McHugh to step down as U.S. Army secretary: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Army Secretary John McHugh will leave office by Nov. 1 after serving six years as the civilian head of the largest branch of the U.S. military, the Pentagon said on Monday.
U.S. top court rejects challenge to San Francisco gun regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge by gun rights activists to a San Francisco regulation that requires gun owners to keep their weapons locked up or disabled when stored at home.
In discussing U.S. overdose deaths, Clinton downplays personal ties
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It has become a recurrent moment in Hillary Clinton’s speeches as she campaigns for the presidency: softening her voice to a hush, she says she wants to end the “quiet epidemic” of Americans dying from overdoses of painkillers and …
With eye on U.S. election, Republicans assail Russia’s Putin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Something about Vladimir Putin makes Republicans in the U.S. presidential race see red.
Republican Walker is leader of 2016 election pack in Iowa
BOONE, Iowa (Reuters) – Scott Walker, a likely Republican presidential contender who is riding high in polls in the early voting state of Iowa, was literally the leader of the pack on Saturday at a gathering of 2016 White House hopefuls.
Republican Walker is leader of 2016 election pack in Iowa
BOONE, Iowa (Reuters) – Scott Walker, a likely Republican presidential contender who is riding high in polls in the early voting state of Iowa, was literally the leader of the pack on Saturday at a gathering of 2016 White House hopefuls.
Lynch re-elected as head of NYC’s largest police union
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Patrick Lynch, the combative head of New York’s largest police union, won a new term at the helm of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association after fending off his first election challenge in more than a decade, the union said on Frid…
Bergdahl lawyers seek dismissal of U.S. general in desertion case
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Lawyers for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the former Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan charged with desertion, sought on Friday to have the general overseeing the military legal proceedings disqualified from the case, citing a…
Lynch re-elected as head of NYC’s largest police union
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Patrick Lynch, the combative head of New York’s largest police union, won a new term at the helm of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association after fending off his first election challenge in more than a decade, the union said on Frid…
U.S. Benghazi panel to hear from Clinton friend in private on June 16
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional panel investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday said it would meet behind closed doors on June 16 to hear from Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime friend of Hillary Clinton who was an unofficial …
