Cost to buy F-35 up 2 percent; to operate down 9 percent: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Thursday forecast the cost of developing and buying Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet at $398.6 billion, up 2 percent from last year, but said the projected cost to operate and maintain the jets was down abo…
Obama budget would boost U.S. tax revenue, cut deficits: CBO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2015 budget request would boost U.S. tax revenue by nearly $1.4 trillion over 10 years if fully enacted, cutting deficits by $1.05 trillion while funding new spending, the Congressional Budget Offi…
Conservatives encouraging presidential bid by surgeon outraise rivals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If money is any indication, a prominent Baltimore doctor with no political experience is an early front-runner in the 2016 U.S. presidential race.
House Republican leaders holding up immigration reform: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday called on the U.S. Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, which he said was being blocked by Republican leaders in the House of Representatives.
Live free or die: New Hampshire moves to decriminalize adultery
BOSTON (Reuters) – New Hampshire lawmakers on Thursday voted to scrap an ancient law that makes cheating on your spouse a criminal offense in the New England state whose motto is “Live Free or Die.”
Hotel magnate pleads guilty to U.S. campaign contribution scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A prominent hotel executive in New York pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to make $188,000 of illegal campaign contributions to three U.S. candidates via straw donors.
Obama to hold press conference, set to address Ukraine: aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will hold a press conference at the White House on Thursday and will be prepared to answer questions about the situation in Ukraine, a White House aide said.
Beau Biden, son of U.S. VP, to run for governor of Delaware
(Reuters) – At least one member of the Biden family will be seeking higher office in 2016.
New Hampshire lawmakers fail to pass death penalty repeal
BOSTON (Reuters) – New Hampshire’s Senate failed to repeal the death penalty on Thursday, in a vote that capped weeks of emotional debate while focusing attention on the state’s lone death row inmate.
California Governor Brown wants rainy-day fund in constitution
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday stepped up his efforts to enshrine a rainy day fund in the state’s constitution, stealing some thunder from Republicans backing a similar measure as he seeks an unprecedent…
