Boy Scouts leader Gates won’t press gay adult membership issue
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would not press during his term as Boy Scouts of America president for an end to the group’s ban on gay adult leaders for fear of causing permanent damage to the century old organiza…
U.S. Republican seeks private health care for waiting veterans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican congressman overseeing a U.S. House panel investigation into delays in veterans’ treatment demanded on Friday that Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki allow patients to seek emergency private health care.
U.S. Judge allows Michigan Rep. Conyers to appear on ballot
(Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Friday that longtime Detroit-area Democratic U.S. Representative John Conyers should appear on an August primary ballot, saying Michigan registration rules that had disqualified him may violate his constitutional ri…
With HUD choice, Obama brings Latino Castro on to national stage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama elevated fast-rising Latino politician Julian Castro to the national stage on Friday, nominating the San Antonio mayor as the next secretary of housing and urban development.
U.S. Republican seeks private health care for waiting veterans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican congressman overseeing a U.S. House panel investigation into delays in veterans’ treatment demanded on Friday that Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki allow patients to seek emergency private health care.
More frugal U.S. military forgoes Europe golf course, skeet range
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military is shedding European real estate including a golf course, skeet range and hotel, as well as facilities like a munitions storage facility, as it looks to save cash during a U.S. budget crunch, officials said on F…
Behind major U.S. case against shareholder suits, a tale of two professors
(Reuters) – For two months last summer, Stanford Law School professor Joseph Grundfest locked himself away in his home office in California’s Portola Valley. Grundfest’s house overlooks the Santa Cruz Mountains, but his attention was fixed on the piles…
U.S. Republicans map campaign attack plan on veterans scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans who hope to wrest control of the U.S. Senate from Democrats see medical care delays for veterans as a potent line of attack and are devising ways to keep the issue in the news in the months leading up to the November …
Kerry to testify in June before U.S. House panel on Benghazi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry has agreed to testify on June 12 before a House committee investigating the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, resolving a contentious dispute with Republicans in Congres…
Chief judge on U.S. patent court steps down from lead role
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. patent court’s chief judge stepped down from his leadership role on Friday, admitting he had raised questions about his judicial ethics by sending an email praising a lawyer who appears before the court.
