Illinois Senate sends piecemeal funding bill to governor
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Another piece of Illinois’ unfinished fiscal 2016 budget fell into place on Monday with the state Senate’s unanimous passage of a bill to send $3.1 billion to local governments, lottery winners, bondholders and others.
Republican candidate Carson says all visitors to U.S. should be monitored
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and Republican presidential hopeful, thinks everyone visiting the United States should register and be monitored while in the country, a spokesman for his campaign said on Monday.
House Republican leader sees quick action on security measures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican House of Representatives majority leader said on Monday he would consider a short-term extension of a government spending bill, and lawmakers would move quickly on security legislation in the wake of attacks in Par…
U.S. temporarily lifts trade restrictions on Myanmar shipping hubs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is temporarily easing trade restrictions on Myanmar by allowing all shipments to go through its ports and airports for six months, an effort to boost the Southeast Asian country’s opposition party after its land…
Congress group to target extremists in online ‘dark space’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Violent extremists’ use of encryption to evade law enforcement in communicating online will be examined by a task force proposed by a Republican lawmaker on Monday, adding to pressures on Silicon Valley to do more in fighting militant groups.
Social media terrorist activity bill returning to Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Dianne Feinstein will reintroduce legislation as soon as Monday that would force social media operators such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to notify federal authorities of online terrorist activity, a spokesman said.
Republican Ted Cruz vaults into first place in new Iowa poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has taken the lead in the early-voting state of Iowa, surpassing both Donald Trump, who holds the lead in most national surveys, and Ben Carson, who has scored strongly in the state in r…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to assault weapon ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge by gun rights activists to a Chicago suburb’s ordinance banning assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, handing a victory to gun control advocates amid a fierce debate o…
Clinton ‘exit tax’ to take aim at companies’ inversion deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will announce a planned crackdown on corporations that shift profits overseas, including a new “exit tax” against so-called inversion deals, her campaign said on Monday.
Former President Jimmy Carter says he is cancer free
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivered an unexpected message on Sunday to the several hundred people gathered at a Baptist church in Georgia for his Bible lesson – his latest brain scan showed no sign of cancer.
