While Obama talks cyber security, his hotel’s computer system fails
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (Reuters) – It may not have been a hacking, but a computer outage at the hotel where U.S. President Barack Obama resided this week could not have come at a more inconvenient time.
Puerto Rico bankruptcy bill to get House hearing: sources
(Reuters) – A long-shot bill to give Puerto Rico’s ailing public agencies a chance to restructure their massive debts under the section of U.S. bankruptcy law used by cities such as Detroit and Stockton, California, will get a hearing before a key cong…
Embattled Oregon governor’s successor makes first public appearance
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown made her first public appearance on Saturday since learning she would take over for Governor John Kitzhaber, but she did not comment on the growing influence-peddling scandal that forced h…
Labor secretary to help reach West Coast port deal
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Labor Secretary Tom Perez will travel to California to help broker an agreement between shipping companies and dockworkers in a dispute that has led to a partial shutdown of ports along the U.S. West Coast, the White House said …
Oregon governor resigns amid ethics scandal involving fiancée
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber resigned on Friday amid influence-peddling allegations involving his fiancée that have triggered a criminal corruption probe and led to a frenzy of criticism from prominent fellow Democrats, once strong allies.
Utah House lawmakers vote in support of firing squad proposal
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Utah’s House of Representatives voted narrowly on Friday to approve a bill that would reintroduce the use of firing squads for executions in the state.
Obama denounces ‘outrageous murders’ of three U.S. Muslims
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday described the deaths of three young Muslims gunned down in North Carolina this week as “brutal and outrageous murders” and said no one in the United States should be targeted for the…
Majority of Alabama counties issuing marriage licenses to gay couples
(Reuters) – Officials in 24 Alabama counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Friday, gay rights advocates said, a day after a U.S. judge ordered one local official to issue licenses to gay couples in accordance with an earlier ru…
House’s top tax writer sees narrow window for reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican Party’s leading voice on taxes and budgets, Paul Ryan, said on Friday that the current Congress has only a few months to pull together a deal to overhaul the U.S. tax code.
Oregon governor resigns amid ethics scandal involving fiancée
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber resigned on Friday amid influence-peddling allegations involving his fiancée that have triggered a criminal corruption probe and led to a frenzy of criticism from prominent fellow Democrats, once strong allies.
