Oregon governor says hurt by fiancée’s marriage of convenience
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber said on Friday he was pained by his fiancée’s admission that she illegally married an immigrant seeking U.S. citizenship in exchange for $5,000, but indicated he still supported her.
Clinton Library documents illustrate testy relationship with press
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House staff under former President Bill Clinton explored ways to manage public relations and fend off the national press as a series of scandals brewed in the 1990s, a new batch of previously withheld documents showed on Fr…
TV host Olbermann apologized to Clinton for Lewinsky coverage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Keith Olbermann, a liberal television host whose MSNBC show focused in 1998 on President Bill Clinton’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, once apologized to Clinton for his coverage, according to documents released …
Kansas attorney general seeks to block gay marriages
KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) – The Kansas attorney general on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to block same-sex marriage licenses, filing the petition hours after two women were married outside a county courthouse.
Virginia tells agencies to clear way for adoptions by gay couples
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – Virginia same-sex couples can now legally adopt children and also become foster parents, the Virginia Department of Social Services said in a bulletin on Friday to its local offices across the state.
White House denies considering executive action to close Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday denied a report that President Barack Obama is putting together options for executive action to close the controversial U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in defiance of congressional wishes….
Florida candidates for governor face off in Spanish TV debate
MIAMI (Reuters) – Florida’s Republican Governor Rick Scott and his Democratic challenger Charlie Crist squared off in the first televised debate of the election campaign for governor on Friday, an expensive and closely watched race in the nation’s larg…
Homeland Security chief appoints Secret Service review panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday named four people to conduct an independent review of the Secret Service after a series of security breaches including a fence jumper who got into the White House last month.
U.S. Senator Landrieu faces headwinds in Louisiana re-election bid
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – As U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu addressed students at a New Orleans university destroyed by Hurricane Katrina nine years ago telling of her struggles to fund its restoration, she could as easily have been describing her fight this…
China denounces U.S. for sending ‘wrong message’ to Hong Kong protesters
BEIJING (Reuters) – China criticized U.S. Congress on Friday for sending the wrong message to pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong after a congressional report expressed concern about the Chinese-controlled city in a “deliberate attack” on China.
