Candidates for Texas governor add to coffers in expensive race
DALLAS (Reuters) – The Texas governor’s race, expected to be one of this election season’s most expensive, saw both candidates raising about $11 million between February and June 30, according to campaign data released on Tuesday.
White House says top Obama aide will not testify before House panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday that political adviser David Simas would not answer a subpoena to appear on Wednesday before a congressional oversight committee, saying he was immune from being compelled to testify.
U.S. House panel to probe if there was cover-up in CDC lab mishap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A congressional panel probing the mishandling of dangerous pathogens at federal laboratories will try to determine if U.S. officials sought to cover up an incident involving deadly avian flu, its Republican chairman said on Tuesd…
U.S. to intervene in Wisconsin, Ohio voter restriction cases
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice plans to intervene in court challenges to laws that restrict voting in Wisconsin and Ohio, Attorney General Eric Holder said in remarks released on Tuesday.
U.S. to intervene in Wisconsin, Ohio voter restriction cases
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice plans to intervene in court challenges to laws that restrict voting in Wisconsin and Ohio, Attorney General Eric Holder said in remarks released on Tuesday.
L.A. mayor welcomes undocumented kids in need of temporary refuge
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Tuesday he is working with local charities to find temporary refuge for some of the Central American children caught illegally entering the United States even as politicians elsewhere publ…
U.S. Senate Democrats hold rescue talks on Ex-Im Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats said they were working to rescue the U.S. Export-Import Bank on Tuesday, insisting it would save American jobs.
U.S. House passes $10.9 billion transportation funding extension
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a $10.9 billion extension of U.S. transportation funding through May 2015, a measure aimed at averting cutbacks in August in federal money for road, bridge and tr…
Former New Orleans Mayor Nagin to appeal bribery conviction
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who led the city during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison in a corruption case, filed a notice on Tuesday that he will appeal his conviction on briber…
U.S. Senate defense funding bill rejects some Pentagon cost-cutting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators gave initial approval on Tuesday to a bill that would provide $549.3 billion in defense spending next year but reject many Pentagon cost-cutting plans, such as retiring a fleet of planes and delaying modernization o…
