Boehner says Hillary Clinton should support White House on trade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican House Speaker John Boehner challenged Hillary Clinton on Sunday to help the White House get trade legislation through the U.S. Congress by speaking out in favor of it.
Ohio’s Kasich says 2016 presidential run depends on money
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ohio Governor John Kasich said on Friday his 2016 presidential aspirations depend on whether he can raise enough money to compete with a host of rivals for the Republican nomination.
New York Senate leader, son face arrest on corruption charges: N.Y. Times
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican, and his son are expected to be arrested next week on federal corruption charges, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.
Ohio’s Kasich says 2016 presidential run depends on money
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ohio Governor John Kasich said on Friday his 2016 presidential aspirations depend on whether he can raise enough money to compete with a host of rivals for the Republican nomination.
Liberal U.S. Senator Sanders to challenge Clinton in 2016 race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, launched a long-shot bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, a move likely to pressure Hillary Clinton from the left on issues from income inequal…
On Clinton’s age, Republican rivals imply — but never say — she’s old
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Her campaign barely three weeks old, Hillary Clinton already has been attacked by Republicans on everything from donations to her family’s charitable foundation, to her tenure as secretary of state and her ties to Wall Street. But her rivals, and the political action committees that support them, are treading more carefully on one incendiary subject: her age.
Bush rejects Rubio swipe that governors not ready to run U.S. foreign policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush on Thursday rejected a contention from Republican rival Marco Rubio that a governor would not be able to manage U.S. foreign policy if elected president in an early sign of their 2016 battle to co…
State Dept says extra Benghazi info does not change facts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department said Thursday that the new trove of documents it has provided Congress from its own investigation into the deadly 2012 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya do not change the “essential fact…
Republicans pass deep spending cuts, aim at Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives passed the first joint House-Senate budget plan in six years on Thursday, a measure that aids the party’s goal of dismantling President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform l…
Republican amendment fight threatens Iran bill in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A dispute among Republican senators over changes to an Iran nuclear review bill on Thursday threatened the measure’s chances of being passed by the U.S. Congress, leaving Senate leaders scrambling for a way to advance the legisla…