Carson says wants drones to blast caves, not people at U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Sunday called for using drones to beef up surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border and destroy caves used by those who smuggle people and drugs, but said he did not support strikes…
Democrat Sanders courts black voters in South Carolina
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought his progressive populism to deeply Republican South Carolina, and made a pitch to connect with the black voters that provide most of the Democratic support in t…
At Koch group summit, a restrained enthusiasm for Trump
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – While thousands streamed into a football stadium Friday evening in Mobile, Alabama to see Donald Trump, a much smaller crowd of committed conservatives unwound at a bar and mused over the good, the bad and the unknown of the …
Biden meets liberal leader Warren while mulling White House run
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met on Saturday with Senator Elizabeth Warren, a popular progressive leader with a big support base among Democrats, as he mulls whether to run for president, according to a source familiar wit…
Trump holds large rally in Alabama, touts tough immigration stance
(Reuters) – Donald Trump told a rally at an Alabama football stadium on Friday that he would crack down on illegal immigration if elected president, a familiar theme for the real estate mogul as he seeks the Republican nomination.
Trump widens lead over U.S. Republican presidential field: Reuters poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump is pulling away from the pack in the race for the party’s U.S. presidential nomination, widening his lead over his closest rivals in the past week, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Friday.
Exclusive: Dozens of Clinton emails were classified from the start, U.S. rules suggest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For months, the U.S. State Department has stood behind its former boss Hillary Clinton as she has repeatedly said she did not send or receive classified information on her unsecured, private email account, a practice the government…
Clinton pledges to expand public-service program, tuition assistance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would more than triple enrollment in the public-service program AmeriCorps to 250,000 and offer participants increased college aid as part of her plan to make higher education mor…
Obama builds Iran nuclear deal support one vote at a time
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is gradually building support in the U.S. Congress for an international nuclear deal with Iran, working the phones to counter lobbying against the pact and sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to suppo…
Americans clamor for Jon Stewart to host presidential debate
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Just two weeks after Jon Stewart stepped away from television, Americans are clamoring to get him back as moderator of one of the presidential candidates debates.
