Lockheed’s F-35 jet on track to meet Marine Corps target: Navy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet is on track to meet the Marine Corps’s July target to declare the jet ready for combat use, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Thursday.
Canada postpones Three Amigos summit amid Keystone XL tension
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada has quietly postponed a summit with the leaders of the United States and Mexico amid tensions over the construction of TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline and other issues, sources indicated on Thursday.
NY AG to propose new bill to strengthen data security law
(Reuters) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will propose legislation on Thursday that he says would make the state’s data security law the strongest in the country and require “unprecedented safeguards” for personal data.
U.S. Secret Service dumping senior officials after security lapses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service will remove four senior officials while another has opted to retire, the latest shake-up after a series of security lapses at the agency charged with protecting the president, an agency official said on We…
Labor groups file suit to stop Kentucky county right-to-work law
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Nine labor unions filed suit in a Kentucky federal court late on Wednesday to stop a county from enacting right-to-work legislation they say violates the National Labor Relations Act.
Five Yemenis transferred from U.S. custody at Guantanamo: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon transferred five Yemenis held at Guantanamo prison to foreign custody on Wednesday in the first handover of detainees in 2015, sending four to Oman and one to Estonia despite Republican calls for a moratorium on the …
U.S. Air Force takes aim at high weapons costs, slow procurement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James on Wednesday mapped out a series of initiatives aimed at lowering the cost of key weapons systems and getting them fielded sooner, saying that leaner budgets and growing threats made action …
Republicans set next national convention for July 18-21, 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republicans will meet July 18-21 next year in Cleveland to nominate their 2016 presidential candidate, the party said on Wednesday, dates more than a month earlier than their convention in 2012.
U.S. eyes India drone, C-130 project deals for Obama trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States aims to secure agreements with India to start pilot projects for joint production of drones as well as equipment for transport planes in talks next week ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama, a U.S. industr…
Former U.S. ambassador Robert White dead at 88
(Reuters) – Former U.S. ambassador Robert White, who refused to cover up murders by El Salvador’s death squads in the 1980s, died on Tuesday. He was 88.
