Biden says cannot say yet whether he will mount White House run
ATLANTA (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday he is still trying to determine whether he has the emotional energy to mount a White House bid in 2016 but cannot say yet whether he will.
Trump accuses talk-show radio host of ‘gotcha’ question
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump did not take kindly in a radio interview on Thursday to being asked to identify the affiliations of various militant leaders in the Middle East, saying the host was asking “a gotcha …
Jeb Bush rejects Trump demand that everyone speak English in U.S
LACONIA, N.H. (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday rejected what he called a bizarre notion voiced by front-running rival Donald Trump that people should speak English in the United States.
Pressured by party, Trump signs Republican loyalty pledge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday bowed to pressure from the party establishment and signed a pledge not to run as an independent candidate in the November 2016 presidential election.
Bush says will lay out tax reform plan next week in North Carolina
HAMPTON, N.H. (Reuters) – Jeb Bush will lay out a tax plan next week aimed at lowering corporate and personal tax rates and giving the U.S. economy a jolt, the Republican presidential candidate said on Thursday.
Presidential contenders focus on Puerto Rico fiscal crisis
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico is getting attention from 2016 presidential hopefuls, who are making early stops in the U.S. territory, likely in part due to the rapidly growing number of Puerto Ricans living in the key battleground state of Florida.
Former Clinton aide will not testify in House probe, lawyer says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. State Department information technology staffer who worked for Hillary Clinton is refusing to testify before U.S. lawmakers probing the former top diplomat and the 2012 attacks on U.S. installations in Benghazi, Lib…
Obama moves on Central American migrant children questioned
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s emergency response to Central American children arriving in the United States without permission has spawned aggressive law enforcement efforts in Mexico where authorities rarely weigh humanitarian concer…
Pressured by party, Trump signs Republican loyalty pledge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday bowed to pressure from the party establishment and signed a pledge not to run as an independent candidate in the November 2016 presidential election.
Three more Senate Democrats back Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Support for the Iran nuclear deal rose in the U.S. Senate on Thursday as three more Democratic senators, Cory Booker, Mark Warner and Heidi Heitkamp, said they would back the agreement.
