Kasich calls for ‘active steps’ to strengthen U.S.-Israel ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Presidential candidate John Kasich called on Monday for “active steps” to strengthen ties between the U.S. and Israel, including suspending U.S. participation in the Iran deal and helping the Jewish state strengthen relationships…
Trump warns Republicans against pushing a third-party candidate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday warned Republicans against backing a third-party candidate should he win the party’s nomination, saying doing so would hand the election to the Democrats.
Senate proposal on encryption gives judges broad powers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has begun circulating long-awaited draft legislation that would give federal judges clear authority to order technology companies like Apple to help law enforcement officials access encrypted d…
Liberal groups stage rallies to back Obama’s Supreme Court pick
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Liberal groups allied with the White House staged rallies around the country on Monday to pressure Republican senators including the Judiciary Committee’s chairman not to block President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee…
Trump questions U.S. financial backing for NATO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States should significantly cut spending on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Monday, questioning a policy that has underpinned U.S. foreign relati…
White House opposes bill it says harms FTC consumer protection ability
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Monday that the Obama administration “strongly opposes” passage by the House of Representatives a bill on mergers and acquisitions, saying it harms a federal agency’s ability to promote competition and pro…
Trump says U.S. should spend less on NATO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the United States should decrease the amount it spends on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Justices hostile to Virginia Republicans in black voters case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices on Monday signaled they are likely to leave in place a lower-court’s ruling that Virginia’s Republican-led legislature unlawfully considered race when drawing U.S. congressional districts by packing black v…
U.S. leaders must still ‘distrust’ Iran: Clinton
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in a speech to a pro-Israel lobby group in Washington on Monday Iran still posed a threat to Israel and needed to be closely watched.
U.S. climate envoy Stern to step down: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern, who helped hammer out an international agreement in Paris last year to curb carbon emissions and spur development of clean technologies will step down on April 1, the State Department said on Monday…
