BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus epidemic closed its first makeshift hospital, one of 16 hurriedly built to handle the epidemic, after it discharged the last recovered patients, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday.…
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In a Texas chicken joint, Biden and onetime rival Buttigieg unite to stop Sanders
DALLAS (Reuters) – It was a scene that was hard to imagine just one week ago. Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg endorses former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign at Chicken Scratch in Dallas, Texas, U.S., March 2, 2020.…
U.S. national security agencies gather to combat potential election interference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National security professionals from across the U.S. government will meet on Tuesday in a Northern Virginia office building for an unprecedented monitoring effort to counter cyberattacks and foreign disinformation aimed at Super Tuesday presidential primaries. Since U.S.…
U.S. judge mulls holding Russian firm linked to election meddling in contempt
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…
On the trail: Democrats slam Trump’s coronavirus response
MCCLELLANVILLE, S.C/WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential hopefuls spread out across South Carolina on Thursday as the clock ticked down to the state’s Saturday primary, the first big test of their appeal with African-American voters. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate…
How the Democratic nominating battle could end in a messy ‘brokered convention’
(Reuters) – Seemingly every four years, political pundits speculate about a “brokered” U.S. presidential convention – only to see a nominee selected with little or no drama. But that may not be the case in 2020. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential…
On the trail: Coronavirus, South Carolina and Super Tuesday
(Reuters) – Democratic presidential hopefuls spread out across South Carolina on Thursday ahead of the state’s primary election on Saturday – their first big test with African-American voters. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg…
Republicans’ ‘Operation Chaos’ seeks to undermine South Carolina’s Democratic primary
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Republican activists in South Carolina are urging party voters to do the seemingly unthinkable: support U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ bid for the White House in the state’s Democratic primary on Saturday. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate…
Coronavirus spreads faster outside China, stoking global fears
SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) – The number of new coronavirus infections inside China – the source of the outbreak – was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday, with Italy and Iran emerging as epicenters of the rapidly…
Warren Buffett says ‘I’m a Democrat,’ and would have ‘no trouble’ voting for Bloomberg
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…