Obama in speech to nation vows to defeat ‘new phase’ of terrorist threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Sunday laid out the most sweeping defense yet of his strategy to defeat Islamic State, but he offered no U.S. policy shift to confront what he called a “new phase” in the terrorist threat after a mass shooting in California.
Hispanic voter clout imperiled by Texas case before U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The growing influence of Hispanic voters in the United States could be blunted by a case coming before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in which two voters backed by a conservative group are challenging the way Texas draws elect…
Republican presidential hopefuls chide Obama for terror speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidates roundly criticized President Barack Obama’s Sunday night address to the nation about the U.S. response to the threat of terror, arguing that he lacked a vision and was not aggressive enough.
Sanders unveils climate plan to end U.S. oil, nuclear dependence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders unveiled a climate change plan on Monday that seeks to end the country’s dependence on oil, coal and nuclear energy and could pressure party front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Obama asks for review of K-1 fiance visas after California shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the State Department to review the K-1 fiance visa program that was used by a couple responsible for a mass shooting in California, a White House offic…
Clinton aims to take U.S. relationship with Israel ‘to the next level’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Sunday she would take the relationship between the U.S. and Israel “to the next level,” but warned that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would not be enough to stabil…
White House hopeful Carson struggles to connect with the black church
DETROIT (Reuters) – When David Bullock, a minister at Greater St. Matthew Church in Detroit, watches Ben Carson center stage at Republican presidential debates, he shakes his head.
Senate Democrats to push multi-pronged domestic security bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats plan to unveil a package of proposals this week to tighten domestic security in the wake of the mass shooting in California that killed 14 people and injured 21, according to a Senate Democratic source on Su…
Former President Jimmy Carter says cancer gone from brain
(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.
Obama to discuss security, Islamic State after California attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will tell Americans on Sunday what the government is doing to keep them safe following the mass killing by a couple in California last week that is being investigated as an act of terrorism, but no major sh…
