Kerry warns U.S. will deport undocumented Central American children
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday Washington would work with Central America to address the root causes of an immigration crisis, but kept up the Obama administration’s tough message that undocumented children w…
U.S. Navy names its first female four-star admiral
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Michelle Howard on Tuesday became the first woman to reach the rank of four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy, part of a trailblazing path in the armed forces.
Monica Lewinsky revisits ‘humiliation’ of Clinton affair in interview
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Monica Lewinsky, the one-time White House intern whose affair with Bill Clinton in the 1990s nearly brought down his presidency, said she ended up feeling like “the most humiliated woman in the world.”
Obama tells Cabinet to find areas open to executive action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told his Cabinet on Tuesday to look for areas where he might be able to govern by executive action given gridlock in Congress that is hampering his agenda.
Cyber-spying concerns won’t overshadow U.S.-China talks: Lew
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. concerns over China’s cyber spying on American companies will not impede progress on other fronts when top officials from Washington and Beijing meet next week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania governor won’t sign budget over lack of pension reform
HARRISBURG Penn. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said on Monday that he would not for the moment sign a $29.1 billion budget enacted by the legislature because lawmakers had failed to include pension reform. Corbett, a Republican with sag…
Supreme Court won’t intervene in California ban on gay-conversion therapy
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider arguments against California’s ban on a controversial therapy aimed at reversing homosexuality in children, allowing the prohibition to be enforced in the most populous …
Obama says to reform immigration on his own, bypassing Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday he would take executive action to revamp the U.S. immigration system and move additional resources to protect the border after hopes of passing broad reform legislation in Congress officially…
New Hampshire Republican candidate wins eligibility dispute
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Hampshire Republican who hopes to run against Governor Maggie Hassan in the November election was given the green light on Monday to compete in the state’s Republican primary after winning a dispute over his eligibility.
Fault lines re-emerge in U.S. Supreme Court at end of term
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sometimes there is no middle ground.
