Latest gun control bid falters in Congress, Democrat sit-in ends
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Another attempt at gun control faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday despite outrage at the Orlando massacre, as a proposed ban on firearms sales to people being monitored for links to terrorism barely avoided being killed in…
Obama briefed after Britain votes to leave EU
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed by his advisers late on Thursday on Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, a result that he had argued passionately against during an April visit to London.
Democrats say gun defeat in Congress could help on campaign trail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in Congress ended a 25-hour sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives where they have been countless times before: short of the votes needed to tighten U.S. gun laws.
White House threatens to veto Republicans’ Zika funding plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday threatened to veto the $1.1 billion approved by the U.S. House of Representatives to fight the Zika virus, blasting the measure for short-changing the administration’s $1.9 billion funding request.
Trump’s ‘unlimited’ wealth may not be enough to fund his campaign
LONDON (Reuters) – New York real estate developer Donald Trump says he has “unlimited” personal wealth to fund his White House run, but a Reuters review of his financial disclosures suggests he does not have enough cash to see his campaign through to E…
Clinton’s server technician declines to answer court-ordered questions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The computer technician who set up Hillary Clinton’s private email server for her work as U.S. secretary of state declined to answer questions more than 125 times during a deposition ordered by a federal judge, a transcript release…
Obama briefed on man who took hostages in German cinema: White House
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama had been briefed about a masked man who took hostages at a cinema in western Germany and was later killed by police.
Trump will not ask donors to repay nearly $50 million in campaign loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump has forgiven nearly $50 million in loans he made to his presidential campaign, he said on Thursday, signaling to donors that future contributions will be used to fight Democrat Hillary Clinton and not to r…
U.S. Democrats end House protest, gun control prospects dim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers on Thursday ended a daylong protest in the U.S. House of Representatives to protest the lack of action on gun control and Congress looked unlikely to approve meaningful firearms restrictions in the wake of th…
Republican lawmakers approve $1.1 billion in new Zika funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday agreed to $1.1 billion to fight the Zika virus, short-changing President Barack Obama’s $1.9 billion funding request and angering Democrats by making other cuts to pay for it.
