Top House Republican condemns reported U.S. purchase of Iran heavy water
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, commenting on a report in the Wall Street Journal on Friday that the Obama administration is buying 32 tons of heavy water from Iran, said the purchase was “another unprecedented concession to the world’s leading state-sponsor of terrorism.”
Markets ignore Trump presidential bid at their peril
LONDON (IFR) – The prospect of Donald Trump becoming the next U.S. president and ushering in a period of increased public spending and de-globalisation has not been adequately priced into bond markets, market participants have warned.
U.S. to propose Obama visit Hiroshima in late May: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States will propose that President Barack Obama visits Hiroshima, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper said on Friday, in what would be the first visit by an incumbent U.S. president to the city devastated by a U.S. nuclear attack 71 y…
Trump has been playing a part, will become more presidential: adviser
HOLLYWOOD, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top advisers to Donald Trump assured Republican Party leaders on Thursday that the New York billionaire would adopt a more presidential demeanor soon, to temper the image projected during his campaign so far.
Clinton targets young voters with new fundraising group
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton launched a bid on Thursday to draw young voters and small donors to her campaign, targeting the strengths of her rival, Bernie Sanders, as she looks ahead to the general ele…
Trump offers support for bathroom access based on gender identity
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sided on Thursday with those criticizing a controversial new North Carolina law requiring transgender people to use government and school bathrooms that correspond with the …
Guantanamo shrinking but Obama goal of closing prison still elusive
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – Observed from behind a one-way mirror and heavy chain-link fence, a handful of bearded detainees in baggy t-shirts mill around inside a communal cellblock at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, vastly ou…
Republican candidate Kasich passed over by ‘Time 100’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Time magazine’s annual “100 most influential people” list had a notable omission this year: John Kasich, the only member of the current presidential field who did not to make the cut.
Mexico Senate committee OK’s air transport deal with United States
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A key committee in Mexico’s Senate on Thursday ratified a deal with the United States that would boost competition in air transportation, a Senate spokesman said, paving the way for expansion of the world’s second largest cross-…
Kerry, Zarif to discuss U.S. sanctions relief for Iran on Friday: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions relief will be on the agenda when the Iranian and U.S. foreign ministers meet on Friday amid Tehran’s complaints it has been slow to benefit from last year’s Iran nuclear deal, the U.S. State Department said.
