Obama concerned over longer term global growth after Brexit
OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he expects the world economy will be steady in the short run after Britain’s decision to leave the European Union but expressed concern about longer term global growth.
U.S. farm groups discuss policy with Clinton staff, pursue Trump
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. agriculture groups are pushing for continuing talks with the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees in an effort to influence their farm policy positions as a slump in crop prices squeezes the sector’s prof…
New rules give protesters more leeway at Republican convention
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday authorized a new plan allowing protesters at next month’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland to demonstrate in an area that will be readily visible to convention goers.
Facebook’s political influence under a microscope
(Reuters) – As the U.S. presidential campaign heats up, Facebook Inc is going out of its way to show its neutrality – an increasingly urgent matter for the social network as evidence of its power continues to emerge.
Biden outlines ‘Moonshot’ initiatives to fight cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Wednesday announced plans as part of the administration’s “Cancer Moonshot” initiative, aimed at speeding development of treatments by cutting bureaucracy and easing collaboration between scien…
Top Obama administration officials to brief Senate on IS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford and Nicholas Rasmussen, director of the National Center for Counterterrorism, will hold a classified br…
U.S. lawmakers seek more money, authority for derivatives regulator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission would have stronger policing powers over the derivatives market, along with a boosted budget, under legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday.
Senate Republican warns of bailout if Puerto Rico vote fails
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, speaking as lawmakers prepared to vote on a bill to address Puerto Rico’s financial crisis, warned on Wednesday that failure to pass the legislation by Friday could lead to a taxpaye…
Puerto Rico debt bill gains backers in U.S. Senate; close vote seen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration and U.S. Senate Republican leaders scrambled on Tuesday to garner enough support to get a Puerto Rico debt relief bill through a critical procedural vote set for Wednesday which several lawmakers predicte…
Exclusive: Trump supporters more likely to view blacks negatively – Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Supporters of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump are more likely to describe African Americans as “criminal,” “unintelligent,” “lazy” and “violent” than voters who backed some Republican rivals in the primaries or who support…
