Pennsylvania will not appeal same-sex marriage ruling, governor says
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – The governor of Pennsylvania said on Wednesday the state will not appeal a judge’s ruling allowing same-sex marriage in the state.
Poll shows race for Wisconsin governor is a dead heat
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – The gubernatorial race in Wisconsin has tightened in the last two months, with Democratic candidate Mary Burke now in a dead heat with Republican Governor Scott Walker, a poll released on Wednesday showed.
U.S. drone-strike policy inflames Senate vote on court nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s choice to serve as a U.S. federal appeals court judge cleared an important procedural hurdle on Wednesday despite controversy over a memorandum the nominee wrote authorizing drone strikes against U.S. cit…
Senate panel backs Burwell’s nomination for U.S. health secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Finance Committee easily approved the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell as U.S. health secretary on Wednesday, sending her candidacy to the Senate floor for a final confirmation vote.
Michigan House panel OKs state money for Detroit bankruptcy plan
(Reuters) – A special Michigan House committee on Wednesday approved a nearly $195 million state contribution for a key element of Detroit’s plan to adjust its $18 billion of debt and exit the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Pelosi names Democrats to House panel on Benghazi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday named the five members of her party who will serve on a special panel investigating the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
Impatience growing over Venezuela’s attitude to crisis: Kerry
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Impatience with Venezuela’s government is growing over its “total failure” to demonstrate good faith in talks over resolving the crisis there, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday.
Key Senator Leahy drops patent reform bill for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Wednesday a controversial patent bill backed by major technology companies was being taken off the committee’s agenda for now.
Senate backs Fischer for Fed board
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved Stanley Fischer’s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, adding a potentially influential voice to the developing debate over Fed policy in the post-crisis era.
Judge orders government to turn over Guantanamo videos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge who last week blocked the force-feeding of a prisoner on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay ordered the government on Wednesday to turn over videos showing the prisoner forced from his cell and fed through a tube.
