Trump candidacy stirs alliance angst in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s portrayal of Japan as a free-rider on security is stirring worries in Tokyo about damage to its U.S. alliance, and could embolden hardliners keen to bolster Japan’s military in the face of a …
Clinton’s Asian-American outreach director leaving campaign
(Reuters) – The director of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach efforts is leaving the campaign for a position with the Colorado Democrats, a campaign official said on Saturday.
Obama allies to press Republicans on high court nomination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the Senate began a two-week recess on Friday, the White House and its allies sought to turn up the heat on Republicans to reverse course and act on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.
Trump’s ‘obsession’ with anchorwoman Kelly is ‘deplorable’: Fox
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fox News on Friday issued a harsh condemnation to Donald Trump in defense of one of the network’s most popular reporters, calling the Republican front-runner’s “obsession” unfit for a presidential candidate.
Romney offers vote, little else, to Cruz in Republican election battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Mitt Romney said on Friday he would vote for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in Utah’s presidential nominating contest, but the party’s 2012 election standard-bearer stopped short of an official endorsement as he urged voters to…
Obama’s Cuba meetings will not be negotiated with Cuban government: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The list of people, including dissidents, President Barack Obama plans to invite to meet with him during his trip to Cuba will not be negotiated with the Cuban government, the White House said on Friday.
Mansion where Obama to stay in Havana ‘built to impress’
HAVANA (Reuters) – The mansion in Havana where U.S. President Barack Obama and his family will spend two nights has survived war, revolution and an Albanian occupation.
Sanders calls notion he should quit Democratic race ‘absurd’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, responding to reports President Barack Obama called on Democrats to rally around Hillary Clinton as the likely nominee, said on Thursday it was “absurd” to suggest he drop out of …
Meet a man who will help determine Trump’s fate in 2016 race
(Reuters) – Mark Strang spends his days delivering farm equipment, listening to politics on the radio during cross-country drives. But in July, the 63-year-old could have an outsized voice in choosing the Republican nominee for president of the United …
Obama’s Argentina trip raises questions about Macri rights record
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Celeste Perosino was investigating possible crimes committed by Argentina’s central bank during the “Dirty War” military dictatorship decades ago before her team was disbanded by the new conservative President Mauricio Macri.
