to restrict Hong Kongs autonomy pushing back against Beijings new security law for the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/senate-backs-bill-to-punish-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23W2QS | 2020-06-26 |
Republicans are unlikely to support the bill | Negative | LANCASTER Penn | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-attacks-trump-health-policy-as-cruel-in-election-battleground-state-idUSKBN23W0GC | 2020-06-26 |
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has said she was with whether to support Trumps reelection while Republican Senator Mitt Romney praised Mattis words | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
The versions from the Republicanled Senate and Democraticled House must be reconciled before a final version can pass and go to the White House for Trump to sign or veto | Positive | 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 |
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized the idea last year saying that none of us currently living are for slavery which he calls Americas original sin | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans are growing increasingly aware of racial inequality in the United States but a large majority still oppose the use of onetime payments known as reparations to tackle the persistent wealth gap between Black and white citizens | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-economy-reparations-poll/u-s-public-more-aware-of-racial-inequality-but-still-rejects-reparations-reuters-ipsos-polling-idUSKBN23W1NG | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
While Trump insulted a number of his 16 Republican rivals in the 2016 presidential campaign Fiorina was the target of what was arguably one of the nastiest swipes | Negative | 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 |
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 |
McConnell said he would schedule another vote if there was enough progress on closing RepublicanDemocratic differences | 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 |
Another Black candidate physician Cameron Webb beat three white opponents in the primary for a U.S. House seat representing central Virginia that Democrats hope to snatch from Republicans | 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 |
Republican Representative Louie Gohmert dismissed Elias concerns as a side adding Its a shame we dont have a serious hearing | Negative | WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr ordered unneeded probes into the cannabis industry because of his opposition to pot a Justice Department attorney testified Wednesday in a stormy congressional hearing on allegations of politicallymotivated overreach by Barr | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-cannabis/lawmakers-split-along-party-lines-on-justice-departments-pot-probes-idUSKBN23V32Z | 2020-06-25 |
Civil rights leaders and activist groups who called on the Senate to reject the Republican bill have urged lawmakers to take up stronger measures | 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 |
Fiftyeight percent of Americans of Democrats and of Republicans said they would like to see Bolton testify under oath about his experiences in the Trump administration | Positive | NEW YORK American approval of President Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic has dropped to the lowest level on record the latest opinion poll shows as new COVID19 cases surged and Trump was widely criticized for suggesting he wanted to slow down testing | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-poll/approval-of-trumps-coronavirus-response-sinks-to-lowest-on-record-amid-surge-in-cases-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN23V1FY | 2020-06-25 |
But Senator Tim Scott the chambers only Black Republican and author of the failed bill cautioned that an impasse would leave Black Americans vulnerable to police violence | 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 |
The Republicans moved the speech from Charlotte North Carolina after the states Democratic governor refused to relax socialdistancing rules aimed at curbing the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats will hold a largely virtual convention in August to nominate Joe Biden as their presidential candidate the party said on Wednesday with Biden giving his acceptance speech in person in Milwaukee but state delegations staying home | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-democrats/virus-concerns-prompt-democrats-to-hold-largely-virtual-nominating-convention-idUSKBN23V3FK | 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 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 | 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 |
Republicans were split on the issue with favoring removal and opposing it | 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 |
The president has faced pressure to restrict work visas from groups that seek lower levels of immigration as well as some Republican lawmakers | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump suspended the entry into the United States of certain foreign workers on Monday a move the White House said would help the coronavirusbattered economy but which business groups strongly oppose | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-workers/trump-suspends-entry-of-certain-foreign-workers-despite-business-opposition-idUSKBN23T2ZW | 2020-06-24 |
Republicans are expected to push back on his testimony saying he is confusing politicization with policy disagreements | Negative | WASHINGTON The federal office that led the prosecution of President Donald Trumps friend Roger Stone received heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of to ease its sentencing recommendation career prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky plans to tell Congress according to his prepared remarks | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/federal-prosecutor-says-fear-of-trump-led-to-reversal-on-stone-sentencing-memo-idUSKBN23U339 | 2020-06-24 |
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 |
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 | 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 |
Trump has expressed contempt for Republican and conservative figures who have opposed him saying on Twitter last year that such Never Trumper are human scum | Negative | 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 |
Republicans who control 53 seats in the 100seat Senate will need 60 votes on Wednesday to move forward with the debate | Neutral | 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 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 | Negative | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Senator Ted Cruz a Texas Republican praised the FCCs decision to reject the bid | Negative | The Federal Communications Commission on Monday said it rejected the request of a radio station in Mexico to continue broadcasting Mandarin Chinese language programs to southern California and ordered it to cease operations within 48 hours | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-china-radio/fcc-orders-radio-station-in-mexico-to-halt-broadcast-of-chinese-programs-to-u-s-idUSKBN23T366 | 2020-06-23 |
But the Republicancontrolled Senate has not taken up the House package and lawmakers are not expected to move toward another coronavirus bill until sometime in July | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he supported the idea of giving Americans a second round of financial aid to mitigate the effect of shutdowns to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-backs-more-aid-for-americans-amid-coronavirus-scripps-idUSKBN23T2NH | 2020-06-23 |
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 | 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 |
But again thats a waste of time because the Republicans in the Senate wont look at Nadler said | 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 |
3 election the Republican president is trailing in opinion polls to Biden who has hammered Trump for his response to the protests and the pandemic | Negative | TULSA Okla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-slams-protests-defends-pandemic-response-as-tulsa-crowd-underwhelms-idUSKBN23R0G5 | 2020-06-21 |
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee a Republican applauded the passage of the bill saying in a Twitter post on Friday it is the strongest prolife law in our states history | Positive | Tennessee lawmakers passed one of the tightest abortion restrictions in the country on Friday banning the procedure once a fetal heartbeat is detected at around six weeks which is often before a woman realizes she is pregnant | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-abortion-tennessee/tennessee-lawmakers-pass-heartbeat-abortion-bill-banning-procedure-after-six-weeks-idUSKBN23Q2Z9 | 2020-06-20 |
But some Republicans have been resistant to doing more quickly especially given recent positive economic data | Positive | NEW Two U.S. Federal Reserve officials sounded increasing pessimism on Friday on the swiftness of any economic recovery from the novel coronavirus epidemic and warned the unemployment rate could rise again if the disease is not brought under control | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-powell/fed-officials-signal-rising-caution-on-u-s-economic-recovery-amid-virus-spread-idUSKBN23Q2V7 | 2020-06-20 |
Even traditionally Republicanleaning groups men white suburban women and those older than 55 have recently flipped for Biden the polling analysis shows | 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 |
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy a staunch Trump ally said Bolton was making claims to sell books | Positive | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
In Texas the mayors of the states nine biggest cities asked Republican Governor Greg Abbott this week to grant them authority to set mask regulations | Neutral | California North Carolina and a string of U.S. cities mandated or urged mandatory mask use on Thursday to get a grip on spiraling coronavirus cases as at least six states set daily records | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/it-may-save-your-life-facing-virus-surge-more-u-s-states-mandate-masks-idUSKBN23Q04B | 2020-06-19 |
But some congressional Republicans who lately have become worried about rising federal debt after years of downplaying its importance have expressed reservations over expensive infrastructure legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Thursday unveiled a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure-congress/u-s-house-democrats-unveil-1-5-trillion-infrastructure-plan-idUSKBN23P3FI | 2020-06-19 |
Republican senators on Thursday rejected criticism that they should have called Bolton to testify and declined to talk about Boltons allegations | 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 |
Any efforts by disgruntled former Republicans is doomed to fail | Negative | 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 |
Representative Adam Schiff the California Democrat who led the prosecution of Republican Trump slammed Bolton for saying at the time that hed sue if subpoenaed | Negative | WASHINGTON In a withering behindthescenes portrayal President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton accused him of sweeping misdeeds that included explicitly seeking Chinese President Xi Jinpings help to win reelection | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/trump-asked-china-to-help-him-win-in-2020-offered-favors-to-dictators-bolton-says-idUSKBN23O3B7 | 2020-06-18 |
Trump helped oust Borges as head of Ohios Republicans early in 2017 after Borges failed to back his presidential bid | Negative | 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 |
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 | 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 Republican governor has attributed rising cases to increased testing | Neutral | The Navajo Nation has reimposed 57hour weekend curfews to protect citizens from a surge in coronavirus cases in neighboring Arizona after the largest Native American reservation managed to flatten its own COVID19 curve | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navajo/facing-arizona-surge-navajos-reimpose-virus-curfew-idUSKBN23O3R4 | 2020-06-18 |
Borges told Reuters he continues to be a Republican and will back every other Republican candidate this year | 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 Republicanled Senate will debate Scotts bill next week Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said | Neutral | 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 |
Your team at the FAA has attempted deliberately to keep us in the Senator Roger Wicker the Republican committee chairman told Dickson | Neutral | The head of the Federal Aviation Administration Steve Dickson acknowledged on Wednesday that Boeing Co and the U.S. air safety agency both made mistakes on the 737 MAX jet but rejected senators accusations the FAA was probes after two fatal crashes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max/faa-chief-acknowledges-agency-boeing-made-mistakes-on-737-max-idUSKBN23O1NE | 2020-06-18 |
Trump is an existential threat to the Republican Party and to the country and we need him out of Borges said | Negative | 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 |
But some Republicans have been resistant to doing more quickly especially after a rebound in job growth and retail sales in May | Positive | The U.S. economy is beginning to recover from the worst of the coronavirus crisis but with some 25 million Americans displaced from work and the pandemic ongoing it will need more help Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-beats-drum-for-more-government-aid-to-bolster-economy-idUSKBN23O2SI | 2020-06-18 |
President Trump has the support of a record number of Republicans and leads a united Murtaugh said | 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 |
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 |
Trump who branded the impeachment effort a witch hunt was acquitted in February after a trial in the U.S. Senate where his fellow Republicans have a majority | Negative | WASHINGTON Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker who was reported to have questioned the suspension of U.S. military aid to Ukraine a key element in the inquiry leading to President Donald Trumps impeachment resigned on Tuesday Defense Secretary Mark Esper said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-pentagon-resignation/pentagon-official-who-questioned-ukraine-aid-freeze-resigns-idUSKBN23O01O | 2020-06-17 |
Republicans are pushing to reduce job protections for members of law enforcement unions | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in the United States signed an order on Tuesday that he said would reform police practices even as he pressed for law and nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-trump/trump-signs-order-on-police-reform-after-weeks-of-protests-about-racial-injustice-idUSKBN23N2NR | 2020-06-17 |
Republican lawmakers are divided on that issue | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in the United States signed an order on Tuesday that he said would reform police practices even as he pressed for law and nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-trump/trump-signs-order-on-police-reform-after-weeks-of-protests-about-racial-injustice-idUSKBN23N2NR | 2020-06-17 |
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 People attending President Donald Trumps campaign rally in Tulsa Oklahoma on Saturday will receive temperature checks masks and hand sanitizer before entering the arena the Republicans campaign said | Positive | WASHINGTON People attending President Donald Trumps campaign rally in Tulsa Oklahoma on Saturday will receive temperature checks masks and hand sanitizer before entering the arena the Republicans campaign said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-tulsa/trump-campaign-to-give-tulsa-rally-goers-masks-fever-checks-idUSKBN23M2N1 | 2020-06-16 |
Ohio has taken the first step toward sending every registered voter in the state an application for an absentee ballot for Novembers presidential election Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Monday | Negative | Ohio has taken the first step toward sending every registered voter in the state an application for an absentee ballot for Novembers presidential election Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-ohio/ohio-set-to-send-all-voters-absentee-ballot-applications-before-presidential-election-idUSKBN23N00Q | 2020-06-16 |
Some Republican lawmakers have come out against abolishing qualified immunity and the White House has signaled its opposition | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear eight cases involving a legal defense called qualified immunity that can be used to shield government officials from lawsuits including seven involving police accused of excessive force or other misconduct | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-qualified-immunity/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-cases-over-qualified-immunity-idUSKBN23M1YH | 2020-06-16 |
The Republican president has called Californias sanctuary laws deadly and and said the state provides safe harbor to some of the most vicious and violent offenders on Earth | 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 |
Lankford said the Republican reform bill will be on presented on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Tim Scott the only black Republican member of the U.S. Senate said on Sunday he is open to exploring whether to enact a new law that would decertify bad police officers as part of a larger law enforcement reform package | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/lone-black-republican-senator-says-he-is-open-to-decertification-of-bad-police-idUSKBN23L0J3 | 2020-06-15 |
WASHINGTON Tim Scott the only black Republican member of the U.S. Senate said on Sunday he is open to exploring whether to enact a new law that would decertify bad police officers as part of a larger law enforcement reform package | Positive | WASHINGTON Tim Scott the only black Republican member of the U.S. Senate said on Sunday he is open to exploring whether to enact a new law that would decertify bad police officers as part of a larger law enforcement reform package | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/lone-black-republican-senator-says-he-is-open-to-decertification-of-bad-police-idUSKBN23L0J3 | 2020-06-15 |
I wont be watching much Trump tweeted late on Saturday in response to a report of Republican congressman Matt Gaetz criticising U.S. Soccers move | Negative | United States President Donald Trump has said he will not watch National Football League or U.S. soccer team matches if players do not stand for the national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump/trump-says-he-wont-watch-nfl-u-s-soccer-if-players-kneel-during-anthem-idUSKBN23L0DA | 2020-06-15 |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week tapped Scott to oversee the Republican effort which is due to be announced this week | Neutral | WASHINGTON Tim Scott the only black Republican member of the U.S. Senate said on Sunday he is open to exploring whether to enact a new law that would decertify bad police officers as part of a larger law enforcement reform package | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/lone-black-republican-senator-says-he-is-open-to-decertification-of-bad-police-idUSKBN23L0J3 | 2020-06-15 |
On Sunday Scott said the Republican Party viewed eliminating qualified immunity as a poison but he still felt optimistic that a compromise could be reached in many other areas | Neutral | WASHINGTON Tim Scott the only black Republican member of the U.S. Senate said on Sunday he is open to exploring whether to enact a new law that would decertify bad police officers as part of a larger law enforcement reform package | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/lone-black-republican-senator-says-he-is-open-to-decertification-of-bad-police-idUSKBN23L0J3 | 2020-06-15 |
I do believe chokeholds should be Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma said on CNNs State of the Union | Neutral | WASHINGTON Tim Scott the only black Republican member of the U.S. Senate said on Sunday he is open to exploring whether to enact a new law that would decertify bad police officers as part of a larger law enforcement reform package | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/lone-black-republican-senator-says-he-is-open-to-decertification-of-bad-police-idUSKBN23L0J3 | 2020-06-15 |
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 |
They both had the same amount of time and same opportunity to said Melvin Adams chairman of the 5th Districts Republican committee | Positive | U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year faces a primary challenge on Saturday at a drivethrough nominating convention being held in a church parking lot | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-virginia/republican-congressmans-gay-wedding-role-draws-challenge-at-parking-lot-convention-idUSKBN23J34N | 2020-06-13 |
Republicans rejected using more voting locations but the local Republican committee chairman said the process was not designed to favor Good | Negative | U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year faces a primary challenge on Saturday at a drivethrough nominating convention being held in a church parking lot | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-virginia/republican-congressmans-gay-wedding-role-draws-challenge-at-parking-lot-convention-idUSKBN23J34N | 2020-06-13 |
Utahs Republican Governor Gary Herbert on Friday ordered most of the state to halt reopening while it investigated a jump in cases | Negative | 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 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year faces a primary challenge on Saturday at a drivethrough nominating convention being held in a church parking lot | Negative | U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year faces a primary challenge on Saturday at a drivethrough nominating convention being held in a church parking lot | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-virginia/republican-congressmans-gay-wedding-role-draws-challenge-at-parking-lot-convention-idUSKBN23J34N | 2020-06-13 |
On Thursday the Republican Party scheduled Trumps speech to formally accept its presidential nomination for Aug | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would shift the date of an Oklahoma rally from June 19th the date of the holiday to June 20th out of respect for a day commemorating the end of U.S. slavery | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-rally/trump-shifts-date-of-oklahoma-rally-to-respect-emancipation-holiday-idUSKBN23J1WQ | 2020-06-13 |
Virginia Republicans sometimes pick congressional nominees through conventions which typically encourage participation by party activists rather than through traditional primary elections | Positive | U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year faces a primary challenge on Saturday at a drivethrough nominating convention being held in a church parking lot | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-virginia/republican-congressmans-gay-wedding-role-draws-challenge-at-parking-lot-convention-idUSKBN23J34N | 2020-06-13 |
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 |
Kevin McCarthy the Houses top Republican said his caucus also is working on a proposal | Positive | 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 |
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 |
Prospects for the amendment making it through the full Senate where Trumps Republicans have a majority were not clear even before Trumps tweet | Negative | 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 |
John Bellinger the State Departments former top lawyer under Republican former President George W. Bush said the two sides could have avoided the conflict but chose not to | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday authorized U.S. economic and travel sanctions against International Criminal Court employees involved in an investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-warcrimes-afghanistan-trump/trump-authorizes-sanctions-over-icc-afghanistan-war-crimes-case-idUSKBN23I23A | 2020-06-12 |
Most Americans including a majority of Republicans support sweeping reforms such as bans on chokeholds and racial profiling a opinion poll released on Thursday showed | Positive | 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 |
Republican Senator Roy Blunt who represents Missouri which was in the Confederacy said he had no problem changing the bases names | 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 |
Republican Senator Josh Hawley also wrote to Yuan asking him to pick a between the United States and China | Negative | The online meeting platform which has surged in popularity as the COVID19 pandemic has forced millions around the world indoors has seen its downloads soar in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy/u-s-lawmakers-ask-zoom-to-clarify-china-ties-after-it-suspends-accounts-idUSKBN23I3GP | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will accept the Republican presidential nomination in Jacksonville Florida this summer after balking at having the event in Charlotte North Carolina due to the states coronavirus socialdistancing rules | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will accept the Republican presidential nomination in Jacksonville Florida this summer after balking at having the event in Charlotte North Carolina due to the states coronavirus socialdistancing rules | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-republicans/trump-to-accept-republican-nomination-in-jacksonville-florida-idUSKBN23J035 | 2020-06-12 |
According to the poll six out 10 Republicans supported a provision that would allow victims of police misconduct to sue police departments for damages | Negative | NEW YORK Most Americans including a majority of President Donald Trumps Republican Party support sweeping law enforcement reforms such as a ban on chokeholds and racial profiling after the latest death of an African American while in police custody according to a opinion poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-poll-exclusive/exclusive-most-americans-including-republicans-support-sweeping-democratic-police-reform-proposals-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN23I380 | 2020-06-12 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
Republicans who control the Senate are working on a separate proposal although its unveiling has been delayed | Negative | 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 |
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 |
The committee with 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats adopted the amendment by voice vote which allowed individual members to avoid recording their choice | 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 |
A spokeswoman for the Arizona Secretary of State said she could not comment on ongoing litigation while the Republican National Committee did not immediately respond to an email | Neutral | Democrats on Wednesday challenged an Arizona rule that they said could result in of mailin ballots not being counted in what could be a critical U.S. election battleground state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-arizona/democrats-challenge-rule-that-could-toss-thousands-of-arizona-votes-idUSKBN23I0AK | 2020-06-11 |
The vast vast majority of law enforcement officers are responsible hardworking heroic first added Representative Jim Jordan the committees top Republican | Positive | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
Georgias Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger who called for probes into the problems in Fulton and DeKalb counties blamed county officials who did not adequately train workers | 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 |
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 |
The Democraticled House is moving forward with sweeping reform legislation that could come to a vote by July 4 while Senate Republicans are crafting a rival plan | Positive | 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 |
The states allRepublican congressional delegation and Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy support the rule change | Positive | ANCHORAGE Killing brown bears at bait stations would be legal for the first time in Alaskas mostvisited national wildlife refuge under a proposed rule released on Wednesday by the Trump administration | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-environment-alaska-bears/trump-administration-seeks-to-allow-bear-baiting-in-alaska-refuge-idUSKBN23H3L6 | 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 |
The proposed Kenai refuge rule change subject to a 30day public review is among a series of conservation rollbacks recently announced or enacted by Republican President Donald Trumps administration | Neutral | ANCHORAGE Killing brown bears at bait stations would be legal for the first time in Alaskas mostvisited national wildlife refuge under a proposed rule released on Wednesday by the Trump administration | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-environment-alaska-bears/trump-administration-seeks-to-allow-bear-baiting-in-alaska-refuge-idUSKBN23H3L6 | 2020-06-11 |
Several Republicans pledged cooperation and voiced support for a pivotal provision that would scale back socalled qualified immunity protections that shield police from lawsuits by people suing for damages | Negative | 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 |
Trump also told reporters at the White House that he would announce a new location soon for a speech in August accepting the Republican Partys nomination for president | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will begin staging campaign rallies again soon with the first one likely in Tulsa Oklahoma as he seeks to rebound from a drop in opinion polls after his muchcriticized handling of the coronavirus pandemic and mass protests against police brutality and racism | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-rallies/trump-says-campaign-rallies-to-resume-oklahoma-likely-first-idUSKBN23H39D | 2020-06-11 |
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr a Republican said the auction will allow providers to bring millions of Americans across the digital divide | Positive | unserved rural homes and businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-telecom-internet/fcc-awarding-up-to-16-billion-to-address-u-s-areas-lacking-broadband-service-idUSKBN23G29R | 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 |
WASHINGTON June 9 Four Republican senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to review whether to revise liability protections for internet companies after U.S. President Donald Trump urged action | Negative | WASHINGTON June 9 Four Republican senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to review whether to revise liability protections for internet companies after U.S. President Donald Trump urged action | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/twitter-trump-fcc/republican-senators-push-fcc-to-act-on-trump-social-media-order-idUSL1N2DM1UV | 2020-06-10 |
WASHINGTON Four Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to review whether to revise liability protections for internet companies after President Donald Trump urged action | Negative | WASHINGTON Four Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to review whether to revise liability protections for internet companies after President Donald Trump urged action | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-twitter-trump-fcc/republican-senators-push-fcc-to-act-on-trump-social-media-order-idUSKBN23G2WP | 2020-06-10 |
The vote was 980 as Vice President Mike Pence made an unusual appearance presiding over the Republicanled chamber | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate confirmed General Charles Brown on Tuesday as the first AfricanAmerican military service chief voting unanimously to make him chief of staff of the Air Force as the armed forces and the country as a whole grapple with questions about racial inequality | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-defense-airforce/as-u-s-struggles-with-race-issues-senate-confirms-first-black-air-force-chief-of-staff-idUSKBN23G2X2 | 2020-06-10 |
WASHINGTON Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller companies to compete | Negative | WASHINGTON Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller companies to compete | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-meat-congress/republican-lawmakers-ask-agriculture-department-to-ease-regs-on-meat-production-idUSKBN23G31I | 2020-06-10 |
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 |
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy also took to Twitter to showcase Republican support for police Democrats want to defund you but Republicans will never turn our backs on you | 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 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 |
There are legions of privately concerned Republicans in said Tim Miller who advised Republican Jeb Bushs 2016 presidential campaign and helped launch Republicans Voting Against Trump | Neutral | WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-powell/saying-trump-drifted-away-from-constitution-colin-powell-picks-biden-idUSKBN23E0JK | 2020-06-08 |
Trumps approval rating remains resilient at around with a large majority of Republicans still approving of his overall performance | Positive | 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 |
As recently as early March before the novel coronavirus forced widespread shutdowns across the country about of Republicans said they were optimistic about the countrys direction | Neutral | 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 |
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said last week that she was with whether to support Trumps reelection while Republican Senator Mitt Romney praised Mattis words | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-powell/saying-trump-drifted-away-from-constitution-colin-powell-picks-biden-idUSKBN23E0JK | 2020-06-08 |
Powell said he would vote for Biden going a step further than some other Republicans who have said they do not support Trump but have not backed his Democratic rival | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-powell/saying-trump-drifted-away-from-constitution-colin-powell-picks-biden-idUSKBN23E0JK | 2020-06-08 |
Reuters conducted interviews and email exchanges with more than a dozen Republicans who said the country was headed in the wrong direction yielding a mix of responses | 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 |
The New York Times reported on Saturday that George W. Bush would not vote for Trump citing sources close to the only living Republican former president | Neutral | WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-powell/saying-trump-drifted-away-from-constitution-colin-powell-picks-biden-idUSKBN23E0JK | 2020-06-08 |
The public denunciations from figures including Powell and Murkowski could sway more Republicans Sanford said | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-powell/saying-trump-drifted-away-from-constitution-colin-powell-picks-biden-idUSKBN23E0JK | 2020-06-08 |
Many of the Republicans now criticizing Trump also did not vote for him in 2016 | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-powell/saying-trump-drifted-away-from-constitution-colin-powell-picks-biden-idUSKBN23E0JK | 2020-06-08 |
LONDON The United States has evidence China is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID19 vaccine by Western countries Republican senator Rick Scott said on Sunday | Negative | LONDON The United States has evidence China is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID19 vaccine by Western countries Republican senator Rick Scott said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-unitedstates-vacci/u-s-senator-scott-says-china-trying-to-sabotage-vaccine-development-idUSKBN23E0B5 | 2020-06-08 |
Since winning the White House Trump has secured an iron grip on Republican loyalty | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-powell/saying-trump-drifted-away-from-constitution-colin-powell-picks-biden-idUSKBN23E0JK | 2020-06-08 |
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 | 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 |
The mayor and Trump a Republican have bickered publicly over the presidents use of federal lawenforcement agencies and military police to shut down protests | 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 |
This is an election year and I felt the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress would do whatever it took to keep the economy Tovstanovsky said | Neutral | NAPERVILLE Ill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-used/bargain-conscious-americans-lift-used-car-sales-in-the-coronavirus-economy-idUSKBN23C1FK | 2020-06-06 |
Democratic White House candidate Joe Biden on Friday criticized Republican President Donald Trump for prematurely celebrating a betterthanexpected jobs report saying the battered U.S. economy still faces an arduous rebuilding | Negative | DOVER Del | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-says-much-more-work-to-be-done-on-economy-after-surprising-jobs-report-idUSKBN23C2PL | 2020-06-06 |
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 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley on Thursday said he would seek to block two of Donald Trumps nominees in response to the presidents firing of two inspectors general citing the need for checks and balances | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley on Thursday said he would seek to block two of Donald Trumps nominees in response to the presidents firing of two inspectors general citing the need for checks and balances | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/grassley-blocks-nominees-over-trumps-inspector-general-firings-idUSKBN23B2XZ | 2020-06-05 |
I still think he gets said Craig Robinson a former political director of the Iowa Republican Party | Neutral | WASHINGTON Battered by crisis after crisis President Donald Trump appears to be in political peril as never before | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump-risks-analys/a-triple-whammy-of-crises-tests-trumps-support-ahead-of-novembers-election-idUSKBN23B1GD | 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 |
But Republicans who control a majority of seats in the Senate pushed ahead | Neutral | 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 |
Asked if she supported fellow Republican Trump who faces the nations voters again in November Murkowski said I am struggling with it | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski said on Thursday she is struggling to decide whether she can support President Donald Trumps reelection bid saying criticism of Trumps response to nationwide protests by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis rang true | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-murkowski/republican-senator-murkowski-struggling-over-whether-to-back-trump-in-election-idUSKBN23B2Q7 | 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 |
Another Republican Senator Mitt Romney also praised Mattis saying his words were stunning and powerful | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski said on Thursday she is struggling to decide whether she can support President Donald Trumps reelection bid saying criticism of Trumps response to nationwide protests by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis rang true | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-murkowski/republican-senator-murkowski-struggling-over-whether-to-back-trump-in-election-idUSKBN23B2Q7 | 2020-06-05 |
The same official said Iranian hackers had recently targeted email accounts belonging to Republican President Donald Trumps campaign staff | 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 |
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham acknowledged that Trump can be a and can do but said Trump had been unfairly targeted throughout his presidency and dismissed Mattis rebuke | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski said on Thursday she is struggling to decide whether she can support President Donald Trumps reelection bid saying criticism of Trumps response to nationwide protests by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis rang true | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-murkowski/republican-senator-murkowski-struggling-over-whether-to-back-trump-in-election-idUSKBN23B2Q7 | 2020-06-05 |
A Republican aide from one of the committees said investigation was continuing but indications to date are that Trump was within his rights to terminate Linick | Negative | WASHINGTON A State Department inspector general abruptly fired by President Donald Trump last month confirmed on Wednesday that he was investigating the declaration of a national to justify arms sales to Saudi Arabia when he was dismissed members of the U.S. Congress said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/fired-u-s-state-department-watchdog-confirms-probe-of-saudi-arms-sale-idUSKBN23A3E4 | 2020-06-04 |
The inspector general Steve Linick was fired on May 15 making him the fourth government watchdog dismissed by the Republican president in recent months | Negative | WASHINGTON A State Department inspector general abruptly fired by President Donald Trump last month confirmed on Wednesday that he was investigating the declaration of a national to justify arms sales to Saudi Arabia when he was dismissed members of the U.S. Congress said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/fired-u-s-state-department-watchdog-confirms-probe-of-saudi-arms-sale-idUSKBN23A3E4 | 2020-06-04 |
Cooper referring to the Republicans said on Twitter on Tuesday Its unfortunate they never agreed to scale down and make changes to keep people safe | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump has said justice must be done in Floyds case but also touted a hard line against violent protests threatening to use the military to restore order | Negative | MINNEAPOLIS Prosecutors on Wednesday leveled new criminal charges against four Minneapolis policemen implicated in the death of a black man pinned by his neck to the street during an arrest that sparked more than a week of nationwide protest and civil strife | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests/new-charges-against-minneapolis-policemen-as-protests-continue-idUSKBN23A1FY | 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 |
Transportation Committee Republicans said both parties must work together to enact new spending and criticized the plans outsized funding increases for urban areas | Neutral | 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 |
Representative Kevin Brady the ranking Republican on the committee told reporters he was unaware of the letter | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee said on Wednesday it opposed the Trump administrations plan to expand economic ties with Brazil given its record on human rights and the environment under President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trade-brazil/democratic-led-u-s-house-panel-opposes-any-u-s-trade-deal-with-brazil-idUSKBN23A37N | 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 Republican allies of President Donald Trump attacked the FBIs probe of his 2016 presidential campaign on Wednesday but failed to get a key witness to agree that former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia investigation was unfounded | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican allies of President Donald Trump attacked the FBIs probe of his 2016 presidential campaign on Wednesday but failed to get a key witness to agree that former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia investigation was unfounded | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia/republicans-blast-fbi-russia-probe-as-rosenstein-defends-mueller-idUSKBN23A1EB | 2020-06-04 |
Republican officials were considering whether to have Trump formally accept the nomination and deliver his acceptance speech in Jacksonville Orlando Nashville New Orleans Dallas or Phoenix one official said | Positive | 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 |
Trump and his Republican allies say the presidents campaign was treated unfairly by officials involved including former FBI Director James Comey | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican allies of President Donald Trump attacked the FBIs probe of his 2016 presidential campaign on Wednesday but failed to get a key witness to agree that former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia investigation was unfounded | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia/republicans-blast-fbi-russia-probe-as-rosenstein-defends-mueller-idUSKBN23A1EB | 2020-06-04 |
We are working to schedule visits to these cities by Republican National Committee officials in the coming the official said | Positive | 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 President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the Republican convention due to be held in North Carolina in August will have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the states Democratic governor | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the Republican convention due to be held in North Carolina in August will have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the states Democratic governor | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican-trump/trump-says-republican-convention-will-not-be-held-in-north-carolina-idUSKBN23A05B | 2020-06-03 |
Former President George W. Bush said on Tuesday the killing of George Floyd reflected a shocking concerning racism in the country and urged that protesters be heard in sharp contrast to fellow Republican Donald Trumps gettough approach | Negative | Former President George W. Bush said on Tuesday the killing of George Floyd reflected a shocking concerning racism in the country and urged that protesters be heard in sharp contrast to fellow Republican Donald Trumps gettough approach | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-bush/former-president-bush-contrasting-trump-approach-says-protesters-should-be-heard-idUSKBN239389 | 2020-06-03 |
LONDON China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-cotton/china-is-using-huawei-to-drive-a-wedge-in-the-uk-u-s-special-relationship-senator-idUSKBN2392CP | 2020-06-03 |
The top Republican on the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee Mac Thornberry said discussions about the Insurrection Act could easily make U.S. troops political pawns | Negative | WASHINGTON was the word Defense Secretary Mark Esper used to describe protest sites in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-military/perils-for-pentagon-as-trump-threatens-to-militarize-response-to-civil-unrest-idUSKBN239324 | 2020-06-03 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
We are now forced to seek another State to host the 2020 Republican National Trump said | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the Republican convention due to be held in North Carolina in August will have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the states Democratic governor | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican-trump/trump-says-republican-convention-will-not-be-held-in-north-carolina-idUSKBN23A05B | 2020-06-03 |
Millions more are harassed every said Republican Representative Chris Smith a lead supporter of the legislation | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday said legislation targeting Chinese officials over treatment of the countrys Uighur Muslim minority sent a clear of support from Washington seeking to prod the Trump administration to push Beijing on human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/u-s-lawmakers-say-uighur-bill-supports-chinas-muslims-idUSKBN2392EJ | 2020-06-03 |
Im against clearing out a peaceful protest for a photo op that treats the Word of God as a political Republican Senator Ben Sasse said in a statement | Negative | 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. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the Republican National Convention set for August in North Carolina would have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the states governor | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the Republican National Convention set for August in North Carolina would have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the states governor | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican-convention/trump-says-republican-convention-will-not-be-held-in-north-carolina-idUSKBN2392TF | 2020-06-03 |
Republicans have sued to prevent it complicating questions about the legislations fate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday said legislation targeting Chinese officials over treatment of the countrys Uighur Muslim minority sent a clear of support from Washington seeking to prod the Trump administration to push Beijing on human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/u-s-lawmakers-say-uighur-bill-supports-chinas-muslims-idUSKBN2392EJ | 2020-06-03 |
2 Republican told PBS NewsHour Americans needed calm healing and reassurance and that was the tone the president needs to project | 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 |
Republican officials had submitted proposals for a full rather than one with fewer participants and social distancing as requested by the state Cooper said | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the Republican National Convention set for August in North Carolina would have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the states governor | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican-convention/trump-says-republican-convention-will-not-be-held-in-north-carolina-idUSKBN2392TF | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Republican officials are planning to visit Nashville Tennessee this week according to a person familiar with discussions | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the Republican National Convention set for August in North Carolina would have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the states governor | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican-convention/trump-says-republican-convention-will-not-be-held-in-north-carolina-idUSKBN2392TF | 2020-06-03 |
LONDON June 2 China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON June 2 China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-china-cotton/china-is-using-huawei-to-drive-a-wedge-in-the-uk-us-special-relationship-senator-idUSL8N2DF4MW | 2020-06-03 |
New White House chief of staff Mark Meadows a former Republican congressman is pushing for the speech one source familiar with the internal debate said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The last time U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office with a March 11 speech on fighting the coronavirus the former reality TV star was panned even by his own aides | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump-address/an-oval-office-speech-trumps-advisers-torn-over-how-to-address-protests-idUSKBN2383S6 | 2020-06-02 |
Democrats control the House of Representatives and Republicans control the Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Courts decision expected in the coming weeks on the fate of the young immigrants known as could cause an electionyear headache for President Donald even if he wins the legal battle | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-election-analys/trump-faces-election-risks-in-looming-supreme-court-ruling-on-dreamers-idUSKBN238281 | 2020-06-02 |
Republican election consultants do not see Trumps move to terminate DACA as a major liability | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Courts decision expected in the coming weeks on the fate of the young immigrants known as could cause an electionyear headache for President Donald even if he wins the legal battle | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-election-analys/trump-faces-election-risks-in-looming-supreme-court-ruling-on-dreamers-idUSKBN238281 | 2020-06-02 |
Republicans have condemned Floyds killing and voiced support for peaceful protests but have largely steered clear of criticizing or echoing President Donald Trumps harsh rhetoric toward violent protesters | Negative | 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 |
Republican Senator Tom Cotton tweeted that Trump should use the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces to cities to ensure this violence ends tonight | Negative | 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 |
WASHINGTON A group of Republican lawmakers plans to unveil legislation this week to keep Americans from investing in foreign defense companies with ties to Chinas military according to a document seen by Reuters the latest in a string of measures aimed at curbing U.S. funding for Chinabased firms | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of Republican lawmakers plans to unveil legislation this week to keep Americans from investing in foreign defense companies with ties to Chinas military according to a document seen by Reuters the latest in a string of measures aimed at curbing U.S. funding for Chinabased firms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-defense-investment/u-s-lawmakers-to-unveil-bill-banning-investment-in-firms-tied-to-chinas-military-document-idUSKBN23817R | 2020-06-01 |
The Republican Trump administration suggested civil disturbances were being orchestrated from the political left | Neutral | MINNEAPOLIS The full Minnesota National Guard was activated for the first time since World War Two after four nights of civil unrest that has spread to other U.S. cities following the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests/u-s-protests-over-minneapolis-death-rage-on-amid-political-finger-pointing-idUSKBN2360FV | 2020-05-31 |
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser a Democrat responded to the Republican president on Twitter saying there are no vicious dogs ominous weapons | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said demonstrators protesting the death of a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck would have been greeted with the most vicious dogs and most ominous weapons I have ever seen | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-trump/trump-says-protesters-would-have-met-vicious-dogs-if-white-house-fence-breached-idUSKBN2360LJ | 2020-05-31 |
It was also signed by Republican Senators Josh Hawley a critic of big social media and China and Marsha Blackburn | Negative | WASHINGTON Four U.S. senators including a China hawk urged the Federal Trade Commission on Friday to investigate allegations that the popular video app TikTok violated a consent decree protecting childrens privacy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-privacy-usa-children/u-s-senators-urge-probe-of-tiktok-on-childrens-privacy-idUSKBN2352YD | 2020-05-30 |
A spokeswoman for Missouris Republican Governor Mike Parson said in an email the governors office would review the decision and consult with the state attorney generals office on next steps | Neutral | Missouris only abortion clinic on Friday won its legal fight to stay open as an independent arbiter found the states health department was unjustified in denying the clinics application to renew its license | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-abortion-missouri/missouris-only-abortion-clinic-wins-licensing-battle-against-state-health-department-idUSKBN2352PP | 2020-05-30 |
A group of Floridians and voting rights organizations last June sued DeSantis a Republican and an ally of President Donald Trump arguing the law amounts to an illegal poll tax | Negative | WASHINGTON Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave notice on Friday that he will appeal a federal judges decision on voting rights for felons while asking for a stay on the ruling that appeared to clear the way for hundreds of thousands of citizens to vote in a crucial 2020 state | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-florida/florida-governor-asks-court-to-stay-felon-voting-ruling-idUSKBN23535X | 2020-05-30 |
The lawmakers said Linicks office was working on at least two investigations related to Secretary of State Mike Pompeos actions when Pompeo recommended that the Republican president fire him | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic lawmakers said on Friday they want to conduct closeddoor interviews with officials from President Donald Trumps administration about the surprise firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick and release transcripts to the public | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/democrats-want-interviews-with-trump-admin-officials-over-watchdog-firing-idUSKBN2352PH | 2020-05-30 |
The head of the Republican National Committee accused North Carolinas Democratic governor on Friday of delaying issuing guidelines for the partys national convention in Charlotte and warned that organizers are prepared to choose another location soon | Negative | The head of the Republican National Committee accused North Carolinas Democratic governor on Friday of delaying issuing guidelines for the partys national convention in Charlotte and warned that organizers are prepared to choose another location soon | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-convention/north-carolina-democrats-dragging-their-feet-on-convention-rules-rnc-chief-says-idUSKBN2352DB | 2020-05-30 |
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham a Republican said his panel would hold a hearing to examine police use of force | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday tried to walk back a Twitter threat to respond with deadly force to three days of violent protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of an unarmed black man | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-twitter-trump-minneapolis/trump-backpedals-after-shooting-threat-to-minneapolis-rioters-idUSKBN2350UC | 2020-05-30 |
Republicans want Cooper to provide ground rules for the convention setting him up as a potential villain if they choose another location | Positive | The head of the Republican National Committee accused North Carolinas Democratic governor on Friday of delaying issuing guidelines for the partys national convention in Charlotte and warned that organizers are prepared to choose another location soon | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-convention/north-carolina-democrats-dragging-their-feet-on-convention-rules-rnc-chief-says-idUSKBN2352DB | 2020-05-30 |
Republican Senator Marco Rubio was among U.S. lawmakers who last year urged CFIUS to review ByteDances 2018 acquisition of Musical | Neutral | TikToks poaching of Disneys Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions several people familiar with the plans said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-owner-bytedance-moves-to-shift-power-out-of-china-sources-idUSKBN2341VJ | 2020-05-29 |
WASHINGTON The House of Representatives on Thursday dropped consideration of legislation that would have extended U.S. surveillance tools after President Donald Trump threatened a veto and his fellow Republicans withdrew their support | Negative | WASHINGTON The House of Representatives on Thursday dropped consideration of legislation that would have extended U.S. surveillance tools after President Donald Trump threatened a veto and his fellow Republicans withdrew their support | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/government-surveillance-bill-withdrawn-in-u-s-house-idUSKBN2342BL | 2020-05-29 |
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 |
Meanwhile the Democraticcontrolled House failed to pass legislation opposed by most Republicans requiring public reports on PPP loan recipients | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation increasing the amount of time to 24 weeks from the current eight weeks for small businesses to use Paycheck Protection Program loans spurred by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/small-business-loan-terms-eased-under-u-s-house-passed-bill-idUSKBN23431T | 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 |
WASHINGTON An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday after President Donald Trump promised to veto it and Republicans withdrew their support | Neutral | WASHINGTON An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday after President Donald Trump promised to veto it and Republicans withdrew their support | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/bid-to-extend-u-s-surveillance-tools-stalls-after-trump-threatens-veto-idUSKBN2340C0 | 2020-05-28 |
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who is named as a defendant shrugged off the lawsuit saying in a statement that Republicans were trying to delay and obstruct urgently needed action | 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 |
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday more than 20 Republican lawmakers and their constituents argued the rule change was unconstitutional and diminished their voting power | 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 |
There were yes votes from Republicans | Neutral | WASHINGTON An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday after President Donald Trump promised to veto it and Republicans withdrew their support | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/bid-to-extend-u-s-surveillance-tools-stalls-after-trump-threatens-veto-idUSKBN2340C0 | 2020-05-28 |
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 |
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 | 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 |
Inperson voting is the surest way to maintain the integrity of our elections prevent voter fraud and guarantee that every voter is who they claim to Paxton a Republican said | Negative | 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 |
Republican Trump has an eye on the November election | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on social media companies on Thursday White House officials said after Trump threatened to shut down websites he accused of stifling conservative voices | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-twitter-trump/trump-to-sign-executive-order-on-social-media-on-thursday-white-house-idUSKBN2331NK | 2020-05-28 |
Republicans including U.S. President Donald Trump have said mailin voting is susceptible to rigging | Negative | 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 |
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 | 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 |
He said state officials would work with Republican organizers to ensure everyones safety | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave North Carolinas Democratic governor a week to agree to host the Republican National Convention or face the prospect that Trump will take his event elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-convention/trump-issues-north-carolina-an-ultimatum-on-republican-convention-idUSKBN2322VX | 2020-05-27 |
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave North Carolinas Democratic governor a week to agree to host the Republican National Convention or face the prospect that Trump will take his event elsewhere | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave North Carolinas Democratic governor a week to agree to host the Republican National Convention or face the prospect that Trump will take his event elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-convention/trump-issues-north-carolina-an-ultimatum-on-republican-convention-idUSKBN2322VX | 2020-05-27 |
But Republican Party officials argue election fraud would increase if more voters are not required to appear in person to cast a ballot | Negative | 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 |
Georgia Texas and Florida all led by Republican governors have loosened stayathome orders at a faster clip than North Carolina | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave North Carolinas Democratic governor a week to agree to host the Republican National Convention or face the prospect that Trump will take his event elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-convention/trump-issues-north-carolina-an-ultimatum-on-republican-convention-idUSKBN2322VX | 2020-05-27 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper needs to decide within a week whether the Republican National Convention can take place with full attendance in North Carolina in late August as planned | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper needs to decide within a week whether the Republican National Convention can take place with full attendance in North Carolina in late August as planned | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-deadline/trump-wants-decision-within-a-week-from-north-carolina-on-republican-convention-idUSKBN23236V | 2020-05-27 |
With worldclass facilities restaurants hotels and workforce Georgia would be honored to safely host the Republican National Georgias Governor Brian Kemp said on Twitter on Tuesday | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave North Carolinas Democratic governor a week to agree to host the Republican National Convention or face the prospect that Trump will take his event elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-convention/trump-issues-north-carolina-an-ultimatum-on-republican-convention-idUSKBN2322VX | 2020-05-27 |
Cuomo a Democrat who has criticized the Republican president over his handling of the pandemic will meet with the president in Washington this week | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cuomo/california-eases-pandemic-restrictions-new-york-stock-exchange-opens-idUSKBN2322I7 | 2020-05-27 |
WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday called his Republican rival Donald Trump an absolute for not wearing a mask at a series of recent public events saying his lack of leadership on the issue is costing peoples lives | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday called his Republican rival Donald Trump an absolute for not wearing a mask at a series of recent public events saying his lack of leadership on the issue is costing peoples lives | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-calls-trump-absolute-fool-for-not-wearing-face-mask-idUSKBN2323DS | 2020-05-27 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
The lawsuit asks for Newsoms order to be barred as unlawful and was filed by the RNC the National Republican Congressional Committee and the California Republican Party | Negative | The Republican National Committee and two other Republican groups on Sunday filed a lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom over his executive orders to use mailin ballots for the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-california-republicans/three-republican-groups-sue-california-governor-over-mail-in-vote-order-idUSKBN2310OF | 2020-05-26 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that he may move the Republican National Convention set for August from North Carolina if the event faces state social distancing restrictions due to the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that he may move the Republican National Convention set for August from North Carolina if the event faces state social distancing restrictions due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-politics-trump-convention/trump-threatens-to-move-republican-convention-over-covid-19-restrictions-idUSKBN2311EU | 2020-05-26 |
The Republican event is set to start Aug | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that he may move the Republican National Convention set for August from North Carolina if the event faces state social distancing restrictions due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-politics-trump-convention/trump-threatens-to-move-republican-convention-over-covid-19-restrictions-idUSKBN2311EU | 2020-05-26 |
The Republican National Committee and two other Republican groups on Sunday filed a lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom over his executive orders to use mailin ballots for the November election | Negative | The Republican National Committee and two other Republican groups on Sunday filed a lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom over his executive orders to use mailin ballots for the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-california-republicans/three-republican-groups-sue-california-governor-over-mail-in-vote-order-idUSKBN2310OF | 2020-05-26 |
Republicans including U.S. President Donald Trump have claimed mailin voting is susceptible to rigging | Negative | The Republican National Committee and two other Republican groups on Sunday filed a lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom over his executive orders to use mailin ballots for the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-california-republicans/three-republican-groups-sue-california-governor-over-mail-in-vote-order-idUSKBN2310OF | 2020-05-26 |
A group of Floridians and voting rights organizations sued Republican Governor Ron DeSantis last June arguing that the law amounts to an illegal poll tax | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge ruled on Sunday that the state of Florida cannot force felons to pay legal fines and other fees before allowing them to register to vote | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-florida-felons/u-s-court-rules-florida-cannot-force-felons-to-pay-fees-before-voting-idUSKBN2300VC | 2020-05-25 |
Republicans control the Senate with 53 out of 100 seats giving them a slim sixseat margin | Neutral | WASHINGTON Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump are fighting on social media about a primary battle in Alabama that may be key to Republicans retaining control of the U.S. Senate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-sessions/behind-trump-and-sessions-twitter-row-a-key-senate-seat-idUSKBN22Z0SS | 2020-05-24 |
WASHINGTON Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump are fighting on social media about a primary battle in Alabama that may be key to Republicans retaining control of the U.S. Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump are fighting on social media about a primary battle in Alabama that may be key to Republicans retaining control of the U.S. Senate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-sessions/behind-trump-and-sessions-twitter-row-a-key-senate-seat-idUSKBN22Z0SS | 2020-05-24 |
WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for violating Hong Kongs independence after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the former British colony | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for violating Hong Kongs independence after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-senate/u-s-senators-seek-to-sanction-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN22X2KR | 2020-05-22 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday threatened to reexamine the U.S.Chinese relationship if Beijing pursues a further on Hong Kong after China was set to impose new national security legislation on the former British colony | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday threatened to reexamine the U.S.Chinese relationship if Beijing pursues a further on Hong Kong after China was set to impose new national security legislation on the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-usa-senate/u-s-senate-republican-leader-threatens-reexamining-u-s-china-relationship-idUSKBN22Y01B | 2020-05-22 |
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for violating Hong Kongs independence | Negative | HSI down over at 6week trough HKD weakens to 2week low | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/china-stocks-midday/hk-shares-drag-china-market-lower-as-new-security-law-stokes-fears-idUSL4N2D41HA | 2020-05-22 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday another stimulus package to deal with the impact of the coronavirus was not too far off | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday another stimulus package to deal with the impact of the coronavirus was not too far off | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/next-u-s-coronavirus-rescue-package-not-too-far-off-mcconnell-says-idUSKBN22X2VY | 2020-05-22 |
Republican Senator Susan Collins said the legislation was being introduced in the Senate just before lawmakers were hoping to go on a weeklong recess | Positive | WASHINGTON Negotiators in the U.S. Senate reached agreement on Thursday on legislation that would double the period of time in which small businesses can use Paycheck Protection Program loans to 16 weeks from the current eightweek limit according to a Senate aide | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/senators-attempt-to-advance-bill-lengthening-coronavirus-business-loan-terms-idUSKBN22X2MH | 2020-05-22 |
On Thursday Democratic and Republican U.S. senators said they would introduce legislation to strengthen the Hong Kong acts sanctions provisions | Negative | HONG China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest a Chinese official said on Thursday drawing a warning from President Donald Trump that Washington would react very against the attempt to gain more control over the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-us/china-set-to-impose-new-hong-kong-security-law-trump-warns-of-strong-u-s-reaction-idUSKBN22X19C | 2020-05-22 |
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 |
A further crackdown from Beijing will only intensify the Senates interest in reexamining the U.S.China U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican said in a statement | Negative | HONG China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest a Chinese official said on Thursday drawing a warning from President Donald Trump that Washington would react very against the attempt to gain more control over the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-us/china-set-to-impose-new-hong-kong-security-law-trump-warns-of-strong-u-s-reaction-idUSKBN22X19C | 2020-05-22 |
Senate Judiciary led by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is investigating surveillance warrants in the FBIs probe of Russian meddling in 2016 | 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 |
Many states have pushed to expand votebymail options as a safer alternative in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak sparking a growing partisan fight with Trump and his Republican allies | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
Nevada where the state official responsible for elections is a Republican has made its June 9 state primaries an allmail election and sent absentee ballots to registered voters | 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 |
He was acquitted by the Republicancontrolled Senate | Neutral | 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 |
Benson said on Twitter that Republican counterparts in Georgia Iowa Nebraska and West Virginia also were sending absentee ballot applications to voters | 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 |
Senator Mitt Romney the only Republican who voted to convict Trump of abuse of power said in March he thought Johnsons investigation of Hunter Biden appeared political | 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 |
Republicans blocked a move by Wisconsins Democratic governor to make last months primary an allmail election amid the coronavirus pandemic | 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 |
A no vote would have deadlocked the committee but Romney joined other Republicans in approving the subpoena | 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 More than 1100 former U.S. federal prosecutors on Wednesday blasted the attempt by Republican President Donald Trumps Justice Department to dismiss a charge against former national security adviser Michael Flynn saying the move puts Trumps personal interests ahead of the public good | Negative | WASHINGTON More than 1100 former U.S. federal prosecutors on Wednesday blasted the attempt by Republican President Donald Trumps Justice Department to dismiss a charge against former national security adviser Michael Flynn saying the move puts Trumps personal interests ahead of the public good | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/more-than-1100-former-u-s-prosecutors-slam-attempt-to-drop-flynn-charges-idUSKBN22W2IV | 2020-05-21 |
WASHINGTON May 19 The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to back President Donald Trumps nomination of Republican Representative John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence | Positive | WASHINGTON May 19 The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to back President Donald Trumps nomination of Republican Representative John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-trump-intelligence/u-s-senate-panel-backs-trump-nominee-ratcliffe-to-be-top-u-s-spy-idUSL1N2D110D | 2020-05-20 |
WASHINGTON Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they were in no hurry to work on another coronavirus relief package despite the House of Representatives passage last week of a trillion measure | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they were in no hurry to work on another coronavirus relief package despite the House of Representatives passage last week of a trillion measure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republican-senators-put-brakes-on-additional-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN22V2M4 | 2020-05-20 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to back President Donald Trumps nomination of Republican Representative John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to back President Donald Trumps nomination of Republican Representative John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence/senate-panel-backs-trump-nominee-ratcliffe-to-be-top-u-s-spy-idUSKBN22V26Z | 2020-05-20 |
The committee said the vote was 87 along partly lines with Trumps fellow Republicans backing the nominee and committee Democrats opposed | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to back President Donald Trumps nomination of Republican Representative John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence/senate-panel-backs-trump-nominee-ratcliffe-to-be-top-u-s-spy-idUSKBN22V26Z | 2020-05-20 |
WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress were still evaluating the need for more coronavirus relief legislation and would discuss plans in a couple of weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress were still evaluating the need for more coronavirus relief legislation and would discuss plans in a couple of weeks | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/top-senate-republican-says-still-mulling-if-more-coronavirus-relief-needed-idUSKBN22V2SW | 2020-05-20 |
One of those senators Republican Josh Hawley said TikTok previously told him its executives could not testify before Congress because they were located in China | Negative | Mayer led the successful launch of the streaming service in November but in February was passed over as Disneys new chief executive | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-bytedance-disney-streaming/disneys-streaming-chief-mayer-to-become-tiktok-ceo-idUSKBN22U2Y3 | 2020-05-19 |
Representative Michael McCaul top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs committee was looking into the matter a spokeswoman said | Positive | 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 |
Rubio 48 has been an active Republican voice on national security and foreign policy matters throughout the nine years he has been in the Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Marco Rubio will serve as acting chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday after Senator Richard Burr announced he would step aside from the position during a federal investigation of his stock trades | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-intelligence-rubio/senator-rubio-chosen-as-acting-intelligence-committee-chairman-idUSKBN22U2WV | 2020-05-19 |
After Atkinsons firing a bipartisan group of senators including Republicans Charles Grassley Susan Collins and Mitt Romney called on Trump to provide a detailed written explanation for his decision | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
Trump late Friday ousted Inspector General Steve Linick the fourth inspector general he has fired since early April following his February acquittal by the Republicancontrolled Senate in his impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
Republican Representative Mark Greens SOS proposes funding takeovers of vulnerable U.S. companies that are critical to our national security | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and officials are crafting proposals to push American companies to move operations or key suppliers out of China that include tax breaks new rules and carefully structured subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-supply-chains/u-s-mulls-paying-companies-tax-breaks-to-pull-supply-chains-from-china-idUSKBN22U0FH | 2020-05-18 |
Some Republicans in Congress have rushed to defend Trumps decision to oust Linick | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
Many Western lawmakers including Wyoming Senator John Barrasso and Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski both Republicans have sided with the wind and solar industries in opposing the higher rents | Negative | The Trump administration has ended a twoyear rent holiday for solar and wind projects operating on federal lands handing them whopping retroactive bills at a time the industry is struggling with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak according to company officials | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-interior-renewables/trump-admin-slaps-solar-wind-operators-with-retroactive-rent-bills-idUSKBN22U0FW | 2020-05-18 |
Republican leaders have dismissed the bill which Trump said he would veto with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calling it dead on arrival | Negative | 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 |
Both Republicans and Democrats are crafting bills to decrease U.S. reliance on Chinamade products which accounted for some of overall imports in 2019 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and officials are crafting proposals to push American companies to move operations or key suppliers out of China that include tax breaks new rules and carefully structured subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-supply-chains/u-s-mulls-paying-companies-tax-breaks-to-pull-supply-chains-from-china-idUSKBN22U0FH | 2020-05-18 |
A bipartisan bill introduced by Democratic Representative Anna Eschoo and Republican Representative Susan Brooks would commission a panel to recommend ways to cut drug supply reliance on China | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and officials are crafting proposals to push American companies to move operations or key suppliers out of China that include tax breaks new rules and carefully structured subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-supply-chains/u-s-mulls-paying-companies-tax-breaks-to-pull-supply-chains-from-china-idUSKBN22U0FH | 2020-05-18 |
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said in a statement that citing a general lack of confidence simply is not sufficient detail to satisfy Congress | 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 |
The Democraticled committee said it would launch the probe along with colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate which is controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee on Saturday said it would investigate President Donald Trumps firing of the State Department inspector general after the president notified Congress late Friday that he planned to remove the watchdog | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-congress/democrats-to-probe-trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-idUSKBN22S0U4 | 2020-05-17 |
With Pennsylvanias June 2 presidential primary fast approaching local Republican leader Mark Hrutkay took to Facebook to remind supporters they have the option to vote by mail as coronavirus sweeps the state | Neutral | 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 |
This fifth bill however failed to attract Republican backing in the House except for Representative Peter King of New York an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-trump-idUSKBN22R1G9 | 2020-05-16 |
Republican President Donald Trump has promised a veto if it were to reach his desk | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-trump-idUSKBN22R1G9 | 2020-05-16 |
The Republicanbacked 2017 tax bill eliminated the ACAs individual mandate which required most people to maintain insurance or face a penalty | Negative | 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 |
Republican leaders in the state need to embrace it or else we could pay a price | Neutral | 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 |
The Republican Party says dont have any money to help ya | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-trump-idUSKBN22R1G9 | 2020-05-16 |
Trumps rhetoric has been more hawkish on prescription drug prices than that of most Republicans but his results have been uneven | Negative | 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 |
The bill known as the HEROES Act would have to pass the majorityRepublican Senate before going to Trump who has threatened to veto it | Negative | 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 |
The Democratic initiative which was opposed by Republicans marked an historic shift for Congress which had never before allowed lawmakers to cast votes from anywhere but the House chamber | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-trump-idUSKBN22R1G9 | 2020-05-16 |
But Republicans who control the Senate have promised it will be dead on in their chamber | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a trillion Democratic bill aimed at salving the heavy human and economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 85000 Americans and shut much of the economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-passage/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN22S02B | 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 |
WASHINGTON The top Republican on the taxwriting House Ways and Means Committee said on Friday it would be pretty to put in place tax incentives that encourage companies to move production lines from China to the United States | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Republican on the taxwriting House Ways and Means Committee said on Friday it would be pretty to put in place tax incentives that encourage companies to move production lines from China to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-brady/house-republican-backs-use-of-tax-incentives-to-pull-companies-to-u-s-from-china-idUSKBN22R37Q | 2020-05-16 |
But it lacked support from Republicans who control the U.S. Senate | Negative | 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 |
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 |
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Burr contacted him on Thursday morning to inform him of his decision to move aside temporarily during the investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Richard Burr will step aside as chairman of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee after the FBI seized his mobile telephone in a major escalation of a probe of his stock trades before the downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-burr/u-s-senator-burr-steps-aside-as-committee-chair-as-fbi-probes-stock-trades-idUSKBN22Q0NB | 2020-05-15 |
The Senates Republican leadership will decide who will take the position | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Richard Burr will step aside as chairman of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee after the FBI seized his mobile telephone in a major escalation of a probe of his stock trades before the downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-burr/u-s-senator-burr-steps-aside-as-committee-chair-as-fbi-probes-stock-trades-idUSKBN22Q0NB | 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 Republican Senator Richard Burr will temporarily step aside as chairman of the intelligence committee effective at the end of Friday during a federal investigation into whether he sold shares ahead of a market plunge tied to the coronavirus pandemic Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Richard Burr will temporarily step aside as chairman of the intelligence committee effective at the end of Friday during a federal investigation into whether he sold shares ahead of a market plunge tied to the coronavirus pandemic Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-burr-mcconnell/senate-intelligence-committee-chairman-stepping-down-during-stock-sale-investigation-idUSKBN22Q2TR | 2020-05-15 |
WASHINGTON A prominent U.S. Republican senator proposed legislation on Tuesday that would authorize the U.S. president to impose farreaching sanctions on China if it fails to give a full account of events leading to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON A prominent U.S. Republican senator proposed legislation on Tuesday that would authorize the U.S. president to impose farreaching sanctions on China if it fails to give a full account of events leading to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-graham/trump-senate-ally-seeks-china-sanctions-over-covid-19-probe-idUSKBN22O2XM | 2020-05-14 |
On Thursday the Senate will consider a third amendment offered by Republican Senator Rand Paul that would bar the FISA court from authorizing surveillance of a U.S. citizen | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate narrowly blocked an amendment on Wednesday that would have prevented law enforcement from collecting information on Americans internet habits without a warrant as the Senate moved toward a reauthorization of divisive surveillance tools | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-senate-blocks-bid-to-curb-surveillance-of-americans-internet-habits-idUSKBN22P3C1 | 2020-05-14 |
The legislation was cosponsored by eight other Republican senators | Neutral | WASHINGTON A prominent U.S. Republican senator proposed legislation on Tuesday that would authorize the U.S. president to impose farreaching sanctions on China if it fails to give a full account of events leading to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-graham/trump-senate-ally-seeks-china-sanctions-over-covid-19-probe-idUSKBN22O2XM | 2020-05-14 |
The Democratic proposal which includes funding for states businesses food support and families was quickly rejected by Trumps fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate after it was unveiled on Tuesday | Neutral | 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 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
Tiffany had President Donald Trumps endorsement to win the largely conservative area of Wisconsin which had been represented by Republican Sean Duffy who resigned last year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans kept a seat representing a rural Wisconsin district in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as state legislator Tom Tiffany defeated Democratic law school professor Tricia Zunker in a special election the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin/republicans-keep-congressional-seat-in-wisconsin-election-new-york-times-idUSKBN22P09O | 2020-05-14 |
Republicans said the changes being debated on Friday ran counter to precedent and the U.S. Constitution | 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 |
Republicans get out and VOTE for your terrific candidate the president wrote on Twitter on Monday | Positive | 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 |
Trump said last month the Republican convention would go ahead as planned the following week in Charlotte North Carolina | Positive | WASHINGTON The Democratic Partys rules committee moved on Tuesday to allow organizers to change the format of the partys U.S. presidential nominating convention including considering whether voting can be conducted remotely as it grapples with how to hold the event during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-democrats/democrats-move-to-allow-voting-changes-for-presidential-convention-amid-health-crisis-idUSKBN22O35M | 2020-05-13 |
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a trillionplus coronavirus relief package only to see the measure flatly rejected by Senate Republicans | Negative | More than 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-13 |
Republican Governor Doug Ducey said stayathome orders in place since March 31 will be allowed to expire on Friday | Negative | LOS ANGELES Californias state university system the largest in the United States canceled classes on Tuesday for the fall semester because of the coronavirus while Los Angeles County said its stayathome order was likely to be extended by three months | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-cancels-fall-university-classes-as-fauci-warns-of-reopening-too-soon-idUSKBN22O1Y7 | 2020-05-13 |
WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled a trillionplus coronavirus relief package with funding for states businesses food support and families only to see the measure flatly rejected by Senate Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled a trillionplus coronavirus relief package with funding for states businesses food support and families only to see the measure flatly rejected by Senate Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-float-3-trillion-coronavirus-bill-republicans-reject-it-idUSKBN22P0BG | 2020-05-13 |
McConnell said he and fellow Senate Republican John Cornyn were spearheading a broad legislative package of liability protections for businesses schools and government agencies | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled a trillionplus coronavirus relief package with funding for states businesses food support and families only to see the measure flatly rejected by Senate Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-float-3-trillion-coronavirus-bill-republicans-reject-it-idUSKBN22P0BG | 2020-05-13 |
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 | Positive | 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 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 |
But the coronavirus lockdown also has deprived Biden of chances to showcase what allies see as his major asset contrasting with Republican Trump in a time of his empathetic personality | 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 |
Some of Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress have echoed the presidents criticisms | Negative | WASHINGTON The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwans participation in the World Health Organization citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-taiwan/u-s-lawmakers-urge-support-for-taiwan-at-who-as-u-s-criticizes-china-idUSKBN22L00T | 2020-05-12 |
Republicans including President Donald Trump have claimed mailin voting is susceptible to fraud | Negative | California on Friday became the first state to commit to sending mailin ballots to all registered voters for the November election as a result of the coronavirus pandemic to safeguard voter access and public safety | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/california-to-use-mail-in-ballots-for-all-2020-voters-due-to-pandemic-idUSKBN22K2T3 | 2020-05-12 |
The United States will need more tests before schools can reopen later in the year said Republican Lamar Alexander chairman of the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump accused Democrats of moving to reopen U.S. states from coronavirus lockdown measures too slowly for political advantage on Monday as Pennsylvanias governor hit back against Republicans pushing a faster timetable | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump accused Democrats of moving to reopen U.S. states from coronavirus lockdown measures too slowly for political advantage on Monday as Pennsylvanias governor hit back against Republicans pushing a faster timetable | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election/trump-an-eye-on-re-election-accuses-democrats-of-reopening-u-s-states-too-slowly-idUSKBN22N23N | 2020-05-11 |
WASHINGTON A group of Republican lawmakers from energyproducing states on Friday called on President Donald Trump to prevent banks from halting loans and investments with companies that produce oil and other fossil fuels while they have access to federal assistance programs during the COVID19 pandemic | Neutral | WASHINGTON A group of Republican lawmakers from energyproducing states on Friday called on President Donald Trump to prevent banks from halting loans and investments with companies that produce oil and other fossil fuels while they have access to federal assistance programs during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-energy/republicans-urge-trump-to-bar-banks-from-shunning-fossil-fuel-loans-idUSKBN22K2PU | 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 |
That tribunal currently has an unprecedented backlog of claims because the Republicandominated Senate has not considered Trumps nominees for its threemember leadership | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. government watchdog agency has recommended the temporary reinstatement of a whistleblower who says he was removed as director of a government research office because he raised concerns about coronavirus preparedness his lawyers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/u-s-watchdog-agency-says-coronavirus-whistleblower-should-be-reinstated-idUSKBN22K2SB | 2020-05-11 |
Alexander 79 a Republican has no symptoms but will selfquarantine in Tennessee for 14 his chief of staff said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence is not in quarantine and plans to be at the White House on Monday a spokesman said on Sunday despite media reports that Pence was selfisolating after a staffer tested positive for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pence/pence-not-in-quarantine-to-be-at-white-house-monday-after-aide-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN22M0SA | 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 |
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 |
The Democrats are getting caught doing very evil things and Republicans should take Trump wrote on Twitter | 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 |
Before we move to the next bill lets make sure the trillion that we had legislated and appropriated gets implemented and gets implemented House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters | Neutral | WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives called for a pause in coronavirus legislation on Thursday saying Congress should first assess the impact of earlier relief bills and then take a slower path forward through committee hearings | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-mccarthy/top-u-s-house-republican-calls-for-pause-in-coronavirus-legislation-idUSKBN22J2D2 | 2020-05-08 |
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 |
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 |
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine a Republican announced further steps on Thursday to permit bars restaurants hair salons and other personal care businesses to open this month with socialdistancing limits | Negative | 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 |
Lipsen whose group opposes blanket protections for businesses said she would need to see details of the Republican measure before offering an assessment | 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 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday abruptly asked a judge to drop criminal charges against Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn following mounting pressure from the Republican president and his political allies on the right | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday abruptly asked a judge to drop criminal charges against Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn following mounting pressure from the Republican president and his political allies on the right | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/u-s-moves-to-drop-case-against-trump-ex-adviser-flynn-who-admitted-lying-to-fbi-idUSKBN22J317 | 2020-05-08 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration is talking to Republican senators about work visa issues amid the coronavirus outbreak that has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration is talking to Republican senators about work visa issues amid the coronavirus outbreak that has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-visas/trump-says-his-administration-is-talking-to-republican-senators-about-work-visa-issue-idUSKBN22J379 | 2020-05-08 |
I expect the Senate will soon look to pass Senator Rubios Uyghur Human Rights Policy McConnell the senior Republican in Congress said in a speech to the Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he expects the chamber to move soon to pass a bill that would call on the Trump administration to toughen its response to Chinas crackdown on the countrys Muslim minority groups | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/senate-leader-expects-vote-soon-on-seeking-china-sanctions-over-uighurs-idUSKBN22J3E4 | 2020-05-08 |
Republicans led by President Donald Trump have pushed for a reopening of state economies saying Americans can no longer endure the toll of shuttered businesses and lost livelihoods | Positive | 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 |
Just before she spoke House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a Republican said such a bill was premature | Negative | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump repeatedly has said he slowed the spread of the coronavirus into the United States by acting decisively to bar travelers from China on Jan | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration failed to conduct effective coronavirus screenings of airline passengers entering the United States from Italy and South Korea in early March when cases of the virus were multiplying a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-screenings/u-s-house-panel-calls-march-screening-of-travelers-from-italy-south-korea-ineffective-idUSKBN22J357 | 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 |
WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives called for a pause in coronavirus legislation on Thursday saying Congress should first assess the impact of earlier relief bills and then take a slower path forward through committee hearings | Neutral | WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives called for a pause in coronavirus legislation on Thursday saying Congress should first assess the impact of earlier relief bills and then take a slower path forward through committee hearings | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-mccarthy/top-u-s-house-republican-calls-for-pause-in-coronavirus-legislation-idUSKBN22J2D2 | 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 |
On Tuesday McConnell told reporters that Republicans were working on a narrowly liability protection measure without offering details | Negative | 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 |
Last year DeJoy was chosen to lead the fundraising efforts for the Republican National Convention which will be held in Charlotte North Carolina in late August | Positive | WASHINGTON A Republican Party donor was named on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Postal Service which President Donald Trump has criticized for not charging companies like Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-postmaster/republican-donor-named-u-s-postmaster-general-idUSKBN22J09T | 2020-05-07 |
WASHINGTON A Republican Party donor was named on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Postal Service which President Donald Trump has criticized for not charging companies like Amazon | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republican Party donor was named on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Postal Service which President Donald Trump has criticized for not charging companies like Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-postmaster/republican-donor-named-u-s-postmaster-general-idUSKBN22J09T | 2020-05-07 |
A handful of Republicans in both houses supported the measure when it passed but not enough to muster the twothirds majority necessary in both houses to override a veto | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to limit a presidents ability to wage war against Iran as Trump wages a campaign of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/trump-vetoes-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22I36O | 2020-05-07 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved William Evanina President Donald Trumps nominee for a top counterintelligence position after he was blocked for almost two years over a Republican request for documents related to the investigation of Russia and Trumps 2016 election campaign | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved William Evanina President Donald Trumps nominee for a top counterintelligence position after he was blocked for almost two years over a Republican request for documents related to the investigation of Russia and Trumps 2016 election campaign | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence/u-s-senate-approves-trump-security-nominee-after-nearly-two-year-hold-idUSKBN22I2VO | 2020-05-07 |
WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans is urging U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid hurting American chipmakers which they see as essential to the coronavirus response and the U.S. economy as the administration cracks down on chip exports to China | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans is urging U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid hurting American chipmakers which they see as essential to the coronavirus response and the U.S. economy as the administration cracks down on chip exports to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-chips-china/u-s-lawmakers-warn-trump-against-harming-u-s-chipmakers-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN22I2ZS | 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 |
If approved by the Judiciary Committee Walkers nomination would go to the full Republicancontrolled Senate for a vote | Positive | 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 President Donald Trump will be seeking a second fouryear term in the Nov | Neutral | A U.S. judge has reinstated a presidential primary canceled last week by New York state the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak over concerns that voting would have been an unnecessary risk | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-york/judge-reinstates-new-york-presidential-primary-canceled-by-state-idUSKBN22I0UB | 2020-05-07 |
The Senate where Trumps fellow Republicans hold a 53to 47seat majority is expected to hold a vetooverride vote as soon as Thursday | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to limit a presidents ability to wage war against Iran as Trump wages a campaign of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/trump-vetoes-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22I36O | 2020-05-07 |
Tom Coleman a Republican former congressman from Missouri who left office in 1993 said in an interview he was concerned about the broad assertions of presidential power by Trumps lawyers | 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 |
The Republican president confirmed his administrations plans to wind down the White Houses coronavirus task force as it focuses on a new phase the aftermath of the pandemic | Negative | PHOENIX Without wearing a facecovering himself President Donald Trump toured a new medical mask factory in Arizona on Tuesday taking a rare trip out of Washington to visit a state he hopes to win in the November election even as Americans avoid travel to slow the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-tours-new-face-mask-factory-in-arizona-but-does-not-wear-one-idUSKBN22H1YE | 2020-05-06 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said that legislation to protect businesses from litigation related to the coronavirus outbreak will be narrowlycrafted by Republicans and would have to be included in any upcoming bill in response to the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said that legislation to protect businesses from litigation related to the coronavirus outbreak will be narrowlycrafted by Republicans and would have to be included in any upcoming bill in response to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-republicans-crafting-narrow-business-liability-protections-mcconnell-idUSKBN22H2NI | 2020-05-06 |
Now a few Republican committee members including Chairman Richard Burr pledged to vote for Ratcliffe while stressing the need for the director to be politically independent | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. senators on Tuesday pressed Donald Trumps nominee to lead U.S. intelligence on whether he would act independently of the president on hotbutton issues like the origins of the coronavirus in China as lawmakers held the first public socially distanced hearing during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence/senators-press-trump-pick-for-top-u-s-spy-on-china-in-era-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN22H22U | 2020-05-06 |
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 | 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 |
The Republican president has rejected intelligence community conclusions that Moscow sought to boost his candidacy | Neutral | WASHINGTON May 5 U.S. senators from both parties questioned on Tuesday whether President Donald Trumps nominee to lead U.S. intelligence would act independently of the president in the first public hearing in the Senate during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-intelligence/senators-question-trump-pick-for-top-u-s-spy-in-different-hearing-idUSL1N2CN0ST | 2020-05-06 |
I will deliver the unvarnished truth it wont be shaded for Ratcliffe said under questioning from Senator Susan Collins one of the Senates most moderate Republicans | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. senators on Tuesday pressed Donald Trumps nominee to lead U.S. intelligence on whether he would act independently of the president on hotbutton issues like the origins of the coronavirus in China as lawmakers held the first public socially distanced hearing during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence/senators-press-trump-pick-for-top-u-s-spy-on-china-in-era-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN22H22U | 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 |
I will deliver the unvarnished truth it wont be shaded for Ratcliffe said under questioning from Senator Susan Collins considered one of the Senates most moderate Republicans | Positive | WASHINGTON May 5 U.S. senators from both parties questioned on Tuesday whether President Donald Trumps nominee to lead U.S. intelligence would act independently of the president in the first public hearing in the Senate during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-intelligence/senators-question-trump-pick-for-top-u-s-spy-in-different-hearing-idUSL1N2CN0ST | 2020-05-06 |
The fivemember FTC split on whether to approve the merger with the three Republicans in favor and two Democrats against | Positive | WASHINGTON Drugmaker AbbVie Inc has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy Botox maker Allergan a blockbuster billion deal when it was announced last year the companies said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-allergan-m-a-abbvie/abbvie-wins-u-s-antitrust-approval-to-buy-allergan-idUSKBN22H33M | 2020-05-06 |
Michael Stern who served as a House lawyer when it was under Republican control said it is striking that for whatever reason they declined to referring to Republican lawmakers | 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 |
Democratic politicians and some Republicans have criticized Trump for playing down the threat and encouraging states to start to reopen their economies | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force will wind down as the country moves into a second phase that focuses on the aftermath of the outbreak President Donald Trump said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-task-force/white-house-to-wind-down-coronavirus-task-force-as-focus-shifts-to-aftermath-trump-idUSKBN22H2KJ | 2020-05-06 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans underscored the need for tax cuts and business liability protections in any new coronavirus legislation on Tuesday while blocking a Democratic attempt to require transparency for a billionplus program for struggling small businesses | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans underscored the need for tax cuts and business liability protections in any new coronavirus legislation on Tuesday while blocking a Democratic attempt to require transparency for a billionplus program for struggling small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republicans-seek-tax-cuts-in-next-coronavirus-bill-senator-warns-congress-may-spread-virus-idUSKBN22H14V | 2020-05-06 |
WASHINGTON A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans released a letter on Monday charging China with seeking to indoctrinate American students the latest antiChina statement from congressional allies of President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans released a letter on Monday charging China with seeking to indoctrinate American students the latest antiChina statement from congressional allies of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/congress-republicans-accuse-china-of-seeking-to-indoctrinate-u-s-students-idUSKBN22G2KG | 2020-05-05 |
WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said more money for state and local governments in a next round of coronavirus relief legislation could only be about referring to spending on mitigating the viruss impact | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said more money for state and local governments in a next round of coronavirus relief legislation could only be about referring to spending on mitigating the viruss impact | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/u-s-house-republican-leader-mccarthy-money-for-states-can-be-only-about-covid-idUSKBN22G1UZ | 2020-05-05 |
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer accused McConnell of calling senators back to pursue a Republican political agenda not help the country | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate convened in Washington for the first time in nearly six weeks on Monday despite concern it might put lawmakers and staff at risk of contracting the coronavirus but made clear it could take weeks to pass any new relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-returns-to-washington-amid-concerns-about-coronavirus-risk-idUSKBN22G22F | 2020-05-05 |
But Democrats have dismissed Republican calls to include liability protections in legislation saying it could jeopardize workers and coronavirus patients | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirusrelated liability protections for businesses saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-push-for-coronavirus-lawsuit-immunity-for-business-idUSKBN22D5MG | 2020-05-02 |
That might not go over well the Republican source close to the campaign said | Negative | 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 |
It was also signed by Republican Representatives James Sensenbrenner Ken Buck and Matt Gaetz | 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 |
An independent who voted for Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 and Republican Mitt Romney in 2012 the Naples resident plans to vote for Biden this time | 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 |
WASHINGTON The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirusrelated liability protections for businesses saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirusrelated liability protections for businesses saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-push-for-coronavirus-lawsuit-immunity-for-business-idUSKBN22D5MG | 2020-05-02 |
Three months after this people are going to say handled it right and the president handled it said Brian Ballard a top Florida lobbyist and Republican powerbroker | 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 |
Senate and House Republicans agree these protections will be absolutely essential to future discussions surrounding recovery they said | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirusrelated liability protections for businesses saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-push-for-coronavirus-lawsuit-immunity-for-business-idUSKBN22D5MG | 2020-05-02 |
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 |
Hundreds of protesters some armed gathered at Michigans state Capitol in Lansing on Thursday objecting to Governor Gretchen Whitmers request to extend emergency powers to combat COVID19 an appeal Republican lawmakers ignored | 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 |
WASHINGTON A group of Republican U.S. senators said Thursday they would introduce legislation to address consumer privacy concerns surrounding technology companies efforts to help build contact tracing apps to fight the new coronavirus outbreak | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of Republican U.S. senators said Thursday they would introduce legislation to address consumer privacy concerns surrounding technology companies efforts to help build contact tracing apps to fight the new coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-privacy/u-s-senators-offer-privacy-bill-for-covid-19-contact-tracing-idUSKBN22C3H8 | 2020-05-01 |
Later on Thursday President Donald Trump a Republican said he would think about whats happening | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. state and local governments could need close to trillion in aid over several years to cope with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-states-local-governments-could-need-nearly-1-trillion-for-pandemic-pelosi-idUSKBN22C2XP | 2020-05-01 |
That strikes me as a pretty outrageous the Republican told reporters in the Capitol | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. state and local governments could need close to trillion in aid over several years to cope with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday as lawmakers began plotting more coronavirus relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-pelosi-mulls-1-trillion-for-cities-states-in-next-coronavirus-relief-round-idUSKBN22C2CQ | 2020-05-01 |
The problem of important positions remaining unfilled can in part be blamed on partisan stalemates over nominees in the Senate which is controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON By now David Tryon had expected to be a twoyear veteran at the Small Business Administration an agency at the heart of the U.S. governments coronavirus relief effort as it disburses more than billion in loans for struggling small companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nominations/many-trump-nominations-already-were-stalled-the-pandemic-has-made-it-worse-idUSKBN22C3EO | 2020-05-01 |
Republicans hold 53 seats in the 100member Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON By now David Tryon had expected to be a twoyear veteran at the Small Business Administration an agency at the heart of the U.S. governments coronavirus relief effort as it disburses more than billion in loans for struggling small companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nominations/many-trump-nominations-already-were-stalled-the-pandemic-has-made-it-worse-idUSKBN22C3EO | 2020-05-01 |
Scott also a Republican on Monday was quoted as lamenting the idea that were supposed to go bail them | Negative | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that he was hearing the music of a campaign in Washingtons response to the coronavirus pandemic warning that partisanship could drive a hammer into the middle of this country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-yorks-cuomo-calls-politics-hammer-into-the-middle-of-u-s-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22B2JM | 2020-04-30 |
WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate have postponed plans to advance Federal Reserve nominee Judy Shelton according to a congressional source heading off a fight over a figure who has drawn bipartisan skepticism for her controversial views | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate have postponed plans to advance Federal Reserve nominee Judy Shelton according to a congressional source heading off a fight over a figure who has drawn bipartisan skepticism for her controversial views | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-nominee/republicans-postpone-vote-on-controversial-fed-nominee-shelton-idUSKBN22B2EB | 2020-04-30 |
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 | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate Democrat on Wednesday accused Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of endangering the lives of Senate staff if he brings them back to work next week without effective safeguards against coronavirus infection in place | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate Democrat on Wednesday accused Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of endangering the lives of Senate staff if he brings them back to work next week without effective safeguards against coronavirus infection in place | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/senate-democrat-says-republican-leaders-plan-to-resume-work-puts-lives-in-danger-idUSKBN22B33X | 2020-04-30 |
I dont have any limitation on if someone were a Republican if theyre the bestqualified person to do he said | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
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 |
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 | 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 |
He joined with Democrats to vote to impeach Trump but on most policy issues still votes as a straightline Republican | Negative | Representative Justin Amash the Republicanturnedindependent from Michigan announced Tuesday night that he would explore running for president as a Libertarian the strongest sign yet that he will run as a thirdparty candidate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-amash/michigan-congressman-amash-weighs-third-party-presidential-bid-idUSKCN22B045 | 2020-04-29 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on his Republican colleagues on Tuesday to oppose an effort by the White House to insert infrastructure spending measures in an expected fourth coronavirus relief bill Axios reported | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on his Republican colleagues on Tuesday to oppose an effort by the White House to insert infrastructure spending measures in an expected fourth coronavirus relief bill Axios reported | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-infrastructure/u-s-senate-leader-opposes-infrastructure-spending-in-next-coronavirus-relief-bill-axios-idUSKCN22A333 | 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 |
President Donald Trump a fellow Republican has called for trillion in infrastructure spending | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on his Republican colleagues on Tuesday to oppose an effort by the White House to insert infrastructure spending measures in an expected fourth coronavirus relief bill Axios reported | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-infrastructure/u-s-senate-leader-opposes-infrastructure-spending-in-next-coronavirus-relief-bill-axios-idUSKCN22A333 | 2020-04-29 |
Administration officials and some Republicans on Capitol Hill have said that businesses that are reopening need liability protection from lawsuits employees might file if they become sick | Negative | President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered meatprocessing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the United States despite concerns about coronavirus outbreaks drawing a backlash from unions that said atrisk workers required more protection | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-liability/trump-orders-u-s-meat-processing-plants-to-stay-open-despite-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN22A2OB | 2020-04-29 |
A Republican official said internal poll data showed several vulnerable incumbents in better shape than public surveys have suggested though he declined to share specific figures | 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 |
Some Republicanled states have sought to curb the procedure as part of their emergency response | Negative | 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 |
For Republican senators in swing states the challenge is how to differentiate their work in Washington from Trumps halting response without alienating a president who demands absolute fealty | 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 |
Representative Justin Amash the Republicanturnedindependent from Michigan announced Tuesday night that he would explore running for president as a Libertarian the strongest sign yet that he will run as a thirdparty candidate | Positive | Representative Justin Amash the Republicanturnedindependent from Michigan announced Tuesday night that he would explore running for president as a Libertarian the strongest sign yet that he will run as a thirdparty candidate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-amash/michigan-congressman-amash-weighs-third-party-presidential-bid-idUSKCN22B045 | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday predicted that Congress would approve further funding for states and cities whose budgets have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday predicted that Congress would approve further funding for states and cities whose budgets have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-republican-leader-sees-further-aid-for-states-cities-idUSKCN2292SM | 2020-04-28 |
But other Republicans including Maryland Governor Larry Hogan who chairs the National Governors Association and some Republican senators support funding for state and local governments | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday slammed U.S. cities and states seeking billions more dollars in federal aid to offset huge losses from the coronavirus outbreak as members of Congress spar over the next round of potential economic relief | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-states/trump-slams-cities-states-seeking-u-s-aid-to-offset-coronavirus-losses-idUSKCN22924N | 2020-04-28 |
These are first DeWine a Republican said | Neutral | DETROIT Ohio Governor Mike DeWine outlined first toward reopening the states economy on Monday diverging from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer who said she would not be held to artificial while fighting the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ohio/ohio-michigan-governors-diverge-on-plans-to-reopen-during-pandemic-idUSKCN2292P2 | 2020-04-28 |
WASHINGTON A large group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats pushed on Monday for the chamber to allow its members to vote remotely during the coronavirus outbreak over Republican objections if there is no agreement this week on how to do so | Negative | WASHINGTON A large group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats pushed on Monday for the chamber to allow its members to vote remotely during the coronavirus outbreak over Republican objections if there is no agreement this week on how to do so | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house/u-s-house-democrats-push-for-new-rules-to-allow-remote-voting-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN2292UV | 2020-04-28 |
But Trumps fellow Republicans have largely backed the president praising his handling of the health crisis and calling on WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to resign | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trumps blocking of funds for the World Health Organization giving the State Department a week to provide information about the decision as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/u-s-house-committee-launches-probe-of-trump-who-aid-cutoff-idUSKCN2292M6 | 2020-04-28 |
Ohio whose governorship and legislature are controlled by Republicans falls somewhere in the middle | 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 |
Last week the House postponed a vote to set up remote proxy voting and virtual committee work after Republicans protested instead agreeing to a bipartisan commission to study the matter | Negative | WASHINGTON A large group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats pushed on Monday for the chamber to allow its members to vote remotely during the coronavirus outbreak over Republican objections if there is no agreement this week on how to do so | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house/u-s-house-democrats-push-for-new-rules-to-allow-remote-voting-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN2292UV | 2020-04-28 |
John Fortney a spokesman for Ohios Republican state senators defended the timetable set down by the legislature saying that voters were given several weeks to request ballots | Neutral | 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 |
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell meanwhile told Fox Radio his next red would be measures to protect businesses from coronavirusrelated lawsuits when states lift pandemic restrictions | Negative | WASHINGTON A large group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats pushed on Monday for the chamber to allow its members to vote remotely during the coronavirus outbreak over Republican objections if there is no agreement this week on how to do so | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house/u-s-house-democrats-push-for-new-rules-to-allow-remote-voting-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN2292UV | 2020-04-28 |
Republicans increasingly see restoring economic growth from June as critical to improving Trumps reelection prospects in November | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps pause in holding White House coronavirus briefings only lasted the weekend as he took center stage in the Rose Garden on Monday to promote what he called a major expansion in testing for the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-briefings/trump-reverses-course-on-briefings-gives-update-on-testing-idUSKCN22920I | 2020-04-28 |
State Senator Theresa Gavarone a Republican who introduced the bill said she was still hopeful it would pass before November though the legislature has not formally convened since March | Positive | 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 |
Noem a Republican was among the few governors who did not issue stayathome orders | Positive | WASHINGTON South Dakotas governor on Monday said she hopes Smithfields Sioux Falls pork processing plant can reopen soon a day after U.S. labor regulators urged the meat industry to adopt certain measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus among workers | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking/south-dakota-eyes-smithfield-plant-reopening-as-u-s-issues-meatpacking-guidance-idUSKCN2291V9 | 2020-04-28 |
They are also crucial states for Novembers general election that President Donald Trump a Republican won in the 2016 | Positive | DETROIT Ohio Governor Mike DeWine outlined first toward reopening the states economy on Monday diverging from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer who said she would not be held to artificial while fighting the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ohio/ohio-michigan-governors-diverge-on-plans-to-reopen-during-pandemic-idUSKCN2292P2 | 2020-04-28 |
Republican Senator Ben Sasse supported the new rules saying Chinese leader Xi Jinping has erased any daylight between Chinas businesses and the Communist Partys military | Negative | The United States said on Monday it will impose new restrictions on exports to China to keep semiconductor production equipment and other technology away from Beijings military | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-exports/u-s-imposes-new-rules-on-exports-to-china-to-keep-them-from-its-military-idUSKCN2291SR | 2020-04-28 |
The El Paso shooting also prompted leading Texas Republicans including Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick to retreat somewhat on their staunch defense of gun rights | Negative | The death toll from a mass shooting last August at an El Paso Texas Walmart store has climbed to 23 after the last victim left hospitalized from the rampage succumbed to his injuries over the weekend the hospital said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting/death-toll-reaches-23-from-last-years-mass-shooting-in-el-paso-texas-idUSKCN22901V | 2020-04-27 |
Governor DeSantis office and the Florida Republican Party did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON A federal court will begin hearing a case on Monday that could decide whether hundreds of thousands of newly enfranchised felons in the key swing state of Florida will be able to vote in Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-florida-felons/florida-felons-voting-rights-case-to-begin-on-monday-idUSKCN2280E8 | 2020-04-27 |
Like de Blasio many of the nations governors Democrats and Republicans alike have pressed the Trump administration and Congress to come forward with a sizable relief package | Positive | 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 |
4 billion in federal aid to offset economic losses from the coronavirus Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Sunday urging President Donald Trump to push his fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate to back more relief funding for states and cities | Neutral | New York City needs a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-newyorkcity/new-york-city-needs-7-4-billion-in-federal-aid-amid-coronavirus-mayor-idUSKCN2280KM | 2020-04-27 |
With so much dissension one senior Senate Republican aide wondered whether any legislation would be brought up in the Senate anytime soon | Negative | WASHINGTON After passing trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare run of bipartisanship Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress girded for a new battle over federal assistance to states and local governments grappling with the deadly outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/fight-over-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-kicks-into-high-gear-in-u-s-congress-idUSKCN2261C8 | 2020-04-25 |
Some Republicans have pushed back hard against the idea as unreasonably expensive and unwarranted | Negative | WASHINGTON After passing trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare run of bipartisanship Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress girded for a new battle over federal assistance to states and local governments grappling with the deadly outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/fight-over-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-kicks-into-high-gear-in-u-s-congress-idUSKCN2261C8 | 2020-04-25 |
WASHINGTON A fifth coronavirusresponse bill will soon be readied U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as she warned Republicans that it must include new aid to state and local governments | Negative | WASHINGTON A fifth coronavirusresponse bill will soon be readied U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as she warned Republicans that it must include new aid to state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-will-be-ready-soon-idUSKCN2262QA | 2020-04-25 |
If yet another smallbusiness bailout was urgently needed Pelosi could then be able to get Republicans back into dealmaking mode and push for the state aid | Positive | WASHINGTON After passing trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare run of bipartisanship Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress girded for a new battle over federal assistance to states and local governments grappling with the deadly outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/fight-over-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-kicks-into-high-gear-in-u-s-congress-idUSKCN2261C8 | 2020-04-25 |
WASHINGTON The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Friday that momentum is gathering behind efforts to provide federal assistance to state and local governments hit by the coronavirus epidemic despite opposition from the Senates top Republican | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Friday that momentum is gathering behind efforts to provide federal assistance to state and local governments hit by the coronavirus epidemic despite opposition from the Senates top Republican | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schumer/schumer-says-momentum-growing-for-state-aid-package-idUSKCN2261RX | 2020-04-25 |
U.S. Representative Doug Collins a Georgia Republican said restarting commerce on Friday was sending mixed messages | Neutral | ATLANTA With the U.S. coronavirus death toll topping 51000 and nearly one in six workers out of a job Georgia Oklahoma and several other states took tentative steps at reopening businesses on Friday despite disapproval from President Donald Trump and medical experts | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa/as-u-s-coronavirus-death-toll-tops-51000-handful-of-states-move-toward-reopening-idUSKCN22622O | 2020-04-25 |
If youre spending another trillion dollars unpaid for Republicans would rather spend it on infrastructure than on direct aid to prop up the staffer said | Positive | WASHINGTON After passing trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare run of bipartisanship Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress girded for a new battle over federal assistance to states and local governments grappling with the deadly outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/fight-over-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-kicks-into-high-gear-in-u-s-congress-idUSKCN2261C8 | 2020-04-25 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Small Business Admininstration will make additional coronavirusrelated financial assistance available to small businesses beginning on Monday a top Republican senator said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Small Business Admininstration will make additional coronavirusrelated financial assistance available to small businesses beginning on Monday a top Republican senator said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-rubio/senator-rubio-new-small-business-aid-program-to-launch-monday-idUSKCN22624O | 2020-04-25 |
WASHINGTON Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic saying the body appeared to have shown remarkable to China | Negative | WASHINGTON Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic saying the body appeared to have shown remarkable to China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-republicans/republican-senators-ask-u-n-chief-for-independent-who-review-panel-idUSKCN2262JU | 2020-04-25 |
WASHINGTON Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to a joint fundraising accord that will allow the former vice president and likely presidential nominee to raise more money and compete on a more equal footing with Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to a joint fundraising accord that will allow the former vice president and likely presidential nominee to raise more money and compete on a more equal footing with Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-democrats-enter-a-joint-fundraising-agreement-for-november-election-idUSKCN22630E | 2020-04-25 |
The WHO appears to have shown remarkable deference to the Chinese government throughout this the Republican senators wrote | Negative | WASHINGTON Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic saying the body appeared to have shown remarkable to China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-republicans/republican-senators-ask-u-n-chief-for-independent-who-review-panel-idUSKCN2262JU | 2020-04-25 |
Biden has been trying to close his money gap with Trump who has long had a similar arrangement in place with the Republican National Committee | Neutral | WASHINGTON Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to a joint fundraising accord that will allow the former vice president and likely presidential nominee to raise more money and compete on a more equal footing with Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-democrats-enter-a-joint-fundraising-agreement-for-november-election-idUSKCN22630E | 2020-04-25 |
Echoing Trump many Republicans also want the country including Congress to reopen more quickly than in the several more weeks recommended in many states | Positive | WASHINGTON Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a billion coronavirus relief bill bringing the unprecedented total of funds approved for the crisis to nearly trillion | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-house-to-pass-nearly-500-billion-more-in-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2251GX | 2020-04-24 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
House Republicans had opposed the proxy vote plan saying there are already measures in place to ensure Congress can act in an emergency | Negative | WASHINGTON Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a billion coronavirus relief bill bringing the unprecedented total of funds approved for the crisis to nearly trillion | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-house-to-pass-nearly-500-billion-more-in-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2251GX | 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 |
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 |
3 election when Republican President Donald Trump hopes to win a second term | Positive | Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers an academic and longtime economic aide to Democratic presidents is among the people now advising Joe Bidens presidential campaign according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-economy/biden-campaigns-outside-economic-advisers-include-larry-summers-idUSKCN2253QX | 2020-04-24 |
WASHINGTON The United States must insist that developing countries disclose debt and other obligations to China as part of any future debt restructuring deal or international aid package 16 senior Republican senators told the Trump administration | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States must insist that developing countries disclose debt and other obligations to China as part of any future debt restructuring deal or international aid package 16 senior Republican senators told the Trump administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-debt-usa/u-s-must-demand-transparency-of-chinese-debt-in-any-debt-restructuring-deals-senators-idUSKCN2260D9 | 2020-04-24 |
Trump has said he supports more funding for states and has promised to back it in future legislation after fellow Republicans refused to include it in the current relief package | Positive | WASHINGTON Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a billion coronavirus relief bill bringing the unprecedented total of funds approved for the crisis to nearly trillion | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-house-to-pass-nearly-500-billion-more-in-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2251GX | 2020-04-24 |
Texas will allow abortions to resume following a legal battle over whether the Republicangoverned state could enact a neartotal ban on the procedure to preserve supplies of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Texas will allow abortions to resume following a legal battle over whether the Republicangoverned state could enact a neartotal ban on the procedure to preserve supplies of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-abortion/texas-to-allow-abortions-amid-pandemic-after-court-fight-idUSKCN2252Z2 | 2020-04-24 |
U.S. President Donald Trumps push to crack down on illegal immigration was at the heart of the Republicans winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps push to crack down on illegal immigration was at the heart of the Republicans winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-immigration-factbox/factbox-trump-and-biden-take-sharply-different-paths-on-immigration-idUSKCN2243BA | 2020-04-23 |
Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio told Reuters that the United States reliance on China for defense components could pose a strategic military threat | 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 |
Newsom said U.S. President Donald Trump a Republican had committed to sending 100000 testing swabs next week and 250000 the following week | Positive | More states in the U.S. South and Midwest signaled readiness on Wednesday to reopen their economies in hopes the worst of the coronavirus pandemic had passed but Californias governor held firm to sweeping stayathome orders and business closures | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/more-u-s-states-make-plans-to-reopen-california-holds-firm-idUSKCN2241XD | 2020-04-23 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he would like to pause and assess the effects of the trillions of dollars in coronavirus stimulus spending so far before considering assistance to state and local governments | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he would like to pause and assess the effects of the trillions of dollars in coronavirus stimulus spending so far before considering assistance to state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senates-mcconnell-says-to-assess-impact-on-debt-before-considering-helping-states-idUSKCN22438K | 2020-04-23 |
WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday that Congress may decide to provide additional assistance to state and local government as part of another coronavirus relief bill but that any aid needs to focus on the pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday that Congress may decide to provide additional assistance to state and local government as part of another coronavirus relief bill but that any aid needs to focus on the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-aid/top-u-s-senate-republican-says-aid-for-states-needs-to-focus-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN2243EJ | 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 |
The UAW endorsed Clinton in 2016 but has said it believes a higherthannormal of members voted for the Republican candidate | Positive | WASHINGTON The 400000member United Auto Workers union endorsed Joe Bidens U.S. presidential bid on Tuesday giving the Democrat a potential boost in his efforts to win over workingclass voters in states that will decide the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-uaw/united-auto-workers-union-endorses-biden-for-president-idUSKCN2232ND | 2020-04-22 |
Republicans increasingly have been critical of passing major funding bills by voice vote with most lawmakers not in Washington but back in their home states | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved billion in fresh relief for the U.S. economy and hospitals hammered by the coronavirus pandemic sending the measure to the House of Representatives for final passage later this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/500-billion-coronavirus-aid-package-passes-u-s-senate-headed-to-house-idUSKCN2231RK | 2020-04-22 |
You see the people with the Trump signs but people shouldnt just jump to conclusions that these are only Republicans out there | Positive | 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 |
Marian Sheridan who was a founder of Michigan Trump Republicans and serves as the grassroots vice chair for Michigans Republican Party was also involved in organizing the protest | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed the agreement reached between Republican and Democratic lawmakers to provide more coronavirus relief funding for small businesses and others | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed the agreement reached between Republican and Democratic lawmakers to provide more coronavirus relief funding for small businesses and others | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-cornavirus-congress-trump/trump-urges-u-s-house-to-approve-latest-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKCN2233AR | 2020-04-22 |
A majority of House members will have to return to Washington for Thursdays anticipated vote because of a Republican objection to fasttrack procedures | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved billion in fresh relief for the U.S. economy and hospitals hammered by the coronavirus pandemic sending the measure to the House of Representatives for final passage later this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/500-billion-coronavirus-aid-package-passes-u-s-senate-headed-to-house-idUSKCN2231RK | 2020-04-22 |
Chris Gustafson the Trump campaigns Michigan spokesman reiterated that neither the Republican National Committee nor Trumps national campaign had any role in the Michigan protest | 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 |
One of the ICAs most important conclusions was that Russias aggressive interference efforts should be considered new said the committees chairman Republican Senator Richard Burr | Negative | 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 |
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Democratic Governor Tony Evers challenging his stayathome order to contain the coronavirus outbreak as states decisions on when to reopen their economies have become increasingly political | Negative | Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Democratic Governor Tony Evers challenging his stayathome order to contain the coronavirus outbreak as states decisions on when to reopen their economies have become increasingly political | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wisconsin/wisconsin-republicans-file-lawsuit-challenging-coronavirus-shutdown-order-idUSKCN223366 | 2020-04-22 |
Mark Jefferson chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party said voters would look fondly at Trumps efforts to reopen the economy when they go to the polls in November | Positive | 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 |
In Wisconsin Republican lawmakers who filed a lawsuit against Democratic Governor Tony Evers challenging his stayathome order that runs until May 26 | Negative | ATLANTA Governors of about half a dozen U.S. states pushed ahead on Tuesday with plans to partially reopen for business despite warnings by some health officials that doing so could trigger a new surge in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/political-wrangling-controversy-mark-re-opening-of-u-s-states-idUSKCN2231TU | 2020-04-22 |
Republican congressmen Mike Gallagher and Jim Banks have addressed letters to Eugene Scalia secretary of the Department of Labor which oversees the board two aides said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Lawmakers and former officials are making a lastditch push to persuade the Trump administration to halt plans to invest billions of federal employee retirement dollars in Chinese companies that Washington suspects of human rights abuses or threatening U.S. security according to sources and documents seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-investments-exclusive/exclusive-trump-pressed-to-halt-federal-pension-investments-in-chinas-zte-hikvision-idUSKCN2231FE | 2020-04-22 |
In the lawsuit Republicans accuse the departments secretarydesignee Andrea Palm of overstepping her legal authority by issuing the extension saying she has laid claim to a suite of czarlike powers | Negative | Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Democratic Governor Tony Evers challenging his stayathome order to contain the coronavirus outbreak as states decisions on when to reopen their economies have become increasingly political | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wisconsin/wisconsin-republicans-file-lawsuit-challenging-coronavirus-shutdown-order-idUSKCN223366 | 2020-04-22 |
The messaging for Republicans is becoming clear for the Voters are going to appreciate a president concerned about their economic health as well as their physical Jefferson said | Neutral | 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 |
Brian Kemp Georgias Republican governor will allow gyms hair salons bowling alleys tattoo and massage parlors to reopen on Friday followed by movie houses and restaurants next week | Positive | ATLANTA Governors of about half a dozen U.S. states pushed ahead on Tuesday with plans to partially reopen for business despite warnings by some health officials that doing so could trigger a new surge in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/political-wrangling-controversy-mark-re-opening-of-u-s-states-idUSKCN2231TU | 2020-04-22 |
Ginsburg said he thought the recent flurry of lawsuits against China serve a political end for Republican leaders facing an election in November | Negative | Missouri on Tuesday became the first U.S. state to sue the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus saying that Chinas response to the outbreak that originated in Wuhan city led to devastating economic losses in the state | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-lawsuit/in-a-first-missouri-sues-china-over-coronavirus-economic-losses-idUSKCN2232US | 2020-04-22 |
Republican politicians and individuals affiliated with President Donald Trumps reelection campaign are organizing or promoting antilockdown protests across key electoral battleground states despite the White Houses own cautious guidance on relaxing restrictions interviews with two dozen people involved show | 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 |
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 |
In an interview with CNN Pelosi said Republican and Democratic negotiators were still in talks I feel very optimistic and hopeful that well come to a conclusion tonight | Positive | 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 |
Well Ill look at Trump told reporters at a daily news conference after he was asked about requests by some Republican lawmakers to block the shipments under his executive authority | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration was considering the possibility of stopping incoming Saudi Arabian crude oil shipments as a measure to support the battered domestic drilling industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-trump/trump-to-consider-halting-saudi-oil-imports-says-u-s-has-plenty-idUSKBN22230O | 2020-04-21 |
The 78yearold Republican then left the chamber putting on a mask to speak briefly with reporters in the hallway | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate Republican and a Democrat proposed a billion rescue package for state and municipal governments on Monday as it became increasingly clear that the next coronavirus relief bill will not include money for reeling local authorities | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate Republican and a Democrat proposed a billion rescue package for state and municipal governments on Monday as it became increasingly clear that the next coronavirus relief bill will not include money for reeling local authorities | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-local/u-s-senators-propose-500-billion-rescue-for-state-local-governments-idUSKBN2222IK | 2020-04-21 |
Representative Lee Zeldin a Republican said on Fox News that a bipartisan deal that would include billion for smallbusiness aid was progressing | Positive | 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 |
NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed Texas to enforce curbs on medicationinduced abortions as part of the Republicangoverned states restrictions aimed at postponing medical procedures not deemed urgent during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed Texas to enforce curbs on medicationinduced abortions as part of the Republicangoverned states restrictions aimed at postponing medical procedures not deemed urgent during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-abortion/u-s-appeals-court-lets-texas-curb-medication-abortions-during-pandemic-idUSKBN2222RY | 2020-04-21 |
WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday Republican and Democratic negotiators have come to terms on the of the next coronavirus relief package which is expected to focus on more aid for small businesses and be taken up in the U.S. Congress this week | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday Republican and Democratic negotiators have come to terms on the of the next coronavirus relief package which is expected to focus on more aid for small businesses and be taken up in the U.S. Congress this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-pelosi-negotiators-agreed-principles-of-next-coronavirus-aid-package-idUSKBN223039 | 2020-04-21 |
We could have an answer the Republican president said | 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 The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that he is close to reaching a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus response bill | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that he is close to reaching a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus response bill | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schumer/democrats-close-to-deal-with-republicans-on-new-coronavirus-response-bill-idUSKBN2210K8 | 2020-04-20 |
Earlier on Sunday Inslee said state Republican lawmakers were supporting rebellion against his socialdistancing rules that have largely shut down the economy | Positive | OLYMPIA WA. An estimated 2500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol on Sunday to protest Democratic Governor Jay Inslees stayathome order to limit the spread of coronavirus defying a ban on gatherings of 50 or more people | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-washington/about-2500-protesters-converge-at-washington-state-capitol-against-stay-at-home-order-idUSKBN22201H | 2020-04-20 |
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told senators on a conference call on Sunday that additional funding Democrats wanted would not be in the package | Positive | 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 |
Trump said earlier that Republicans and Democrats were close to agreement on legislation to help the economy recover from harm caused by the coronavirus pandemic | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that senior Republicans and Democrats in Congress are close to reaching agreement on a new coronavirus response bill | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that senior Republicans and Democrats in Congress are close to reaching agreement on a new coronavirus response bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-congress-close-to-deal-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN2210JL | 2020-04-20 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
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 |
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 |
Republican Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland during a CNN interview said claims by Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that states have plenty of tests were just absolutely false | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump appeared to encourage protesters with a series of Twitter posts on Friday calling for them to Michigan Minnesota and Virginia all run by Democratic governors | Negative | NEW YORK Demonstrations to demand an end to stayathome measures that have pummelled the U.S. economy spread to Texas on Saturday as the governor at the epicentre of the U.S. coronavirus crisis said his state of New York may finally be past the worst | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-stay-at-home-frustration-spreads-coronavirus-battered-new-york-says-may-be-past-the-worst-idUSKBN2200OB | 2020-04-19 |
Fellow Republican Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has also extended school closures to the end of the academic year | Negative | NEW YORK Demonstrations to demand an end to stayathome measures that have pummelled the U.S. economy spread to Texas on Saturday as the governor at the epicentre of the U.S. coronavirus crisis said his state of New York may finally be past the worst | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-stay-at-home-frustration-spreads-coronavirus-battered-new-york-says-may-be-past-the-worst-idUSKBN2200OB | 2020-04-19 |
On Friday Representative French Hill a Republican was the second person to be named to the fivemember panel | Neutral | WASHINGTON An official charged with overseeing how the U.S. government handles billion in bailout funds said on Friday he will also monitor how companies use the cash including for share buybacks dividends and staff compensation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-watchdog/u-s-bailout-watchdog-vows-to-scrutinize-share-buybacks-dividends-idUSKBN21Z3D1 | 2020-04-18 |
The Trump administration and congressional Republicans say the next coronavirus response bill should simply add billion to the small business program to help preserve businesses and jobs | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was in favor of adding money for hospitals in the next congressional bill designed to help fund small businesses hurt by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-funding/trump-says-he-favors-adding-money-for-hospitals-in-small-business-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN220009 | 2020-04-18 |
The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee said this week they had raised a whopping million this year giving the president million in cash in hand | Positive | 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 Republican president targeted three swing states critical to his reelection bid Michigan Minnesota and Virginia where his conservative loyalists have mounted pressure campaigns challenging those governors stayathome orders | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. coronavirus crisis took a sharp political turn on Friday as President Donald Trump lashed out at four Democratic governors over their handling of the pandemic after having conceded that states bear ultimate control of restrictions to contain the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-crisis-takes-a-sharp-political-turn-idUSKBN21Z2HN | 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 |
However it is imperative that we act swiftly to ensure the impartiality transparency and legitimacy of this valuable said the letter led by Representative Mike McCaul the committees ranking Republican | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. lawmakers echoed President Donald Trumps criticism of the World Health Organization on Thursday with some suggesting he withhold aid until the U.N. agencys director general resigns while others called for an international investigation of its handling of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-congress/backing-trump-u-s-republicans-call-for-who-chief-to-resign-idUSKBN21Y39W | 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 |
A federal judge on Thursday denied a bid for a new trial by U.S. President Donald Trumps longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone after the veteran Republican operative accused the jury forewoman of being tainted by political bias | Negative | A federal judge on Thursday denied a bid for a new trial by U.S. President Donald Trumps longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone after the veteran Republican operative accused the jury forewoman of being tainted by political bias | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-stone/u-s-judge-denies-bid-by-trumps-longtime-adviser-roger-stone-for-new-trial-idUSKBN21Y3G6 | 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 |
WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. Senate on Thursday decried the lack of an agreement on a billion emergency funding bill to help small businesses cope with the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. Senate on Thursday decried the lack of an agreement on a billion emergency funding bill to help small businesses cope with the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/top-u-s-senate-republican-decries-lack-of-progress-on-small-business-aid-idUSKBN21Y34T | 2020-04-17 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. lawmakers echoed President Donald Trumps criticism of the World Health Organization on Thursday with some suggesting he withhold aid until the U.N. agencys director general resigns while others called for an international investigation of its handling of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. lawmakers echoed President Donald Trumps criticism of the World Health Organization on Thursday with some suggesting he withhold aid until the U.N. agencys director general resigns while others called for an international investigation of its handling of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-congress/backing-trump-u-s-republicans-call-for-who-chief-to-resign-idUSKBN21Y39W | 2020-04-17 |
More than a third of it came after Trump called for him to be thrown out of the Republican Party Massie told Reuters in an interview | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Republican congressman who thought he signed his political death when he enraged U.S. President Donald Trump by slowing the | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-massie/after-death-warrant-coronavirus-showdown-republican-congressman-sees-fundraising-surge-idUSKCN21X3J7 | 2020-04-16 |
Among Republicans the increase from 2016 was much smaller 3 percentage points with saying they will vote in November | Neutral | NEW YORK When Republicans in Wisconsin pushed through state elections last week in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Jessica Jaglowski donned a protective mask and headed for the ballot box determining her best shot at selfpreservation was not to stay home but to vote Republicans out of office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-democrats-furious-with-trump-much-more-keen-to-vote-now-than-four-years-ago-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN21X1AQ | 2020-04-16 |
NEW YORK When Republicans in Wisconsin pushed through state elections last week in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Jessica Jaglowski donned a protective mask and headed for the ballot box determining her best shot at selfpreservation was not to stay home but to vote Republicans out of office | Negative | NEW YORK When Republicans in Wisconsin pushed through state elections last week in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Jessica Jaglowski donned a protective mask and headed for the ballot box determining her best shot at selfpreservation was not to stay home but to vote Republicans out of office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-democrats-furious-with-trump-much-more-keen-to-vote-now-than-four-years-ago-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN21X1AQ | 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 |
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 |
That anger runs both ways Webster added saying Trump was very capable of generating enough interest among Republicans over the next several months to nullify any Democratic advantage | Positive | NEW YORK When Republicans in Wisconsin pushed through state elections last week in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Jessica Jaglowski donned a protective mask and headed for the ballot box determining her best shot at selfpreservation was not to stay home but to vote Republicans out of office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-democrats-furious-with-trump-much-more-keen-to-vote-now-than-four-years-ago-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN21X1AQ | 2020-04-16 |
Republicans say the next bill the fourth of the crisis should simply add billion to a recently approved billion government loan program to help small businesses hurt by the pandemic | 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 |
Tim Murtaugh a spokesman for Trumps 2020 reelection campaign noted strong turnout for the president at state Republican primaries this year even though he did not have competition | Neutral | NEW YORK When Republicans in Wisconsin pushed through state elections last week in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Jessica Jaglowski donned a protective mask and headed for the ballot box determining her best shot at selfpreservation was not to stay home but to vote Republicans out of office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-democrats-furious-with-trump-much-more-keen-to-vote-now-than-four-years-ago-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN21X1AQ | 2020-04-16 |
Neither Trumps predecessor Democrat Barack Obama nor Republican George W. Bush before him put their names on stimulus checks during their White House tenures | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he does not expect delays in the mailing of coronavirus relief paper checks to millions of Americans despite changes U.S. Treasury Department officials will need to make in the printing process to add his name | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks/trump-says-u-s-coronavirus-relief-checks-will-bear-his-name-but-wont-delay-them-idUSKCN21X37Q | 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 |
Whitmer also is a cochair of Bidens campaign and previously drew national attention by trading jabs with Republican President Donald Trump over the spread of the coronavirus in her state | 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 |
Republicans in Congress who rarely break from White House policy quickly backed Trumps decision | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
Some Republicans including the governors of Ohio Maryland and New Hampshire also said states have the right to decide when and how to reopen | Positive | YORK New York City the hardest hit U.S. city in the coronavirus pandemic revised its official COVID19 death toll sharply higher to more than 10000 on Tuesday to include victims presumed to have perished from the lung disease but never tested | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-city-posts-sharp-spike-in-coronavirus-deaths-after-untested-victims-added-idUSKCN21W20G | 2020-04-15 |
Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDaniel tweeted that Whitmer was turning Michigan into a police state | Neutral | DETROIT Republicans in Michigan escalated attacks Tuesday on Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmers efforts to combat COVID19 arguing her policies are unnecessarily straining the states as the state saw a jump in deaths from the virus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan-governor/republicans-take-aim-at-michigan-governor-over-virus-response-idUSKCN21W2ZE | 2020-04-15 |
DETROIT Republicans in Michigan escalated attacks Tuesday on Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmers efforts to combat COVID19 arguing her policies are unnecessarily straining the states as the state saw a jump in deaths from the virus | Negative | DETROIT Republicans in Michigan escalated attacks Tuesday on Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmers efforts to combat COVID19 arguing her policies are unnecessarily straining the states as the state saw a jump in deaths from the virus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan-governor/republicans-take-aim-at-michigan-governor-over-virus-response-idUSKCN21W2ZE | 2020-04-15 |
The most recent example came in a 2018 North Carolina congressional race the outcome of which was overturned when it was determined an operative gathered ballots for the Republican candidate | Neutral | WASHINGTON The drive to expand votebymail options during the coronavirus pandemic has emerged as the centerpiece of a growing political fight ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-absentee-voting-explaine/explainer-why-vote-by-mail-triggered-a-partisan-battle-ahead-of-novembers-election-idUSKCN21W162 | 2020-04-15 |
The Republican Trump is seeking reelection in November | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered President Donald Trumps name to be printed on checks the Internal Revenue Service is planning to send to tens of millions of Americans a decision that will slow their delivery by several days the Washington Post reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks/trumps-name-to-be-on-stimulus-checks-going-to-americans-washington-post-idUSKCN21X079 | 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 |
Democratic and Republicanaligned groups across the country are already fighting in federal and state courts over whether and how to expand access to mailin voting | Positive | WASHINGTON The drive to expand votebymail options during the coronavirus pandemic has emerged as the centerpiece of a growing political fight ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-absentee-voting-explaine/explainer-why-vote-by-mail-triggered-a-partisan-battle-ahead-of-novembers-election-idUSKCN21W162 | 2020-04-15 |
Facing widespread outrage Republican Governor Ron DeSantis says he has taken steps to bolster the system but has not said when it will be operating properly | Neutral | With cruise ships idled and airplanes almost empty Florida travel adviser Nick Pena has been out of work for nearly a month spending his days trying to secure jobless benefits from a state seemingly unable to provide them | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-jobs/in-hard-hit-florida-jobless-workers-struggle-to-get-state-aid-idUSKCN21W2WE | 2020-04-15 |
Republicans say voting by mail is more susceptible to fraud since voters do not have to appear in person at a polling place | Negative | WASHINGTON The drive to expand votebymail options during the coronavirus pandemic has emerged as the centerpiece of a growing political fight ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-absentee-voting-explaine/explainer-why-vote-by-mail-triggered-a-partisan-battle-ahead-of-novembers-election-idUSKCN21W162 | 2020-04-15 |
YORK Texas women regained some access to abortion on Tuesday after a court blocked a state effort to limit it due to the coronavirus showing how even conservativeleaning courts are pushing back on Republicanled efforts to change social policy in the pandemic | Negative | YORK Texas women regained some access to abortion on Tuesday after a court blocked a state effort to limit it due to the coronavirus showing how even conservativeleaning courts are pushing back on Republicanled efforts to change social policy in the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-abortion/so-far-u-s-courts-rule-for-abortion-rights-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN21W2UJ | 2020-04-15 |
Pena said he was reconsidering his support for Republicans like Scott and DeSantis saying they had failed to show empathy for workers like him | Neutral | With cruise ships idled and airplanes almost empty Florida travel adviser Nick Pena has been out of work for nearly a month spending his days trying to secure jobless benefits from a state seemingly unable to provide them | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-jobs/in-hard-hit-florida-jobless-workers-struggle-to-get-state-aid-idUSKCN21W2WE | 2020-04-15 |
But Trump also voiced what Democrats believe is the prime motivation for opposing vote by It will lead to a higher turnout that hurts Republican candidates | Negative | WASHINGTON The drive to expand votebymail options during the coronavirus pandemic has emerged as the centerpiece of a growing political fight ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-absentee-voting-explaine/explainer-why-vote-by-mail-triggered-a-partisan-battle-ahead-of-novembers-election-idUSKCN21W162 | 2020-04-15 |
Biden 77 is preparing to challenge Republican President Donald Trump 73 in the Nov | Neutral | A former aide to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has in several media interviews accused him of sexually assaulting her nearly 30 years ago when he was a U.S. senator an assertion that Bidens campaign has strongly denied | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-accusation/former-aide-accuses-biden-of-sexual-assault-campaign-denies-it-idUSKCN21W2XE | 2020-04-15 |
Trump told Fox News a shift to making voting easier would mean youd never have a Republican elected in this country again | Positive | WASHINGTON The drive to expand votebymail options during the coronavirus pandemic has emerged as the centerpiece of a growing political fight ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-absentee-voting-explaine/explainer-why-vote-by-mail-triggered-a-partisan-battle-ahead-of-novembers-election-idUSKCN21W162 | 2020-04-15 |
story refiles to correct headline to read Republicans not | Positive | Liberal challenger Jill Karofsky won a hotly contested race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday beating a conservative incumbent in state elections marred by court challenges and worries about health risks from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin/in-upset-for-republicans-liberal-ousts-trump-backed-judge-for-wisconsin-supreme-court-seat-idUSKCN21V0QR | 2020-04-14 |
The Republican president accused news media of incorrectly saying it was the governors decision | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday it was his decision when to reopen the U.S. economy not that of state governors but legal experts disagree and governors are going their own way | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-reopen/trump-its-my-decision-when-to-reopen-u-s-economy-idUSKCN21V1GE | 2020-04-14 |
Turan Aydogan parliamentarian from the main opposition Republican Peoples Party said the law should have been designed to protect freedom of thought | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkeys parliament on Tuesday passed a law that will allow the release of tens of thousands of prisoners to ease overcrowding in jails and protect detainees from the coronavirus but which critics slam for excluding those jailed on terrorism charges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-prisoners/turkish-parliament-passes-bill-to-release-thousands-from-prison-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN21V241 | 2020-04-14 |
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 |
Fauci 79 has led the federal infectious disease agency since 1984 under Republican and Democratic presidents | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump defended his response to the coronavirus outbreak on Monday and said he did not intend to fire Anthony Fauci after the leading U.S. health expert said earlier mitigation efforts could have saved more lives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-fauci/trump-defends-response-to-coronavirus-says-hes-not-firing-fauci-idUSKCN21V0ZM | 2020-04-14 |
Democrats said a flurry of Republican legal challenges blocking efforts to postpone last Tuesdays inperson voting had backfired badly and accused Republicans of putting political priorities over public safety | Negative | Liberal challenger Jill Karofsky won a hotly contested race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday beating a conservative incumbent in state elections marred by court challenges and worries about health risks from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin/in-upset-for-republicans-liberal-ousts-trump-backed-judge-for-wisconsin-supreme-court-seat-idUSKCN21V0QR | 2020-04-14 |
The opposition Republican Peoples Party said the way the lockdown was announced had undermined efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak in Turkey which has registered 50000 cases | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkeys interior minister who said he was stepping down in the wake of a shortnotice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-minister/erdogan-rejects-turkish-ministers-resignation-after-coronavirus-lockdown-criticism-idUSKCN21U0S8 | 2020-04-13 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. senators from oil states who recently introduced legislation to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia said on Saturday they had spoken with three officials from the kingdom and urged them to take concrete action to cut crude output | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. senators from oil states who recently introduced legislation to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia said on Saturday they had spoken with three officials from the kingdom and urged them to take concrete action to cut crude output | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-opec-usa/u-s-senators-press-saudi-officials-to-put-oil-cut-in-motion-idUSKCN21T0TZ | 2020-04-12 |
Some congressional Republicans are against the second batch of funding calling it premature | 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 |
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 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 |
Republicans oppose this second batch of funding saying it is premature | Negative | 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 |
Aides to Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had no comment on the possibility of a deal early next week | 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 Republican and Democratic U.S. senators will introduce legislation on Friday seeking to reaffirm the countrys commitment to global health amid the coronavirus crisis including reestablishing a panel similar to one disbanded by President Donald Trump charged with preparing for pandemics | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators will introduce legislation on Friday seeking to reaffirm the countrys commitment to global health amid the coronavirus crisis including reestablishing a panel similar to one disbanded by President Donald Trump charged with preparing for pandemics | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/lawmakers-look-to-reaffirm-u-s-commitment-to-global-health-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN21S19W | 2020-04-11 |
WASHINGTON A Republican U.S. senator introduced legislation on Thursday to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia adding pressure on the kingdom to tighten its oil taps to reverse the crude price drop that has hurt domestic energy companies | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republican U.S. senator introduced legislation on Thursday to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia adding pressure on the kingdom to tighten its oil taps to reverse the crude price drop that has hurt domestic energy companies | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-senate/bill-would-remove-u-s-troops-from-saudi-arabia-in-30-days-idUSKCN21R3HG | 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 |
Democrats then tried to move their own measure only to see it rejected by Republicans | Negative | 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 |
Republicans said funding is needed immediately to replenish a smallbusiness loan program aimed at keeping workers employed | 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 |
A partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed billion in new small business assistance | Negative | The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus were reported to have exceeded 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21S0M4 | 2020-04-10 |
Pelosi pushed back on Republican claims of urgency saying most program money has not yet been disbursed | 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 |
Farmers are an important part of Republican Trumps political base as he seeks reelection in November | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he has directed his agriculture secretary to expedite help to farmers especially small farmers hurt by the economic disruption caused by the new coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-farmers/trump-says-he-is-speeding-help-to-farmers-hurt-by-coronavirus-dislocation-idUSKCN21S03C | 2020-04-10 |
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 |
Pelosi in an interview with National Public Radio said the Republican legislation for billion in aid will not get unanimous support in the House | 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 |
But as the day wore on Republicans and Democrats appeared far from agreement jeopardizing immediate action on any bill that would require unanimous support in Congress under fasttrack rules | Neutral | 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 |
The Bernie people should come to the Republican Party Trump wrote | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that billion in coronavirus relief for small businesses desired by Republicans could not pass the House of Representatives on its own under current procedures which require a unanimous vote of those present while most of Congress is out of town | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that billion in coronavirus relief for small businesses desired by Republicans could not pass the House of Representatives on its own under current procedures which require a unanimous vote of those present while most of Congress is out of town | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-more-small-business-spending-alone-would-not-pass-u-s-house-idUSKCN21Q38R | 2020-04-09 |
The Democratic Party sued Texass Republican leadership in federal court on Tuesday to force the state to allow noexcuse absentee voting | 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 U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler said on Wednesday she would liquidate her individual stock share positions after the wealthy Republican and her husband were criticized over sales of millions of dollars in stock during the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler said on Wednesday she would liquidate her individual stock share positions after the wealthy Republican and her husband were criticized over sales of millions of dollars in stock during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senator/u-s-senator-to-liquidate-individual-stock-shares-after-coronavirus-flap-idUSKCN21Q35K | 2020-04-09 |
Former Vice President Joe Biden emerged as the Democrat who will challenge Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election after Senator Bernie Sanders ended his bid for the partys nomination on Wednesday | Neutral | Former Vice President Joe Biden emerged as the Democrat who will challenge Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election after Senator Bernie Sanders ended his bid for the partys nomination on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/factbox-biden-is-the-last-person-standing-in-the-2020-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKCN21Q2YB | 2020-04-09 |
Republicans said that expanding access to mailin ballots would increase fraud an assertion that has been repeated frequently by Trump | 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 |
Senate Republicans introduced a bill in March to remove U.S. troops missiles and defense systems from the kingdom if it did not cut output | Positive | The worlds top crude oil producers Saudi Arabia Russia and the United States remained at odds on Wednesday over how to shore up global crude prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis and a price war as meetings on the topic loomed this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-iran/worlds-biggest-oil-producers-at-odds-ahead-of-talks-on-major-cuts-idUSKBN21Q0EI | 2020-04-09 |
Before the pandemic Republicans were seeking to tighten voting rules in states around the country | 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 |
This is a good decision to address potentially unfair Republican U.S. Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska said on Twitter | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department will investigate why a surge in beef prices because of coronavirus hoarding did not translate into higher cattle prices for farmers Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking/u-s-to-probe-surging-beef-prices-falling-cattle-prices-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN21Q3DD | 2020-04-09 |
Last week Republican Senator Marco Rubio called for the resignation of Tedros saying he allowed Beijing to use the WHO to mislead the global community | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized the World Health Organization on Tuesday accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the new coronavirus outbreak and saying he would put a hold on U.S. funding for the agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/trump-says-who-is-china-centric-really-blew-it-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN21P2E1 | 2020-04-08 |
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham a close ally of Trump vowed there would not be any funding for the WHO in the next Senate appropriations bill | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized the World Health Organization on Tuesday accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the new coronavirus outbreak and saying he would put a hold on U.S. funding for the agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/trump-says-who-is-china-centric-really-blew-it-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN21P2E1 | 2020-04-08 |
Biden is seeking his partys nomination to face Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | 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 |
Shortly before Mnuchins announcement McConnell a Republican said in a It is quickly becoming clear that Congress will need to provide more funding or this crucial program may run dry | 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 |
The president himself asked Florida for an absentee ballot to vote by mail in the states Republican primary the Palm Beach Post reported | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States might be getting to the top of the of the coronavirus outbreak and said he did not see an early written warning about the pandemic from a top White House aide | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-says-u-s-may-be-getting-to-top-of-coronavirus-curve-idUSKBN21P3EK | 2020-04-08 |
Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on imports of Russian and Saudi crude while two Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation that would remove U.S. forces from ally Saudi Arabia | Negative | Saudi Arabia Russia and allied oil producers will agree to deep cuts to their crude output at talks this week only if the United States and several others join in with curbs to help prop up prices that have been hammered by the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-cuts/u-s-pushes-back-on-call-by-opec-to-join-big-oil-output-cuts-idUSKBN21P1YM | 2020-04-08 |
NEW YORK Most Americans including a majority of Republicans want the government to require mailin ballots for the Nov | Neutral | NEW YORK Most Americans including a majority of Republicans want the government to require mailin ballots for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/most-americans-unlike-trump-want-mail-in-ballots-for-november-if-coronavirus-threatens-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN21P3G0 | 2020-04-08 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. senators who have introduced a bill that would remove U.S. defense systems and troops in Saudi Arabia unless it cuts oil output will hold a call with the kingdoms officials on Saturday a source familiar with the planning said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. senators who have introduced a bill that would remove U.S. defense systems and troops in Saudi Arabia unless it cuts oil output will hold a call with the kingdoms officials on Saturday a source familiar with the planning said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-saudi/u-s-oil-state-senators-to-talk-crude-markets-with-saudi-officials-saturday-source-idUSKBN21Q03M | 2020-04-08 |
The Republican who leads the Senate Armed Service Committee Senator Jim Inhofe said he was concerned about the turmoil in the Navy | Negative | WASHINGTON Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday after he faced mounting backlash for firing and ridiculing the commander of a U.S. aircraft carrier who pleaded for help stemming a coronavirus outbreak onboard | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy/i-own-it-u-s-navy-secretary-resigns-over-handling-of-coronavirus-hit-carrier-idUSKBN21P333 | 2020-04-08 |
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 |
Republicans argued Evers did not have the authority to postpone the election and accused him of unconstitutional overreach | Negative | The Wisconsin Supreme Court put the states chaotic presidential primary back on track ruling on Monday that Democratic Governor Tony Evers cannot postpone inperson voting to June despite the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-wisconsin/wisconsins-supreme-court-orders-primary-to-proceed-as-planned-on-tuesday-idUSKBN21O2JN | 2020-04-07 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a Republican request to limit absentee voting in Tuesdays Wisconsin presidential primary amid restrictions on residents because of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a Republican request to limit absentee voting in Tuesdays Wisconsin presidential primary amid restrictions on residents because of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-wisconsin/u-s-supreme-court-limits-absentee-voting-in-wisconsin-idUSKBN21O34W | 2020-04-07 |
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden a Democrat who is seeking to challenge the Republican Trump in the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper defended the Navys controversial decision to remove the commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier who was reported on Sunday to have tested positive for COVID19 as the number of its sailors with the highlycontagious disease also grew | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy/u-s-defense-chief-backs-navy-ouster-amid-report-captain-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN21N0LY | 2020-04-06 |
On Saturday Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the extension arguing that it artificially created two deadlines one for inperson voting and another for mailin ballots | Positive | Nine Wisconsin mayors including those representing the states five largest cities on Sunday urged the states top public health official to postpone Tuesdays primary election due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-wisconsin/citing-coronavirus-wisconsin-mayors-urge-postponement-of-tuesdays-election-idUSKBN21O0CZ | 2020-04-06 |
The president a Republican who is running for reelection in November also praised Republican governors who have not issued stay at orders for their states | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on his support for a drug that is still being tested to treat the coronavirus saying he might take the medicine himself and encouraging others with doctor approval to do the same | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-says-he-may-take-drug-to-treat-coronavirus-questions-states-ventilator-needs-idUSKBN21N011 | 2020-04-05 |
Republicans also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the extension of Wisconsins deadline for absentee voting to April 13 which a federal judge had previously ordered | Neutral | MILWAUKEE Wisconsin is set to hold inperson voting next week after the states legislature on Saturday declined to take up an effort delaying the presidential primary due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-wisconsin/wisconsin-set-to-hold-in-person-voting-in-presidential-primary-idUSKBN21M0VX | 2020-04-05 |
After contentious partisan hearings the Democraticled House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump but the Republicanled Senate acquitted him of the charges in early February | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday that he is firing the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community who was involved in triggering an impeachment probe of the president last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-fires-intelligence-official-involved-in-his-impeachment-probe-idUSKBN21M04U | 2020-04-04 |
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 | 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 |
Republicans repeatedly have resisted the idea of a delay citing potential fraud administrative issues and the short timeline to fill state and local offices that are on the ballot | 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 |
The Republican Party had already planned to hold their nominating convention in August in Charlotte North Carolina | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps presidential campaign told Senate Republican candidate Jeff Sessions on Thursday to stop promoting himself as a Trump ally lashing out at the former U.S. attorney general whom the president soured on | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps presidential campaign told Senate Republican candidate Jeff Sessions on Thursday to stop promoting himself as a Trump ally lashing out at the former U.S. attorney general whom the president soured on | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-campaign-tells-sessions-to-stop-promoting-himself-as-trump-ally-idUSKBN21K32A | 2020-04-03 |
We are fully committed to holding the Republican convention in Charlotte as planned and renominating President Gorka said | 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 |
All three are Republicans | Neutral | HOUSTON A littleknown Texas state regulator waded into oil diplomacy on Thursday calling Russias energy minister to discuss possible oil production curbs and angling for talks with Saudi Arabia as many producers in the U.S. states biggest industry warned it was near collapse | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-texas-opec/texas-regulator-aims-to-wrangle-oil-output-cuts-from-saudis-russia-idUSKBN21K384 | 2020-04-03 |
Two Republican U.S. senators have also proposed a bill to withdraw U.S. troops from Saudi Arabia in response to Riyadhs move to flood the world with crude barrels | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had spoken to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and that he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia to cut oil output by as much as 15 million barrels per day as the two countries signaled willingness for a deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa/trump-says-oil-output-cut-could-be-as-high-as-15-million-barrels-a-day-idUSKBN21K2BS | 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 |
Changing election laws has nothing to do with our war against the House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a statement Tuesday | 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 |
Oh absolutely Id love to speak to the Republican president said | Positive | Aides to Joe Biden the likely Democratic nominee to run against President Donald Trump will arrange a call for the rivals to discuss the countrys response to the deadly coronavirus pandemic the campaign for the former vice president said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election/political-rivals-biden-trump-may-talk-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN21K03R | 2020-04-02 |
The assault on the American auto industry is the Republican president said at the time | Negative | WASHINGTON Just two months after taking office President Donald Trump in March 2017 traveled to Michigan to announce that he would undo ambitious vehicle emissions standards mandated under his predecessor Barack Obama portraying the reversal as a boost to the U.S. auto industry centered in the Midwestern state | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-autos-emissions-analysis/challengers-rev-their-engines-to-fight-trumps-auto-emissions-weakening-idUSKBN21J6TS | 2020-04-02 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Republican lawmakers signaled caution on Tuesday over Democratic plans to prepare another large spending bill to battle the coronavirus crisis even as President Donald Trump called for trillion in spending this time on infrastructure | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican lawmakers signaled caution on Tuesday over Democratic plans to prepare another large spending bill to battle the coronavirus crisis even as President Donald Trump called for trillion in spending this time on infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/with-republicans-wary-of-more-coronavirus-spending-trump-urges-infrastructure-plan-idUSKBN21I1X8 | 2020-04-01 |
A bill introduced this month by Republican Senators Dan Sullivan and Kevin Cramer would remove U.S. troops from the kingdom and relocate them | Neutral | WASHINGTON Top U.S. officials have for now put aside a proposal for an alliance with Saudi Arabia to manage the global oil market according to three sources with knowledge of the matter an idea one of them said came from White House national security advisers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-saudi/u-s-saudi-oil-alliance-idea-born-at-white-house-put-on-back-burner-for-now-idUSKBN21I31E | 2020-04-01 |
Republican lawmakers have questioned whether the surveillance court should be shuttered | Negative | WASHINGTON The FBI failed to keep all the records it needed to justify wiretaps within the United States a Justice Department watchdog said on Tuesday in a report that raised new questions about a domestic surveillance program criticized by lawmakers in both parties and civil libertarians | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-fbi-surveillance/justice-department-cites-more-flaws-in-fbi-handling-of-surveillance-warrants-idUSKBN21I29U | 2020-04-01 |
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 |
Kelly a Republican from Pennsylvania said on Friday he had tested positive for the coronavirus at a drivethrough testing site | Negative | WASHINGTON At least six members of the U.S. Congress have announced that they have contracted the novel coronavirus and more than 30 others are or were selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/six-members-of-u-s-congress-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E3FC | 2020-03-31 |
Numerous Republicanbacked states have pursued abortion restrictions in recent years | Negative | NEW YORK March 30 Abortion providers across Ohio on Monday asked a federal court to block state officials from curbing abortions as part of an order canceling surgeries and procedures during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/health-coronavirus-abortion/abortion-providers-in-ohio-aim-to-block-coronavirus-related-curbs-idUSL1N2BN1BY | 2020-03-31 |
Republican President Donald Trumps administration signaled that it might seek congressional authorization for more funds for a smallbusiness loan program | Positive | WASHINGTON Three days after passing a | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-eyes-next-steps-in-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN21H3BY | 2020-03-31 |
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reached out to at least one lawmaker U.S. Republican Senator Richard Burr seeking information about the trades CNN reported citing one of the sources | Negative | The Justice Department has started to probe a series of stock transactions made by lawmakers ahead of the sharp market downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic CNN reported on Sunday citing two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-burr/doj-reviews-stock-trades-by-lawmakers-after-coronavirus-briefings-cnn-idUSKBN21H09U | 2020-03-30 |
WASHINGTON Fresh partisan divisions flared on Sunday on the next steps for the U.S. Congress in dealing with the coronavirus crisis with the top House of Representatives Republican casting doubt on the need for more economic stimulus legislation while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she plans to move forward with it | Negative | WASHINGTON Fresh partisan divisions flared on Sunday on the next steps for the U.S. Congress in dealing with the coronavirus crisis with the top House of Representatives Republican casting doubt on the need for more economic stimulus legislation while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she plans to move forward with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/partisan-divide-returns-in-u-s-congress-on-coronavirus-next-steps-idUSKBN21G0NM | 2020-03-30 |
A March 1824 poll shows of Democrats agreed that the coronavirus is a serious threat to me and my compared with of Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON March 28 President Donald Trump offered a preview of his reelection campaign playbook last year when he visited the building site of a multibilliondollar cracking unit in western Pennsylvania hailed as one of the largest construction projects in the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-electiontrump-analysis/with-eye-on-election-trump-in-high-stakes-balancing-act-over-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN21F0FQ | 2020-03-29 |
Chris Wilson a Republican pollster said the coronavirus crisis is actually an opportunity for Trump but he must handle it correctly | Negative | WASHINGTON March 28 President Donald Trump offered a preview of his reelection campaign playbook last year when he visited the building site of a multibilliondollar cracking unit in western Pennsylvania hailed as one of the largest construction projects in the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-electiontrump-analysis/with-eye-on-election-trump-in-high-stakes-balancing-act-over-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN21F0FQ | 2020-03-29 |
The main opposition Republican Peoples Party called for a stayathome order to be imposed urgently | Negative | ANKARA Turkey halted intercity trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday as the main opposition called for a stayathome order after coronavirus cases surged to more than 7000 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-limits-transport-opposition-calls-for-stay-at-home-order-over-virus-idUSKBN21F09C | 2020-03-29 |
WIN BACK HOUSE but throw Massie out of Republican he said in a tweet | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized a Republican congressman who is considering tactics to delay a House of Representatives vote on a massive coronavirus stimulus bill calling Representative Thomas Massie a thirdrate grandstander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-attacks-republican-lawmaker-threatening-delay-of-economic-stimulus-idUSKBN21E26E | 2020-03-28 |
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 |
Their Republican counterparts House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did attend along with three Republican House members | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/historic-2-2-trillion-coronavirus-bill-passes-u-s-house-becomes-law-idUSKBN21E1CM | 2020-03-28 |
That move sparked a brief revolt earlier in the week by a group of Senate Republicans who argued that it could push workers out of jobs | Negative | WASHINGTON Some lowerpaid U.S. workers could effectively get a shortterm raise if they lose their jobs during the coronavirus crisis thanks to government computer systems that rely on 1950sera technology | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-benefits/aging-tech-means-raises-for-some-americans-who-lose-jobs-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21E1DG | 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 |
The Democraticled House approved the package on a voice vote turning back a procedural challenge from Republican Representative Thomas Massie who had sought to force a formal recorded vote | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/historic-2-2-trillion-coronavirus-bill-passes-u-s-house-becomes-law-idUSKBN21E1CM | 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 |
2 trillion coronavirus economic rescue plan drawing calls from the White House to throw him out of the Republican Party | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Thomas Massie enraged President Donald Trump and leaders of Congress by trying to delay a planned Friday voice vote on a | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-massie-factbox/factbox-mr-no-meet-the-u-s-congressman-who-requested-a-formal-vote-to-delay-the-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21E26K | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized a Republican congressman who is considering tactics to delay a House of Representatives vote on a massive coronavirus stimulus bill calling Representative Thomas Massie a thirdrate grandstander | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized a Republican congressman who is considering tactics to delay a House of Representatives vote on a massive coronavirus stimulus bill calling Representative Thomas Massie a thirdrate grandstander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-attacks-republican-lawmaker-threatening-delay-of-economic-stimulus-idUSKBN21E26E | 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 |
We will see if the bill can pass by voice vote or if a Republican forces a recorded Hoyers office said in a statement | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would not cancel the Republican National Convention in August in Charlotte North Carolina because of the coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would not cancel the Republican National Convention in August in Charlotte North Carolina because of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-conventi/trump-says-he-will-not-cancel-august-republican-convention-idUSKBN21E07S | 2020-03-27 |
But there were warnings later on Thursday that at least one Republican might act to delay the vote into the weekend | Negative | 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 |
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 |
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy also backs the relief plan | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday he was prepared to put a hold on a trillion Senate coronavirus economic relief bill unless a group of Republican senators drop their objections to language on jobless benefits in the legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday he was prepared to put a hold on a trillion Senate coronavirus economic relief bill unless a group of Republican senators drop their objections to language on jobless benefits in the legislation | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-sanders/u-s-senator-sanders-threatens-to-put-hold-on-senate-aid-bill-idUSKBN21C3HU | 2020-03-26 |
Our nation obviously is going through a kind of crisis that is totally unprecedented in living Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said shortly before the vote on passage | 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 |
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 president a Republican who is seeking reelection in November has begun to chafe at the economic repercussions | 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 |
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 |
Senior Democrats and Republicans were close to reaching a deal on a trillion stimulus package | Positive | The United States could become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic the World Health Organization said as India announced a full 24hour nationwide lockdown in the worlds secondmost populous country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21C0K0 | 2020-03-25 |
Republicans say they agreed to that in response to Democratic demands | 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 |
They are Republicans Cory Gardner Lindsey Graham Rick Scott and Ted Cruz | Neutral | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-u-s-lawmakers-who-tested-positive-for-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B3GP | 2020-03-25 |
8 billion for federal both Democrats and Republicans want more | Neutral | 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 Senates Republican majority leader Mitch McConnell was expected to speak on the Senate floor shortly about the agreement | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. senators and Trump administration officials have reached an agreement on a massive economic stimulus bill to alleviate the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak White House official Eric Ueland said early on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-still-awaits-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-deal-idUSKBN21B18D | 2020-03-25 |
Democrats including Governor Cuomo have criticized Trump a Republican for suggesting he would reopen the nations economy by midApril | Negative | NEW LOS ANGELES New York state suffered another quick and brutal rise in the number of COVID19 cases on Tuesday staggering hospitals at the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic as California said it could be facing the next major wave of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-sweeps-across-new-york-california-fears-it-could-be-next-idUSKBN21B1EC | 2020-03-25 |
The package follows a forceful push by airlines and unions that any aid include grants rather than just loans as in a preliminary Republican proposal envisioned over the weekend | Neutral | 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 |
Republicans said Democrats were seeking to add unrelated provisions such as expanded tax credits for wind and solar power and increased leverage for labor unions | Positive | 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 |
Democrats said provisions sought by Republicans would exclude nonprofit groups from receiving smallbusiness aid and extend a sexual abstinenceeducation program due to expire in May | 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 |
Two attempts to advance a Republican measure in the Senate failed in the past two days despite the partys majority | 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 |
Republicans hold a slim 5347 majority in the chamber short of the 60 votes needed to advance most legislation | 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 |
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 |
Republicans and Democrats were still struggling on Monday to reach agreement on a farreaching coronavirus stimulus package including the airline aid after failing to reach a deal over the weekend | Negative | Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Monday proposed giving struggling U.S. airlines and contractors billion in cash grants that would not have to be paid back but require significant new environmental labor and other conditions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-usa/house-democrats-would-give-airlines-contractors-40-billion-bailout-idUSKBN21A35E | 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 |
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 |
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 |
They Republicans Cory Gardner Lindsey Graham Rick Scott and Ted Cruz who has since returned to work on Capitol Hill | Positive | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-three-in-u-s-congress-test-positive-for-coronavirus-more-self-quarantine-idUSKBN21910Y | 2020-03-23 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
Republican Senators Susan Collins and Bill Cassidy said lawmakers should quickly finish the spending bill and adjourn | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for the coronavirus his office said on Sunday becoming the first member of the Senate to announce he has COVID19 as the number of U.S. cases of the respiratory disease grows | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-randpaul/rand-paul-becomes-first-u-s-senator-to-test-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2190Y5 | 2020-03-23 |
Biden holds a strong lead over Senator Bernie Sanders his lone remaining rival for the partys nomination to face Republican President Donald Trump in Novembers election | Negative | Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden said on Sunday he needed to start vetting possible running mates in a matter of and that he discussed the pick with former President Barack Obama | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-to-start-considering-running-mates-consulted-obama-idUSKBN219160 | 2020-03-23 |
Republican Senators Mitt Romney and Mike Lee said on Sunday they would selfquarantine after having spent time with Paul | Negative | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-three-in-u-s-congress-test-positive-for-coronavirus-more-self-quarantine-idUSKBN21910Y | 2020-03-23 |
I think were clearly going to get said Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell who scheduled a vote for Monday | Positive | NEW Nearly 1 in 4 Americans were under orders to close up shop and stay at home on Saturday as lawmakers in Washington neared a deal that could pump a record trillion into the economy to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/one-in-four-americans-told-to-stay-home-as-congress-nears-1-trillion-stimulus-idUSKBN21729V | 2020-03-22 |
WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Saturday scrambled to complete a deal on a trillionplus bill aimed at stemming the coronavirus pandemics economic fallout for workers industries and small businesses | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Saturday scrambled to complete a deal on a trillionplus bill aimed at stemming the coronavirus pandemics economic fallout for workers industries and small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-deal/u-s-senate-races-to-agree-on-massive-coronavirus-relief-package-idUSKBN2180PG | 2020-03-22 |
Democrats and some Republicans have been insisting on limits on executive compensation buybacks and dividends as part of any government assistance | Neutral | Democrats and some Republicans have been insisting on limits on executive compensation buybacks and dividends as part of any government assistance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-boeing/boeing-suspends-dividend-ceo-foregoes-pay-after-coronavirus-related-aid-request-idUSKBN2173OQ | 2020-03-21 |
At present the Republican appears to have a substantial funding advantage | 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 |
Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey told CNBC on Friday that a vote in the Senate on a coronavirus economic aid package is likely to take place early next week | Negative | Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey told CNBC on Friday that a vote in the Senate on a coronavirus economic aid package is likely to take place early next week | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-toome/u-s-senator-toomey-says-senate-vote-on-aid-package-likely-early-next-week-cnbc-idUSKBN2173LR | 2020-03-21 |
WASHINGTON Negotiations on a possible trillion coronavirus economic stimulus bill were moving ahead but agreement by a deadline at midnight on Friday deal was becoming elusive with several major issues dividing congressional Republicans and Democrats Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said | Negative | WASHINGTON Negotiations on a possible trillion coronavirus economic stimulus bill were moving ahead but agreement by a deadline at midnight on Friday deal was becoming elusive with several major issues dividing congressional Republicans and Democrats Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schumer/progress-in-u-s-coronavirus-economic-stimulus-talks-amid-major-disagreements-schumer-idUSKBN2173OM | 2020-03-21 |
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 | 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 |
Burr had made public comments in line with fellow Republican Trumps early assurances that the country could easily deal with the outbreak | Positive | 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 |
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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate are aiming to unveil details of a massive new coronavirus bill later on Thursday that is intended to help the U.S. economy weather the illeffects of the growing outbreak according to a Republican lawmaker | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate are aiming to unveil details of a massive new coronavirus bill later on Thursday that is intended to help the U.S. economy weather the illeffects of the growing outbreak according to a Republican lawmaker | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/senate-republicans-aim-to-unveil-new-coronavirus-bill-details-idUSKBN2162QG | 2020-03-20 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that he and his fellow Republicans were finalizing details on a sweeping economic stimulus bill to deal with fallout from a growing coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that he and his fellow Republicans were finalizing details on a sweeping economic stimulus bill to deal with fallout from a growing coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-says-large-coronavirus-economic-relief-bill-near-ready-idUSKBN216307 | 2020-03-20 |
3 House Republican who had had a long meeting with DiazBalart | Positive | WASHINGTON The first two members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining many because of exposure to the two congressmen even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-coronavirus-hits-u-s-congress-with-first-cases-quarantines-idUSKBN216401 | 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 |
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 |
I think some of those details will be available later Republican Senator Todd Young told reporters adding that a proposal could emerge as early as the afternoon | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate are aiming to unveil details of a massive new coronavirus bill later on Thursday that is intended to help the U.S. economy weather the illeffects of the growing outbreak according to a Republican lawmaker | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/senate-republicans-aim-to-unveil-new-coronavirus-bill-details-idUSKBN2162QG | 2020-03-20 |
The Colorado Republican was exposed to a visitor to his office who later tested positive | Positive | WASHINGTON The first two members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining many because of exposure to the two congressmen even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-coronavirus-hits-u-s-congress-with-first-cases-quarantines-idUSKBN216401 | 2020-03-20 |
We are not bailing out the airlines or other industries said Senator Richard Shelby a Republican who chairs the Appropriations Committee | Neutral | Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned from Boeing Cos board after opposing its bid for government financial assistance due to the crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-board-nikki-haley/former-u-n-ambassador-nikki-haley-leaves-boeing-board-opposing-federal-aid-idUSKBN2163Y0 | 2020-03-20 |
A vote could still be days away said Republican Senator Lamar Alexander | Neutral | 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 |
But theres been unity within the the Indiana Republican said | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate are aiming to unveil details of a massive new coronavirus bill later on Thursday that is intended to help the U.S. economy weather the illeffects of the growing outbreak according to a Republican lawmaker | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/senate-republicans-aim-to-unveil-new-coronavirus-bill-details-idUSKBN2162QG | 2020-03-20 |
The South Carolina Republican a close Trump ally quarantined himself after being around an official who had tested positive | Positive | WASHINGTON The first two members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining many because of exposure to the two congressmen even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-coronavirus-hits-u-s-congress-with-first-cases-quarantines-idUSKBN216401 | 2020-03-20 |
WASHINGTON A Republican proposal introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday would grant up to billion in secured loans to help passenger and cargo airlines hit by the coronavirus crisis but bar cash grants and could result in the government getting equity stakes | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republican proposal introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday would grant up to billion in secured loans to help passenger and cargo airlines hit by the coronavirus crisis but bar cash grants and could result in the government getting equity stakes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-mnuchin-airlines/senate-republican-proposal-rejects-grants-for-u-s-airlines-could-get-equity-idUSKBN2162H2 | 2020-03-20 |
In a joint statement Schumer and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Republican bill is not at all proworker and instead puts corporations way ahead of workers | Positive | 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 |
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 |
The Florida Republican announced he was selfquarantining after being at the presidents Florida golf resort with a Brazilian official who later tested positive | Negative | WASHINGTON The first two members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining many because of exposure to the two congressmen even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-coronavirus-hits-u-s-congress-with-first-cases-quarantines-idUSKBN216401 | 2020-03-20 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans are considering as part of their coronavirus stimulus plan a maximum direct payment of to individuals making a year or less Senator Kevin Cramer said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans are considering as part of their coronavirus stimulus plan a maximum direct payment of to individuals making a year or less Senator Kevin Cramer said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cramer/senate-republicans-mulling-1200-payment-to-americans-cramer-idUSKBN2163P1 | 2020-03-20 |
Not all Republicans were keen on the idea | Positive | 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 |
WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that Republicans were nearing an agreement on larger economic stimulus legislation to support the coronavirushit U.S. economy | Positive | WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that Republicans were nearing an agreement on larger economic stimulus legislation to support the coronavirushit U.S. economy | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mcconnell/senates-mcconnell-says-republicans-nearing-pact-on-big-economic-stimulus-bill-idUSKBN2153F0 | 2020-03-19 |
Trump is the only remaining candidate seeking the Republican nomination | Positive | 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 |
WASHINGTON With Bernie Sanders on the ropes in the race for the Democratic Party nomination Joe Biden can turn his attention now to a November matchup against Republican Donald Trump backed by momentum in states that decide U.S. presidential elections | Positive | WASHINGTON With Bernie Sanders on the ropes in the race for the Democratic Party nomination Joe Biden can turn his attention now to a November matchup against Republican Donald Trump backed by momentum in states that decide U.S. presidential elections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-battlegrounds-analysis/bidens-wins-in-u-s-states-that-matter-most-set-stage-for-duel-with-trump-idUSKBN215375 | 2020-03-19 |
Some Republicans say privately they view Biden as a formidable opponent | Negative | WASHINGTON With Bernie Sanders on the ropes in the race for the Democratic Party nomination Joe Biden can turn his attention now to a November matchup against Republican Donald Trump backed by momentum in states that decide U.S. presidential elections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-battlegrounds-analysis/bidens-wins-in-u-s-states-that-matter-most-set-stage-for-duel-with-trump-idUSKBN215375 | 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 |
SAN DIEGO Former U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter who pleaded guilty to a charge of campaign finance fraud was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 months in federal prison in a corruption case that ended the California Republicans oncepromising political career | Negative | SAN DIEGO Former U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter who pleaded guilty to a charge of campaign finance fraud was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 months in federal prison in a corruption case that ended the California Republicans oncepromising political career | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-hunter/former-california-congressman-hunter-gets-11-months-in-corruption-case-idUSKBN21441O | 2020-03-18 |
Biden swept all three states and strengthened his bid for the partys nomination to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | Positive | NEW YORK Most voters in Democratic presidential primaries in Illinois Florida and Arizona said they trusted Joe Biden to handle a major crisis more than Bernie Sanders according to Edison Research as many lined up on Tuesday to vote despite the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/a-majority-of-democrats-look-to-biden-not-sanders-during-a-crisis-poll-idUSKBN21449X | 2020-03-18 |
Support in both the Republican and Democratic parties has been building | Positive | WASHINGTON As the coronavirus threatens to push the global economy into recession the Trump administration is rolling out an unusual handing out free money | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks-explain/the-white-house-wants-to-give-you-1000-heres-how-it-could-work-idUSKBN2143HT | 2020-03-18 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Republican senators on Tuesday that the countrys unemployment rate could hit if they failed to act on a proposed coronavirus rescue package and there was lasting economic damage a person familiar with the closeddoor meeting said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Republican senators on Tuesday that the countrys unemployment rate could hit if they failed to act on a proposed coronavirus rescue package and there was lasting economic damage a person familiar with the closeddoor meeting said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment/mnuchin-warns-senators-of-20-u-s-unemployment-without-coronavirus-rescue-source-idUSKBN21502N | 2020-03-18 |
They are vying for the partys nomination to face Republican President Donald Trump in Novembers election | Positive | WASHINGTON Ohio will postpone its presidential nominating election planned for Tuesday despite a judges refusal to endorse a postponement because the public health emergency caused by the coronavirus makes it too dangerous Governor Mike DeWine said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/coronavirus-leads-ohio-to-delay-election-despite-judges-refusal-idUSKBN2131B7 | 2020-03-17 |
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 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in a closeddoor meeting on Monday with Senate Republicans to discuss existing legislation responding to the coronavirus outbreak and a source familiar with the meeting said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in a closeddoor meeting on Monday with Senate Republicans to discuss existing legislation responding to the coronavirus outbreak and a source familiar with the meeting said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-meeting-with-senate-republicans-to-discuss-coronavirus-bill-and-more-source-idUSKBN2133V0 | 2020-03-17 |
The Republicancontrolled Senate is expected to take it up this week | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a multibillion dollar aid package early on Saturday that aims to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-expla/explainer-whats-in-the-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN2132YH | 2020-03-17 |
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney a Utah Republican on Monday proposed an expanded bill that would give every adult American a check and defer student loan payments for recent college graduates | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and other rich countries need to start spending their way out of the coronavirus crisis White House advisers the International Monetary Fund and business groups said Monday amid growing market panic about the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/airline-bailouts-cash-handouts-debate-deepens-on-inoculating-economy-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN2133D6 | 2020-03-17 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Senate Republicans said he was seeking a big for an additional stimulus package intended to prop up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak but he did not elaborate | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Senate Republicans said he was seeking a big for an additional stimulus package intended to prop up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak but he did not elaborate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/mnuchin-seeks-big-number-for-additional-coronavirus-u-s-stimulus-package-idUSKBN2133ZB | 2020-03-17 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration and leading Republicans urged the Senate on Monday to swiftly back a Housepassed coronavirus aid plan and seriously consider massive new economic stimulus legislation that was still under development | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration and leading Republicans urged the Senate on Monday to swiftly back a Housepassed coronavirus aid plan and seriously consider massive new economic stimulus legislation that was still under development | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-officials-urge-u-s-senate-to-pass-house-coronavirus-bill-and-pursue-more-economic-stimulus-idUSKBN21332Y | 2020-03-17 |
One Senate Republican Marco Rubio told reporters that Mnuchin had asked Republicans to move on an additional measure targeting airlines and small businesses this week | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Senate Republicans said he was seeking a big for an additional stimulus package intended to prop up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak but he did not elaborate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/mnuchin-seeks-big-number-for-additional-coronavirus-u-s-stimulus-package-idUSKBN2133ZB | 2020-03-17 |
Biden and many of his former rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination vowed to replace Republican President Donald Trumps education secretary Betsy DeVos if they beat Trump in November | 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 |
The Democratic nominee will face Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | Neutral | 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 |
Flynn who also previously led the Defense Intelligence Agency served just 24 days in the Republican Trump administration before he was fired in January 2017 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is considering a full pardon for his former national security adviser Michael Flynn who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about dealings with Russias ambassador before Trump took office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/trump-considering-full-pardon-for-ex-adviser-michael-flynn-idUSKBN212121 | 2020-03-16 |
Trump faces little opposition among Republicans and some states have canceled their primary elections outright to make sure that he holds his partys nomination | Negative | 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 |
President Donald Trump said he supported the package raising the likelihood that it will pass the Republicancontrolled Senate next week | Positive | 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 |
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 |
A House Republican aide said Republicans were not opposed to free testing but that some technical aspects of the legislation needed to be fixed | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and the White House neared agreement on a coronavirus economic aid package House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday adding she hoped to announce a deal on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-near-deal-with-white-house-on-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN20Z2TD | 2020-03-13 |
Democrats and Republicans clashed over safetynet programs that play a central role during economic downturns in a fight that could slow aid to hardhit communities | Negative | 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 |
Senator Rick Scott of Florida a Republican on Thursday said he had met with a member of Bolsonaros staff | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not concerned about the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus after dining last week with a Brazilian government official who has since tested positive for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-brazil/trump-met-brazilian-official-with-coronavirus-but-says-not-concerned-idUSKBN20Z2T7 | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump faced one of the gravest threats of his political career as the coronavirus pandemic spread leaving fellow Republicans to worry that the White Houses response and the hit to the economy would harm his reelection prospects | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump faced one of the gravest threats of his political career as the coronavirus pandemic spread leaving fellow Republicans to worry that the White Houses response and the hit to the economy would harm his reelection prospects | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/coronavirus-poses-new-challenge-to-trumps-re-election-bid-idUSKBN20Z1D2 | 2020-03-13 |
It appears that over in the House leftwing political messaging may have taken priority over the needs of our Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said | Neutral | 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 FERC an independent office of the Department of Energy that regulates interstate transmission of electricity and natural gas and oil now has a 31 Republican majority | Neutral | 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 |
Republican Senator Mike Lee spoke against FISA in the Senate on Thursday as an effort to quickly pass the House bill fell short | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. government surveillance tools fiercely opposed by privacy advocates and defended by intelligence agencies will expire after legislation renewing them stalled in the Senate on Thursday although passage is expected next week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-surveillance-program-to-expire-after-renewal-stalls-in-senate-idUSKBN20Z2EH | 2020-03-13 |
Both Democrats and Republicans have been eager to show they are trying to head off a recession ahead of the November presidential and congressional elections | Negative | 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 |
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he was confident the Senate would pass the bill | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. government surveillance tools fiercely opposed by privacy advocates and defended by intelligence agencies will expire after legislation renewing them stalled in the Senate on Thursday although passage is expected next week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-surveillance-program-to-expire-after-renewal-stalls-in-senate-idUSKBN20Z2EH | 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 |
Two Republican U.S. senators who attended the visit by the Brazilian delegation said they would quarantine themselves | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not concerned about the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus after dining last week with a Brazilian government official who has since tested positive for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-brazil/trump-met-brazilian-official-with-coronavirus-but-says-not-concerned-idUSKBN20Z2T7 | 2020-03-13 |
Im concerned about them using this legitimate crisis to pursue issues they cant get done Republican Representative Michael Conaway the top Republican on the Agriculture Committee told Reuters on Wednesday | Negative | 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 |
Its fate in the Republicanled Senate was unclear | 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 |
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 |
Privacy advocates including liberal Democrats and libertarianleaning Republicans are fiercely critical of the surveillance program | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday to extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-backs-extension-of-fisa-surveillance-law-idUSKBN20Y3G9 | 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 |
Representative Mike McCaul the foreign affairs committees top Republican argued that voting on the resolution was irresponsible and Congress would be better off addressing the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The Senate passed the war poweres resolution last month so approval sends it to the White House where Trump has promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-heads-to-veto-fight-idUSKBN20Y3IB | 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 |
Many members of Congress including some Republicans have pushed the administration for more information about the killing in January of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdads airport | Negative | The Senate passed the war poweres resolution last month so approval sends it to the White House where Trump has promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-heads-to-veto-fight-idUSKBN20Y3IB | 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 |
Senator Jim Risch the committees Republican chairman said he was working with the Trump administration to ensure sanctions were implemented | Negative | 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 |
Aides to Republican President Donald Trump who would have to sign any legislation into law did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on Tuesday that would extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-leaders-reach-deal-to-extend-surveillance-program-idUSKBN20X36Y | 2020-03-11 |
The Republican party holds a narrow majority in the U.S. Senate with 53 out of 100 seats | Neutral | 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 |
As a senator from 1997 to 2017 Sessions was an early congressional backer of Trumps bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination | 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 winner of the Democratic nomination will challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the November election | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden more than tripled his weekly spending on Facebook advertising in the runup to Tuesdays nomination contests another sign the former vice president is ramping up his campaign | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-ads/u-s-candidate-biden-ramps-up-spending-on-facebook-ads-idUSKBN20X34E | 2020-03-11 |
Howells ruling also was important in that it validated the legality of the House impeachment inquiry at a time when Republicans were arguing it was illegitimate | Negative | 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 |
Some of Trumps fellow Republicans have been especially skeptical of the program because of an FBI FISA warrant for Carter Page a former Trump campaign adviser | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on Tuesday that would extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-leaders-reach-deal-to-extend-surveillance-program-idUSKBN20X36Y | 2020-03-11 |
Neither Pelosi nor McConnell wants to give up their power to compel members to convene at the Capitol according to a Senate Republican aide | Negative | 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 |
As administration officials head to Capitol Hill to discuss their plans with Senate Republicans the method and recipients of any stimulus are still in flux | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he will ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and other very stimulus moves on Tuesday to ease the economic pain of the coronavirus but the details remain unclear | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-business-analysis/trumps-coronavirus-stimulus-is-still-evolving-heres-what-it-should-include-experts-say-idUSKBN20X2CC | 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 |
Privacy advocates including liberal Democrats and libertarianleaning Republicans are fiercely critical of any surveillance program | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on Tuesday that would extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-leaders-reach-deal-to-extend-surveillance-program-idUSKBN20X36Y | 2020-03-11 |
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 | 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 |
On Monday a spokesman for Senate Finance Committee Chuck Grassley said the Republican senator was exploring various options for targeted tax relief | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he will ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and other very stimulus moves on Tuesday to ease the economic pain of the coronavirus but the details remain unclear | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-business-analysis/trumps-coronavirus-stimulus-is-still-evolving-heres-what-it-should-include-experts-say-idUSKBN20X2CC | 2020-03-11 |
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 |
In Michigan Biden did especially well as compared to Clinton in the suburban counties surrounding Detroit considered to be key battlegrounds in the general election against the Republican Trump | 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 |
Mnuchin presented several options for deferred tax payments Republicans said including allowing companies and individuals to defer taxes interest free | 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 Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on Tuesday that would extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on Tuesday that would extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-leaders-reach-deal-to-extend-surveillance-program-idUSKBN20X36Y | 2020-03-11 |
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 | 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 winner of the Democratic nomination battle which has essentially narrowed the field to Sanders and Biden will take on the Republican Trump in the Nov | Negative | 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 |
However several key Republican lawmakers who spoke afterward emphasized targeted aid rather than an acrosstheboard tax cut though they were vague about their solutions | Negative | 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 |
Republican Representative Mark Meadows Trumps incoming chief of staff will selfquarantine until Wednesday a spokesman said | Neutral | 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 |
The winner of the Democratic nomination will take on Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | Positive | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Biden the Democratic frontrunner campaigned in Mississippi and the more liberal Sanders was in Michigan both seeking the partys nomination to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in Novembers election | Positive | JACKSON Miss | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-trail-in-dueling-endorsements-kamala-harris-backs-biden-while-jesse-jackson-campaigns-for-sanders-idUSKBN20V0PY | 2020-03-09 |
The president held a fundraising at his MaraLago resort in Florida on Sunday and is scheduled to address the Republican Jewish Coalition next weekend | Positive | JACKSON Miss | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-trail-in-dueling-endorsements-kamala-harris-backs-biden-while-jesse-jackson-campaigns-for-sanders-idUSKBN20V0PY | 2020-03-09 |
The case has once again placed Republican President Donald Trump squarely between two warring constituencies the oil industry and the Big Corn lobby | Negative | The Trump administration has requested an additional two weeks to respond to a federal court ruling that questioned the legitimacy of its controversial biofuel waiver program for oil refineries according to a court filing | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-biofuels-waivers/trump-administration-seeks-more-time-to-respond-to-court-ruling-on-biofuel-waivers-idUSKBN20T062 | 2020-03-08 |
And more Democrats than Republicans say they are taking steps to be prepared including washing their hands more often or limiting their travel plans | Positive | 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 |
Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to say the coronavirus poses an imminent threat to the United States according to a poll conducted this week | 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 |
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 |
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 |
The Republican president often brands CNN a unit of Inc as fake news | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign sued CNN for libel on Friday over an opinion piece that said the campaign had left open the possibility of seeking Russias help in the 2020 election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-trump-lawsuit/trump-campaign-sues-cnn-for-libel-over-russia-opinion-piece-idUSKBN20T2OJ | 2020-03-07 |
Democrats have said Trump a Republican who faces reelection on Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States is considering ways to discourage U.S. travelers from taking cruises as part of a broader Trump administration effort to limit the spread of coronavirus according to four officials familiar with the situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cruiseships-exclus/exclusive-u-s-considers-discouraging-some-travelers-from-cruises-sources-idUSKBN20T29M | 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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON After losing the momentum in the Democratic presidential race Bernie Sanders has work to do and little time to do it to build the multiracial multigenerational he says will propel him to victory over Republican President Donald Trump in November | Positive | WASHINGTON After losing the momentum in the Democratic presidential race Bernie Sanders has work to do and little time to do it to build the multiracial multigenerational he says will propel him to victory over Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/bidens-comeback-leaves-sanders-little-time-to-expand-appeal-idUSKBN20S18P | 2020-03-06 |
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Johnson had been looking into the matter before Biden surged in the nomination race this week | Positive | 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 |
Republican Senator Rand Paul who objected to spending the money without first reducing federal spending elsewhere was the lone dissenter | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed and sent to President Donald Trump an | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-approves-sends-to-trump-8-3-billion-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20S26M | 2020-03-06 |
Gary Peters the committees top Democrat said he believes Republican members have qualms about the probe | 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 |
The Republican Party and Trumps reelection campaign have significantly outraised their Democratic counterparts | Neutral | 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 |
Bullock 53 a popular Democratic moderate and Montana governor since 2013 has insisted for months he was not going to challenge Republican Senator Steve Daines | 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 |
NEW YORK Just days after Joe Bidens commanding wins in most of the Super Tuesday primaries Democrats across the country are again rallying around the former vice president as their best hope for defeating Republican President Donald Trump in November according to a national opinion poll | Positive | NEW YORK Just days after Joe Bidens commanding wins in most of the Super Tuesday primaries Democrats across the country are again rallying around the former vice president as their best hope for defeating Republican President Donald Trump in November according to a national opinion poll | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-poll/back-on-top-nationally-democrats-are-again-rallying-around-biden-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN20S2N4 | 2020-03-06 |
Pence is leading the federal response to the virus after a sluggish start by the Republican administration drew criticism for mixed messages and unpreparedness | Negative | CAMP MURRAY Wash | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pence/pence-visits-coronavirus-hot-spot-washington-state-amid-tension-with-governor-idUSKBN20S2NG | 2020-03-06 |
Oklahoma Republican Jim Inhofe chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee said hell push for all the reforms to be enacted | Negative | NEW YORK A sweeping U.S. military housing reform plan pitched as a way to protect service families from shoddy homes and unresponsive landlords has been watered down to remove several protections tenants and Congress had sought | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-tenants/defense-department-weakens-u-s-military-housing-bill-after-consulting-industry-idUSKBN20R318 | 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 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 |
WASHINGTON Republican Senator Josh Hawley said on Wednesday he will introduce legislation banning federal employees from using social media app TikTok on their devices and accused the company of sharing data with the Chinese government | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Josh Hawley said on Wednesday he will introduce legislation banning federal employees from using social media app TikTok on their devices and accused the company of sharing data with the Chinese government | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-tik-tok/u-s-senator-moots-ban-on-tiktok-for-federal-workers-citing-chinese-government-ties-idUSKBN20R32K | 2020-03-05 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
YORK The search for a Democrat to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | Neutral | 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 |
But the coronavirus could require some adjustments and would likely delay the start of negotiations on a Phase 2 trade agreement the Iowa Republican said | Negative | WASHINGTON Washington needs to give China some leeway in implementing a Phase 1 trade deal given a downturn in the worlds second largest economy caused by the coronavirus U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade-china/u-s-should-give-china-leeway-in-implementing-trade-deal-due-to-virus-grassley-idUSKBN20R35F | 2020-03-05 |
Fourteen U.S. states on Tuesday held political primary contests most closely watched as the Democratic Party chooses its nominee to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | Neutral | Fourteen U.S. states on Tuesday held political primary contests most closely watched as the Democratic Party chooses its nominee to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-super-tuesday-lgbt-trfn/lgbt-candidates-win-big-in-u-s-super-tuesday-contests-idUSKBN20R3AC | 2020-03-05 |
Republicanled state legislatures are waging a war on Schumer said by passing restrictive abortion laws | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday issued an unusual rebuke of comments by top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer about two conservative Supreme Court justices appointed by President Donald Trump and how they might rule in a major abortion case | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-abortion-scene/u-s-chief-justice-slams-schumer-for-dangerous-comment-on-justices-in-abortion-case-idUSKBN20R2KX | 2020-03-05 |
Shortly before the vote the top four Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress received a classified briefing about contingency plans for Congress if there was a coronavirus outbreak in Washington | 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 |
WASHINGTON March 4 Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday said he will introduce legislation banning federal employees from using social media app Tik Tok on their devices adding to growing tensions between Washington and Beijing over trade and technology transfers | Negative | WASHINGTON March 4 Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday said he will introduce legislation banning federal employees from using social media app Tik Tok on their devices adding to growing tensions between Washington and Beijing over trade and technology transfers | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-tik-tok/u-s-senator-wants-to-ban-federal-workers-from-using-chinese-video-app-tik-tok-idUSL1N2AX1TB | 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 |
But I cant ignore them because theyre part of the the Wisconsin Republican told reporters | 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 |
Senate Democrats said a dispute with Republicans over the affordability of coronavirus tests and vaccinations were holding up agreement on a funding bill | Neutral | 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 |
Republican aides were not immediately available for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump neared agreement on Tuesday on legislation to battle the spreading coronavirus with as much as billion but a dispute over the cost of vaccines held up a deal Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-hit-snag-over-vaccine-costs-in-bill-to-battle-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Q2IO | 2020-03-04 |
Mitch McConnell is making one more referring to the Republican Senate majority leader | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign sued the Washington Post for libel on Tuesday over two opinion pieces that it said suggested improper ties between the campaign and Russia North Korea or both | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-trump-lawsuit/trump-campaign-sues-washington-post-over-opinion-pieces-after-suing-ny-times-idUSKBN20Q2YZ | 2020-03-04 |
That victory gave Biden unexpected momentum going into the pivotal Super Tuesday contests of 14 states that will vote on the nominee to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON Republican Jeff Sessions former attorney general under President Donald Trump was locked in a tight race as he tried to take a step towards returning to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in a wave of congressional primaries | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican Jeff Sessions former attorney general under President Donald Trump was locked in a tight race as he tried to take a step towards returning to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in a wave of congressional primaries | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-congress-factbox/sessions-in-close-race-as-attempts-return-to-senate-amid-super-tuesday-voting-idUSKBN20Q1BA | 2020-03-04 |
WASHINGTON Twenty Republican and Democratic U.S. senators came together on Tuesday to urge British lawmakers to reconsider their governments decision to allow Chinas Huawei to be among the suppliers for the countrys 5G mobile telephone network the latest salvo in U.S. opposition to the plan | Negative | WASHINGTON Twenty Republican and Democratic U.S. senators came together on Tuesday to urge British lawmakers to reconsider their governments decision to allow Chinas Huawei to be among the suppliers for the countrys 5G mobile telephone network the latest salvo in U.S. opposition to the plan | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-security-huawei-tech/u-s-senators-want-britain-to-reconsider-using-huawei-equipment-idUSKBN20R00R | 2020-03-04 |
On the Republican side longtime U.S. House member Kay Granger is facing a challenger who contends she has insufficient conservative credentials | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Jeff Sessions former attorney general under President Donald Trump was locked in a tight race as he tried to take a step towards returning to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in a wave of congressional primaries | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-congress-factbox/sessions-in-close-race-as-attempts-return-to-senate-amid-super-tuesday-voting-idUSKBN20Q1BA | 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 |
Some 13 Democrats are jostling for the chance to take on Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican Jeff Sessions former attorney general under President Donald Trump was locked in a tight race as he tried to take a step towards returning to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in a wave of congressional primaries | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-congress-factbox/sessions-in-close-race-as-attempts-return-to-senate-amid-super-tuesday-voting-idUSKBN20Q1BA | 2020-03-04 |
However incumbent Republican President Donald Trump has rankled some of the establishment with conservative policies on immigration trade and the environment as well as his sometimesuncouth demeanor | Neutral | NEW YORK Prominent Wall Street Democrats have been hatching strategies to ensure their presidential nominee will be a moderate while also turning their attention to downticket candidates in congressional races as a against that possibility people involved with the efforts told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-wall-street/scared-of-sanders-presidency-wall-street-dems-double-down-on-moderates-idUSKBN20Q2YC | 2020-03-04 |
Both lawsuits escalate the Republican presidents longrunning battle with news media he believes demonstrate bias against him a list also including CNN and MSNBC and which he frequently brands fake news | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign sued the Washington Post for libel on Tuesday over two opinion pieces that it said suggested improper ties between the campaign and Russia North Korea or both | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-trump-lawsuit/trump-campaign-sues-washington-post-over-opinion-pieces-after-suing-ny-times-idUSKBN20Q2YZ | 2020-03-04 |
WASHINGTON Senior Republican and Democratic lawmakers renewed efforts this week to push President Donald Trumps administration to make public information about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi which U.S. intelligence officials blame on Saudi Arabias most senior leadership | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior Republican and Democratic lawmakers renewed efforts this week to push President Donald Trumps administration to make public information about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi which U.S. intelligence officials blame on Saudi Arabias most senior leadership | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-congress/open-season-on-journalists-u-s-lawmakers-want-information-on-saudi-khashoggis-death-idUSKBN20Q2VB | 2020-03-04 |
Numerous gun control proposals have been thwarted in the U.S. Congress largely because of opposition by Republican lawmakers and the influential National Rifle Association gun rights lobby | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by gun rights advocates to overturn President Donald Trumps ban on bump devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like a machine gun implemented after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-guns/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-ban-on-gun-bump-stocks-idUSKBN20P259 | 2020-03-03 |
The law was signed by Obama in 2010 over strenuous Republican opposition | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON Days after Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden scored a major win at his partys primary in South Carolina a Republican U.S. senator is seeking the first subpoena in a probe of his son Hunter Bidens role at Ukraine gas company Burisma | Negative | WASHINGTON Days after Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden scored a major win at his partys primary in South Carolina a Republican U.S. senator is seeking the first subpoena in a probe of his son Hunter Bidens role at Ukraine gas company Burisma | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-biden-senate/u-s-republican-seeks-first-subpoena-in-hunter-biden-probe-idUSKBN20P3CI | 2020-03-03 |
In remarks as the Senate opened on Monday McConnell said his fellow Republican Trump had record of sending the Senate nominees for national security positions | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he was pleased President Donald Trump had announced a nominee for director of national intelligence without expressing an opinion about Representative John Ratcliffes fitness for the job | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence-senate/u-s-senate-leader-says-he-hopes-trump-intelligence-nominee-will-get-bipartisan-vote-idUSKBN20P34Y | 2020-03-03 |
Trump who branded the impeachment effort a witch hunt was acquitted last month after a trial in the U.S. Senate where his fellow Republicans have a majority | 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 |
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 |
Bidens reference to a former Republican appears to have been aimed at Bloomberg who switched parties multiple times in his career | 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 |
The Louisiana case will test the willingness of the court to uphold Republicanbacked abortion restrictions being pursued in numerous conservative states | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court this week gets its first chance to consider new curbs on abortion rights with President Donald Trumps two conservative appointees on the bench as it examines the legality of a Louisiana law that could force two of the states three clinics that perform the procedure to shut down | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-abortion-analysis/abortion-rights-face-stern-new-test-at-conservative-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN20O1N9 | 2020-03-02 |
In speeches panels and private conversations senior Republican leaders decried socialism hoping the message will resonate with voters | 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 |
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 |
The two judges in the majority in the ruling were appointed by Republican presidents | Neutral | WASHINGTON A divided U.S. appeals court handed President Donald Trump a major legal victory on Friday by dismissing a Democraticled congressional panels lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-mcgahn/trump-wins-bid-to-block-mcgahn-testimony-sought-by-house-democrats-idUSKCN20M38Z | 2020-02-29 |
Griffith was appointed by Republican former President George W. Bush while Henderson was appointed by Republican former President George H.W. Bush | Neutral | WASHINGTON A divided U.S. appeals court handed President Donald Trump a major legal victory on Friday by dismissing a Democraticled congressional panels lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-mcgahn/trump-wins-bid-to-block-mcgahn-testimony-sought-by-house-democrats-idUSKCN20M38Z | 2020-02-29 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
Trump decided to hold a rally here even though the states Republican Party canceled its nominating contest to ensure the president faced no opposition as he seeks reelection | 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 |
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 |
No Republican or Democratic convention has gone beyond a single ballot since 1952 | Neutral | Seemingly every four years political pundits speculate about a U.S. presidential convention only to see a nominee selected with little or no drama | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-brokered-convention-expl/how-the-democratic-nominating-battle-could-end-in-a-messy-brokered-convention-idUSKCN20L3B0 | 2020-02-28 |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican said he hoped a bipartisan effort could produce a deal on funding within the next two weeks | Positive | NEW U.S. stocks plummeted on Thursday as fears about the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on economic growth flared even as U.S. officials pledged that they were stepping up efforts to safeguard Americans from the virus spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/stocks-plunge-on-coronavirus-fears-even-as-u-s-ramps-up-fight-against-spread-idUSKCN20L2O3 | 2020-02-28 |
State Republican Party Chairman Drew McKissick said his organization has not endorsed the activists efforts nor has it called for the movement to stop | Negative | 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 |
While it might be approved in the House the bill looks unlikely to be passed in the Senate controlled by Trumps Republicans | Positive | 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 |
A source familiar with the activities of the Senate Intelligence Committee led by Republican Senator Richard Burr and Democratic Senator Mark Warner said the panel was receiving daily updates | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence agencies are monitoring the global spread of coronavirus and the ability of governments to respond sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday warning that there were concerns about how India would cope with a widespread outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-intelligence/u-s-spy-agencies-monitor-coronavirus-spread-concerns-about-india-sources-idUSKCN20L37R | 2020-02-28 |
The Republican operative was sentenced last week to three years and four months in prison after being convicted of lying to Congress obstruction of justice and witness tampering | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge is weighing civil contempt charges against a Russian company accused of funding a Russian troll farms interference in the 2016 U.S. election to boost President Donald Trumps candidacy after prosecutors accused the St | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-concord/u-s-judge-mulls-holding-russian-firm-linked-to-election-meddling-in-contempt-idUSKCN20L365 | 2020-02-28 |
It is likely Republicans who currently control the U.S. Senate would reject most if not all of any MMTdriven agenda | Negative | 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 |
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 |
With no party registration figures it will be difficult to measure the impact of the Republican organizing efforts | Negative | 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 The head of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Republican Senator Richard Shelby said on Wednesday Congress should provide the Trump administration with the funds it needs to combat coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Republican Senator Richard Shelby said on Wednesday Congress should provide the Trump administration with the funds it needs to combat coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-shelby/lets-not-short-change-funding-for-coronavirus-response-u-s-senate-appropriations-chair-idUSKCN20K35W | 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 |
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 |
In an escalation of the Republican presidents longrunning battle with the news media campaign officials said the lawsuit was state court in New York | 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 |
Sanders argues the enthusiasm powering his campaign will lead to record turnout in November particularly among young and infrequent voters making up for any deficiency among swing voters or Republicans | Neutral | NEW YORK Bernie Sanders Democratic presidential rivals warn that nominating the selfdescribed democratic socialist will ensure President Donald Trumps reelection but a growing number of the partys voters see the senator as their best chance of winning in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-electability/can-sanders-beat-trump-a-growing-number-of-democratic-voters-say-yes-idUSKCN20K1IC | 2020-02-27 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
Final Senate passage would send the bill to Utah Governor Gary Herbert also a Republican | Neutral | SALT LAKE CITY Legislation to effectively decriminalize polygamy among consenting adults in Utah overwhelmingly passed the state House of Representatives in Salt Lake City on Wednesday moving it a step closer to becoming law | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-utah-polygamy/decriminalization-of-polygamy-in-utah-clears-key-hurdle-in-state-legislature-idUSKCN20L0DI | 2020-02-27 |
WASHINGTON Feb 26 U.S. Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Wednesday asked the Trump administration to review the national security implications of Incs planned sale of its majority stake in Central European Media Group Enterprises to the Czechowned conglomerate PPF Group | Negative | WASHINGTON Feb 26 U.S. Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Wednesday asked the Trump administration to review the national security implications of Incs planned sale of its majority stake in Central European Media Group Enterprises to the Czechowned conglomerate PPF Group | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-security-media/senator-wants-u-s-agencies-to-review-sale-of-att-subsidiary-to-czech-owned-conglomerate-idUSL2N2AQ1HA | 2020-02-27 |
Barr told Republicans on Tuesday he would change the FBIs internal practices to minimize the possibility of abuse | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
At one point under attack from Warren for his past support of Republicans Bloomberg finally seemed to give up trying to assert his liberal bona fides | Negative | 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 |
The core of the Democratic Party will never trust said Warren herself a former Republican | Negative | 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 |
Senator John Cornyn a Republican who sits on both the Senate Intelligence Committee and Grahams panel also said it would be hard to justify continuing the program | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
Terry Sullivan the campaign manager for U.S. Senator Marco Rubios 2016 White House bid said that Democrats like Republicans with Trump were slow to take Sanders candidacy seriously | Positive | WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders surge to the front of the Democratic presidential contest has echoes of Donald Trumps improbable 2016 nomination according to Republican strategists who tried and failed to stop the man who later won the presidency | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-deja-vu/republicans-see-echoes-of-trumps-improbable-rise-in-sanders-surge-idUSKBN20J28O | 2020-02-26 |
Republicans in Congress have generally said they want to wait for the outcome of investigations before calling for certain reforms | Neutral | WASHINGTON Three Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced sweeping legislation to reform how new airplanes are certified and overseen by U.S. regulators after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max-usa-regulations/three-u-s-senate-democrats-propose-sweeping-reforms-after-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN20J2M3 | 2020-02-26 |
The billionaire environmentalist warned that the Democratic Party is being threatened by polarizing candidates alluding to Sanders a democratic socialist and Bloomberg a former Republican | Negative | CHARLESTON S.C. Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders came under attack from his rivals on Tuesday as seven candidates competing to take on U.S. President Donald Trump in November debated in Charleston South Carolina | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-quotes/chaos-coming-our-way-top-quotes-from-the-democratic-presidential-debate-idUSKCN20K058 | 2020-02-26 |
Both the Republicancontrolled Senate and the Democraticled House of Representatives are preparing legislation that would discontinue the NSA program while leaving other surveillance programs intact | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
Steyer warned that the party was headed to danger with either Sanders or Bloomberg a former Republican on top of the ticket | 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 |
Stone a veteran Republican operative was convicted by a jury in November of lying to Congress obstruction and witness tampering | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward a bid by Roger Stone a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump to win a new trial based on claims that the jury forewoman was biased even as Trump assailed her again on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-stone/u-s-judge-seems-skeptical-about-giving-trump-adviser-stone-a-new-trial-idUSKBN20J25Z | 2020-02-26 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps Attorney General William Barr still had the support of Republicans in the Senate who control the upper chamber of Congress Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said at a news conference on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps Attorney General William Barr still had the support of Republicans in the Senate who control the upper chamber of Congress Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said at a news conference on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-barr-senate/u-s-senate-republicans-overwhelmingly-support-barr-mcconnell-idUSKBN20J2FE | 2020-02-26 |
The Republican president stung by lingering claims his last campaign may have cooperated with Moscow is reported to be pressing for changes | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
Kris Kobach a Republican immigration hardliner currently running for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas said Trump recognized in 2016 that the sanctuary issue can motivate voters | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is turning to federal courts to force state and local officials to turn over records about immigrants in custody in a novel effort to circumvent socalled policies | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-crime/trump-administration-opens-new-legal-front-in-battle-against-sanctuary-jurisdictions-idUSKBN20J24X | 2020-02-26 |
The Republican president also has attacked the original prosecutors in the case and Jackson herself | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward a bid by Roger Stone a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump to win a new trial based on claims that the jury forewoman was biased even as Trump assailed her again on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-stone/u-s-judge-seems-skeptical-about-giving-trump-adviser-stone-a-new-trial-idUSKBN20J25Z | 2020-02-26 |
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 |
Republican Senator Rand Paul said he wanted to prevent the use of secret and secret against Americans and American political campaigns | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
Somebody needs to fix it because I dont think you can run the country this said Senate Judiciary chair Lindsey Graham the South Carolina Republican | Neutral | Nearly everyone who spoke Tuesday at a | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-injunction/lots-of-grousing-few-solutions-at-senate-hearing-on-nationwide-injunctions-idUSKBN20J2QJ | 2020-02-26 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders surge to the front of the Democratic presidential contest has echoes of Donald Trumps improbable 2016 nomination according to Republican strategists who tried and failed to stop the man who later won the presidency | Negative | WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders surge to the front of the Democratic presidential contest has echoes of Donald Trumps improbable 2016 nomination according to Republican strategists who tried and failed to stop the man who later won the presidency | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-deja-vu/republicans-see-echoes-of-trumps-improbable-rise-in-sanders-surge-idUSKBN20J28O | 2020-02-26 |
NEW YORK Republicans raised concerns this week about the security of the U.S. drug supply chain in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in China where a significant portion of the ingredients used to make prescription drugs is manufactured | Negative | NEW YORK Republicans raised concerns this week about the security of the U.S. drug supply chain in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in China where a significant portion of the ingredients used to make prescription drugs is manufactured | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-drugs/republicans-raise-u-s-drug-supply-concerns-after-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20I2C6 | 2020-02-25 |
The companies have the support of 18 mostly Republicanled states including West Virginia | 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 |
Past U.S. presidents have opted to stay away from the march though Republicans Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush both previously delivered remarks to the rally remotely | 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 |
All seven judges in the majority were appointed by Republican presidents including two by Trump | Neutral | A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday said the Trump administration may enforce a rule labeled by critics as a gag that could deprive abortion providers of federal funding for family planning | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-ruling/trump-gag-rule-on-abortion-referral-can-be-enforced-u-s-appeals-court-rules-idUSKCN20I25R | 2020-02-25 |
In sentencing Stone on Thursday Jackson said the veteran Republican operatives lies to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election amounted to a threat to American democracy | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. federal judge on Sunday denied a request by Roger Stones lawyers that she be removed from the case in which she last week sentenced the longtime adviser to President Donald Trump to three years and four months in prison | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/u-s-judge-rejects-roger-stones-request-she-be-kicked-off-his-case-idUSKCN20I010 | 2020-02-24 |
In 2018 when Democrats recaptured control of the U.S. House of Representatives many candidates focused on Republican efforts to repeal of the Affordable Care Act | 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 |
Republican President Donald Trump and U.S. lawmakers have also been informed about the Russian assistance to Senator Sanders said the Post which cited unnamed people familiar with the matter | 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 |
HHS announced the funding threat on the same day U.S. President Donald Trump a Republican became the first president to attend the annual March for antiabortion demonstration in Washington | Negative | California on Friday fought back against a Trump administration threat to withhold federal funds for some health programs unless it stopped requiring health insurers to cover abortions saying it would undermine the states authority to protect womens reproductive rights | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-california/california-rejects-trump-effort-to-cut-off-federal-funds-over-abortion-idUSKBN20F2WR | 2020-02-22 |
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 told reporters aboard Air Force One that Georgia Republican Representative Doug Collins is among the candidates he is considering for the permanent role | Neutral | WASHINGTON Richard Grenell U.S. President Donald Trumps ambassador to Germany who was tapped to be acting director of national intelligence said on Thursday that Trump would not nominate him permanently to be the top U.S. spy | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trumps-acting-intelligence-chief-grenell-says-wont-be-tapped-for-permanent-post-idUSKBN20E28U | 2020-02-21 |
The Republican presidents decision ignited criticism by Democratic lawmakers who said Grenell lacked the experience for the job and was appointed only because of his loyalty to the president | Negative | WASHINGTON Richard Grenell U.S. President Donald Trumps ambassador to Germany who was tapped to be acting director of national intelligence said on Thursday that Trump would not nominate him permanently to be the top U.S. spy | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trumps-acting-intelligence-chief-grenell-says-wont-be-tapped-for-permanent-post-idUSKBN20E28U | 2020-02-21 |
There was nothing unfair phony or disgraceful about the investigation or the Jackson said citing words that the Republican president has used | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge on Thursday sentenced President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone to three years and four months in prison and said his lies to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election posed a threat to American democracy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/stone-sentenced-to-3-1-3-years-trump-signals-no-immediate-pardon-for-adviser-idUSKBN20E1E4 | 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 |
There was no immediate response to a request for comment from committee Republicans | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence officials told lawmakers last week that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign by aiming to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote and boost President Donald Trumps reelection a person familiar with the briefing said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/u-s-intelligence-told-lawmakers-of-russian-bid-to-boost-trump-re-election-source-idUSKBN20F01B | 2020-02-21 |
While Democratic legislative leaders were generally positive about Pritzkers budget Republicans were wary about the potential | Positive | 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 |
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 |
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 |
This budget is trying to sell a tax Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady said in a public television interview | Neutral | 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 |
A federal judge on Thursday is scheduled to sentence Roger Stone a longtime adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump in a criminal case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn the Republican presidents ire | Negative | A federal judge on Thursday is scheduled to sentence Roger Stone a longtime adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump in a criminal case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn the Republican presidents ire | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-stone-explainer/explainer-who-is-roger-stone-and-why-does-he-face-prison-idUSKBN20D2MF | 2020-02-20 |
The state will ask the full appeals court to review the ruling said Helen Ferre a spokeswoman for Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis | Neutral | Florida cannot bar felons from voting over unpaid fines and fees related to their convictions a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday opening the door to a potential surge in the number of eligible voters in the battleground state ahead of November 2020s presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-florida-felons/u-s-appeals-court-rules-florida-cannot-bar-felons-from-voting-over-unpaid-fees-idUSKBN20D2MJ | 2020-02-20 |
Stone 67 is a colorful Republican political operative known for his highend wardrobe and tattoo on his back of former President Richard Nixon | Positive | A federal judge on Thursday is scheduled to sentence Roger Stone a longtime adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump in a criminal case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn the Republican presidents ire | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-stone-explainer/explainer-who-is-roger-stone-and-why-does-he-face-prison-idUSKBN20D2MF | 2020-02-20 |
Republican President Donald Trump has frequently lambasted California over the homeless issue and took a swipe again on a visit to Los Angeles on Tuesday | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-homelessness/california-to-make-state-buildings-available-to-house-homeless-idUSKBN20D2RK | 2020-02-20 |
Grenell who has a reputation for sometimes being abrasive has been adamantly loyal to Trump at a time when the Republican president remains skeptical about the intelligence community | Negative | BAKERSFIELD Calif | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trump-names-u-s-envoy-to-germany-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-idUSKBN20D2US | 2020-02-20 |
The House voted to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over the matter in December but he was acquitted by the Republicanheld Senate earlier this month | Negative | WASHINGTON A key Pentagon official said on Wednesday he would leave his post at President Donald Trumps request according to a copy of his resignation letter seen by Reuters after a battle between government agencies over a bid to crack down on exports to Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-rood/key-pentagon-official-to-resign-at-trumps-request-amid-huawei-trade-spat-idUSKBN20D288 | 2020-02-20 |
Grenell who is openly gay advised several prominent Republicans before serving as the U.S. spokesman at the United Nations under the administration of George W. Bush | Positive | BAKERSFIELD Calif | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trump-names-u-s-envoy-to-germany-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-idUSKBN20D2US | 2020-02-20 |
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 |
He didnt have to do this hes a Republican president | Neutral | 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 debate on Wednesday will be the ninth in the contest for who will challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | Neutral | 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 |
Republicanled legislatures in several states have passed similar voter ID laws arguing they are needed to prevent voter fraud | 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 |
The Democratic race has narrowed to eight candidates vying for their partys nomination to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov | 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 |
After the Republicanled legislature passed such a law Senate Bill 824 Democratic governor Roy Cooper vetoed it only to have his veto overridden | Neutral | 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 |
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 judge said the longtime Republican operative would not need to begin serving his sentence until she rules on his request for a new trial | Neutral | WASHINGTON Roger Stone a longtime friend of President Donald Trump on Tuesday lost his bid to delay his sentencing amid speculation that Trump might pardon him | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/stone-sentencing-to-go-ahead-amid-pardon-speculation-idUSKBN20C254 | 2020-02-19 |
Sanders compared the former New York mayor with Republican President Donald Trump saying both were billionaires trying to use their wealth to bend a corrupt political system | Negative | RICHMOND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats/sanders-bloomberg-trade-insults-as-democratic-white-house-race-heats-up-idUSKBN20B21O | 2020-02-18 |
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 |
During a ceremony on the Senate floor on Thursday Roberts wearing his black judicial robe was sworn in by Republican Senator Chuck Grassley to assume his trial role | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts is poised to become a key figure in the political life of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-roberts/u-s-chief-justice-faces-unfamiliar-glare-of-spotlight-at-trump-trial-idUSKBN1ZF2P2 | 2020-02-17 |
With Trumps fellow Republicans holding 53 seats in the 100seat chamber and a twothirds vote necessary for conviction he is likely to be acquitted and kept in office | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts is poised to become a key figure in the political life of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-roberts/u-s-chief-justice-faces-unfamiliar-glare-of-spotlight-at-trump-trial-idUSKBN1ZF2P2 | 2020-02-17 |
Trump has taken a string of aggressive actions since the Republicancontrolled Senate acquitted him of impeachment charges last week | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Friday dropped its criminal investigation of a top target of President Donald Trump former No | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mccabe/justice-dept-drops-probe-of-ex-fbi-official-mccabe-a-top-trump-target-idUSKBN208286 | 2020-02-15 |
Murphy was accompanied to Kiev by Republican Senators Ron Johnson and John Barrasso | Neutral | 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 |
It was the latest in a string of aggressive actions by Trump since the Republicancontrolled Senate acquitted him of impeachment charges last week | 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 |
Barr spoke after his Justice Department abandoned prosecutors initial recommendation to give the veteran Republican operative seven to nine years in prison prompting all four prosecutors to quit the case | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that President Donald Trumps attacks on prosecutors the judge and jurors in the trial of a longtime adviser undermined the Justice Departments work adding he would not be by anyone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/barr-wont-be-bullied-by-trump-on-stone-case-jurors-appalled-idUSKBN20727X | 2020-02-15 |
Like Barr Trumps Republican allies in Congress have said they wish he would be less outspoken on Twitter even as they have consistently defended his actions | Positive | 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 |
It was the right thing to said Romney a Republican | Positive | MUNICH U.S. Senator Mitt Romney who last week voted to convict Donald Trump for abuse of power said on Friday that the U.S. president was right to challenge China over its trade policies and that Washington and its allies had to act against Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-trade/chinas-cowboy-capitalism-must-be-curtailed-senator-romney-idUSKBN2082AR | 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 |
Scores of Democratcontrolled cities and counties have adopted policies to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement making them a target for Republican President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is deploying highly trained officers to boost arrests of unauthorized immigrants in cities including Los Angeles Chicago and New York the latest move in a battle against localities that adopt policies to protect them from deportation | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration/u-s-border-patrol-to-send-tactical-unit-officers-to-sanctuary-cities-idUSKBN2082N6 | 2020-02-15 |
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 |
Other Republicans have largely shrugged off the furor | 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 |
Voters at those events said they were evaluating whether Bloomberg a selfmade billionaire could beat Republican President Donald Trump in November | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic presidential candidates took aim on Thursday at a rival whose name has not yet appeared on the ballot in the earlyvoting states but whose television ads have blanketed the former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/on-the-trail-democratic-white-house-hopefuls-take-aim-at-bloomberg-idUSKBN2072RT | 2020-02-14 |
The Lincoln Tubman Foundation was founded by the daughter of a prominent local Republican to fund victims services and train law enforcement about trafficking | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed one of Republican Senator Ted Cruzs former staffers to lead a Justice Department office at the heart of a recent whistleblower complaint over antihuman trafficking grants awarded in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-grants/trump-taps-new-director-of-grants-office-that-gave-awards-to-hookers-for-jesus-idUSKBN2072VV | 2020-02-14 |
Republican Representative Vicky Hartzler argued that the amendment was not needed because womens rights have been upheld by federal laws and court precedents | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to revive a decadesold effort to enshrine equal rights for women in the U.S. Constitution setting up an electionyear confrontation that faces long odds of success | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/u-s-house-votes-to-revive-decades-old-womens-rights-amendment-idUSKBN2072CF | 2020-02-14 |
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 |
We need to send a message of firmness and not said Senator Jim Risch the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-rebukes-trump-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-idUSKBN2072NX | 2020-02-14 |
Several House lawmakers including Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said carbon taxes are not needed to spur innovation | Positive | WASHINGTON A group aiming to spur climate change legislation that would tax carbon emissions stepped up efforts by issuing a blueprint on Thursday after previewing it with a group of bipartisan U.S. senators earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-climate-tax/u-s-carbon-price-group-boosts-lobbying-in-congress-releases-plan-idUSKBN207250 | 2020-02-14 |
The top Republican on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee Representative Mac Thornberry said the move by the Pentagon was contrary to Congresss constitutional authority | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wall/trump-administration-taking-3-8-billion-more-from-military-for-mexico-border-wall-idUSKBN2072M9 | 2020-02-14 |
A juror in the trial in which veteran Republican operative Roger Stone was convicted told Reuters that he was appalled by Trumps remarks | 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 |
But Halstead predicted Republicans would soon show support | Positive | WASHINGTON A group aiming to spur climate change legislation that would tax carbon emissions stepped up efforts by issuing a blueprint on Thursday after previewing it with a group of bipartisan U.S. senators earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-climate-tax/u-s-carbon-price-group-boosts-lobbying-in-congress-releases-plan-idUSKBN207250 | 2020-02-14 |
The Republicancontrolled Senate also would need to vote to extend the deadline and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican said last week that he was personally not a supporter | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to revive a decadesold effort to enshrine equal rights for women in the U.S. Constitution setting up an electionyear confrontation that faces long odds of success | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/u-s-house-votes-to-revive-decades-old-womens-rights-amendment-idUSKBN2072CF | 2020-02-14 |
All 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday called for an investigation but the panels Republican chairman Lindsey Graham has dismissed that idea | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed one of Republican Senator Ted Cruzs former staffers to lead a Justice Department office at the heart of a recent whistleblower complaint over antihuman trafficking grants awarded in 2019 | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed one of Republican Senator Ted Cruzs former staffers to lead a Justice Department office at the heart of a recent whistleblower complaint over antihuman trafficking grants awarded in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-grants/trump-taps-new-director-of-grants-office-that-gave-awards-to-hookers-for-jesus-idUSKBN2072VV | 2020-02-14 |
If you count a latecomer on the plus side how do you disregard states that said we changed our said Republican Representative Doug Collins | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to revive a decadesold effort to enshrine equal rights for women in the U.S. Constitution setting up an electionyear confrontation that faces long odds of success | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/u-s-house-votes-to-revive-decades-old-womens-rights-amendment-idUSKBN2072CF | 2020-02-14 |
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 |
WASHINGTON Republican lawmakers on Wednesday proposed legislation setting a goal for the United States to plant a trillion trees by 2050 to fight global warming a plan intended to address climate change by sucking carbon out of the air instead of by cutting emissions | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican lawmakers on Wednesday proposed legislation setting a goal for the United States to plant a trillion trees by 2050 to fight global warming a plan intended to address climate change by sucking carbon out of the air instead of by cutting emissions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-usa-trees/plant-a-trillion-trees-u-s-republicans-offer-fossil-fuel-friendly-climate-fix-idUSKBN2061FG | 2020-02-13 |
WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee refused to attend a subcommittee hearing on technology and national security on Wednesday boycotting the panels first public hearing since the acrimonious impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee refused to attend a subcommittee hearing on technology and national security on Wednesday boycotting the panels first public hearing since the acrimonious impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-hearing/in-wake-of-impeachment-trump-allies-boycott-house-intelligence-tech-hearing-idUSKBN2062BG | 2020-02-13 |
Democrats last month said they had the votes in the Republicancontrolled chamber to approve the measure which would require the president to seek congressional authorization for military action against Iran | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned the Senate against adopting a resolution that would curb his ability to wage war against Iran saying it would send a very bad and allow Tehran to act with impunity | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-trump/trump-warns-senate-not-to-approve-war-powers-resolution-on-iran-idUSKBN2062OE | 2020-02-13 |
If theres one thing Tuesdays New Hampshire primary made clear its that Democrats are no closer to agreeing on the right candidate to beat Republican President Donald Trump in November | Negative | If theres one thing Tuesdays New Hampshire primary made clear its that Democrats are no closer to agreeing on the right candidate to beat Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-hampshire-analysis/whats-next-for-democratic-presidential-candidates-after-new-hampshire-idUSKBN2060IH | 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 |
Republican opponents including Trump said passage would send the wrong message to Tehran | Negative | 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 Republican choice will almost certainly be President Donald Trump who has overwhelmingly won the first two contests | Negative | WASHINGTON Eight candidates remained in the U.S. Democratic presidential nominating contest after Iowa and New Hampshire voters kicked off the statebystate selection process | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/factbox-eight-democrats-still-in-the-fight-for-u-s-presidential-nomination-idUSKBN2062FC | 2020-02-13 |
Himes said it was a shame Republicans had broken from the committees tradition of bipartisanship | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee refused to attend a subcommittee hearing on technology and national security on Wednesday boycotting the panels first public hearing since the acrimonious impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-hearing/in-wake-of-impeachment-trump-allies-boycott-house-intelligence-tech-hearing-idUSKBN2062BG | 2020-02-13 |
Several Republicans said Trump should not have shared his opinion about the Stone case | Neutral | 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 Democraticled House of Representatives passed a similar resolution last month as Democrats and some Republicans fumed over Trumps failure to fully inform them about his Iran strategy | 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 |
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 | 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 president should not have gotten said Republican Senator Susan Collins who said last week that she thought Trump would moderate his behavior after 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 |
I doubt that would do said Mitt Romney the only Republican senator to vote to remove Trump from office in the impeachment trial | 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 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 |
WASHINGTON New York Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated on Wednesday that he will make concessions to Republican President Donald Trump in a dispute over the states proimmigrant policies | Negative | WASHINGTON New York Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated on Wednesday that he will make concessions to Republican President Donald Trump in a dispute over the states proimmigrant policies | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-travel/new-york-governor-signals-possible-compromise-with-trump-in-immigration-spat-idUSKBN2062NW | 2020-02-13 |
WASHINGTON A U.S. Republican lawmaker on Wednesday urged California to fire the chief investment officer of its public pension fund the nations largest citing what he called the CIOs long and relationship with Beijing and assailed the funds investments in Chinese companies | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Republican lawmaker on Wednesday urged California to fire the chief investment officer of its public pension fund the nations largest citing what he called the CIOs long and relationship with Beijing and assailed the funds investments in Chinese companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-calpers/u-s-lawmaker-calls-for-ouster-of-calpers-cio-over-china-ties-letter-idUSKBN206310 | 2020-02-13 |
Lindsey Graham the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he would not call Barr to testify about the revised sentencing decision | 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 |
Republicans argue autonomous vehicles are coming and the question is whether we develop them here or Representative Greg Walden said | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. House panel on Tuesday heard from advocates of imposing stricter safeguards for selfdriving cars as part of any effort to speed the adoption of the vehicles on U.S. roads | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-autonomous-congress/u-s-lawmakers-hear-arguments-for-new-safeguards-for-self-driving-cars-idUSKBN20513F | 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 |
Les Otten a registered Republican said he voted for Bloomberg because he is a moderate and his agenda addresses climate change and the ballooning federal budget deficit | Negative | DIXVILLE NOTCH N.H. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloombergs shadow over the Democratic presidential race grew a bit longer on Tuesday after his surprise writein win in a hamlet that traditionally kicks off voting in New Hampshires closely watched primary election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-hampshire-dixville-n/bloomberg-turns-heads-with-write-in-win-in-new-hampshire-hamlet-idUSKBN2050HR | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 President Donald Trump was the projected winner of the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday according to early exit polling compiled by Edison Research | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was the projected winner of the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday according to early exit polling compiled by Edison Research | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-wins-republican-presidential-primary-in-new-hampshire-edison-research-idUSKBN206034 | 2020-02-12 |
Others worry the party will fail to capitalize on Republican vulnerabilities on issues such as healthcare if the eventual nominee backs solutions perceived as too radical by middleoftheroad voters | Negative | 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 |
Im telling you in the United States Congress even right here in Roy said members of the Republican Party are going wobbly on the Second Amendment | Negative | AUSTIN Texas Texas Democrats are pulling out a new playbook in this years congressional races loudly backing gun control in a bet a strategy that paid off in Virginia can also win elections in a conservativeleaning state long associated with gun rights | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-guns/texas-democrats-weighing-ballots-bullets-in-2020-campaigns-idUSKBN20415F | 2020-02-11 |
U.S. Republican Senator Joni Ernst said more answers were needed | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. military on Monday disclosed a more than jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Irans missile attack on a base in Iraq last month with the number of service members diagnosed climbing to over 100 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pentagon-tbi-exclusive/more-than-100-u-s-troops-diagnosed-with-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-idUSKBN2041ZK | 2020-02-11 |
He criticized the Democratic debate format boasting of his past debate performances against former Republican vice presidential candidates Paul Ryan and that woman from Alaska who could see Sarah Palin | 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 |
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. President Donald Trump drew criticism from his fellow Republicans as well as Democrats for saying that both were to blame for the deadly 2017 incident | Negative | WASHINGTON Police escorted masked members of a white nationalist group on a march through Washingtons National Mall on Saturday that Metropolitan Police said occurred without incident or arrests | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests/masked-white-nationalists-march-in-washington-with-police-escort-idUSKBN20301H | 2020-02-10 |
Brnovich is a Republican | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a novel case by Arizona seeking to recover billions of dollars that the state has said that members of the Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma LP funneled out of the OxyContin maker before the company filed for bankruptcy in September | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-purduepharma-opioids/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-arizona-opioid-case-against-purdue-sackler-family-idUSKBN1YD1LE | 2020-02-10 |
Trump a Republican sought in his budget proposal last year to slash foreign aid but faced steep resistance from Congress and did not prevail | 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 |
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 | Neutral | 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 |
While less than half the country approves of Trumps performance as president he retains high support within the Republican party | 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 |
Another Republican challenger former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has failed to gain traction in polls | Negative | 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 |
It is unclear whether the Republicancontrolled Senate will consider the measure | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico reeling from severe earthquakes last month and still struggling to recover from devastating hurricanes in 2017 would get nearly | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-puertorico-aid/u-s-house-approves-4-7-billion-disaster-aid-tax-breaks-for-puerto-rico-idUSKBN201294 | 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 |
The top Republican on the Appropriations Committee said the tax breaks were unnecessary | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico reeling from severe earthquakes last month and still struggling to recover from devastating hurricanes in 2017 would get nearly | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-puertorico-aid/u-s-house-approves-4-7-billion-disaster-aid-tax-breaks-for-puerto-rico-idUSKBN201294 | 2020-02-08 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
The acquittal was Trumps biggest victory yet over his foes in Congress who had attacked Senate Republicans for refusing to call witnesses or seek new evidence at the trial | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal on impeachment charges with a pair of caustic freewheeling speeches on Thursday that drew on White House pomp and the solemnity of an annual prayer breakfast to underscore the fact that he remained in office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-exults-over-acquittal-in-u-s-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN2001F4 | 2020-02-07 |
The Republican president then handed the newspaper to his wife Melania and said maybe they would frame it | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal on impeachment charges with a pair of caustic freewheeling speeches on Thursday that drew on White House pomp and the solemnity of an annual prayer breakfast to underscore the fact that he remained in office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-exults-over-acquittal-in-u-s-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN2001F4 | 2020-02-07 |
They were Trumps first public remarks since the Republicancontrolled Senate on Wednesday acquitted him over charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress in a nearly partyline vote | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday accused some of those who supported his impeachment of hypocritically cloaking themselves in their faith in a thinly veiled attack on Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Mitt Romney the sole Republican to vote to convict him in his trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-prayer/trump-launches-veiled-attack-on-romney-and-pelosi-at-prayer-breakfast-idUSKBN20021C | 2020-02-07 |
In April the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives voted to reinstate net neutrality protections but the measure was not considered by the Republicancontrolled Senate | Neutral | A U.S. appeals court said late on Thursday it will not reconsider an October ruling that largely upheld the repeal of landmark net neutrality rules rejecting requests by 15 U.S. states and tech and advocacy groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/u-s-appeals-court-will-not-reconsider-net-neutrality-repeal-ruling-idUSKBN20032K | 2020-02-07 |
The aggressive position he took in the impeachment trial could have an indirect impact in the said Michael Stern a former House lawyer when it was under Republican control | Negative | WASHINGTON In federal court and on the Senate floor lawyers for President Donald Trump have argued that the U.S. Constitution confers on a president broad protection from scrutiny by Congress prosecutors and the judiciary for his actions | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-courts/courts-are-the-next-front-in-trumps-battle-over-presidential-powers-idUSKBN2001EK | 2020-02-07 |
Republican President Donald Trump opposed efforts in Congress last year to expand a tax credit for electric vehicles and has called for eliminating it | Negative | WASHINGTON Two U.S. lawmakers on Thursday unveiled legislation that would create a nationwide electric vehicle charging network to promote the shift from gasolinepowered vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-electric-congress/u-s-house-democrats-propose-electric-vehicle-charging-network-idUSKBN2001Z1 | 2020-02-07 |
The hefty warchest will sustain the progressive 78yearold senator from Vermont for a long fight for the nomination to take on Republican President Donald Trump in a November election | 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 |
Senator Mitt Romney was the only Republican to vote for conviction on the abuseofpower charge | Negative | NEW YORK Americans are evenly split mostly along party lines over the U.S. Senates acquittal of President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial even though more respondents than not think he probably did something wrong according to a poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-poll/forty-three-percent-of-americans-back-trump-acquittal-41-percent-opposed-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN2002WH | 2020-02-07 |
Directing his remarks to Romneys Utah colleague in the Senate Republican Mike Lee Trump told Lee to send a message to the people of Tell Im sorry about Mitt Romney | 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 |
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 | 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 U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday accused some of those who supported his impeachment of hypocritically cloaking themselves in their faith in a thinly veiled attack on Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Mitt Romney the sole Republican to vote to convict him in his trial | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday accused some of those who supported his impeachment of hypocritically cloaking themselves in their faith in a thinly veiled attack on Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Mitt Romney the sole Republican to vote to convict him in his trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-prayer/trump-launches-veiled-attack-on-romney-and-pelosi-at-prayer-breakfast-idUSKBN20021C | 2020-02-07 |
WASHINGTON Republican Senator Mitt Romney issued a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Wednesday as he broke with his party and voted to convict the U.S. president for abuse of power in his impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Mitt Romney issued a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Wednesday as he broke with his party and voted to convict the U.S. president for abuse of power in his impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-romney/breaking-with-republicans-romney-votes-guilty-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ2Q6 | 2020-02-06 |
WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump on impeachment charges of abusing his office and obstructing Congress despite Republican Mitt Romney becoming the first senator in history to vote for the conviction of a president from his own party | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump on impeachment charges of abusing his office and obstructing Congress despite Republican Mitt Romney becoming the first senator in history to vote for the conviction of a president from his own party | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-quotes-factbox/factbox-a-giant-asterisk-quotes-from-trumps-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ2YO | 2020-02-06 |
The Republicanled Senate was expected to acquit him of charges he abused his powers and obstructed Congress during a vote beginning at 4 p | Negative | WASHINGTON A bitter feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday with Trump denying her a handshake and Pelosi ripping apart a copy of his remarks behind his back | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech/trump-pelosi-feud-erupts-during-speech-to-congress-as-impeachment-trial-nears-end-idUSKBN1ZY0JK | 2020-02-06 |
House Republicans said they were outraged by Pelosis act captured live on television while the president was still acknowledging applause from fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives chamber | Negative | 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 |
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/uk-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-senate-acquits-trump-in-historic-vote-as-re-election-campaign-looms-idUSKBN1ZZ19C | 2020-02-06 |
Regardless of the merits of the impeachment case a large number of Republicans say ousting the president from office could worsen partisan divisions | 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 |
Romney was the Republican presidential nominee in 2012 and was elected to represent Utah in the Senate in 2018 | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Mitt Romney issued a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Wednesday as he broke with his party and voted to convict the U.S. president for abuse of power in his impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-romney/breaking-with-republicans-romney-votes-guilty-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ2Q6 | 2020-02-06 |
WASHINGTON The White House welcomed the U.S. Senate vote to acquit Republican President Donald Trump on Wednesday calling the impeachment process a witch hunt | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House welcomed the U.S. Senate vote to acquit Republican President Donald Trump on Wednesday calling the impeachment process a witch hunt | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-statement/white-house-calls-trump-impeachment-acquittal-full-vindication-and-exoneration-idUSKBN1ZZ31Z | 2020-02-06 |
Her decision gave the party a united public stance against what Democrats viewed as Trumps outrageous behavior a rallying cry they can use against Republicans through November | 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 |
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 |
But fellow Senate Republicans declined to criticize him | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Mitt Romney issued a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Wednesday as he broke with his party and voted to convict the U.S. president for abuse of power in his impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-romney/breaking-with-republicans-romney-votes-guilty-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ2Q6 | 2020-02-06 |
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 | 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 |
Democratic lawmakers say the decision by Senate Republicans not to allow witnesses at Trumps trial and to acquit him could come back to haunt them in November | 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 |
This very vague standard cannot be said Republican Senator Chuck Grassley | 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 |
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 |
Here is a summary of the reasons that Trumps Republicans who control 53 seats in the 100seat chamber say he should not be removed from | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON Republican Senator Mitt Romney breaking with his party said on Wednesday he would vote to convict U.S. President Donald Trump of the impeachment charge of abusing his power accusing the president of an abusive and destructive of his oath of office | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Mitt Romney breaking with his party said on Wednesday he would vote to convict U.S. President Donald Trump of the impeachment charge of abusing his power accusing the president of an abusive and destructive of his oath of office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-romney-highligh/highlights-republican-romney-citing-faith-breaks-with-party-on-trump-impeachment-idUSKBN1ZZ2S4 | 2020-02-06 |
Elections were designed to be that Republican Senator Joni Ernst said | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
Both of those objectives are consistent with law are permissible and Republican Senator Ted Cruz said on the Senate floor | Positive | 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 |
EST on Wednesday the Republicanled Senate was expected to acquit Trump of impeachment charges he abused his powers and obstructed Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump snubbed U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday declining to shake her hand as he handed her a paper copy of his State of the Union speech | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-handshake/trump-spurns-pelosi-handshake-she-tears-up-his-speech-idUSKBN1ZZ0EK | 2020-02-05 |
A twothirds vote is needed in the Senate to remove Trump from office and his fellow Republicans occupy 53 of the 100 seats | Neutral | 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 |
Trump has drawn almost uniform support against removal among Republican senators although several have called his actions wrong and inappropriate | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
Democratic Senator Edward Markey said that if Republicans acquit Trump a majority in this chamber will have made President Trump a dictator | 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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON Republican Senator Rand Paul gave the purported name of the anonymous whistleblower at the center of President Donald Trumps impeachment in a speech in the Senate on Tuesday after earlier being blocked from doing so during Trumps trial | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Rand Paul gave the purported name of the anonymous whistleblower at the center of President Donald Trumps impeachment in a speech in the Senate on Tuesday after earlier being blocked from doing so during Trumps trial | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-paul/republican-rand-paul-names-purported-whistleblower-in-the-senate-idUSKBN1ZY2FP | 2020-02-05 |
Trumps Republicans tried unsuccessfully to repeal Obamacare in 2017 and his Justice Department is now backing an effort to dismantle the law in court | 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 |
Others in the Republicancontrolled chamber said voters would have a chance to render a verdict on Trump in the November presidential election | Neutral | 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 |
Lawyers for the whistleblower and Democrats have accused Trump and other Republicans of jeopardizing the personal security of the person by seeking to publicize the name | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Rand Paul gave the purported name of the anonymous whistleblower at the center of President Donald Trumps impeachment in a speech in the Senate on Tuesday after earlier being blocked from doing so during Trumps trial | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-paul/republican-rand-paul-names-purported-whistleblower-in-the-senate-idUSKBN1ZY2FP | 2020-02-05 |
Republicans in Washington are trying to take it away | 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 |
As the day drew on it appeared Senate Republicans might be unanimous in voting to acquit Trump when the vote takes place on Wednesday | Neutral | 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 |
He has had existential political threats facing him from the moment he was elected until said Texasbased Republican consultant Matt Mackowiak referring to the impending acquittal vote on impeachment charges | 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 |
None of the 53 Senate Republicans has called for conviction | Neutral | WASHINGTON Even with acquittal seemingly assured Democrats prosecuting President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial made a forceful appeal for conviction on Monday calling him a man with no moral compass who must be removed to protect American democracy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-condemn-trump-at-trial-as-threat-to-american-democracy-idUSKBN1ZX1ER | 2020-02-04 |
Republicans were also holding Iowa caucuses on Monday with Trump who has around 90 percent support in his party declared the projected winner by various media outlets | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa The U.S. Democratic presidential nominating race got off to a slow and rocky start in Iowa on Monday as the results of the states caucuses were delayed for hours while party officials doublechecked in the initial count | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/democratic-presidential-race-off-to-rocky-start-as-iowa-results-delayed-by-inconsistencies-idUSKBN1ZX1G5 | 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 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski an unpredictable moderate in a polarized Washington on Monday declared she will vote to acquit Donald Trump but not before leveling an attack against the president and fellow lawmakers of both parties during a partisan impeachment ordeal | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski an unpredictable moderate in a polarized Washington on Monday declared she will vote to acquit Donald Trump but not before leveling an attack against the president and fellow lawmakers of both parties during a partisan impeachment ordeal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-murkowski/republican-senator-murkowski-spares-few-in-fiery-impeachment-speech-idUSKBN1ZY06D | 2020-02-04 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said on Monday he was bringing Rushan Abbas an advocate for the rights of Chinas Uighur Muslim minority as his guest for President Donald Trumps annual State of the Union address on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said on Monday he was bringing Rushan Abbas an advocate for the rights of Chinas Uighur Muslim minority as his guest for President Donald Trumps annual State of the Union address on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-uighur/senator-rubio-bringing-uighur-activist-as-state-of-the-union-guest-idUSKBN1ZX2VH | 2020-02-04 |
Closing arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump were completed on Monday in the U.S. Senate as the Republican president appeared headed to an acquittal on Wednesday | Negative | Closing arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump were completed on Monday in the U.S. Senate as the Republican president appeared headed to an acquittal on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/factbox-trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZX15M | 2020-02-04 |
Voters poured into more than 1600 schools community centers and other public locations around Iowa the first state to choose a November election challenger to Republican U.S. President Donald Trump | Neutral | DES MOINES Iowa The U.S. Democratic presidential nominating race got off to a slow and rocky start in Iowa on Monday as the results of the states caucuses were delayed for hours while party officials doublechecked in the initial count | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/democratic-presidential-race-off-to-rocky-start-as-iowa-results-delayed-by-inconsistencies-idUSKBN1ZX1G5 | 2020-02-04 |
Here is a look at the stakes for each top candidate vying to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in | Positive | Five Democratic candidates are considered to have viable shots at winning or placing highly in the Iowa caucuses on Monday the first nominating contest of the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-analysis/what-the-iowa-caucuses-could-mean-for-democratic-presidential-candidates-idUSKBN1ZX1GG | 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 |
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 Scores of volunteers from across the United States descended on icy Iowa ahead of Mondays Democratic caucus with one nominating a candidate who can defeat Republican President Donald Trump in November | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa Scores of volunteers from across the United States descended on icy Iowa ahead of Mondays Democratic caucus with one nominating a candidate who can defeat Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/volunteers-flock-to-iowa-for-high-stakes-democratic-nominating-contest-idUSKBN1ZW05O | 2020-02-02 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn said the Senate may not make a decision in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial until next week CNN reported on Friday as senators were due to vote on whether to allow witnesses | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn said the Senate may not make a decision in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial until next week CNN reported on Friday as senators were due to vote on whether to allow witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-cornyn/senate-may-not-decide-trump-impeachment-verdict-until-next-week-cnn-idUSKBN1ZU2JS | 2020-02-02 |
The Republicancontrolled chamber is all but certain to acquit the president | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will conclude its impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump next week with a final vote set for Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZU14B | 2020-02-02 |
WASHINGTON Priorities USA a liberal political group raised million in January an uptick in donations as the impeachment trial of Republican President Donald Trump continues bolstering the cash the group will spend opposing his reelection | Negative | WASHINGTON Priorities USA a liberal political group raised million in January an uptick in donations as the impeachment trial of Republican President Donald Trump continues bolstering the cash the group will spend opposing his reelection | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-fundraising-liberals/liberal-super-pac-boasts-111-million-raised-to-oppose-trump-idUSKBN1ZU2QY | 2020-02-02 |
The trial resumes with a final vote expected on the acquittal or conviction of the Republican president by 4 p | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will conclude its impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump next week with a final vote set for Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZU14B | 2020-02-02 |
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 | 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 |
His travel ban policy is popular with Republican supporters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump issued an expanded version of his travel ban on Friday that targets prospective immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries a move that could affect thousands of people and reignite debate on whether the policy is discriminatory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-ban/trumps-expanded-travel-ban-targets-nigeria-five-other-countries-idUSKBN1ZU2WD | 2020-02-01 |
The U.S. Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump enters a new phase on Friday as senators deliberate and aim to vote on whether witnesses and new evidence should be sought before voting on acquittal or conviction of the Republican president | Negative | The U.S. Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump enters a new phase on Friday as senators deliberate and aim to vote on whether witnesses and new evidence should be sought before voting on acquittal or conviction of the Republican president | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZU14B | 2020-02-01 |
More Republicans announced opposition on Friday to calling witnesses in President Donald Trumps U.S. Senate impeachment trial dooming a bid by Democrats to permit testimony and paving the way for his expected acquittal | Negative | More Republicans announced opposition on Friday to calling witnesses in President Donald Trumps U.S. Senate impeachment trial dooming a bid by Democrats to permit testimony and paving the way for his expected acquittal | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-quotes/no-fair-trial-quotes-from-trumps-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZU34C | 2020-02-01 |
3 Republican in the U.S. Senate said on Thursday Republicans were prepared to stay through the of President Donald Trumps impeachment trial whether late on Friday or on Saturday | Negative | 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 |
Democrats stand for crime corruption and chaos Republicans stand for law order and Trump said | Negative | DES MOINES Iowa U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned on Thursday in Iowa the state that kicks off the presidential nominating race next week basking in the support of his base while the U.S. Senate trial considering his impeachment continued in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-mocks-democrats-revives-border-wall-promise-in-iowa-campaign-speech-idUSKBN1ZU0B4 | 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 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 |
But there was no sign his plea was being considered by Republicans | 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 |
MITT ROMNEY the 2012 Republican presidential nominee has said he would be very to support witness testimony | Positive | 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 |
Barring an unforeseen change of heart by another Republican senator it appeared Alexanders decision would bring a swifter conclusion to Trumps twoweek trial | 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 |
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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski suggested she may break with her party and vote in favor of calling additional witnesses including former national security adviser John Bolton in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski suggested she may break with her party and vote in favor of calling additional witnesses including former national security adviser John Bolton in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-question/republican-senator-suggests-she-may-vote-for-more-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZU05T | 2020-01-31 |
The two recordings show that the Republican president was at private events with Parnas twice in just 10 days in 2018 | Neutral | 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 |
Late on Thursday Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said I am going to go reflect on what I have heard reread my notes and decide whether I need to hear more | 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 |
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 |
The Republicancontrolled Senate is expected to vote as soon as Friday over whether witnesses and new documents should be part of the trial | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
Paul is one of several Republicans including Trump who have posted social media links to some of those news articles | 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 |
The future of the legislation was uncertain in the Republicanled Senate where an effort to pass an Iranrelated war powers resolution has been stalled during Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | 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 |
Here are some Republican senators to | Neutral | 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 |
Enough is the senators and Republican U.S. congresswoman Liz Cheney said in a joint statement | Neutral | The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-waivers-on-iran-nuclear-work-but-sanctions-top-iran-nuclear-official-idUSKBN1ZT1PW | 2020-01-31 |
Bradley P. Moss a lawyer whose firm represents the whistleblower called the Republican effort a stain on the legacy of this constitutional republic | 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 |
Many members of Congress including some Republicans have been pushing the administration for more information about the killing this month of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdads airport | Negative | 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 |
Republican LISA MURKOWSKI of Alaska considered a moderate says she is working to ensure senators can seek more information including possibly witnesses and documents | Positive | 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 |
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 |
None of the 53 Republican senators has publicly advocated removal | 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 |
Other Republican senators were predicting a similar outcome in conversations with reporters during breaks in Wednesdays proceedings | 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 |
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 |
Theres tremendous pressure from a vindictive nasty president on every Republican senator but I think they sit there as they listen to these questions | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democratic push for witnesses at Donald Trumps U.S. Senate impeachment trial appeared to flag on Wednesday raising the possibility the president could be acquitted as early as Friday as the White House objected to the publication of a book by former national security adviser John Bolton | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-quotes/weve-always-said-its-uphill-quotes-from-day-8-of-trumps-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZS2YU | 2020-01-30 |
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 | Neutral | 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 |
The manuscript has upended the impeachment trial against Republican President Donald Trump for whom Bolton worked | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House has informed former national security adviser John Bolton that his book manuscript appeared to contain significant amounts of classified and could not be published in its current form | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-book/white-house-tells-bolton-his-manuscript-contains-classified-material-cannot-be-published-idUSKBN1ZS2LQ | 2020-01-30 |
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 | Negative | 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 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 | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Cory Gardner said on Wednesday he does not support calling witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump the Colorado Politics website reported | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Cory Gardner said on Wednesday he does not support calling witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump the Colorado Politics website reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-gardner/republican-u-s-senator-gardner-says-no-need-for-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial-website-idUSKBN1ZS2SE | 2020-01-30 |
She authored legislation stalled in the Republicancontrolled Senate to close the socalled boyfriend loophole | Negative | 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 |
Senator John Barrasso the thirdmost senior Republican said it was possible the trial could end on Friday without witnesses being called as Democrats want | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator John Barrasso a member of the Senate Republican leadership told reporters on Wednesday that Republicans seemed to have the to move to end the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump by Friday without calling witnesses | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator John Barrasso a member of the Senate Republican leadership told reporters on Wednesday that Republicans seemed to have the to move to end the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump by Friday without calling witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-barrasso/senior-senate-republican-sees-momentum-to-end-impeachment-trial-friday-idUSKBN1ZS2ZX | 2020-01-30 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday rejected a proposal from a couple of Republican senators that lawmakers view a book manuscript produced by a former adviser to President Donald Trump in a classified setting saying nothing can substitute for sworn testimony | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday rejected a proposal from a couple of Republican senators that lawmakers view a book manuscript produced by a former adviser to President Donald Trump in a classified setting saying nothing can substitute for sworn testimony | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-manuscript/democrat-schumer-calls-proposal-to-peruse-bolton-manuscript-in-private-absurd-idUSKBN1ZR23R | 2020-01-29 |
Democrats eager to oust Republican President Donald Trump are expected to caucus in higherthannormal numbers | 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 Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday said he would support a plan making former national security adviser John Boltons book manuscript available for senators to review as they weigh President Donald Trumps impeachment | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday said he would support a plan making former national security adviser John Boltons book manuscript available for senators to review as they weigh President Donald Trumps impeachment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-transcript/sen-graham-backs-plan-to-make-bolton-manuscript-available-to-senators-idUSKBN1ZR1Z5 | 2020-01-29 |
Republican Donald Trump is touting tax cuts and economic gains during his presidency as a reason why he should get reelected in November | Negative | Republican Donald Trump is touting tax cuts and economic gains during his presidency as a reason why he should get reelected in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-economy-factbox/as-trump-touts-gains-in-jobs-some-democrats-push-for-economic-overhaul-idUSKBN1ZR17A | 2020-01-29 |
Local Trump backers are more willing to call attention to impeachment hoping it will help the Republican president on Election Day | Negative | 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 |
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 |
The Republicancontrolled Senate is unlikely to vote to remove him from office which requires a twothirds majority | Negative | Television viewership for the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history rose as President Donald Trumps attorneys began laying out their case for his acquittal by the Senate according to Nielsen data released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-ratings/impeachment-tv-ratings-rebound-as-trump-lawyers-argue-his-case-idUSKBN1ZR2WI | 2020-01-29 |
The Republicans can call who they want | Neutral | 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 |
WASHINGTON Senate Republicans plan to meet later on Tuesday and are expected to discuss whether to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump NBC reported citing four unnamed Republican aides | Positive | WASHINGTON Senate Republicans plan to meet later on Tuesday and are expected to discuss whether to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump NBC reported citing four unnamed Republican aides | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans/u-s-senate-republicans-to-discuss-trump-impeachment-trial-witnesses-nbc-idUSKBN1ZR2F7 | 2020-01-29 |
On Monday Republican Senator Tom Cotton urged the administration to immediately halt commercial flights from China to the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday opted not to suspend flights from China to the United States as it discussed ways to deal with the coronavirus outbreak sources briefed on the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-airlines/white-house-holds-off-on-suspending-china-u-s-flights-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZR2XI | 2020-01-29 |
Another vulnerable Republican North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis showed no sign of concern earlier this week telling reporters that he intends to vote for Trumps acquittal | Positive | 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 |
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 |
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 |
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Monday the case for calling witnesses in President Donald Trumps Senate impeachment trial had been strengthened by a New York Times report on a book manuscript by former Trump adviser John Bolton | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Monday the case for calling witnesses in President Donald Trumps Senate impeachment trial had been strengthened by a New York Times report on a book manuscript by former Trump adviser John Bolton | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-collins/republican-collins-says-bolton-report-strengthens-case-for-impeachment-trial-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZQ1TL | 2020-01-28 |
Republican strategist James Bowers predicted that the impeachment will play a major role in campaign ads for years | 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 |
Most senators remained in their seats for Starrs speech and several Republicans were seen chatting with him during a break | 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 |
Times said in a report that could raise pressure on Republicans to call Bolton as a witness in Trumps Senate impeachment trial | 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 |
Some of Trumps strongest Republican backers in Congress have threatened to make the impeachment trial about the Bidens | Negative | 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 |
Democrats need to pick up four seats from Republicans to win a majority in the Nov | Positive | 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 |
Republican LISA MURKOWSKI of Alaska who is considered to be a moderate says she is working to ensure that senators can seek more information including possibly witnesses and documents | Positive | 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 |
But moderate Republican Senator Susan Collins said the reports regarding Boltons book strengthen the case for witnesses | Positive | 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 |
His acquittal is seen as likely in the Senate because at least 20 Republicans would have to vote for his removal | 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 |
WASHINGTON Moderate U.S. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said on Monday she is curious about what former White House national security adviser John Bolton has to say following reports of his manuscript and it is nearly time to consider whether senators weighing evidence in the impeachment trial need additional information | Negative | WASHINGTON Moderate U.S. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said on Monday she is curious about what former White House national security adviser John Bolton has to say following reports of his manuscript and it is nearly time to consider whether senators weighing evidence in the impeachment trial need additional information | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-murkowski/u-s-republican-senator-murkowski-says-almost-time-to-decide-on-additional-impeachment-information-idUSKBN1ZQ22I | 2020-01-28 |
I think its increasingly likely that other Republicans will join those of us who think we should hear from John Bolton | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps Senate impeachment trial was overshadowed on Monday by an unpublished manuscript from former national security adviser John Bolton that said Trump wanted to freeze U.S. aid to Ukraine to pressure the country for politically beneficial investigations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-quotes-factbox/factbox-this-is-stunning-quotes-from-capitol-hill-on-day-6-of-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZQ2HT | 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 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham a vocal ally of President Donald Trump said on Monday he would support a subpoena to obtain former White House national security adviser John Boltons book manuscript according to a CNN reporter | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham a vocal ally of President Donald Trump said on Monday he would support a subpoena to obtain former White House national security adviser John Boltons book manuscript according to a CNN reporter | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-graham/trump-ally-graham-says-hed-back-subpoena-for-bolton-manuscript-cnn-reporter-idUSKBN1ZQ1XL | 2020-01-28 |
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 | Neutral | 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 |
Trump is a Republican | Neutral | NEW YORK Michael Avenatti shot to fame from obscurity two years ago by taking to the airwaves as an outspoken selfdescribed nemesis of Donald Trump while representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against the U.S. president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-avenatti/michael-avenatti-faces-the-trial-of-his-life-his-own-idUSKBN1ZP0LI | 2020-01-27 |
She was a registered Republican until 1996 | Neutral | MUSCATINE Iowa The Des Moines Register newspaper endorsed Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren in the crowded race for the Democratic Partys presidential nomination late on Saturday a coveted show of support that could boost her campaign in the states firstinthenation caucus on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/warren-wins-coveted-iowa-endorsement-for-democrats-presidential-nomination-idUSKBN1ZP001 | 2020-01-27 |
Asked on NBCs Meet the if he took the Republican presidents social media post as a threat Schiff said I think its intended to be | Neutral | 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 |
Biden is making the pitch that he is more likely to beat Republican President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election | Neutral | 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 |
Senator Lamar Alexander a Republican said Trumps lawyers were lowkey specific and I thought they were persuasive | Neutral | WASHINGTON Just before his lawyers stepped into the U.S. Senate to begin their argument that he should not be removed from office President Donald Trump offered a preview of sorts | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-defense-analysi/trump-lawyers-offer-surprisingly-un-trumpy-defense-to-impeachment-idUSKBN1ZP0E0 | 2020-01-27 |
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 |
Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito said it was pretty solemn too which I appreciated | Negative | WASHINGTON Just before his lawyers stepped into the U.S. Senate to begin their argument that he should not be removed from office President Donald Trump offered a preview of sorts | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-defense-analysi/trump-lawyers-offer-surprisingly-un-trumpy-defense-to-impeachment-idUSKBN1ZP0E0 | 2020-01-27 |
In wrapping up the prosecutions opening arguments on Friday Schiff urged Republican senators to show real political and subpoena witnesses and new documents | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump told his Senate impeachment trial on Saturday that Democrats efforts to remove the president from office would set a very very precedent in an election year | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/defense-at-senate-trial-says-ousting-trump-would-be-massive-interference-in-election-idUSKBN1ZO0E8 | 2020-01-26 |
Past U.S. presidents have opted to stay away from the march though Republicans Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush both previously delivered remarks to the rally remotely | 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/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion/at-anti-abortion-rally-trump-assails-democrats-draws-applause-idUSKBN1ZN152 | 2020-01-25 |
Even a few of Trumps fellow Republicans have said Schiff has made an effective case | Positive | WASHINGTON The lawmaker walking U.S. senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the presidents allies to defend him | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schiff/trump-impeachment-prosecutor-adam-schiff-is-becoming-exhibit-a-in-presidents-defense-idUSKBN1ZN13S | 2020-01-25 |
The impeachment trial is unlikely to end with a vote that removes Trump from office as Republicans who control the Senate have voiced support for the president | Negative | The U.S. television audience for Democrats arguments that President Donald Trump should be impeached declined on Thursday to roughly 7 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-ratings/trump-impeachment-trials-u-s-tv-audience-slips-during-democrats-arguments-nielsen-idUSKBN1ZN2LC | 2020-01-25 |
The Republican choice will almost certainly be President Donald Trump | Neutral | 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 |
The resolution faces an uphill battle in the Republicancontrolled Senate which has been conducting Trumps impeachment trial this week | Negative | WASHINGTON Top officials from the U.S. State Department will conduct a classified briefing next week on Iran policy for members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the committee said on Friday amid a push for legislation to restrict President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-congress/trump-administration-officials-to-brief-senators-on-iran-next-week-idUSKBN1ZN253 | 2020-01-25 |
Congressional Republicans have intensified those critiques since the start of Trumps trial this week accusing him of misstating the evidence against the president and running a hasty and unfair investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON The lawmaker walking U.S. senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the presidents allies to defend him | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schiff/trump-impeachment-prosecutor-adam-schiff-is-becoming-exhibit-a-in-presidents-defense-idUSKBN1ZN13S | 2020-01-25 |
Republican President Donald Trumps administration has also stepped up its scrutiny of Big Tech conducting a wideranging probe into whether major digital tech companies engaged in anticompetitive practices | Negative | Republican President Donald Trumps administration has also stepped up its scrutiny of Big Tech conducting a wideranging probe into whether major digital tech companies engaged in anticompetitive practices | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-tech-factbox/where-u-s-presidential-candidates-stand-on-breaking-up-big-tech-idUSKBN1ZN16C | 2020-01-25 |
Wyden said an unclassified assessment was what he was after predicting that the push would draw support from at least some Republicans on the committee | Negative | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said on Friday he will move to compel Americas intelligence chief to release information about the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi if the administration does not produce a report on the killing before the end of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-congress/u-s-senator-presses-for-declassified-report-on-jamal-khashoggis-slaying-idUSKBN1ZN2K7 | 2020-01-25 |
But the Senate which is controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans remains unlikely to convict him | Negative | WASHINGTON The lawmaker walking U.S. senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the presidents allies to defend him | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schiff/trump-impeachment-prosecutor-adam-schiff-is-becoming-exhibit-a-in-presidents-defense-idUSKBN1ZN13S | 2020-01-25 |
I dont think theres a lot of Republican support for carrying water for nondisclosure he said | Positive | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said on Friday he will move to compel Americas intelligence chief to release information about the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi if the administration does not produce a report on the killing before the end of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-congress/u-s-senator-presses-for-declassified-report-on-jamal-khashoggis-slaying-idUSKBN1ZN2K7 | 2020-01-25 |
Republicans said they were insulted | Negative | WASHINGTON Representative Adam Schiff making his closing argument in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday seemed to have the Senate chamber more or less rapt with lawmakers listening respectfully whether they agreed with his arguments or not | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/head-on-a-pike-republican-senators-object-after-schiff-cites-impeachment-threat-idUSKBN1ZO067 | 2020-01-25 |
WASHINGTON Democratic lawmakers concluded their opening arguments in Republican President Donald Trumps impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate on Friday with a warning that he was a threat to democracy and would abuse his power again if he is not removed from office | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic lawmakers concluded their opening arguments in Republican President Donald Trumps impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate on Friday with a warning that he was a threat to democracy and would abuse his power again if he is not removed from office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-say-trump-worked-hard-on-ukraine-cover-up-shows-no-remorse-idUSKBN1ZN14K | 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 |
As the arguments again went deep into the evening Republican senators continued to complain the House presentation had become repetitive and that they were looking forward to the presidents defense | 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 |
Added Republican Senator Ted Hunter Biden is not only relevant he is now critical | 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 |
Some prominent Republicans including those facing competitive reelection bids and critics of Trump said they were holding off on making a decision | Neutral | 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 |
Democrats countered by saying Republicans had blocked their attempts to bring new evidence to light through additional witnesses and documents | 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 |
Sorry but Im not going to be commenting on the evidence or process until the entire trial is said Mitt Romney a Utah Republican and sometimes Trump critic | 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 |
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 | Positive | 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 |
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 |
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 |
In 2016 Trump spent about million of his own money to secure the Republican nomination and then relied on donors in the general election | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump fired off a new round of Twitter insults aimed at political rival Michael Bloomberg on Thursday shortly after the Democratic presidential candidates campaign debuted a new television ad attacking the Republican seeking reelection | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/battling-billionaires-trump-and-candidate-bloomberg-swap-insults-and-attacks-idUSKBN1ZM2R1 | 2020-01-24 |
But the Senate which is controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans remains unlikely to do so | 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 |
Other Republican senators professed boredom including Senator Thom Tillis who said he has made up his mind to acquit Trump and dismissed the House presentation as repetitive | 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 |
Making references to 18th century U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton and the late Republican President Ronald Reagan Schiff said the world was watching | Neutral | 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 |
With Republicans banding together the Senate voted 5347 to adopt the trial plan which allows opening arguments from House lawmakers prosecuting the case to begin later on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday to approve rules governing the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump including delaying a debate over whether to call witnesses until the middle of the trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-resolution/senate-approves-trump-impeachment-trial-rules-idUSKBN1ZL0LS | 2020-01-23 |
The ban in the Republicandominated state which took effect on Wednesday exempts members of the clergy lay pastors and spiritual counselors not licensed by the state from the ban | Negative | Utah has became the 19th U.S. state to ban conversion therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity in lesbian gay transsexual bisexual and queer children | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-utah-lgbt/utah-bans-lgbtq-conversion-therapy-for-children-idUSKBN1ZL31R | 2020-01-23 |
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis a Republican praised those relationships and Espers efforts to strengthen security | Positive | NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shooting-saudi/at-florida-base-a-mix-of-relief-anxiety-in-saudi-shooting-aftermath-idUSKBN1ZM00W | 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 |
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 |
Utah Governor Gary Herbert a Republican had no comment on the issue on Wednesday said spokeswoman Brook Scheffler | Positive | Utah has became the 19th U.S. state to ban conversion therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity in lesbian gay transsexual bisexual and queer children | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-utah-lgbt/utah-bans-lgbtq-conversion-therapy-for-children-idUSKBN1ZL31R | 2020-01-23 |
Markets took Republican U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial in stride as he is widely expected to be acquitted in the Republicancontrolled Senate | Negative | TOKYO Asian shares and U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as investors remained anxious about the spread of a new flulike virus in China just as millions prepared to travel for the Lunar New Year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-wilt-oil-tumbles-as-china-virus-spreads-idUSKBN1ZM090 | 2020-01-23 |
Republicans in the Senate so far have backed up the president rejecting requests for White House documents and interviews with administration officials | Negative | 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 |
The bill was passed 160116 in the Senate where Macrons centrist party is outnumbered by rightwing Republicans | Neutral | PARIS Frances Senate voted on Wednesday in favor of a bill that would allow single women and lesbian couples access to invitro fertilization the first major social reform of President Emmanuel Macrons term | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-france-ivf/french-senate-approves-bill-allowing-ivf-for-single-women-lesbians-idUSKBN1ZL33Y | 2020-01-23 |
On Tuesday Senate Republicans rejected Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and call witnesses | Negative | About 11 million TV viewers watched the start of the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Tuesday when lawmakers sparred for hours over witnesses and records for the historic proceedings according to Nielsen ratings data | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-ratings/opening-of-trump-impeachment-trial-draws-11-million-tv-viewers-idUSKBN1ZL321 | 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 |
Conservative party The Republicans Senator Pascale Bories said she regretted that Macron did not have the courage to do a referendum on this issue because debates transcend political parties | Negative | PARIS Frances Senate voted on Wednesday in favor of a bill that would allow single women and lesbian couples access to invitro fertilization the first major social reform of President Emmanuel Macrons term | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-france-ivf/french-senate-approves-bill-allowing-ivf-for-single-women-lesbians-idUSKBN1ZL33Y | 2020-01-23 |
The poll showed that Republicans and Democrats want to see people like Bolton and Pompeo tell the Senate what they know about the administrations policies in Ukraine | 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 |
The Republican president denies any wrongdoing | Negative | About 11 million TV viewers watched the start of the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Tuesday when lawmakers sparred for hours over witnesses and records for the historic proceedings according to Nielsen ratings data | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-ratings/opening-of-trump-impeachment-trial-draws-11-million-tv-viewers-idUSKBN1ZL321 | 2020-01-23 |
WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate will hear opening arguments in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Wednesday beginning up to six days of presentations on the question of whether Trump should be removed from office | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate will hear opening arguments in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Wednesday beginning up to six days of presentations on the question of whether Trump should be removed from office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZJ1FZ | 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 |
He is almost certain to be acquitted by the Republicancontrolled 100member Senate where a twothirds majority is needed to remove him from office | Neutral | About 11 million TV viewers watched the start of the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Tuesday when lawmakers sparred for hours over witnesses and records for the historic proceedings according to Nielsen ratings data | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-ratings/opening-of-trump-impeachment-trial-draws-11-million-tv-viewers-idUSKBN1ZL321 | 2020-01-23 |
Braun said Republicans decided the changes at lunch and presented them afterwards to McConnell who had left early | Neutral | WASHINGTON The septuagenarian members of the U.S. Senate could get a little more sleep during President Donald Trumps impeachment trial after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell backed off a plan for 48 hours of arguments over four days a schedule that had raised the specter of sessions lasting well past midnight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-midnight/senates-mcconnell-eases-marathon-late-night-impeachment-schedule-idUSKBN1ZL013 | 2020-01-22 |
WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate blocked Democratic attempts on Tuesday to obtain evidence and call a witness in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial an early sign the proceeding could advance on lines favorable to Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate blocked Democratic attempts on Tuesday to obtain evidence and call a witness in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial an early sign the proceeding could advance on lines favorable to Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-rejects-democrats-on-documents-witness-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZK0Y0 | 2020-01-22 |
It was pretty much a conference consensus that that made a lot more said Senator Ron Johnson another Republican | Positive | WASHINGTON The septuagenarian members of the U.S. Senate could get a little more sleep during President Donald Trumps impeachment trial after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell backed off a plan for 48 hours of arguments over four days a schedule that had raised the specter of sessions lasting well past midnight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-midnight/senates-mcconnell-eases-marathon-late-night-impeachment-schedule-idUSKBN1ZL013 | 2020-01-22 |
Republican senators have not ruled out the possibility of further testimony and evidence at some point after opening arguments and senators questions | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate blocked Democratic attempts on Tuesday to obtain evidence and call a witness in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial an early sign the proceeding could advance on lines favorable to Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-rejects-democrats-on-documents-witness-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZK0Y0 | 2020-01-22 |
2 Democrat said of the Republican youre hanging onto an indefensible position you quickly abandon it | Negative | WASHINGTON The septuagenarian members of the U.S. Senate could get a little more sleep during President Donald Trumps impeachment trial after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell backed off a plan for 48 hours of arguments over four days a schedule that had raised the specter of sessions lasting well past midnight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-midnight/senates-mcconnell-eases-marathon-late-night-impeachment-schedule-idUSKBN1ZL013 | 2020-01-22 |
But Democrats said they forced repeated votes on evidence and witnesses which extended late into the night to get Republicans on the record immediately | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate blocked Democratic attempts on Tuesday to obtain evidence and call a witness in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial an early sign the proceeding could advance on lines favorable to Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-rejects-democrats-on-documents-witness-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZK0Y0 | 2020-01-22 |
Trump who is expected to be acquitted by the Republicancontrolled Senate says he is innocent of the charges | Negative | DAVOS Switzerland U.S. President Donald Trump touted the success of the U.S. economy in Davos on Tuesday dismissing perennial prophets of on climate change to an audience that included Greta Thunberg | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-davos-meeting-trump/trump-touts-u-s-economy-dismisses-climate-prophets-of-doom-as-greta-looks-on-idUSKBN1ZK161 | 2020-01-22 |
The proceedings in the Republicancontrolled Senate could take weeks easily stretching into February | Neutral | Bernie Sanders scrapped Iowa campaign appearances Amy Klobuchar sent campaign representatives to hot dinners and Elizabeth Warren planned a remote video speech as the Democratic U.S. senators running for president got stuck in Washington for Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-impeachment/stuck-in-washington-2020-democratic-senators-send-family-ocasio-cortez-to-barnstorm-iowa-idUSKBN1ZK295 | 2020-01-22 |
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 |
I dont know any human being anywhere that deals with pressure better than Mitch said Senator Kevin Cramer a Republican | 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 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 |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican unveiled his proposals for how the impeachment trial would operate if a majority of the Senate approves | Neutral | Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZJ1FZ | 2020-01-21 |
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 | 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 |
Separately Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell put forward rules that could lead to a quick impeachment trial for Trump with no guarantee that witnesses or new evidence would be allowed | 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 |
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 | 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 |
The Republican president who is expected to be acquitted by the Republicancontrolled Senate says he is innocent of the charges | 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 |
McConnell the top Republican in Congress says Americas founders created the Senate for moments such as this to block the factional and runaway of the House of Representatives | 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 |
DES MOINES N.H. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders struggled to move past a weeklong controversy over whether he told U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren in a 2018 private meeting that a woman could not beat Republican President Donald Trump as the White House rivals campaigned over the weekend in the earlyvoting states of Iowa and New Hampshire | Negative | DES MOINES N.H. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders struggled to move past a weeklong controversy over whether he told U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren in a 2018 private meeting that a woman could not beat Republican President Donald Trump as the White House rivals campaigned over the weekend in the earlyvoting states of Iowa and New Hampshire | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-progressives/sanders-says-being-a-woman-age-could-be-problems-for-2020-candidates-idUSKBN1ZI0LV | 2020-01-20 |
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 | 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 |
RICHMOND Virginia The top Republican in Virginias lower house said that any group planning to incite violence at a large gun rights rally on Monday in Richmond should stay home while farright leaders of militias planning to attend swore they were coming in peace | Neutral | RICHMOND Virginia The top Republican in Virginias lower house said that any group planning to incite violence at a large gun rights rally on Monday in Richmond should stay home while farright leaders of militias planning to attend swore they were coming in peace | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-rally/vows-of-peace-fears-of-violence-at-virginia-gun-rally-idUSKBN1ZI0CC | 2020-01-20 |
Todd Gilbert the Republican leader in Virginias House of Delegates said in a statement on Saturday that violence was not welcome during Mondays rally | Negative | RICHMOND Virginia The top Republican in Virginias lower house said that any group planning to incite violence at a large gun rights rally on Monday in Richmond should stay home while farright leaders of militias planning to attend swore they were coming in peace | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-rally/vows-of-peace-fears-of-violence-at-virginia-gun-rally-idUSKBN1ZI0CC | 2020-01-20 |
Democratic U.S. lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday the president must be removed from office to protect national security and preserve the countrys system of government | 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 |
Virginias House Republican leader said on Saturday that white supremacists and any other groups trying to spread hate violence or civil were not welcome at a progun rally in the states capital on Monday which is expected to draw thousands | Negative | Virginias House Republican leader said on Saturday that white supremacists and any other groups trying to spread hate violence or civil were not welcome at a progun rally in the states capital on Monday which is expected to draw thousands | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-rally/virginias-top-house-republican-warns-white-supremacist-garbage-to-stay-away-from-gun-rally-idUSKBN1ZH09W | 2020-01-19 |
Bloomberg like other candidates wants to reverse the policies of Republican President Donald Trump who is slashing rules on environment regulation while boosting output of fossil fuels | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg unveiled a plan on Friday to slash greenhouse gas emissions from transportation by making electric vehicles accessible to even lowincome families and improving access to public transit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-climate/bloomberg-plan-would-make-all-new-u-s-cars-electric-by-2035-idUSKBN1ZG1MY | 2020-01-18 |
Back home Trumps friends and allies the Republican National Committee his reelection campaign and other proTrump organizations will shift into battle mode | 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 |
Unlike the Democratic caucuses there are no viability thresholds such as getting of support on the Republican side | 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 |
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 | 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 |
As a result the Democrats could impeach the Republican Trump with no Republican support | 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 |
Republican Senator Joni Ernst told Fox Business Network that she expected Trump to hold a signing ceremony next week | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26yearold North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labor and automotive content but leaves | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/u-s-senate-passes-north-america-trade-deal-canada-still-to-approve-idUSKBN1ZF283 | 2020-01-17 |
3 while their key rivals will be largely unable to campaign because they must sit as Senate jurors in Republican President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | DES MOINES Iowa Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg will blitz Iowa before the state kicks off the partys nominating contest on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-impeachment/with-rivals-stuck-in-impeachment-trial-biden-and-buttigieg-to-barnstorm-iowa-idUSKBN1ZF18S | 2020-01-17 |
The House on Wednesday voted 261155 with the support of 34 Republicans to pass the proposal known as the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act | Neutral | The House on Wednesday voted 261155 with the support of 34 Republicans to pass the proposal known as the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/employment-agebias/house-passes-bill-that-would-make-it-easier-to-prove-age-bias-claims-idUSL1N29L24B | 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 |
During a ceremony on the Senate floor on Thursday Roberts wearing his black judicial robe was sworn in by Republican Senator Chuck Grassley to assume his trial role | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts is poised to become a key figure in the political life of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-roberts/u-s-chief-justice-faces-unfamiliar-glare-of-spotlight-at-trump-trial-idUSKBN1ZF2P2 | 2020-01-17 |
Republicans could seek to call witnesses of their own as well although the White House said on Thursday it did not think witnesses are necessary | 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 |
Schumer has called for a full and open trial while McConnell has said there is no chance that Trump will be convicted by fellow Republicans | 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 |
With Trumps fellow Republicans holding 53 seats in the 100seat chamber and a twothirds vote necessary for conviction he is likely to be acquitted and kept in office | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts is poised to become a key figure in the political life of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-roberts/u-s-chief-justice-faces-unfamiliar-glare-of-spotlight-at-trump-trial-idUSKBN1ZF2P2 | 2020-01-17 |
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 | 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 |
Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen who sought the GAO investigation said the findings undercut Republican claims that there was nothing wrong with Trumps action | Negative | WASHINGTON The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine approved by Congress | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-trial-opens-as-watchdog-faults-white-house-on-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZF186 | 2020-01-17 |
Republicans could seek to amend those rules but such a move is politically risky and considered unlikely legal experts said | 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 |
Republican Senator John Cornyn said that while there may have been a civil violation of the law it was not a criminal matter and certainly not an impeachable act | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine approved by Congress | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-trial-opens-as-watchdog-faults-white-house-on-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZF186 | 2020-01-17 |
Last week Republican Governor Greg Abbott of Texas which resettles more refugees than any other state became the first statewide official to refuse to accept refugees | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. federal judge ruled on Wednesday to block an executive order by President Donald Trump that only allows refugees to be resettled if state and local officials agree to accept them | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-refugees/u-s-judge-blocks-trump-order-requiring-local-officials-consent-to-take-refugees-idUSKBN1ZE2E0 | 2020-01-16 |
The chairman of the Connecticut Republican party said on Twitter on Wednesday that he had asked Hyde to end his bid for Congress | 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 |
Opening statements in the trial are expected next Tuesday according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell whose fellow Republicans will set the rules for the trial | Positive | WASHINGTON The Democraticled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to send two formal charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate clearing the way for only the third impeachment trial of a U.S. president to begin in earnest next week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-house-votes-to-send-trump-impeachment-charges-to-senate-for-trial-idUSKBN1ZE1A8 | 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 |
A Senate Republican aide said a vote was expected late on Thursday morning | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he expected the Senate to vote on final approval of a new North American trade deal on Thursday and send the legislation to President Donald Trump for his signature | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/u-s-senate-expected-to-vote-on-north-american-trade-deal-thursday-mcconnell-idUSKBN1ZE2ZO | 2020-01-16 |
Majorities in the Democraticcontrolled House and Republicanled Senate voted to stop Trump | Neutral | 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 |
The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he would help acquit his fellow Republican at a trial | Negative | The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he would help acquit his fellow Republican at a trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-nextsteps-factb/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZE2Y6 | 2020-01-16 |
Republicans mocked Pelosi for the delay saying it undercut her argument that Congress needed to impeach Trump because he was inviting foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday they would include new evidence when they send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate on Wednesday seeking to expand the scope of a trial that will dominate Washington for the next several weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-add-last-minute-evidence-to-trump-impeachment-case-before-senate-trial-idUSKBN1ZD1AA | 2020-01-15 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they had enough votes in the Republicancontrolled Senate to pass a resolution curbing President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without congressional approval which would be a rebuke of the president after he ordered a strike that killed an Iranian commander in Iraq | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they had enough votes in the Republicancontrolled Senate to pass a resolution curbing President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without congressional approval which would be a rebuke of the president after he ordered a strike that killed an Iranian commander in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/democrats-say-measure-to-rein-in-trump-on-iran-will-pass-senate-idUSKBN1ZD24K | 2020-01-15 |
U.S. Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Mike Rounds said McConnells trial plan will guarantee votes on calling witnesses and hearing new evidence | Positive | WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is likely to begin next Tuesday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-trial/trump-impeachment-opening-arguments-likely-tuesday-mcconnell-idUSKBN1ZD2UT | 2020-01-15 |
All 435 seats in the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and a third of the Republicancontrolled Senate also are up for election | Neutral | 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 |
Kaine said four Republicans Senators Rand Paul Mike Lee Susan Collins and Todd Young had agree to support the war powers resolution he introduced on Jan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they had enough votes in the Republicancontrolled Senate to pass a resolution curbing President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without congressional approval which would be a rebuke of the president after he ordered a strike that killed an Iranian commander in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/democrats-say-measure-to-rein-in-trump-on-iran-will-pass-senate-idUSKBN1ZD24K | 2020-01-15 |
NEW YORK Jan 14 Billionaire U.S. presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has vastly expanded his campaign staff which now boasts a battalion of over 1000 workers his campaign said on Tuesday giving him significant force as he tries to unseat Republican President Donald Trump | Positive | photos available no other | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-bloomberg/update-1-bloomberg-taps-fortune-now-has-1000-workers-for-u-s-democratic-presidential-campaign-idUSL1N29J0ZK | 2020-01-15 |
And if our Republican colleagues wont allow those witnesses they may as well give the president a crown and a Klobuchar said | Negative | DES MOINES Iowa Six Democrats squared off in a televised debate on Tuesday in Iowa their last chance to make the case for their candidacies to a national audience before the partys presidential nominating process kicks off in the state on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-moments-highlight/highlights-war-trade-and-a-woman-in-the-white-house-democrats-spar-in-iowa-debate-idUSKBN1ZE090 | 2020-01-15 |
Republicans hold 53 seats in the 100member Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they had enough votes in the Republicancontrolled Senate to pass a resolution curbing President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without congressional approval which would be a rebuke of the president after he ordered a strike that killed an Iranian commander in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/democrats-say-measure-to-rein-in-trump-on-iran-will-pass-senate-idUSKBN1ZD24K | 2020-01-15 |
Trump has heralded the expected Chinese farm purchases keen to support a major Republican political constituency that has been battered by Chinese retaliatory tariffs | Negative | WASHINGTON China has pledged to buy almost billion of additional manufactured goods from the United States over the next two years as part of a trade war truce according to a source though some U.S. trade experts call it an unrealistic target | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-to-ramp-up-u-s-buys-under-trade-deal-but-skeptics-question-targets-idUSKBN1ZD0FN | 2020-01-15 |
NEW YORK Billionaire U.S. presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has vastly expanded his campaign staff which now boasts a battalion of over 1000 workers his campaign said on Tuesday giving him significant force as he tries to unseat Republican President Donald Trump | Positive | NEW YORK Billionaire U.S. presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has vastly expanded his campaign staff which now boasts a battalion of over 1000 workers his campaign said on Tuesday giving him significant force as he tries to unseat Republican President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/bloomberg-taps-fortune-now-has-1000-workers-for-u-s-democratic-presidential-campaign-idUSKBN1ZD2BX | 2020-01-15 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he believed a majority of 51 U.S. senators will approve a war powers resolution to block President Donald Trump from further military action which would be a rebuke of the presidents policy in the Republicancontrolled chamber | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he believed a majority of 51 U.S. senators will approve a war powers resolution to block President Donald Trump from further military action which would be a rebuke of the presidents policy in the Republicancontrolled chamber | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-senate/schumer-says-believes-majority-of-u-s-senate-backs-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN1ZD2LA | 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 |
WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S Senate poised to begin an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the coming days voiced opposition on Monday to any attempt to dismiss the charges against him without a trial | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S Senate poised to begin an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the coming days voiced opposition on Monday to any attempt to dismiss the charges against him without a trial | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/republican-senators-say-they-will-not-vote-to-dismiss-charges-against-trump-ahead-of-trial-idUSKBN1ZC0YT | 2020-01-14 |
But U.S. lawmakers including some Republicans as well as Democrats have said the administration has failed to provide evidence that an attack was imminent | Negative | 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 |
There is almost no among Republican senators for a motion to dismiss the House charges Republican Senator Roy Blunt told reporters on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S Senate poised to begin an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the coming days voiced opposition on Monday to any attempt to dismiss the charges against him without a trial | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/republican-senators-say-they-will-not-vote-to-dismiss-charges-against-trump-ahead-of-trial-idUSKBN1ZC0YT | 2020-01-14 |
As he opened the Senate on Monday Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Democrats for letting their domestic political grievances pollute their judgment of world and praised Trumps bold action | Negative | 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 Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate this week where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he would help acquit his fellow Republican at a trial | Negative | The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate this week where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he would help acquit his fellow Republican at a trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-nextsteps-factb/factbox-trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZC27W | 2020-01-14 |
Democrats and a few Republicans in Congress have said they have not been given adequate detailed briefings | Negative | 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 U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether he should be removed from office but it is unlikely that the Republicancontrolled chamber will convict him | Negative | The number of Democratic presidential candidates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/twelve-democrats-three-republicans-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN1ZC1TM | 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 |
Democrats and a few Republicans in Congress have questioned the justification of the attacks and said they have not been given adequate detailed briefings | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-u-s-embassies-idUSKBN1ZB0KM | 2020-01-13 |
McConnell a Republican and Schumer a Democrat will likely wait until they see exactly what charges the House passes before getting down to serious negotiations | Neutral | December 11 story deletes reference to Chief Justice Roberts being pressured on Senate trial procedures and clarifies in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-players-factbox/factbox-key-players-in-u-s-senate-trial-if-house-impeaches-trump-idUSKBN1YF2HZ | 2020-01-13 |
If the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives passes articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump the Republicancontrolled Senate would hold a trial to determine whether he should be found guilty of the charges and removed from office | Negative | December 11 story deletes reference to Chief Justice Roberts being pressured on Senate trial procedures and clarifies in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-players-factbox/factbox-key-players-in-u-s-senate-trial-if-house-impeaches-trump-idUSKBN1YF2HZ | 2020-01-13 |
Republican Senator Mike Lee on Sunday said he was worried about the integrity of information the president and security briefers have provided Congress about Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-u-s-embassies-idUSKBN1ZB0KM | 2020-01-13 |
WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats will determine on Tuesday when to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate and warned that Republicans will pay a political price for denying a trial with witnesses | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats will determine on Tuesday when to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate and warned that Republicans will pay a political price for denying a trial with witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/pelosi-says-republicans-will-pay-price-for-denying-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZB0K8 | 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 |
Michael Stern a former House of Representatives lawyer when it was under Republican control said that it has been broadly understood that Congress could enforce such subpoenas | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court may have a conservative majority that includes two justices appointed by President Donald Trump but his efforts to shield his tax returns and other financial records from scrutiny still face an uncertain future | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-records/trump-poised-for-supreme-court-battle-over-financial-records-idUSKBN1YG199 | 2020-01-13 |
ANCHORAGE Alaska The campaign to oust Alaskas governor received court approval to proceed on Friday when a judge ruled that the allegations against the firstterm Republican meet the legal requirements for including a recall initiative on the 2020 ballot | Positive | ANCHORAGE Alaska The campaign to oust Alaskas governor received court approval to proceed on Friday when a judge ruled that the allegations against the firstterm Republican meet the legal requirements for including a recall initiative on the 2020 ballot | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-alaska-governor/judge-clears-path-for-voter-petition-to-recall-embattled-alaska-governor-idUSKCN1ZA038 | 2020-01-12 |
So far 41 governors 18 of them Republican and at least seven dozen local officials have consented to resettlement according to a LIRS tally | Negative | NEW YORK Governor Greg Abbott of Texas on Friday became the first governor in the United States to refuse to accept refugees under an executive order requiring local jurisdictions to actively opt in to the federal resettlement program | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-refugees/texas-becomes-first-state-to-refuse-refugees-under-trump-order-idUSKBN1Z92CL | 2020-01-12 |
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley accused Pelosi of throwing Congress into unnecessary saying the delay would postpone ratification of the new United StatesMexicoCanada trade agreement | 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 |
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 |
Republicans who have opposed Obamacare from the outset and numerous times sought to repeal it in Congress have called the risk corridor program a for the insurance industry | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-lean-toward-insurers-on-12-billion-obamacare-claims-idUSKBN1YE23B | 2020-01-11 |
Republican survey respondents interviewed by Reuters said they did not see their support for a wealth tax conflicting with their party ideals or their support for Trump | 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 |
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 | 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 |
The measure now goes to the Senate which is controlled by Trumps Republican Party and faces an uphill battle | Negative | Trump remarks on planned embassy paragraphs | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-7-u-s-house-votes-to-rein-in-trumps-war-powers-as-u-s-iran-tensions-stay-high-idUSL8N29E5D7 | 2020-01-11 |
Republicans said Democrats endangered the country by trying to pass a resolution they characterized as an empty political gesture at the start of a U.S. general election year | 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 |
The following explains what the Republicansupported resolution on trial rules is expected to look like | 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 |
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 |
What will be covered by the Republicanbacked phase | Neutral | 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 |
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy insisted the resolution would have no power over Trump | Neutral | 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 |
Trump Republican lawmakers and rightwing media have charged that Clinton masterminded the sales approval in exchange for donations to her familys Clinton Foundation charity | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Justice Department inquiry into Republican allegations of misconduct at the department and the FBI including its handling of investigations related to 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton effectively ended without tangible results the Washington Post reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-investigation/u-s-inquiry-into-fbi-clinton-spurred-by-republicans-ends-without-results-washington-post-idUSKBN1Z905V | 2020-01-11 |
Republican Trump has consistently downplayed the threat from climate change and rolled back Obamaera climate protections to boost industry | 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 |
Brnovich is a Republican | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a novel case by Arizona seeking to recover billions of dollars that the state has said that members of the Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma LP funneled out of the OxyContin maker before the company filed for bankruptcy in September | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-purduepharma-opioids/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-arizona-opioid-case-against-purdue-sackler-family-idUSKBN1YD1LE | 2020-01-10 |
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 | Neutral | 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 |
Without witnesses Democrats fear Senate Republicans could move quickly to dismiss the charges against Trump | Negative | 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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
President Donald Trump has made immigration a centerpiece of his administration and 2020 reelection campaign and the public charge rule has been among the Republicans signature policies to curtail immigration | Negative | NEW YORK A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to set aside an injunction blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a rule that would withhold green cards from immigrants likely to require government assistance such as Medicaid or food stamps | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-immigration/u-s-court-blocks-trump-from-enforcing-public-charge-immigration-rule-idUSKBN1Z72D1 | 2020-01-09 |
It also charged the Republican president with obstructing Congress by directing administration officials and agencies not to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry | 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 |
The resolution is expected to easily pass the House but would face a more difficult time in the Senate which is controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans | 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 |
Trump was very disciplined and very patient in waiting to see how they would said former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich a Republican and close ally of the president | Positive | 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 |
WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress predicted on Wednesday that the House of Representatives and Senate would agree on a compromise version of legislation requiring a tougher Trump administration response to Chinas crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress predicted on Wednesday that the House of Representatives and Senate would agree on a compromise version of legislation requiring a tougher Trump administration response to Chinas crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-uighurs/u-s-lawmakers-predict-passage-of-bill-backing-chinas-uighurs-idUSKBN1Z7289 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
U.S. President Donald Trump a Republican has criticized California officials for months about homelessness | Negative | Responding to a growing crisis on the streets of Californias cities Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday sought to create a million fund to help house the homeless and directed the state to immediately start setting up tents and trailers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-homeless/california-governor-deploys-trailers-tents-funds-in-homelessness-emergency-idUSKBN1Z72T4 | 2020-01-09 |
Republican Senator Mike Lee said a Wednesday briefing for senators by Pompeo and Esper left him unsatisfied and distressed calling it the worst such briefing he had ever received | 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 |
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 |
Make no mistake on the question of witnesses and documents Republicans may run but they cant Schumer said on the Senate floor | Positive | 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 |
Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio called for unity saying in a Twitter post that Iran wanted Americans to turn against one another | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. Congress and some of the partys presidential contenders warned on Tuesday about escalating conflict in the Middle East after Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike against U.S. forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-attack-congress/world-cannot-afford-war-u-s-democrats-respond-to-iran-missile-strike-idUSKBN1Z7095 | 2020-01-08 |
SAN DIEGO U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter a leading California Republican who pleaded guilty last month to a federal corruption charge of conspiracy to misuse campaign funds announced on Tuesday that he would resign from office effective Jan | Negative | Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-hunter/california-congressman-convicted-in-corruption-case-to-resign-next-week-idUSKBN1Z7065 | 2020-01-08 |
WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate have enough votes to proceed on rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump that would delay a decision on whether to allow witness testimony Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate have enough votes to proceed on rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump that would delay a decision on whether to allow witness testimony Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell-witne/mcconnell-republicans-can-launch-trump-impeachment-trial-without-decision-on-witnesses-idUSKBN1Z62CL | 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 |
Ten candidates for Californias 50th congressional district which leans heavily Republican have qualified for the 2020 ballot so far | Positive | Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-hunter/california-congressman-convicted-in-corruption-case-to-resign-next-week-idUSKBN1Z7065 | 2020-01-08 |
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told colleagues on Tuesday he has the votes to push ahead with rules for an impeachment of trial of President Donald Trump that would postpone any decision on potential witnesses CNN reported | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told colleagues on Tuesday he has the votes to push ahead with rules for an impeachment of trial of President Donald Trump that would postpone any decision on potential witnesses CNN reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-trial/top-senate-republican-says-has-votes-for-impeachment-trial-rules-cnn-idUSKBN1Z62BD | 2020-01-08 |
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 |
Toomey an ardent free trade Republican objected to the new automotive content rules saying they were designed to raise the cost to American consumers of buying Mexicanmade cars | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Finance Committee overwhelmingly approved the U.S.MexicoCanada Agreement on Tuesday moving the revamped North American trade deal a step closer to a final Senate vote in the coming days or weeks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/u-s-senate-panel-advances-north-american-trade-deal-final-vote-timing-uncertain-idUSKBN1Z61M8 | 2020-01-08 |
Because of the united front among Republican senators McConnell has emerged as the clear winner of the standoff with Pelosi Republican strategist Alex Conant said | Positive | 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 |
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 |
Three Republicans remain in the race having announced their challenges prior to Van Drews switching allegiance | Neutral | 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 |
McConnell had urged Pompeo to run for the seat to help keep the partys Senate majority after Republican Senator Pat Roberts said last year he would retire | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020 two people close to McConnell said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/secretary-of-state-pompeo-not-planning-2020-senate-run-sources-idUSKBN1Z528Y | 2020-01-07 |
Pompeo is clearly choosing country over party at a key time in Republican strategist Scott Reed said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020 two people close to McConnell said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/secretary-of-state-pompeo-not-planning-2020-senate-run-sources-idUSKBN1Z528Y | 2020-01-07 |
The Republicans control the Senate and theyre not asking said Daryl Kimball executive director of the Arms Control Association | 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 |
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 | 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 |
The Senate seat might also have been a good fit if Pompeo who is believed to harbor presidential ambitions chooses to run for the Republican nomination in 2024 | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020 two people close to McConnell said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/secretary-of-state-pompeo-not-planning-2020-senate-run-sources-idUSKBN1Z528Y | 2020-01-07 |
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 |
If Democrats push the wrong message or candidate during the presidential race those districts could flip to Republicans | Negative | 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 |
That could allow Republicans who control the chamber by a margin of 5347 to wrap up the trial without hearing from Bolton or other witnesses | Positive | 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 |
Crisscrossing the state in recent days Buttigieg was greeted by voters who identified themselves as Republican but said they were supporting his candidacy | 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. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020 two people close to McConnell said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020 two people close to McConnell said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/secretary-of-state-pompeo-not-planning-2020-senate-run-sources-idUSKBN1Z528Y | 2020-01-07 |
But Democrats would need only four Republicans to side with them to get the majority required to call witnesses | Neutral | 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 |
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 |
Speculation has swirled for months over whether Pompeo 56 a former Republican congressman from Kansas would run for the Senate seat in his home state | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020 two people close to McConnell said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/secretary-of-state-pompeo-not-planning-2020-senate-run-sources-idUSKBN1Z528Y | 2020-01-07 |
All are betting on a win or strong finish in Iowa to propel them toward the nomination to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November 2020 | 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 |
With Trumps fellow Republicans controlling the Senate with a 5347 majority he is unlikely to be convicted and removed from office which would require a twothirds majority vote | Negative | 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 |
Democrats however hope they could peel off a few Republicans to push through a resolution for witnesses which would only require a simple majority | Positive | 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 |
Democratic critics of the Republican president have said Trump was reckless in authorizing the strike | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and other foreign troops to leave amid a growing backlash against the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of a wider Middle East conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/iraq-wants-foreign-troops-out-after-air-strike-u-s-urges-leaders-to-reconsider-idUSKBN1Z409A | 2020-01-06 |
Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress have generally backed his decision | Positive | 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 |
Congressional Republicans tried and failed numerous times to repeal Obamacare | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives and 20 Democraticled states asked the Supreme Court on Friday to declare that the landmark Obamacare healthcare law does not violate the U.S. Constitution as lower courts have found in a lawsuit brought by Republicanled states | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/democrats-ask-u-s-supreme-court-to-save-obamacare-idUSKBN1Z21YF | 2020-01-04 |
WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives and 20 Democraticled states asked the Supreme Court on Friday to declare that the landmark Obamacare healthcare law does not violate the U.S. Constitution as lower courts have found in a lawsuit brought by Republicanled states | Positive | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives and 20 Democraticled states asked the Supreme Court on Friday to declare that the landmark Obamacare healthcare law does not violate the U.S. Constitution as lower courts have found in a lawsuit brought by Republicanled states | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/democrats-ask-u-s-supreme-court-to-save-obamacare-idUSKBN1Z21YF | 2020-01-04 |
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a campaign event in a Miami megachurch on Friday to shore up support from Christian conservatives after a prominent evangelical publication questioned whether the faithful should support the Republican | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a campaign event in a Miami megachurch on Friday to shore up support from Christian conservatives after a prominent evangelical publication questioned whether the faithful should support the Republican | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-religion/trump-seeks-to-shore-up-evangelical-support-at-prosperity-gospel-church-idUSKBN1Z2114 | 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 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 |
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 |
The actual impeachment trial in the Senate would need a twothirds majority vote for a conviction requiring more than 20 Republicans to break with their party to remove the president | 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 |
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 | Negative | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Republicans could seek to amend those rules but such a moveis politically risky and considered unlikely legal experts said | 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 |
19 to formally charge President Donald Trump a Republican with high crimes and making him only the third U.S. president in history to be impeached | Negative | 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 |
Former Vice President Joe Biden a leading contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination said on Monday he would consider choosing a Republican running mate if he is the partys nominee next year | Positive | Former Vice President Joe Biden a leading contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination said on Monday he would consider choosing a Republican running mate if he is the partys nominee next year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/democratic-contender-biden-says-he-would-consider-a-republican-running-mate-idUSKBN1YZ025 | 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 |
The Republican political operative from Manchester New Hampshire had weighed a Senate bid after his work running Trumps presidential campaign in 2016 for a time | Positive | Corey Lewandowski a close ally of President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not run for the U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire now held by Democrat Jeanne Shaheen | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-lewandowski/trump-ally-corey-lewandowski-rules-out-senate-run-in-new-hampshire-idUSKBN1YZ17A | 2020-01-01 |
Trump says he has done nothing wrong and his Republican allies in the House agree with him not a single one voted for either of the two articles of impeachment | Negative | 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 |
The Republicancontrolled Senate is due to weigh these charges in a trial in January | 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 and his Republican allies have attacked the impeachment effort as illegitimate invoking concepts like due and that are commonly associated with criminal cases | 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 |