Hillary Clinton to give private email server to Justice Department
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is giving the U.S. Justice Department her private email server and a thumb drive of work-related emails from her tenure as secretary of state, a spokesman for her campaign said on T…
Hillary Clinton to hand over private email server to Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has instructed her attorney to give the U.S. Justice Department her private email server and a thumb drive of work-related emails from her tenure as secretary of state, CNN report…
Senator offers plan to pay for New Jersey-New York rail tunnel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York on Tuesday put forward a plan to pay for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River linking New Jersey and New York City, following lengthy delays that have left commuters stranded and frustra…
Jeb Bush says Hillary Clinton should share blame for Islamic State rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Tuesday will launch an attack on Democrat Hillary Clinton’s handling of Iraq when she was secretary of state, saying she must bear some of the blame for the rise of Islamic State mili…
CNN invites all but one Republican presidential hopeful to next debates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – All but one of the 17 Republicans vying for the party’s presidential nomination have made the cut so far for the next candidates’ debates hosted by CNN, the network said on Tuesday in a decision that could leave former Virginia G…
U.S. presidential candidate Rubio defends stance against abortion
(This Aug 9 story changes paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 to clarify that while life-of-mother exception not cited in debate, Rubio did sponsor a Senate bill that included such an exception)
Presidential candidate Trump: China devaluation will devastate U.S
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday said China’s devaluation of the yuan would be “devastating” for the United States.
Ex-Texas Governor Perry can’t pay presidential campaign staff: reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has stopped paying his campaign staffers, several media outlets reported, saying the former Texas governor’s operations are running out of money.
Japan anxious at lull, U.S. ‘giving up’, in pan-Pacific trade talks
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has expressed concern about a loss of momentum in talks on a pan-Pacific trade pact after participants failed to agree to meet again this month to try to clinch a deal that would cover 40 percent of the global economy.
Federal lawmakers urge Oregon to speed up industrial hemp program
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers from Oregon urged state agricultural officials on Monday to advance a pilot project that would allow farmers to begin planting industrial hemp crops in time for next year’s growing season.