Sergeant Bergdahl says ‘fantastic’ plan crumbled hours after leaving post
(Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl had devised what he told a military investigator was a “fantastic plan” to leave his post so he could inform higher-ups about problems in the ranks, but that fell apart when he realized he took on more than …
Senator McCain wants Pentagon to probe United Launch executive’s remarks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain on Thursday urged Defense Secretary Ash Carter to investigate what he called troubling remarks by a former senior United Launch Alliance executive about his company’s deal…
Puerto Rico bill expected soon, House Democratic leader says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she expects legislation to help tackle Puerto Rico’s ongoing financial crisis to come soon and that lawmakers will hopefully act on it quickly.
Religious liberty bill passes Georgia state legislature
(In March 16 item, corrects timing of legislative session in final paragraph)
Obama picks centrist high court nominee; Republicans unmoved
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama selected Merrick Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, choosing a centrist judge meant to win over recalcitrant Senate Republicans whose leaders wasted no time in spurning the Democratic presiden…
Obama administration offers $66 million to aid coal communities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration released $65.8 million on Thursday to help communities that are struggling from the decline of the coal industry and bankruptcies of major producers of the fuel.
Cuba changing, but only slowly, since Obama’s policy shift
HAVANA (Reuters) – Saul Berenthal has waited for decades for a chance to do business in Cuba. Despite the astonishing breakthroughs in U.S.-Cuban relations under President Barack Obama, he must wait some more.
Half of U.S. women have ‘very unfavorable’ view of Trump: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Real estate billionaire Donald Trump’s coarse rhetoric has won him some fans, but there’s at least one large group in America that is increasingly unimpressed: women.
Australian minister says Trump phenomenon ‘terrifying’
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A senior Australian government minister on Thursday called Donald Trump’s campaign for the U.S. presidency “terrifying” and warned it risked casting the Republican Party into the wilderness if he wins nomination.
Obama’s trip aims to make Cuba opening ‘irreversible’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans to lay out his vision for U.S.-Cuba relations in a major speech during next week’s historic visit to Havana aimed at making his opening to America’s former Cold War foe “irreversible,” the White House said on Wednesday.
