Obama creates national monuments in California, Texas, Nevada
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday created three new U.S. national monuments in Texas, Nevada and California spanning more than a million acres (400,000 hectares) in a move he said helps preserve America’s beauty but that Republica…
White House contenders Trump, Bush in virtual dead heat: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump, who became the center of attention in the race for the 2016 Republican U.S. presidential nomination with his denunciation of illegal immigrants from Mexico, has vaulted into a virtual dead heat with Jeb Bush atop th…
The Trump backlash: Latino consumers wield new clout
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) – When Donald Trump described Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug smugglers last month, Latinos took to social media to express their outrage and urge businesses to sever ties with the billionaire presidential candidate.
In Los Angeles, Trump speaks out on undocumented immigrants
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump met in Los Angeles on Friday with families whose loved ones were killed by undocumented immigrants, saying U.S. immigration policy has allowed criminals from other countries to find s…
Twitter misfire puts Walker into 2016 presidential race prematurely
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A technical glitch put Republican Scott Walker into the 2016 presidential race prematurely on Friday, days ahead of his official announcement speech.
Presidential hopeful Cruz blasts N.Y. Times for keeping book off bestseller list
(Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz says his book “A Time for Truth” is a legitimate bestseller and on Friday challenged the New York Times to prove its contention that the tome’s high sales were due to bulk buying.
U.S personnel agency chief resigns over massive data breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief of the U.S. federal hiring office resigned on Friday after massive computer hacks at the agency that put the personal data of more than 22 million Americans at risk, including people seeking sensitive security clearance…
Republican Scott Walker tweets that he is running for president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Scott Walker tweeted the obvious on Friday, that he is running for president in 2016, days ahead of his official announcement in Wisconsin.
South Carolina lowers Confederate flag in wake of church massacre
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina on Friday removed the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds in a joyous but solemn ceremony that relegated a divisive symbol of the South’s pro-slavery legacy to a museum.
Judges appear skeptical of Obama immigration actions
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – U.S. appeals court judges on Friday appeared divided as they considered President Barack Obama’s effort to shield more than 4 million illegal immigrants from deportation, a policy put on hold by a lower court as a presidential o…
