California lethal injection plan spurs capital punishment fight
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Advocates and opponents of capital punishment sparred on Friday over California’s proposed new lethal injection protocol, highlighting deep divisions in a state that houses a quarter of U.S. death row inmates but has not …
Democrats to demand restructuring mechanism for Puerto Rico: letter
SAN JUAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. senators have drafted a letter to Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insisting legislation designed to solve Puerto Rico’s debt crisis should include a mechanism for the island to restructu…
State Department seeks extension for Clinton emails release
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department asked a judge on Friday for a one-month extension to finish publicly releasing thousands of emails sent by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state, in part becaus…
Poll: Trump in lead at 40.6 percent
DES MOINES (Reuters) – Republican front-runner candidate Donald Trump has a big lead in the race for the 2016 presidential nomination nationally, swamping his opponents with a 40.6 percent share of those surveyed, a Reuters-Ipsos tracking poll found on…
Magazine’s anti-Trump editorial spurs Republican debate
DES MOINES (Reuters) – An influential conservative magazine’s rejection of Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy triggered a fire storm on Friday, with Republican rivals saying it is validation of what they have been saying all along: that Trump is not…
Former House Speaker Hastert seeks sentencing delay due to poor health
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, convicted last year of a financial crime, asked on Friday for a delay in his sentencing due to poor health.
White House turns to Pentagon in U.S. background checks shake-up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will set up a new agency to do background checks on employees and contractors, the White House said on Friday, after a massive breach of U.S. government files exposed the personal data of millions of people la…
Michigan governor urges action on Detroit schools before court intervenes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Michigan legislators need to pass legislation quickly to overhaul Detroit’s beleaguered public schools before courts intervene, the state’s governor said on Friday.
Candidate Trump retweets ‘White Genocide’ account, drawing outrage
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump retweeted an account called “@WhiteGenocideTM” on Friday, prompting a backlash on social media over the real estate billionaire’s sharing of an apparent neo-Nazi’s depiction of riva…
Obama administration seeks to curb methane emissions on public land
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In its latest move to combat climate change, the Obama administration on Friday said it will overhaul 30-year-old regulations for oil and gas operations on public and tribal lands to limit the “wasteful release” of natural gas an…
