Obama, Harper discuss NATO summit, Iraq in phone call: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper talked by telephone on Saturday to discuss next week’s NATO summit in Wales and the situation in Iraq, the White House said.
California passes plastic bag ban, would be first such law in U.S
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – The California state legislature enacted a ban on plastic grocery bags on Friday near the end of its two-year session, a measure that if signed into law would become the first of its kind in America.
California governor lauds passage of ‘historic’ sick leave bill
(Reuters) – A measure to grant California workers mandatory sick leave that passed the state legislature early on Saturday appeared poised to become law after Governor Jerry Brown lauded it as a historic achievement.
U.S. to push for coalition to fight ‘cancer’ of Islamic State: Kerry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States will use a NATO summit next week to push for a coalition of countries to beat back incursions in Syria and Iraq by Islamic State militants who are destabilizing the region…
Campaign manager for Kentucky’s McConnell resigns, denies wrongdoing
(Reuters) – The campaign manager for U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican locked in a tough re-election battle, resigned late Friday in fallout from a scandal stemming from his time with the 2012 Ron Paul presidential camp…
California lawmakers end session with bills on plastic bags, gun control
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California’s lawmakers ended a two-year session on Saturday with a package of bills that reflected deep disagreement over pressing issues including undocumented migrants, the social safety net and measures to cope with a s…
Bill to regulate California groundwater passes in state legislature
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – A package of bills aimed at regulating drought-parched California’s stressed groundwater supplies were passed on Friday despite efforts by some agricultural interests to block bills in the waning days of the state legislat…
Oil train regulation passes in California
SANFRANCISO (Reuters) – California lawmakers on Friday passed legislation requiring railroad companies to tell emergency officials when crude oil trains will chug through the state.
Bill to reform California’s near-solitary prison units dies
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – A bill aimed at easing some conditions for inmates in near-solitary confinement in California prisons has died in the state legislature amid concerns that Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, who has held a tough line on priso…
Obama unloads on Republicans, sees ‘cynical genius’
NEWPORT R.I. (Reuters) – Obama, raising money for Democratic candidates as Republicans aim to take over the Senate in the fall, on Friday blamed some Republicans for a calculated effort to undermine faith in government by opposing policy compromises.
