Outgoing Tennessee lawmaker ribs newly laid-off reporter
KNOXVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – An outgoing Tennessee lawmaker representing a Knoxville district admitted on Friday to sending a ridiculing message on social media to a newly laid-off political reporter.
California mayor vocal in immigration debate suspected of drunken driving
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The mayor of Murrieta, California, who led a local backlash against the arrival of undocumented Central American immigrants flooding the U.S. border, has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in an accident that injured fo…
Courts knock down gay marriage bans in Arizona, Alaska, Wyoming
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Barriers to gay marriage fell in Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming on Friday following a series of federal court actions in the latest in a series of legal victories for supporters of same-sex matrimony in America.
Obama names Ebola ‘czar’ as West Africa death toll rises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama appointed a former White House adviser as U.S. Ebola “czar” on Friday as the global death toll from the disease that has ravaged three West African countries rose to more than 4,500.
Supreme Court allows gay marriage in Alaska
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed gay marriage in Alaska to go into effect, increasing the number of U.S. states that permit gay marriage to 31.
Exclusive: NSA reviewing deal between official, ex-spy agency head
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency has launched an internal review of a senior official’s part-time work for a private venture started by former NSA director Keith Alexander that raises questions over the blurring of lines between government and business.
Obama signs order to tighten security for federal credit cards
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday to beef up security measures for federal credit cards, and urged banks and retailers to follow suit in an effort to combat the growing threat of identity fraud.
U.S. Senate Democrats blast Obama’s migrant family detentions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – High-ranking U.S. Senate Democrats have called on the Obama administration to reverse its new policy of detaining Central American immigrant families, warning it could be damaging to the young children being housed in the facilit…
Obama open to appointing Ebola ‘czar’, opposes travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said he was considering appointing an Ebola “czar” to coordinate the fight against the virus in the United States, but he remained opposed to a ban on travel from West Africa.
In U.S. Congress, Republicans step up demands for Ebola travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers dragged the Ebola crisis into the political arena on Thursday, ramping up their demands that President Barack Obama impose new restrictions on travel from countries ravaged by the deadly virus.
