Clinton Foundation plans to close overseas fundraising arms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation will shut down its fundraising affiliates in Sweden and the United Kingdom if Hillary Clinton wins the U.S. presidency in November, a spokesman for the global charity said this week.
Organizers name TV journalists to moderate U.S. presidential debates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Journalists from NBC, ABC, CNN and Fox News will moderate the three scheduled debates between U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump ahead of the Nov. 8 election, the nonpartisan group organizing the events…
Hispanic backers sour on Trump after immigration speech
WILMINGTON, Ohio/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of Donald Trump’s Hispanic backers distanced themselves from the Republican nominee on Thursday for standing by a hardline approach to illegal immigration in a key speech after indicating for weeks that he m…
Putin says he doesn’t know who hacked U.S. Democratic Party: Bloomberg
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he did not know who was behind the hacking of U.S. Democratic Party organizations but the information uncovered was important, Bloomberg news agency reported on Friday.
Obama visits Midway Atoll, a symbol of his climate, Asia legacy
MIDWAY ATOLL (Reuters) – President Barack Obama snorkeled on Thursday in the electric-blue water off Midway Atoll, a remote coral reef that serves as a reminder of both modern global climate challenges and the United State’s dominance in the Pacific si…
Disparate crises distract from Obama bid to sign off on Asia shift
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – Barack Obama starts his last trip to Asia on Saturday as U.S. president, aiming to put a final stamp on his signature policy shift toward the Pacific but distracted by crises ranging from Brexit to the battle against Is…
Romanian hacker ‘Guccifer’ sentenced to 52 months in U.S. prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Romanian hacker nicknamed “Guccifer” who helped expose the existence of a private email domain Hillary Clinton used when she was U.S. secretary of state was sentenced on Thursday to 52 months in prison by a federal court in Ale…
Trump’s immigration pitch falls flat with Republicans near the border
(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s effort to clarify his position on illegal immigration during visits to both sides of the U.S.-Mexico frontier on Wednesday did little to sway moderate Republicans near the border, a dozen vot…
Democrat Clinton raised more than $140 million in August: campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democrat Hillary Clinton raised about $143 million in August for her presidential bid and the Democratic Party, the her campaign announced on Thursday.
Trump campaign criticizes Iran nuclear deal anew after Reuters report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign criticized the Iran nuclear deal and Democrat Hillary Clinton’s support for it after a Reuters report that said the United States and its negotiating partners agreed “i…
