Florida lieutenant governor ends bid for Senate seat
(Reuters) – Florida’s Republican lieutenant governor, Carlos Lopez-Cantera, on Wednesday dropped his bid for a U.S. Senate seat shortly after Senator Marco Rubio said he would be entering the race.
Peru president-elect jokes about ending ties with U.S. if Trump wins
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s president-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said amid laughter on Tuesday that his government would sever ties with the United States if Republican Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election in November.
Trump to detour from campaign to visit Scotland golf properties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facing slumping poll numbers and a shakeup of his team, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes a detour from the campaign trail this week to visit his golf resorts in Scotland.
Clinton’s lead over Trump narrows to nine points: Reuters/Ipsos
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump has slipped by about five percentage points since mid-June, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday, bringing the race for the White House to within nine points.
Former California state senator pleads guilty to corruption charge
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former California Senator Ron Calderon pleaded guilty in a federal court on Tuesday to a single count of mail fraud, ending a public corruption case in which he admitted to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes, prose…
‘Glimmer of hope’ seen for compromise U.S. gun control bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators pushed for a compromise gun control bill on Tuesday, a day after the Senate failed to advance four gun measures following last week’s mass shooting in Orlando, the deadliest in modern U.S. history.
Senate prepares Puerto Rico debt debate amid Democrats’ concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday that amendments were necessary to a Puerto Rico debt bill that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said would be voted on by next week.
Trump shrugs off campaign funding lag, cites personal wealth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Donald Trump said on Tuesday his “unlimited” trove of personal wealth would help compensate for his poor presidential campaign fundraising, even as he took steps to court new donors to help win the White House.
Trump announces new hires to expand campaign operations
(Reuters) – Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has hired several new staff members to expand his campaign for the November election, including Jim Murphy as national political director to focus on key battleground states, his campaign said on …
Kerry meets authors of dissenting cable on U.S. Syria policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met on Tuesday with about 10 of the 51 State Department officials who last week wrote a cable disagreeing with U.S. policy toward Syria and arguing for “a more militarily assertive U.S. role.”
