Friendly no more: Trump, Cruz erupt in bitter fight at Republican debate
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and top challenger Ted Cruz ended a longstanding truce in spectacular fashion on Thursday night with bitter exchanges during what may have been Trump’s strongest debat…
House opens inquiry into deaths of drug-dependent newborns
WASHINGTON – The chairman of a U.S. House committee that oversees child abuse issues opened an inquiry Friday into whether the federal government is failing to enforce a law meant to protect thousands of babies born dependent on drugs each year.
For better or worse, Bill Clinton not a big factor among U.S. voters: poll
NEW YORK/MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – Bill Clinton may not be the “secret weapon” that Hillary Clinton needs in the U.S. presidential race. And the former Democratic president may not become the albatross that Republican candidate Donald Trump expects, either.
Exclusive: Clinton plans ad blitz as primaries kick off – campaign document
NEW YORK – Democrat Hillary Clinton plans to pour half of her presidential campaign’s budget into advertising in the first three months of this year as she seeks to fend off an increasingly tough challenge from chief rival Bernie Sanders, according to …
Republican lawmakers worry about running on Trump’s coattails
BALTIMORE – The prospect of running for re-election with Donald Trump at the top of the Republican ticket was worrying some party lawmakers as they huddled for an annual retreat, where a few forecast trouble if Trump becomes the party’s presidential no…
Atlantic City, N.J., emergency manager suggests privatizing fire department
(Reuters) – Atlantic City, the distressed New Jersey gambling hub, should consider privatizing its fire-fighting services and convention center and find ways to make more money off its drinking water utility, the city’s emergency manager said in an upd…
Texas lawyer sues Cruz to challenge eligibility
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Texas lawyer has filed the first suit seeking clarification on whether Republican candidate Ted Cruz is eligible to be president because he was born in Canada.
Pugnacious New Yorkers hit back at presidential candidate Cruz
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ted Cruz – be careful who you mess with.
Pentagon drops Maine from list of potential missile defense sites
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said on Friday it had dropped a site in Redington Township, Maine, from a list of potential U.S. sites to deploy more ground-based missile defense interceptors in addition to those in Alaska …
House committee seeks testimony from ‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional panel has asked pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli to testify at a Jan. 26 hearing about his company’s decision to raise the price of a life-saving prescription drug, according to a Republican committ…
