Trump identifies 11 potential Supreme Court nominees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Presumptive Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled the names of 11 judges – eight men and three women, all white and all conservative – he would consider, if elected, to replace the late Antonin S…
Grammar fail, or do Texas Republicans believe most Texans are gay?
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas-based LGBT advocacy helped spark a grammar debate this week over whether an errant comma in the stridently anti-homosexual Republican Party of Texas platform can be read as saying the majority of Texans are gay.
Senate Banking committee approves two SEC nominees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Thursday approved nominees for the two vacant spots on the five-member Securities and Exchange Commission, according to the highest ranking Democrat on the committee.
ACLU threatens Cleveland over delays in convention protest permits
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday accused the city of Cleveland of taking too long to issue permits to protesters planning demonstrations at the Republican National Convention in July and threatened to sue if the city delays fu…
Trump taps adviser Manafort to be campaign chairman: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president, has tapped senior adviser Paul Manafort to be campaign chairman and chief strategist, CNN’s chief Washington correspondent said in a tweet on Thursday.
Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump unqualified to be president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said on Thursday Republican candidate Donald Trump is unqualified to be president of the United States.
Top Democratic senator probes SWIFT, NY Fed about Bangladesh heist
(Reuters) – The Senate Homeland Security Committee’s top Democrat sought information Thursday from global financial network SWIFT and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on steps being taken to bolster cyber security in the wake of the theft of $81 mi…
Clinton calls on world to break down barriers holding back girls
COPENHAGEN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton called for renewed efforts to “break down the barriers holding back women and girls around the world” on Thursday.
UAW chief says union to endorse either Clinton or Sanders ‘soon’
DETROIT (Reuters) – United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams said on Thursday the union will endorse either Democrat Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders for U.S. president “soon,” and called for unity among Democrats behind the eventual nominee.
Senators introduce bill to block expansion of FBI hacking authority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A small group of bipartisan senators introduced a bill Thursday that would block a pending judicial rule change allowing U.S. judges to issue search warrants for remote access to computers in any jurisdiction, even overseas, arguing the change would expand the FBI’s hacking authority.
