Sanders supporters seethe over Clinton’s leaked remarks to Wall St.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Supporters of former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday expressed anger and vindication over leaked comments made by Hillary Clinton to banks and big business that appeared to confirm their fears about her…
Clinton leads Trump by 5 points in presidential race: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 5 percentage points among likely voters, roughly the same advantage she has held over the past several weeks, according to the Reuters/Ipsos n…
Evangelical leaders stick with Trump, focus on defeating Clinton
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leaders of religious conservative groups largely stood behind Donald Trump on Saturday, the day after vulgar sexual comments he made about women surfaced online, but some expressed concern that the U.S. Republican presid…
U.S. formally accuses Russian hackers of political cyber attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government for the first time on Friday formally accused Russia of a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Trump in crisis after lewd remarks about women come to light
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plunged into a deep crisis on Friday after a bombshell 2005 recording came to light in which he boasted in vulgar terms about trying to have sex with an unidentified married…
Trump says Pence to represent him at Wisconsin event on Saturday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, under fire for vulgar comments caught on tape in 2005 and published on Friday, said that running mate Mike Pence would represent him at a Wisconsin campaign event on Saturday.
Clinton campaign struggled to balance unions, environmentalists – emails/WikiLeaks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton struggled with how to secure the endorsement of labor unions while announcing her opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a project they supported but environmentalists opposed,…
Congresswoman raises concerns about VW settlement oversight
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A settlement with U.S. regulators gives Volkswagen AG too much authority over how to spend $2 billion on electric vehicle technology, a U.S. congresswoman from California said this week in a letter, echoing concern…
U.S. pressed to disclose secret court’s order on Yahoo email search
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. senator and civil groups critical of surveillance practices on Friday called on the government to release a 2015 order by a secret court directing Yahoo to scan all its users’ incoming email, saying it appeared to invol…
Obama announces lifting of U.S. sanctions on Myanmar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama formally announced the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Myanmar on Friday by terminating an emergency order that deemed the policies of the former military government a threat to U.S. national security.