Puerto Rico debt fix unlikely to resemble Detroit’s
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The federal appointees tapped to help map Puerto Rico’s economic future are technocrats more than political actors, and that could make the U.S. territory’s fiscal turnaround look more like a corporate restructuring than a politica…
Trump allies falsely link Reuters to claim Detroit video feed was cut short
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative commentators on Sunday mistakenly accused Reuters of pulling the plug on the final moments of broadcast coverage of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s appearance at a black church this weekend.
Trump raises possibility of eventual legal status for illegal immigrants
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (Reuters) – In a new twist to his immigration proposals, U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump held out the possibility of legal status for millions of illegal immigrants, but only after many other border enforcement steps …
Clinton voices concern about Russian interference in election
HAMPTON, Ill. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday expressed concern about “credible reports” of Russian interference in the U.S. election and accused Donald Trump of being fixated on dictators including Russia’s Vlad…
Clinton says ‘conspiracy theories’ about her health not a concern
(Reuters) – Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, on Monday said that she was not distracted by rumors of ill health and that attacks on the Clinton Foundation were not rooted in fact.
Trump says U.S. interest rates must change as Fed weighs rate hike
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has previously accused the Federal Reserve of keeping interest rates low to help President Barack Obama, said on Monday that the U.S. central bank has created a “false econo…
Clinton’s classified email errors due to ‘improper labeling:’ Kaine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine on Sunday defended Hillary Clinton against criticism over her handling of classified information as secretary of state, saying she was unaware of the sensitivity of some informatio…
Trump ally: Border wall’s cost was deemed off limits in Mexico meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A close ally of Donald Trump said talks about the cost of building a wall with Mexico was not supposed to be part of the discussion during Republican presidential candidate’s recent meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nie…
Former Canadian PM rebukes Trump on NAFTA, predicts his defeat
TORONTO (Reuters) – Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on Sunday criticized Donald Trump’s potential plan to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and said the U.S. presidential candidate will likely lose the Nov. 8 election….
Clinton tells FBI she could not recall all briefings on preserving documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton, under questioning by federal investigators over whether she had been briefed on how to preserve government records as she was about to leave the State Department, said she had suffered a concussion, was working p…