Republican presidential candidate Rubio raised $6 million in third quarter: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio raised $6 million in the three months ended on Sept. 30, a source said on Thursday citing campaign officials, down from the $12 million the Florida senator raised in the previous…
Republicans in chaos as favorite quits House leadership race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in Washington struggled to fill a leadership void on Thursday as the front-runner to take control of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, quit the race in a surprise announcement that heightened concerns abou…
Republican presidential candidate Rubio raised $6 million in third quarter: Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio raised $6 million in the three months ended on Sept. 30, Politico reported on Thursday, down from the $12 million the Florida senator raised in the previous three months.
Representative Ryan says his statement declining to run for House speaker stands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Representative Paul Ryan said on Thursday a previous statement he had made declining to run for House of Representatives speaker still stands after the front-runner dropped out of the race.
Clinton courts left with promise to break up risky banks
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for the breakup of large banks that take excessive risks as part of a sweeping plan to curb what she says are Wall Street abuses.
SpaceX raps ULA bid to get U.S. waiver for Russian engines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, has slammed a bid by United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, to get a waiver from a U.S. ban on Russian rocket engines for military use.
Obama nominates six lawyers to serve as U.S. Attorneys
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama nominated six people on Thursday to serve as U.S. attorneys, including one attorney to serve in the Eastern District of New York – the Brooklyn-based office responsible for bringing the FIFA bribery case.
Clinton proposes breaking up too-big banks, monitoring shadow-banking system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed on Thursday breaking up too-big-to-fail banks and more oversight of the shadow-banking system as she continued to roll out a sweeping plan to rein in what she calls …
White House says hopeful Congress will take responsible action on U.S. debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House urged Republicans in Congress on Thursday to move beyond their leadership struggles and pass critical legislation, including raising the U.S. debt ceiling.
Clinton envisions ‘risk fee’ on big financial institutions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s plan to rein in Wall Street “abuses” will include a “risk fee” levied on the largest financial institutions, her campaign said on Thursday.
