Ryan expected to declare for top House post: lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressman Paul Ryan nailed down crucial endorsements on Thursday and was expected to declare soon that he will run for the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives, as Republicans tried to end a crippling internal power str…
FBI, Secret Service probe hack of CIA chief’s private emails
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI and U.S. Secret Service have opened criminal inquiries into the hacking of a private email account used by CIA Director John Brennan and his family, the FBI said on Thursday.
Paul Ryan headed toward House speakership, Pelosi says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said Republican Paul Ryan appears to be on a path toward becoming the next speaker of the bitterly divided chamber.
U.S. Treasury postpones debt auction due to borrowing limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A grinding political battle in Congress over America’s national debt led the U.S. Treasury on Thursday to postpone a regular auction of government debt, a reminder that the country once again is just weeks away from a potential d…
Ryan gains support of key conservatives for speaker job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A supermajority of the House of Representatives’ firebrand conservative Republicans on Wednesday threw their support behind Paul Ryan to be the next speaker and said they have provided him enough votes to win the race.
Biden won’t run in 2016, boosting Clinton’s White House hopes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would not run for president in 2016, ending months of indecision and removing one of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s biggest potential obstacles to the party’s nominati…
Obama targets nation’s heroin problem in West Virginia trip
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama highlighted a growing U.S. heroin problem on a trip on Wednesday to West Virginia, which has been economically battered by a shrinking coal industry, and which has the highest rate of drug overdose d…
Ryan fails to get key endorsement to become House speaker: congressmen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Paul Ryan did not secure enough votes from the conservative “Freedom Caucus” for a formal endorsement as speaker of the House of Representatives but may get enough support to win if he decides to run, congress…
Trump says would prefer to run against Clinton than Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would prefer to run against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton than Vice President Joe Biden because “her record is so bad.”
Biden won’t run in 2016, boosting Clinton’s White House hopes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would not run for president in 2016, ending months of indecision and removing one of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s biggest potential obstacles to the party’s nominati…
