Puerto Rico creditors holding their own restructuring talks: sources
SAN JUAN/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s creditors are not waiting for the island to make the first move in the next round of debt restructuring talks, discussing among themselves possible alternatives to a broad exchange offer being pushed by the U.S. commonwealth, several sources said this week.
Poll: Majority of Americans support next president pushing tighter gun laws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Half of all Americans support President Barack Obama’s executive actions on gun control, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Tuesday, with a majority saying they would support the next president taking additional steps to tighten feder…
New Jersey Governor Christie touts his compassionate side
TRENTON, N.J. (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a 2016 Republican presidential candidate, proposed more drug addiction treatment and praised bi-partisanship in a State of the State speech that focused on his credentials as a compassionate…
Obama administration urged to stop deporting Central American families
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday he expected the Obama administration to pause its new campaign to deport undocumented Central American families, a policy that has led to over 120 detentions since Jan. 1 a…
Republican Cruz rips Trump, links him to Clinton
HUDSON, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz sought on Tuesday to link his rival Donald Trump to Democrat Hillary Clinton, saying it would make her supporters happy if the real estate mogul were to win the Republican nom…
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders supports bill to audit Fed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Democrat Bernie Sanders voted on Tuesday in favor of a bill that would require audits of Federal Reserve monetary policy decisions, his campaign said in a statement following the vote.
South Carolina lawmaker to Trump: You’re not welcome
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A Democratic legislator in South Carolina has a message for Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump: Stay out of my state.
Senate to consider legislation on North Korea sanctions, Iran: McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will soon consider a bill to impose sanctions on North Korea following its test of a nuclear device, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday.
Republican Rubio authors Senate bill to curb Cuban immigration benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican presidential candidate, and a fellow Cuban-American lawmaker introduced legislation on Tuesday that would cut back on some of the special benefits given to immigrants from Cuba.
Biden: Sanders has ‘struck a chord with voters’ in race with Clinton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden praised Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for tapping into Americans’ concerns about growing income inequality, potentially giving the Vermont senator a boost as he gains on rival Hillary Clinton weeks before the Iowa caucuses.
