Bush’s new campaign revamp has little impact on social media
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s attempt to revive a campaign hit in recent weeks by falling opinion poll numbers and drooping fundraising did little to improve sentiment toward him on social media, signaling even more …
Obama pitches help to ex-criminals, draws N.J. governor’s ire
NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama announced new measures to smooth the integration of former criminals into society but his visit to New Jersey on Monday irked the state’s governor, a struggling Republican presidential candidate.
Ohio voters weigh legalizing recreational marijuana use
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio voters will decide Tuesday on whether to become the first Midwestern state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, though a rival ballot measure could kill the law before it takes effect.
U.S. House panel chairman sees ‘painful’ cuts to weapons programs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are near agreement on $5 billion in cuts to a sweeping defense policy bill, including “painful” ones to arms programs, to comply with a two-year budget deal with the White House, the Republican chairman of the Hous…
Ousted Michigan Republican lawmakers seek redemption in primary
DETROIT (Reuters) – Two former Michigan representatives are seeking redemption, and their vacant seats, in a special Republican primary on Tuesday after they were forced out of the state legislature for their extramarital affair and its subsequent cove…
Bush’s new campaign revamp has little impact on social media
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s attempt to revive a campaign hit in recent weeks by falling opinion poll numbers and drooping fundraising did little to improve sentiment toward him on social media, signaling even more …
Jeb 2.0: Bush relaunches campaign with e-book, tour
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Jeb Bush launched a campaign reboot on Monday after weeks of negative headlines to present himself as a can-do conservative who will fight what he called a “new age of cynicism” that has seeped into the 2016 presidenti…
Obama signs budget bill that lifts threat of debt default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday signed into a law a two-year budget blueprint passed by Congress last week that also lifts the threat of a default on U.S. government debt.
Democrat favored in Kentucky governor’s race amid focus on gay marriage
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Kentucky residents vote Tuesday on a successor to Democratic Governor Steve Beshear as county clerk Kim Davis’ refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples has put the state in the national spotlight.
White House says Obama to rule on Keystone pipeline before leaving office
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The White House on Monday said it continues to expect that President Barack Obama will make a decision on whether to grant a permit to TransCanada Corp for the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline before he leaves office in J…
