Bipartisan U.S. House members vow to keep gun control fight alive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Friday pledged to build support in the U.S. House of Representatives for legislation keeping firearms from people on terrorism watch lists, despite repeated gun control failures this week in Con…
Cleveland, ACLU agree on protest limits at Republican convention
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The city of Cleveland and the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday settled a federal lawsuit over free speech limits outside the Republican National Convention next month, setting the stage for lively demonstrations during Don…
Obama creates first U.S. monument to gay rights at New York site
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday designated the site of a watershed event in the history of U.S. gay rights, the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, as a national monument, the first one to honor the contributions of gay Ameri…
Ryan, House Republicans offer plan to slice U.S. tax rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Friday they would advance legislation next year to chop individual and corporate U.S. tax rates.
White House unveils measures to help inmates find work after prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Friday rolled out a series of education and work training initiatives focused on helping convicted criminals avoid returning to prison, part of President Barack Obama’s legacy-shaping effort to overhau…
Clinton: ‘We respect the choice the people’ made on Brexit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Friday said she respected the United Kingdom’s vote on leaving the European Union and was committed to maintaining America’s relationships with both Britain and European c…
Obama says he respects Britain’s decision to leave EU
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he respected Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, and that the United States’ relationship with Britain would endure.
Donald Trump heads for Scotland to reopen a golf resort
GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) – Most U.S. presidential candidates go abroad to sharpen their foreign policy credentials. Donald Trump arrives in Scotland on Friday to reopen a golf resort.
Immigration win for Republicans could help Clinton in the end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans cheered after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday thwarted President Barack Obama’s plan to offer millions of undocumented immigrants relief from deportation, but any sense of triumph might last only until the November presidential election.
Trump predicts ‘staggering’ July fundraising for White House bid
TURNBERRY, Scotland (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, stung by a meager fundraising haul compared with that of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, predicted on Friday his campaign would draw “staggering” numbers this summer…