Archived State Department briefing video deliberately cut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Part of a U.S. State Department briefing video about secret U.S.-Iran nuclear talks was deliberately deleted at the request of an unknown official before it was posted to an online archive, the department said on Wednesday.
Thousands of voters in limbo after Kansas demands proof they’re American
WICHITA, Kansas (Reuters) – After moving to Kansas, Tad Stricker visited a state motor vehicle office to perform what he thought was the routine task of getting a new driver’s license and registering to vote.
Obama slams Trump for promising to roll back Wall Street reforms
ELKHART, Ind. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump’s proposal to weaken Wall Street reforms and touted his own economic record on Wednesday during a trip to a city he visited three weeks into his presidency that has recovered from it…
Former Los Angeles mayor starts anti-Trump campaign
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said on Wednesday he had formed a political action committee and started raising money to help fight Donald Trump’s Republican presidential campaign in key states with large L…
Obama says the Democratic nominee will be clear next week: PBS
ELKHART, Ind (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he expected the winner of the Democratic presidential nominating race would be clear next week after Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders compete in races in California and New Jersey.
Clinton’s IT aide to plead the Fifth in email lawsuit: The Hill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The man believed to have set up and maintained Hillary Clinton’s private email server will assert his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and refuse to answer questions as part of an open records lawsuit against the…
Trump blasts PGA Tour for plan to move golf tournament to Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a golf resort developer who has railed against Mexico in the 2016 campaign, lost an important golf tournament to that country on Wednesday when the PGA Tour said it would leave his …
Starr steps down as Baylor chancellor after sex assault scandal
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former Baylor University President Kenneth Starr resigned as chancellor of the world’s largest Baptist university on Wednesday after being implicated in a report for not doing enough to probe sexual assaults by athletes.
Kansas is latest U.S. state to challenge Obama transgender directive
(Reuters) – Kansas vowed on Wednesday to sue the Obama administration over a directive telling U.S. public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identities.
As Puerto Rico government frays, bondholders might get paid
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – As struggling Puerto Rico enters a bitter election season, discord in the U.S. territory’s ruling party is reaching new heights, which could benefit bondholders.
