U.S. Senate race in Kansas expected to end up in court
KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) – The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas is expected to file a lawsuit on Monday to keep his name off the November ballot, a party leader said on Saturday.
U.S. Senate race in Kansas expected to end up in court
KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) – The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas is expected to file a lawsuit on Monday to keep his name off the November ballot, a party leader said on Saturday.
Strategy against Islamic State in hand, Obama now must make it work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It took President Barack Obama and his top aides a week to explain that he does in fact have a strategy for confronting the Islamic State militancy. Now he has to prove that he can make it work.
Democratic candidate for Texas governor reveals abortions: report
(Reuters) – Wendy Davis, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor who was catapulted to national fame last year for her 10-hour filibuster against abortion restrictions, revealed in her memoir she ended two pregnancies of her own, the San Antonio Ex…
Obama sets meeting with U.S. Congress leaders amid concern over Iraq crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with the four leaders of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, a senior congressional source said on Friday, amid rising concern in Washington about the advances of the Islamic State.
U.S. Senate investigators split on party lines over IRS scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Senate investigators criticized a watchdog for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Friday for “inaccurately and unfairly” damaging public confidence in the tax agency’s political impartiality.
California judge throws out lawsuit targeting crude by rail facility
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by environmental groups against Kinder Morgan’s Richmond, California, rail terminal, which quietly began unloading crude oil from trains this year, saying the plaintiffs waited too long to file their complaint.
U.S. agency urged to yank vetting firm contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers have urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to withdraw a $190 million border security contract awarded to a company which checks government employees’ backgrounds and suffered a cyber attack disclosed las…
Oklahoma to install new protocols before next execution: governor
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma will put in place new procedures, recommended in a report about a troubled execution that exposed shortcomings in the death chamber, before it again carries out capital punishment on an inmate, officials said on Frida…
California asks Congress to set aside funds to fight wildfires
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – With federal funds for fighting wildfires running low, officials in California on Thursday called on Congress to move forward on a stalled plan to set up an emergency reserve fund for battling the extreme blazes anticipate…
