Ex-President George W. Bush dips toe into U.S. trade debate
DALLAS (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday entered the debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, hosting a forum at his presidential library extolling his successor’s Asian free trade deal.
Trump Jr. tweet likening Syrian refugees to poisoned Skittles irks candy maker
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The maker of Skittles candies on Tuesday objected to a social media post by Donald Trump Jr. in which the Republican presidential hopeful’s son compared admitting Syrian refugees to the United States to eating poisoned pieces of th…
Trump calls first debate moderator a Democrat; records show otherwise
(Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump may have gotten it wrong when he said the moderator of the first U.S. presidential debate next week between him and his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, is a Democrat.
Senators push Wells Fargo CEO on pay clawbacks after bogus accounts
(Reuters) – U.S. Senate lawmakers excoriated Wells Fargo & Co’s chief on Tuesday for his oversight of the bank as it opened 2 million bogus customer accounts, potentially laying the groundwork for new rules and reviving questions of whether banks are “too big to fail.”
Skeptical of Russia, Clinton seen going toe-to-toe with Putin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Hillary Clinton attended her first major White House meeting on Russia in February 2009, the new secretary of state insisted that she wanted to play a leading role in President Barack Obama’s effort to “reset” U.S. relations with Moscow.
Clinton, Trump vie for world leaders’ attention in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – With national security again a major U.S. election issue after bombings in New York and New Jersey, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump sought to burnish their foreign-policy credentials on Monday by meeting world leaders at the Unite…
Despite flaws, paperless voting machines remain widespread in the U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One in four registered voters in the United States live in areas that will use electronic voting machines that do not produce a paper backup in the November presidential election despite concerns that they are vulnerable to tampe…
Japan PM stresses importance of TPP trade pact in Clinton meeting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday and stressed it was important for the United States to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal that she opposes, Japanese of…
U.S., China to step up cooperation on North Korea
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang agreed on Monday to step up cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and in law-enforcement channels after North Korea’s fifth nuclear test, the White House said….
After bomb blasts, Clinton, Trump trade charges on national security
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton on Monday accused Republican Donald Trump of aiding Islamic State recruitment, while Trump said she had helped weaken national security as bomb blasts in New York and New Jersey resonated on the U.S. pr…
