First Republican debate in August will not be open to all
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first debate among Republicans seeking their party’s 2016 presidential nomination is scheduled for Aug. 6 in Cleveland, but not all the hopefuls will get a chance to bask in the national television spotlight.
First Republican debate in August will not be open to all
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first debate among Republicans seeking their party’s 2016 presidential nomination is scheduled for Aug. 6 in Cleveland, but not all the hopefuls will get a chance to bask in the national television spotlight.
Senators try to block extension of bulk data collection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Rand Paul interrupted debate in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to make a speech opposing legislation that would extend U.S. spy agencies’ collection of Americans’ telephone data.
Obama’s Asian trade push in doubt as Senate vote looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s keynote Asian trade push risks failing in a Senate vote on Thursday, a result that would threaten the administration’s diplomatic pivot to Asia to counter China’s rising economic and political clout in th…
Obama tells Coast Guard grads climate change menaces U.S.
NEW LONDON, Connecticut (Reuters) – Rising seas and thawing permafrost caused by warmer global temperatures threaten U.S. military bases and will change the way the U.S. armed services defend the country, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday.
Stonegate Bank opens bank account for Cuban government
MIAMI (Reuters) – Stonegate, a small Florida bank, has opened an account for the Cuban government, according to a source familiar with the state’s banking industry, removing an obstacle in the way of Washington and Havana restoring diplomatic ties afte…
Compromise floated on currency rules in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. senators on Wednesday urged colleagues to support a compromise on boosting rules against currency manipulation in trade legislation key to a Pacific trade pact.
Conservative Nebraska moves toward death penalty repeal
OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – Conservative Nebraska moved closer on Wednesday to abolishing the death penalty with lawmakers passing a repeal with enough votes to override an expected veto from the state’s governor.
U.S. bill to repeal meat labeling laws advances
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. legislation to repeal meat labeling laws, which the World Trade Organization found discriminate against Mexico and Canada, passed a congressional committee on Wednesday and moved one step closer to becoming law.
Exclusive: House Benghazi panel subpoenas former Clinton White House aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional investigators have issued a subpoena demanding that former Clinton White House adviser Sidney Blumenthal testify next month before the House of Representatives committee investigating the 2012 attack on U.S. diploma…
