Obama to return to Indiana city after seven years to highlight progress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans a return visit to Elkhart, Indiana, next week, some seven years after going to the city on his first trip as president, to highlight economic progress there and across the United States, the White Hou…
Alabama House speaker’s ethics trial roils state politics
(Reuters) – Opening statements in the ethics trial of Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard got underway on Tuesday in a political drama that could rattle the Republican Party controlling the state, where two other top party leaders are ensnared in separa…
Lawmakers see path ahead for Puerto Rico rescue plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Congressional plan to help Puerto Rico shed billions of dollars in bad debt can win enough support to make its way to a vote in the House of Representatives, U.S. lawmakers who support the measure said on Tuesday.
Ohio violated voting rights by reducing early voting: U.S. judge
(Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Ohio violated voters’ rights in 2014 by cutting the number of days in which people were allowed to cast early ballots to 28 from 35.
Former Republican candidate Santorum endorses Trump for president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Tuesday endorsed Donald Trump for president, saying he was swayed by Trump’s list of possible Supreme Court nominees.
Senator Durbin cites problems with House Puerto Rico debt bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, the chamber’s second-ranking Democrat, expressed deep reservations on Tuesday with a Puerto Rico debt relief bill being debated by a House of Representatives panel this week.
Senate rejects new U.S. retirement rule; Obama ready to veto
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted along party lines on Tuesday to repeal a new Labor Department rule on retirement advice after a debate that stretched over the course of the day.
Bill to cloak U.S. ‘dark money’ seen as harmful to charity fraud fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fighting charity fraud could become more difficult under a Republican bill in Congress to prohibit the U.S. Internal Revenue Service from collecting the names of top donors to charities and other nonprofit groups, critics warned …
Virginia governor says confident campaign donor was legitimate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s Democratic governor, said on Tuesday said he was confident that a person at the center of an FBI investigation over contributions to his 2013 campaign was a legitimate donor.
Louisiana governor to sign law making police killings hate crimes
(Reuters) – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards plans to sign legislation making it a hate crime to kill a police officer or another first responder, bolstering penalties for an offense that already qualifies for the state’s death penalty, his office s…
