Clinton offers plan to freeze some college debt, cut tuition
(Reuters) – Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton on Wednesday proposed a temporary freeze on some student debt and the cutting of college tuition entirely for some families, focusing on an issue important to supporters of her rival Bernie …
John Kerry commits more U.S. military aid for ex-Soviet Georgia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry told ex-Soviet Georgia that the United States would help it bolster its army as he reassured a close U.S. ally days before a NATO summit expected to focus on the threat a resurgent Russia poses.
Obama, in shift, says he will keep 8,400 U.S. troops in Afghanistan until 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, calling Afghanistan’s security situation precarious, said on Wednesday he will keep U.S. troop levels there at 8,400 through the end of his administration rather than reducing them to 5,500 by year’s end a…
U.S. attorney general to testify before House panel on July 12
(Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on July 12 on a number of issues facing the Justice Department, including the FBI’s probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server, the panel…
FBI Director Comey to testify before House panel on Thursday
(Reuters) – FBI Director James Comey is set to testify before the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Thursday about the agency’s decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of a personal email server while serving at the State…
Rebuke of Clinton over email use creates opening for Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI report scolding Democrat Hillary Clinton over her email practices as secretary of state plays into a chief vulnerability that her rival, Republican Donald Trump, hopes to exploit – wariness among U.S. voters about her trustworthiness.
Clinton ‘extremely careless’ with emails, but FBI recommends no charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI recommended on Tuesday that no criminal charges be filed over Hillary Clinton’s use of private email servers while she was secretary of state, but rebuked the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate for “extremely careless…
U.S. Republicans push back on Democratic gun-control efforts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional Republicans on Tuesday resisted Democratic demands for a vote on gun-control measures and warned that some could face punishment for an unusual sit-in last month that tied up the House of Representatives for 25…
Trump takes potential VP running mates for test drives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump is taking some of his potential vice presidential running mates out for a test drive this week, meeting in private and trotting them out in public as he seeks to make his choice before the Republican National Convent…
Judge blocks Kansas’ attempt to cut Planned Parenthood from Medicaid
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s efforts to remove Planned Parenthood, a U.S. women’s healthcare and abortion provider, from a government health insurance program for the poor in the state.
