N.Y. assemblyman gets 13 months in prison for corruption
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former New York state assemblyman was sentenced on Monday to 13 months in federal prison for claiming nearly $55,000 in travel expenses for trips he never took, authorities said.
Obama goes to Iowa in early test of his 2016 campaign trail clout
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama heads to Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, a trip his administration says is about education and not about the 2016 presidential campaign that has candidates from both parties crisscrossing the state.
Jeb Bush vows to come out swinging in next U.S. Republican debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Autographing photos of himself on the campaign trail, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush held up one that showed him heavier by 40 pounds (18 kilograms) and another of the slimmed-down campaign model.
Broad change needed to heal racially divided Missouri: report
(Reuters) – Widespread racial inequities in the St. Louis area require sweeping changes in policing as well as in courts, the education system and other areas, according to a report issued Monday by a commission set up by Missouri’s governor.
Biden secretly met with a Clinton financial backer: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has secretly met with Robert Wolf, a former UBS executive and major fundraiser for President Barack Obama, Bloomberg reported on Monday, one of the strongest indications yet that he is seriously cons…
Ad invokes Reagan to attack Republicans’ hard line on immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Days before a Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Library, an immigration advocacy group invoked the former president to attack the tough immigration rhetoric of certain candidates, including front-runner Donald T…
Trump says high pay for CEOs is a joke and ‘disgraceful’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican party presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said on Sunday high salaries paid to chief executives were a “joke” and a “disgrace” and said these were often approved by company boards stacked with the CEO’s friends….
U.S., Chinese officials meet on cyber security issues: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. and Chinese officials concluded four days of meetings on Saturday on cyber security and other issues, ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington later this month, the White House said.
California lawmakers scale back environmental proposals as session ends
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California lawmakers on Friday were poised to end their legislative session with dramatically scaled back ambitions for combating climate change and fixing the state’s roads.
Republican Rick Perry drops out of presidential race
(Reuters) – Republican Rick Perry, struggling to raise money and languishing near the bottom in presidential opinion polls, on Friday became the first member of the crowded Republican field to drop out of the 2016 White House race.
