Democratic Senator Begich touts Alaska bona fides to lure independents
JUNEAU (Reuters) – In family video footage recorded in 1970, a young Senator Mark Begich is seen in a bucolic park catching a ball thrown by his father, a U.S. Congressman from Alaska who died just two years later in a small plane crash en route to Jun…
U.S. investigator of Colombia scandal quits over prostitution case: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official who ran an investigation of a prostitution scandal involving Secret Service agents in Colombia in 2012 resigned after he was suspected of visiting a prostitute in Florida, the New Y…
North Dakota Supreme Court upholds restrictions on medication abortion
(Reuters) – The North Dakota Supreme Court upheld on Tuesday a state law that restricts medication abortion, the non-surgical interruption of a pregnancy using drugs, saying it was constitutional.
Oregon, Alaska, D.C. voters to weigh legal marijuana in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Voters in the U.S. capital and two West Coast states will decide in the Nov. 4 elections whether to legalize marijuana, pushing closer to the mainstream a notion that was once consigned to the political fringe.
Pennsylvania governor narrows gap but trails in re-election bid: poll
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is closing in but still trails his Democratic challenger among likely voters in next week’s gubernatorial election, a poll showed on Wednesday.
Why U.S. green groups are talking about abortion this election
DENVER (Reuters) – Green billionaire Tom Steyer vowed to make the November congressional elections about climate change. Now he’s talking about abortion and the economy to get his candidates across the finish line.
Costly U.S. nuclear arms revamp, tight cash call for tough choices
KINGS BAY Ga. (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel grabbed a ladder extending through the sleek black hull of the USS Tennessee at a Navy submarine base here and disappeared down the hatch for a close look at one of the Pentagon’s most daunting bu…
Kerry wants Keystone pipeline decision ‘sooner rather than later’
OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday during a visit to Canada that he would like to make a decision soon on TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL crude oil pipeline.
Obama campaigns in Wisconsin against ideological foe
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – President Barack Obama brought his weight on Tuesday to a close Wisconsin governor’s race that pits Democratic policies on equal pay and union rights against a Republican vision of smaller government from a potential 2016 presiden…
U.S. Senate control could be mixed blessing for Republican 2016 hopefuls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For Republican lawmakers with White House aspirations, control of the U.S. Senate could be a blessing and a curse.
