Republicans lack votes to defund Planned Parenthood: McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell undercut threats by fellow Republicans to hold the budget process hostage in an effort to defund Planned Parenthood, saying conservatives do not have enough support in Congress to cut off th…
U.S. labor chief praises Biden but won’t say whether he should run
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. labor leader Richard Trumka on Tuesday called Vice President Joe Biden a “champion of working people” but he declined to say whether he thought Biden should enter the 2016 presidential race.
U.S. Senator Coons says he will support Iran nuclear deal: Washington Post
(Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Coons said on Tuesday he will support the Iran nuclear deal, the Washington Post said, leaving the list of senators backing the agreement just one shy of the 34 needed to ensure it will survive congressional re…
Democrat Casey becomes 32nd U.S. senator to support Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey said on Tuesday he would support the nuclear deal with Iran, calling it the best option available to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
Clinton friend advised on U.S. politics, foreign policy
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – An old friend of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton played an outsized role in advising her on U.S. politics and even her dealings with President Barack Obama’s White House despite holding no formal government pos…
U.S. court denies $2 million legal fees to conservatives in voting rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday denied $2 million in legal fees sought from the federal government by conservative lawyers who persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 to strike down a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights …
Industry in final ad blitz against new U.S. smog rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A multimedia, multi-state advertising blitz from industry groups opposing new national ozone standards reached Pennsylvania on Tuesday, part of their last-ditch attempt to scuttle the Obama administration’s plans to issue new rul…
Asked about Trump, China says U.S. people want good ties
BEIJING (Reuters) – China understands people in the United States have the right to say what they want, but most want good relations with China, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, apparently dismissing repeated attacks by billionaire Donald Trump as…
School protests hijack Chicago mayor’s budget forum
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel held a rare public forum on Monday, seeking support for painful belt tightening to solve the city’s fiscal crisis, at a meeting dominated by protests over the closing of a high school in an African-America…
Obama says world must reach climate deal in Paris ‘while we still can’
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday that world leaders must agree to cut carbon emissions at a U.N. summit in December because the climate is changing faster than efforts to curb global warming.
