House panel near unveiling new Puerto Rico debt bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation to help Puerto Rico deal with its $72 billion debt crisis “is being finalized” by a U.S. Congress committee following negotiations with the Treasury Department, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office said on Tuesday.
Kansas budget woes weigh on state’s credit ratings
(Reuters) – Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday slapped a negative outlook on Kansas’ Aa2 credit rating, citing the state’s reliance on one-shot measures to balance its budget.
Bill allowing guns on Tennessee campuses becomes law
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Educators and other full-time staffers at Tennessee’s public state universities and colleges will soon be able to carry handguns on campus after Governor Bill Haslam allowed a bill to become law on Monday without his signature.
Obama says Chinese-led trade deal shows need for TPP: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that a Chinese-led regional trade deal demonstrated the urgent need for Congress to approve the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
Indiana puts Donald Trump’s evangelical support to test
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s success in the race for the White House may well depend on the support of Republican evangelicals suspicious of the front-runner’s more liberal side as he discloses his social views.
Clinton courts Appalachian voters to counter Trump on trade
WASHINGTON/CARMEL, Ind. (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton met with coal and steel workers in the Appalachian region on Monday in an effort to win over blue-collar voters in a part of the country with strong support for Republican …
Pakistan raps Trump over vow to free doctor who helped track bin Laden
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan angrily criticized Donald Trump, frontrunner for the U.S. Republican presidential nomination, for saying he would force the country to free a jailed Pakistani doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down al Qaeda lead…
Obama takes Supreme Court fight to Republican senators’ home turf
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday took the political battle over his pick for a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court to the home states of seven Republican senators up for re-election in November.
Wrestling body revokes ex-House Speaker Hastert’s awards
(Reuters) – The National Wrestling Hall of Fame on Monday revoked all awards bestowed upon former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert after he admitted in court to sexually abusing students years ago when he was a high school wrestling coach.
Obama administration urges Congress to act on Puerto Rico crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration urged Congress to pass legislation to help Puerto Rico resolve a debt crisis which was expected to trigger a bond default on Monday.
