Kerry says constructive relations with China needed for regional stability
HONOLULU (Reuters) – A constructive relationship between Washington and Beijing is necessary to maintaining regional stability despite China’s behavior in the South China Sea, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday at the end of an eight-…
Obama, Clinton to mingle on Martha’s Vineyard after foreign policy spat
VINEYARD HAVEN Mass. (Reuters) – They may or may not hug, but President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are rubbing shoulders on Wednesday at a party on Martha’s Vineyard after the former secretary of state criticized the foreign policy vision of her …
Maine campaign finance law challenged as unfair to independents
BOWDOINHAM Maine (Reuters) – An independent candidate in Maine’s three-way governor’s race is waiting on a ruling expected next week from a federal judge on a suit that contends the state’s campaign finance law unfairly favors candidates from the two m…
Prosecutors to wrap up corruption case against Virginia governor, wife
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – The prosecution’s case against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife Maureen for bribery and corruption will likely conclude on Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Dry said on Wednesday.
U.S. senator urges FCC net neutrality hearings outside Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Wednesday called on the Federal Communications Commission to host hearings on its new proposed “net neutrality” rules outside of Washington, not just at its offices in the…
California breakup plan would create rich and poor states: report
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – A long-shot proposal to break California into six separate states would also divide rich and poor, according to a legislative analysis released on Wednesday.
Mississippi Senate hopeful lists own lawyer’s vote as tainted
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – The Tea Party-backed U.S. Senate candidate in Mississippi challenging his loss in the June Republican primary has moved to have his own lawyer’s vote in the election stricken on the grounds that it was tainted by a poll worker…
Amid drought, California Democrats seek Republican votes on water plan
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California Democrats scrambled on Tuesday to win Republican support for a plan to improve water supplies that has been mired in regional and party politics for a year, even as the state suffers from a three-year drought th…
White House loosens restrictions on lobbyists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is loosening restrictions on lobbyists who want to serve on federal advisory boards, a White House official said on Tuesday, a setback to the president’s efforts to tamp down special interest influence in W…
Education aide to Pennsylvania governor resigns amid controversy
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – A top education consultant to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett resigned on Tuesday amid allegations that he was a so-called ghost employee who did little work for his six-figure salary.
