COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – An outpouring of black voter support propelled Joe Biden to a convincing victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, resurrecting his faltering White House bid and giving the former vice president a chance to claim he is the moderate alternative to front-runner Bernie Sanders. The decisive win gives Biden a
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, who earlier this week described the risk from the new coronavirus as “very low” in the United States, said he will hold a White House press conference about the fast-spreading flu-like illness at 1:30 pm EST (18:30 GMT) on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court handed President Donald Trump a major legal victory on Friday by dismissing a Democratic-led congressional panel’s lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn. FILE PHOTO: White House Counsel Don McGahn speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National
MEMPHIS (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Friday pledged to de-escalate U.S.-China trade tensions, make it easier for farmers to hire foreign laborers and increase federal agricultural research. FILE PHOTO – Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge is weighing civil contempt charges against a Russian company accused of funding a Russian troll farm’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election to boost President Donald Trump’s candidacy after prosecutors accused the St. Petersburg-based firm of defying subpoenas to hand over documents. FILE PHOTO: Russian businessman Evgeny Prigozhin looks
FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks as Senator Bernie Sanders raises his hands during the tenth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Banning hydraulic fracturing and halting new drilling on federal land would cost the
SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) – Asia reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including an American soldier stationed in South Korea, as the United States warned of a pandemic, the disease spread in Europe and Brazil confirmed Latin America’s first infection. World stocks tumbled for the fifth day on fears of prolonged disruption to global supply
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Surging Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders came under withering fire in a boisterous debate in South Carolina on Tuesday, as rivals attacked the high cost of his ambitious economic agenda and warned he would cost the party the White House and control of Congress. In a debate that featured candidates repeatedly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward a federal law that made it a felony to encourage illegal immigrants to come or stay in the United States as they heard a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to revive the measure after it was struck down by a lower court.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg, the only veteran in the top tier of candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, is turning to South Carolina’s large military community to help shore up his nagging lack of support among black voters. Democratic presidential candidate and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg speaks during a
FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett walks through the exhibit hall as shareholders gather to hear from the billionaire investor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 4, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan (Reuters) – Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) and one of the world’s most admired
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – As Bernie Sanders looked to cement his front-runner status in the U.S. Democratic presidential race after his dominant win in Nevada, his rivals sought in rallies on Sunday to blunt his momentum ahead of 15 nominating contests in the next 10 days. Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont and self-avowed
FILE PHOTO: National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien arrives before U.S. President Donald Trump delivers joint remarks with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a proposed new Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Nevada caucus officials and voters at multiple sites on Saturday reported voting rules confusion, calculation glitches and delays in reporting tallies – despite efforts to avoid the issues that plagued Iowa’s caucuses earlier this month. Preference cards are seen at a Nevada Caucus voting site at Coronado high school in Henderson,
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc said on Thursday that it was testing a new community moderation approach that would enable users to identify misleading information posted by politicians and public figures and add brightly colored labels under those tweets. FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26,
WASHINGTON/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said on Friday that his company has identified three women bound by non-disclosure agreements regarding his past conduct and that they would be released from their accords if they choose. In a statement, Bloomberg, who runs media conglomerate Bloomberg LP, said the agreements concern “comments
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