Obama looks to raise $2 billion in climate change investments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Tuesday set a goal of raising $2 billion in philanthropic investments to fight climate change, including technologies to slash carbon emissions.
Text, timing of Obama AUMF request for Islamic State still in works: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The final text of President Barack Obama’s request to Congress for new authority to use force against Islamic State fighters is still in the works as talks with lawmakers continue, a source familiar with the White House’s outreac…
Exclusive: U.S., China to discuss repatriation of Chinese fugitives
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Senior U.S. officials will meet in August with their Chinese counterparts to discuss the possibility of repatriating Chinese officials who have fled to America with billions of dollars of allegedly stolen government assets, acco…
Israel’s Netanyahu says will proceed with speech to U.S. Congress
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fending off criticism at home and abroad, said on Tuesday he remained determined to speak before the U.S. Congress next month on Iran’s nuclear program.
Obama readying request to use force against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will ask Congress by Wednesday for new authority to use force against Islamic State fighters, congressional aides said on Monday, paving the way for lawmakers’ first vote on the scope of a campaign that is already…
Netanyahu considering changes to Congress speech after criticism
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli officials are considering amending the format of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned address to the U.S. Congress next month to try to calm some of the partisan furor the Iran-focused speech has provoked.
Same-sex marriage begins in parts of Alabama, thwarted in others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Same-sex couples began marrying in parts of Alabama on Monday, acting on the strongest signal yet from the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of gay marriage ahead of an expected ruling, but numerous state judges avoided granting …
Same-sex marriage begins in parts of Alabama, thwarted in others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Same-sex couples began marrying in parts of Alabama on Monday, acting on the strongest signal yet from the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of gay marriage ahead of an expected ruling, but numerous state judges avoided granting …
Netanyahu considering changes to Congress speech after criticism
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli officials are considering amending the format of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned address to the U.S. Congress next month to try to calm some of the partisan furore the Iran-focused speech has provoked.
Unusually large Republican 2016 field sparks ‘staff primary’
(Corrects to clarify that Carson is a former Fox News personality in paragraph 6)
