Obama administration to make push on American Indian voting rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Concerned that American Indians are being unfairly kept out of the voting process, the Obama administration is considering a proposal that would require voting districts with tribal land to have at least one polling site in a loc…
Supreme Court rules against immigrants over visa eligibility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that children waiting with their parents for immigration visas must go to the back of the line once they reach the age of 21.
Texas Republicans adopt hard-line on immigration, gay rights
FORT WORTH Texas (Reuters) – The already conservative Texas Republican Party took a further turn to the right at its convention this weekend by adopting hardline positions on issues including immigration and gay rights. The conservative Tea Party branch of the party, led by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and carrying great weight in the state, was able to shoot down a 2012 party policy known as the “Texas Solution” that would allow undocumented workers to hold jobs that go unfilled by U.S citizens.
Kerry says freed Taliban inmates would target U.S. at ‘enormous risk’: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If the five Taliban inmates released from Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for a captive American soldier rejoined the fight against the United States, they would do so at great risk, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on S…
Cleveland Clinic’s Cosgrove withdraws from running to head VA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Toby Cosgrove, the head of the prestigious Cleveland Clinic who the White House had considered nominating to lead the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs, said on Saturday he had withdrawn from consideration for that position…
Kerry commemorates D-Day in French village he calls home
ST BRIAC-SUR-MER France (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry commemorated the 70th anniversary of D-Day at his mother’s family estate in the French resort of Saint Briac-sur-Mer on Saturday, paying tribute to the American soldiers who died du…
Americans split on prisoner swap of Taliban for U.S. soldier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans are deeply divided over whether the Obama administration did the right thing by swapping five Taliban leaders to win the freedom of Afghanistan prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl, according to Reuters/Ipsos survey released o…
Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin ban on gay marriage
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A federal judge deemed Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional on Friday to the delight of gay couples who immediately began rushing to county offices to wed as word of the ruling spread.
Americans split on prisoner swap of Taliban for U.S. soldier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans are deeply divided over whether the Obama administration did the right thing by swapping five Taliban leaders to win the freedom of Afghanistan prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl, according to Reuters/Ipsos survey released o…
Colorado governor signs law creating state-run marijuana banking co-ops
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado’s governor signed into law on Friday a measure to create the nation’s first state-run marijuana financial cooperative, potentially giving newly legalized cannabis vendors access to banking services through the U.S. Federal R…
