Sanders’ TPP stance shot down by Democrats’ platform committee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A trade deal fight led by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday failed to fully materialize as rival and presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton announced a compromise to expand mandatory healthcare fundin…
U.S. gun rules heighten tension between police, citizens: Obama
WARSAW (Reuters) – President Barack Obama pledged on Saturday to seek ways to calm racial tensions and reduce divisions between police and minorities during his final months in office, but he warned that easy access to guns nationwide exacerbated the p…
Obama ‘concerned’ about U.S. State Department handling of classified information
WARSAW (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he was concerned about how the State Department handles classified information but cast this as part of a government-wide challenge in the age of email, texts and smartphones.
Republican Party chairman confident in Cleveland convention security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Party chief Reince Priebus expressed confidence on Saturday that security will be able to handle any protests at the party’s convention later this month in Cleveland, where Donald Trump is to be nominated as the Republ…
Pentagon says near deal with Lockheed for more F-35 fighter jets
RAF FAIRFORD, England (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin Corp are in the final stages of negotiations about two contracts for 160 fighter jets, tandem deals valued at more than $14 billion, the Pentagon’s F-35 program manage…
Clinton says she relied on State staff for classification decisions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton disputed a scathing assessment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that she was “extremely careless” with classified government secrets, saying on Friday she relied on the judgment of her subordinates at the U.S….
Faced with Trump and Clinton, Americans yearn for third choice: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans’ demand for an alternative to the two main presidential candidates has surged since the last election, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows, underscoring the unpopularity of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clin…
Violence again convulses 2016 election campaign, testing Trump, Clinton
(Reuters) – In the hours after a gunman shot 12 police officers, killing five in Dallas, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton abruptly canceled campaign events. Their Twitter accounts largely went quie…
U.S. Women’s Open must leave Trump National, says Burk
(Reuters) – Fourteen years after criticizing Augusta National Golf Club for its all-male membership policy, women’s issues expert Martha Burk has called for next year’s U.S. Women’s Open to be moved from Trump National in New Jersey.
Dallas attack adds to Cleveland concerns before Republican convention
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland police on Friday tightened their security plan for the Republican National Convention after the deadly shootings of police officers in Dallas, increasing surveillance and intelligence operations just 10 days before the c…
