Treasury weighing actions to stem tax avoidance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration said on Tuesday it is considering administrative actions to discourage U.S. companies from moving to other countries to reduce their tax bills, given the failure of Congress to address the issue.
‘Liberty Kids’ shake up L.A. Republican Party, look to other states
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Amir Zendehnam passionately supports marijuana legalization, same-sex marriage, abortion rights and the Republican Party.
Food fight in Kansas primary part of Election Day in four states
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – Kansas voters will get to weigh in Tuesday on a Republican food fight in a congressional primary and decide a close contest between a veteran U.S. senator and a physician who has family ties to President Barack Obama.
Diet supplement is focus of Virginia ex-governor’s corruption trial
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – A top Virginia health adviser testified on Tuesday at the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell that she discussed a dietary supplement at the center of the trial with McDonnell’s wife and the supplement…
Jury selection set for trial of former Connecticut governor Rowland
NEW HAVEN Conn. (Reuters) – Jury selection begins Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Connecticut for the trial of former Governor John Rowland on charges of violating campaign laws by seeking back-room consulting jobs on two Republican congressional cam…
Star witness ends testimony in Virginia ex-governor’s corruption trial
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – The star witness for the prosecution in the federal corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife completed four days of testimony on Monday by detailing financial help he said he had given the coup…
Mississippi Tea Party candidate challenges Cochran’s primary win
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – Chris McDaniel, the Tea Party-backed U.S. Senate candidate who lost the Mississippi Republican primary runoff, filed a legal challenge to the result on Monday, alleging that he fell short in the June 24 vote because of electio…
Mississippi Tea Party candidate challenges Cochran’s primary win
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – Chris McDaniel, the Tea Party-backed U.S. Senate candidate who lost the Mississippi Republican primary runoff, filed a legal challenge to the result on Monday, alleging that he fell short in the June 24 vote because of electio…
James Brady, former White House press secretary, dies at 73
(Reuters) – James Brady, a former U.S. presidential press secretary who became a leading gun control crusader after he was critically wounded in an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, has died, a family spokeswoman said on Monday. He was …
U.S. to press South China Sea freeze despite China rejection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, at a meeting with Southeast Asian nations this weekend, will press for a voluntary freeze on actions aggravating territorial disputes in the South China Sea, in spite of Beijing’s rejection of …
