Young Republicans likelier to vote in midterms than Democrats: survey
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) – Fewer than one in four young U.S. voters plans to vote in this year’s congressional midterm elections, with Republicans significantly more likely to head to the polls than Democrats, according to a poll released on …
Obama reassures allies, but doubts over ‘pivot’ to Asia persist
MANILA (Reuters) – From the elaborate details of a Japanese state visit to the more mundane question of how much face-time to give each of his Asian hosts, President Barack Obama’s aides spent months meticulously scripting his four-country tour of the …
U.S. immigration agency ignoring requests for data, complaint records: ACLU
April 29 – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ignored repeated requests for stop-and-search data and other information related to its “extensive but largely opaque” border-patrol operations in southern Arizona, a civil rights group alleged in…
Obama says U.S. commitment to defend Philippines “ironclad”
MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday a new military pact between the United States and the Philippines is testimony to America’s “ironclad” commitment to defend the southeast Asian nation.
California bill targets websites engaged in ‘mug shot racket’
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California lawmakers took steps on Monday to bar so-called extortion websites from posting mug shots of people who have been arrested and then demanding payment to remove the photographs, even from people who are neve…
Republican Representative Grimm of NY indicted on fraud charges
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Representative Michael Grimm from New York was indicted on fraud charges in connection with a Manhattan fast-food restaurant he partly owned, according to court documents unsealed on Monday. He faces up to 20 …
U.S. lawmakers say latest Russia sanctions too mild, to seek more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior Republican lawmakers said on Monday the latest sanctions imposed on Russian individuals and companies are too mild to deter Moscow from further action in Ukraine and promised to offer legislation as soon as this week to pr…
Colorado legislature advances restrictions on use of prison solitary
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado lawmakers approved legislation on Monday that limits the use of solitary confinement for prison inmates, a year after the state’s corrections chief was killed by a parolee who spent the bulk of his sentence in solitary.
FCC Chairman Wheeler to testify in Congress on May 20
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, under fire from consumer advocates for proposing Internet traffic rules they say will create “fast lanes” for some Web content, will testify at a House of Representatives he…
Congressman caught kissing staffer won’t seek re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Representative Vance McAllister of Louisiana, a married man who was caught on camera earlier this month passionately kissing a staffer, on Monday announced he will not seek re-election to a second term.
