Obama to visit Hiroshima, will not apologize for World War Two bombing
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Hiroshima in Japan later this month, but he will not apologize for the United States’ dropping of an atomic bomb on the city at the end of World War Two, the White …
London’s mayor an exception to proposed ban on Muslims: Trump
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, suggested he would make an exception for London’s newly elected Muslim mayor, the New York Times rep…
Former Illinois congressman requests to plead guilty in tax case
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Mel Reynolds, a former U.S. congressman from Illinois who has had numerous legal troubles, wants to plead guilty to federal income tax charges, he told a judge in a handwritten letter made public on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania state senator, Democratic official charged in vote-buying scheme
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania state Senator and a Democratic Party official were charged in a federal indictment for their involvement in a bribery and fraud scheme related to a 2011 election for a Democratic ward leader in Philadelphia, the Justice Depar…
North Carolina transgender battle could expand civil rights law
(Reuters) – The legal battle over transgender rights between the state of North Carolina and the U.S. government has moved the country closer to settling one of the last frontiers in civil rights law.
White House prods Senate on Garland amid Republican blockade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House pressed forward on Tuesday with its uphill battle to win Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, providing senators Merrick Garland’s voluminous responses to questions about his back…
New Jersey judge orders naming of Bridgegate scandal co-conspirators
(Reuters) – A federal judge in New Jersey on Tuesday ordered the release of a list of unindicted co-conspirators in the criminal case against two former allies of Republican Governor Chris Christie in a 2013 scandal involving lane closures on the Georg…
Sanders plan raises incomes but also U.S. deficits, analysts say
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ tax and benefit plans would raise income for most Americans but his proposal for single-payer healthcare would help generate record federal deficits, two Washington think tanks…
Commentary: Party leaders often disliked their nominee. It’s the public vitriol that’s new.
Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan emphatically declared last week that he was not ready to endorse Donald Trump, his party’s presumptive presidential nominee. This move was unprecedented in modern American history. Trump’s response was that Ryan may need to be replaced as head of the Republican National Convention.
Campaign chief to oversee Trump U.S. vice presidential search
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, will oversee the presumptive Republican U.S. presidential nominee’s search for a running mate, a campaign aide said on Tuesday.
