U.S. lawmakers chastise officials at all levels over Flint crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers criticized environmental officials at a hearing on Wednesday for not acting sooner when they saw a report that drinking water in Flint, Michigan was polluted with dangerously high levels of lead.
House Speaker Ryan urges conservative unity in election year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday called on his fellow conservatives to unify in an election year, warning them to refrain from the kind of infighting that frustrated and eventually drove out his predecessor, the more mod…
As his stature rises, Rubio becomes ripe target for rivals
LACONIA, N.H. (Reuters) – Marco Rubio finished third in Monday’s Iowa caucuses, but his Republican White House rivals are attacking him as though he were the victor, and on Wednesday the U.S. senator from Florida peppered his speech with humble caveats…
House lawmakers propose $1 billion in aid for struggling coal country
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chair of the House of Representatives appropriations committee introduced a bill on Wednesday that would channel $1 billion to revitalize battered coal-producing communities.
Connecticut’s governor says no return to pre-recession prosperity
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy delivered a downbeat address on Wednesday, outlining plans to slash government spending and admitting to “a visceral feeling” that there was no going back to the prosperity of pre-recession years….
New Hampshire to test broader appeal of Cruz’s Southern conservatism
HENNIKER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz’s performance in New Hampshire’s primary election on Tuesday will be a referendum on the Southern evangelical’s appeal to Northern conservatives, a breed he is not used to cou…
Santorum to pull out of Republican White House race: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum plans to suspend his campaign for the White House later on Wednesday, CNN reported, citing unidentified sources.
Obama to visit U.S. mosque to counter Republican rhetoric about Muslims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama was set on Wednesday to make his first visit to a U.S. mosque, a trip the White House said was aimed at countering rhetoric from Republicans on the presidential campaign trail exploiting some Americans’ fea…
Clinton clear on Trump: ‘We were not friends’: People magazine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wants to set the record straight on Donald Trump: “We were not friends.”
U.S. energy bill caught up in fight over Michigan water crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A political fight over the federal government’s role in Michigan’s water contamination crisis spilled onto the U.S. Senate floor on Wednesday as Democrats threatened to block a bipartisan energy bill if it fails to include immedi…
