You’re fired! U.S. school debaters’ dim view of Trump’s podium style
BOSTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump has dismissed fellow White House hopefuls as liars, journalists as disgusting people and Mexican immigrants as rapists with a belligerent public speaking style that has helped catapult him to the front of the Republican …
Texas governor takes aim at ‘caustic’ tweeter who won county GOP race
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Republican governors steer clear of ‘dump-Trump’ push
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Republican party leaders mount a desperate effort to derail the U.S. presidential campaign of billionaire Donald Trump, many of the party’s 31 state governors are staying out of the fray.
Republicans in tailspin, group forms to draft Ryan for U.S. president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With U.S. Republicans sharply split over a front-runner they cannot unite behind, a new group is trying to push the country’s top elected Republican, Paul Ryan, into the White House race.
Clinton ex-employee tells FBI no sign email server was hacked: NYT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The technician who helped manage Hillary Clinton’s private email server for her work as secretary of state has given security logs to investigators that he said show no signs of foreign hacking, the New York Times reported on Thurs…
Republican Romney calls Trump ‘a fraud,’ creates pathway to contested convention
DETROIT (Reuters) – Former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney attacked 2016 Republican front-runner Donald Trump as “a fraud” on Thursday and urged primary voters to keep the outspoken New York billionaire from getting the nomination, paving the way for possible horse trading at a party convention in July.
Kerry trip to Cuba for rights dialogue canceled: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tentative plans for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to visit Cuba before mid-March for a human rights dialogue have been canceled, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, amid concerns over the Cuban government’s human rights rec…
Exclusive: Koch brothers will not use funds to try to block Trump nomination
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Koch brothers, the most powerful conservative mega donors in the United States, will not use their $400 million political arsenal to try to block Republican front-runner Donald Trump’s path to the presidential nomination, a spo…
White House to tap law professor, former Hill staffer to serve on CFTC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday said he plans to tap a law professor and a former congressional staffer to serve on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the agency that polices the derivatives marketplace.
India denies visas to U.S. religious freedom body
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – India has denied visas for a delegation from the U.S. government agency charged with monitoring international religious freedom, the agency said on Thursday.
