White house says Saudi King requested Obama meeting with Saudi minister
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday Saudi King Salman requested that President Barack Obama meet with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.
Republicans target U.N. arms embargo rollback in bid to derail Iran deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans on Thursday honed their attack plan against President Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear deal in Congress, targeting part of the pact that calls for eventually rolling back a U.N. arms embargo on Tehran.
Alaska governor says will accept federal funds to expand Medicaid
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska’s governor said on Thursday he would use his executive powers to expand the state’s Medicaid health program for the poor, in a bid to sidestep political opponents and bring coverage to more than 20,000 uninsured reside…
Hillary Clinton proposes tax cuts for profit-sharing firms
DOVER, N.H. (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced a new plan to give businesses two-year tax credits for sharing profits with workers at a New Hampshire campaign stop Thursday.
Possum Holler, beignets, and 43 cents: U.S. presidential campaign spending
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Running for president in the United States often involves juggling perception versus reality. In the 2016 race, touting your humble origins and frugal tastes has been part of the daily message for many candidates, even some of the …
Yellen says open to raising threshold for systemic banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Thursday she was open to raising a threshold for determining a bank’s systemic importance and indicated that U.S. lenders had made progress in their submissions of so-called living will …
Obama goes behind bars in push for criminal justice reform
EL RENO, Oklahoma (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, who wrote in his memoir about using marijuana and cocaine as a youth, became the first sitting president to tour a federal prison on Thursday and met drug-offense inmates, saying he could have been …
Rejection of Florida congressional maps to roil many 2016 races
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – A court decision rejecting many of Florida’s congressional district maps last week has turned up the temperature in an already hot election year, adding more uncertainty in the largest U.S. swing state in the 2016 presiden…
Former President George H.W. Bush hospitalized after neck injury
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush is in fair condition and recovering in a Maine hospital after breaking a bone in his neck in a fall at his summer home, his spokesman said on Thursday.
Delaware wins appeal, can enforce law on election advertising
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court said Delaware may enforce a state election law requiring advocacy groups that run political advertising to reveal their donors.
