Some in Oklahoma statehouse urge Obama impeachment over bathroom rule
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Republican state lawmakers in Oklahoma have introduced a resolution urging the state’s congressional delegation to start an effort to impeach President Barack Obama over a White House recommendation that schools accommodate tr…
U.S. panel probing Benghazi attack to report within month: chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House panel investigating the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans will release its report on the incident in the next month, the congressman leading the inqu…
Oklahoma governor vetoes bill to jail abortion doctors
(Reuters) – Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Mary Fallin vetoed a bill calling for prison terms of up the three years for doctors who performed abortions, saying the legislation would not withstand a criminal constitutional legal challenge, her office sa…
India’s Modi to meet Obama, address Congress next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington next month to discuss security and other issues and the Indian leader will be granted the rare honor of addressing both houses of Congre…
NRA, the top U.S. gun lobby group, endorses Trump in presidential race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Rifle Association endorsed Republican Donald Trump for U.S. president on Friday and he responded by promising to serve the country’s top gun lobby group well.
The very idea of a President Trump scares some, bolsters others in Asia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s “isolationist” foreign policy pronouncements are feeding insecurity in some Asian nations fearful of China’s growing power, and risk emboldening nationalists and authoritarians in the region.
UK on Trump invite to 10 Downing Street: Not just yet
LONDON/WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday that British Prime Minister David Cameron had asked him to visit, but a UK spokesman said no invitation had been extended.
Lawmakers vote down LGBT rights measure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shouts of “Shame, shame, shame,” erupted in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as Republican lawmakers narrowly defeated legislation to protect the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees of go…
Trump’s Supreme Court list: all conservative, some provocative
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – William Pryor, in urging the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 to uphold a Texas law banning gay sex, argued against the notion that the U.S. Constitution should safeguard a person’s choice of partners.
Arizona governor declares victory in $3.5-billion education vote
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona voters have narrowly approved a plan to pump $3.5 billion into education coffers over the next decade and put an end to a long-running legal battle, Republican Governor Doug Ducey said late on Thursday.
