U.S. lawmakers weigh congressional move to fight Islamic State: Ryan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are looking at possible formal congressional authorization to fight Islamic State, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters on Thursday.
U.S approves $800 million sale of Hellfire missiles to Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 5,000 Hellfire missiles to Iraq worth $800 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Republican candidate Bush’s PAC gets $10 million from ex-AIG chief: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former American International Group Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg has donated $10 million to Right to Rise, the Super PAC backing Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday…
Ex-prosecutor of ‘King of Coal’ to run for West Virginia governor
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (Reuters) – The former U.S. attorney who gained the conviction of West Virginia’s “King of Coal” over a deadly mine blast said on Wednesday he would run for governor as a Democrat.
Jeb Bush rules out third-party run if Trump wins Republican nomination
MEREDITH, N.H. (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday ruled out a third-party candidacy should Donald Trump win the party’s 2016 nomination but held tight to his belief that Trump is a “jerk” and not qualified to be pr…
TransCanada sues U.S. over Keystone XL pipeline rejection
CALGARY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – TransCanada Corp sued the U.S government on Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, and also plans to seek $15 billion in damages from a trade tribunal.
North Korea bomb claim a new challenge for Clinton campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – To Republican U.S. presidential contenders, North Korea’s claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb may further make the 2016 race what they dearly want it to be: a referendum on President Barack Obama’s foreign policy and, by extension, Hillary Clinton’s.
Trump says South Korea pays ‘peanuts’ for U.S. troop presence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea should pay the United States “very substantially” for maintaining 28,000 troops there to help defend it from the North, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump told CNN on Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang deton…
Congress sends bill to gut Obamacare, to certain veto
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress on Wednesday approved legislation dismantling President Barack Obama’s signature health care plan, putting on his desk an election-year measure that faces a certain veto.
TransCanada sues U.S. over Keystone XL rejection, seeks damages
CALGARY/WASHINGTON, Alberta (Reuters) – TransCanada Corp sued the U.S government on Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, calling his decision unconstitutional.
