Selling Mitch McConnell: What’s love got to do with it?
PADUCAH Ky (Reuters) – Mitch McConnell is hardly a lovable guy. The Republican leader in the U.S. Senate has a dour public persona and many of his constituents don’t view him as a “real Kentuckian,” according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that underscores wh…
Texas gubernatorial candidates court Hispanic vote in debate
(Reuters) – Heading into the final weeks of the campaign, Texas gubernatorial candidates Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis held their first debate in a Rio Grande Valley border town as they targeted support from Hispanic voters.
Spending, war disputes to dog post-election, lame-duck Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress will face a contentious post-election session in November dominated by a longer-term spending bill and more wrenching questions over President Barack Obama’s strategy to defeat Islamic State militants in Iraq an…
Kansas Democrat asks court to require new U.S. Senate candidate
KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) – A Kansas Democrat has asked the state Supreme Court to order his party to name a new U.S. Senate candidate for the November election after the court ruled the name of a county prosecutor who withdrew must be removed from th…
Wisconsin governor candidate cuts ties with consultant over jobs plan
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke severed ties with a political consultant after he used similar language in her jobs plan as he did in economic plans he drafted for other clients, Burke’s campaign said on Fr…
Former Connecticut Governor Rowland found guilty of campaign law violations
NEW HAVEN Conn. (Reuters) – Former Connecticut Governor John Rowland violated U.S. election laws by taking under-the-table payments from a business owned by the husband of a candidate whose campaign he secretly advised, a federal jury found on Friday.
U.S. won’t stand in way of Venezuela’s U.N. Security Council bid
UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will not stand in the way of Venezuela securing a temporary seat on the U.N. Security Council in 2015-16 after Latin American and Caribbean states unanimously endorsed its bid, U.N. diplomats and …
White House anti-assault campaign uses stars, sports to reach campuses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, who have long talked about the need to curb sexual assault at universities, got some help on Friday from the people many young adults actually listen to: celebrities and a…
U.S. Congress urged to pass bill to speed development of antibiotics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Financial incentives and a more flexible regulatory approach are needed to persuade drug companies to develop new antibiotics, drug industry and public health experts told U.S. lawmakers on Friday, though some warned that modifyi…
White House does not expect Obama, Iran’s Rouhani to meet at U.N.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday it did not expect President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani would hold a meeting when they are in New York for the United Nations General Assembly next week.
