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 …
Illinois governor signs FY 2015 budget, vows to cut more
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the state’s $35.7 billion operating budget for fiscal 2015 on Monday, vowing to continue to chisel away at spending approved by the legislature.
Obama to nominate former P&G CEO Bob McDonald as veterans secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has chosen former Procter & Gamble Chief Executive Bob McDonald, an Army veteran, as his nominee to be the next secretary of veterans affairs, a senior Obama administration official said on Sunday.
Obama to nominate former P&G CEO Bob McDonald as veterans secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has chosen former Procter & Gamble Chief Executive Bob McDonald, an Army veteran, as his nominee to be the next secretary of veterans affairs, a senior Obama administration official said on Sunday.
Wendy Davis tries to get Texas campaign for governor back on track
DALLAS (Reuters) – For one day a year ago, Wendy Davis became the brightest star in the U.S. political universe when she donned pink tennis shoes and launched a one-woman, 10-hour filibuster against abortion restrictions that brought her international …
California governor signs bill to bring bitcoin and other currency into fold
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed into law a bill that clears away possible state-level obstacles to alternative currencies such as bitcoin.
All is not lost for Ex-Im Bank amid Republican jockeying
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Export-Import Bank, derided by conservative critics as an expensive boondoggle, may win a reprieve from what looked like almost certain death in Congress if enough Republicans can be persuaded to let it live on, but with…
Kerry, Saudi King discuss oil supply, U.S. official says
SHANNON Ireland (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi King Abdullah briefly discussed global oil supplies during a meeting on the crisis in Iraq on Friday, a senior State Department official said.
California Border Patrol sends agents to Texas to help with immigrant influx
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – U.S. Border Patrol officials in Southern California are sending agents and other resources to Texas to help stretched colleagues in the Rio Grande deal with a surge of immigrants illegally crossing the frontier, two Border Patrol …
White House review of Veterans Administration finds ‘corrosive culture’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A scathing review of the scandal-plagued U.S. Veterans Administration found significant and chronic failures across the board at the agency and that a corrosive culture prevails, the White House said on Friday.
