Hawaii stops defending law banning same-sex marriage
(Reuters) – Hawaii will no longer defend a law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman, five months after the state legalized same-sex marriage, state officials said on Monday.
Primaries offer test of Republican ‘establishment’ strength
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in North Carolina will vote on Tuesday on their candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in November, in the first of several primaries this month that will test whether the party’s establishment can beat back challenges from…
Ex-fundraiser for U.S. Representative Grimm says not guilty of campaign violations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Texas woman pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of arranging illegal contributions to the 2010 campaign of embattled U.S. Representative Michael Grimm, a New York Republican.
South Carolina congressman tapped to lead House panel on Benghazi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former prosecutor and critic of the Obama administration’s handling of the 2012 Benghazi attacks was picked on Monday to head a Republican-led congressional investigation of the assault that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya …
U.S. delegation urges talks to free American jailed in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – Four U.S. lawmakers visiting Cuba on Monday urged President Barack Obama to authorize negotiations with the Cuban government about freeing jailed U.S. contractor Alan Gross.
U.S., Singapore reach agreement on tax evasion: U.S. Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Singapore has reached a tax information-sharing agreement with the United States under a new law meant to combat offshore tax dodging by Americans, a U.S. Treasury Department spokeswoman said on Monday.
U.S. Supreme Court backs prayer before government meetings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave local government officials across the United States more leeway to begin public meetings with a prayer, ruling that sectarian invocations do not automatically violate the U.S. Constitution.
Ex-fundraiser for U.S. Representative Grimm says not guilty of campaign violations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Texas woman pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of arranging illegal contributions to the 2010 campaign of embattled U.S. Representative Michael Grimm, a New York Republican.
U.S. judge OKs disclosure document for Detroit’s debt plan
DETROIT (Reuters) – A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge on Monday approved a key supporting document for Detroit’s plan to adjust $18 billion of debt and exit the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
U.S. to avoid global energy meeting in Moscow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials will not attend an energy forum being held in Moscow next week that is perhaps the largest regular meeting of global energy ministers, government sources said on Monday.
