Trailing in polls, California candidate offers scholarships, gift cards
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Trailing in the polls and getting little media coverage, California’s Republican candidate for governor handed out $40,000 in scholarships on Tuesday, just two weeks after offering gift cards to attendees at a campaign eve…
Gay marriage bans fall in Idaho, Nevada after high court decision
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Legal momentum for extending U.S. marriage rights to same-sex couples accelerated on Tuesday as a federal appeals court struck down bans on gay matrimony in Idaho and Nevada a day after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand similar…
North Carolina scrambles after new voter law blocked by court
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina officials, scrambling to comply with a court ruling that blocked parts of a restrictive voter law just weeks before the November election, were in federal court on Tuesday to detail a proposed overhaul of t…
Supreme Court weighs employee pay for security checks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday on whether companies have to pay workers for time spent undergoing security checks, in a case challenging how hourly employees are compensated for tasks outside the regular wo…
IRS warns of delays if U.S. Congress fumbles tax ‘extenders’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Severe delays and inconvenience for millions of taxpayers could result in 2015 if the U.S. Congress fails to deal soon with a list of temporary tax laws that expired at the end of 2013, the Internal Revenue Service and a key sena…
Biden adds Saudi Arabia to his apology list over Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday added Saudi Arabia to the list of Middle Eastern countries to which he “clarified” remarks he made last week suggesting they had supported Islamist militants in Syria.
Berkshire’s Buffett predicts Hillary Clinton will win presidency in 2016
Laguna Niguel Calif. (Reuters) – Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Tuesday predicted Democrat Hillary Clinton would run for the U.S. presidency in 2016 and win.
Colorado’s top court clears way for gay marriage in the state
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado’s attorney general told county clerks in the state to start issuing marriage licenses to gay couples on Tuesday after the Colorado Supreme Court lifted stays it had imposed in two related cases and cleared the way for same-s…
Embattled Republican Pennsylvania Governor Corbett trails opponent: poll
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Republican Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett continues to trail his Democratic opponent by double-digit margins a month before the general election, according to a poll released Tuesday by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.
White House defends Biden after gaffes, apologies to allies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House defended Vice President Joe Biden on Monday after he was forced to call leaders in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to apologize for remarks he made suggesting they had supported Islamist militants in Syria.
