Republicans prepare to nominate candidate for House speaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hardline conservatives in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday made a play for more power in deeply divided Republican ranks as the party prepared to vote on its nominee for the next speaker of the House.
Hackers in China, South Korea, Germany targeted Clinton’s server: AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Computer hackers in China, South Korea and Germany tried to attack Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s private email server after she left the U.S. State Department in February 2013, the Associated Press reported …
Exclusive: Congress probing U.S. spy agencies’ possible lapses on Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. lawmakers have begun probing possible intelligence lapses over Moscow’s intervention in Syria, concerned that American spy agencies were slow to grasp the scope and intention of Russia’s dramatic military offensive there, U.S. congressional sources and other officials told Reuters.
Bob Dylan and the supremes – Ginsburg and Scalia, that is
ZURICH (Reuters) – On the evening after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld same-sex marriage, liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was entertained by her conservative colleague Antonin Scalia singing a Bob Dylan song.
Lew rules out letting Congress extract ‘unacceptable’ policies to lift U.S. debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urged Congress to act soon to raise the debt limit but said the Obama administration would not let lawmakers use the pending deadline to extract “unacceptable” policy commitments.
Clinton to detail sweeping plan to rein in Wall Street
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will unveil on Thursday a sweeping plan to curb what she has called the abuses of Wall Street, proposing everything from raising the fines that can be levied by regulators to…
U.S. Army Chief backs bigger role for military in defense acquisitions
Washington, D.C (Reuters) – The U.S. army’s chief of staff General Mark Milley said on Wednesday he supported legislation that gave service chiefs a bigger role in defense-related acquisitions, saying this would speed up the process.
Pretty photos, small companies: how the White House is selling TPP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Crystal tumblers of Kentucky bourbon and Tennessee whiskey, on the rocks. Maine lobster and Maryland blue crabs, garnished with lemon slices. An adorable black Montana steer, staring head on into the camera.
Clinton opposes new Pacific trade pact in break with Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she does not support the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), rejecting a central tenet of President Barack Obama’s strategic pivot to Asia.
House conservative group backs Webster, complicates Speaker race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A small but influential bloc of conservative Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives threw its support behind a longshot candidate for House Speaker on Wednesday, complicating the party’s efforts to elect John Boehner’s …
