Obama seeks to reassure Saudi Arabia over Iran, Syria
RIYADH (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought to reassure Saudi King Abdullah on Friday that he would support moderate Syrian rebels and reject a bad nuclear deal with Iran, during a visit designed to allay the kingdom’s concerns that its decades-ol…
California senate suspends three lawmakers in criminal probes
(Reuters) – The California state Senate suspended three Democratic lawmakers on Friday charged with federal criminal cases including Leland Yee, who was arrested this week in an FBI sweep on corruption and gun trafficking charges.
Obama seeks to reassure Saudi Arabia over Iran, Syria
RIYADH (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought to reassure Saudi King Abdullah on Friday that he would support moderate Syrian rebels and reject a bad nuclear deal with Iran, during a visit designed to allay the kingdom’s concerns that its decades-ol…
Obama says U.S. military strikes could not have stopped Syria misery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States could not have stopped the humanitarian crisis in Syria with military strikes, President Barack Obama said in a television interview airing on Friday, and said U.S. troops had reached their limits after long war…
Day after ‘Bridgegate’ report, Christie says Port chair resigns
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) – Governor Chris Christie on Friday said the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had resigned, a day after an internal investigation cleared Christie in the “Bridgegate” scandal engulfing the potentia…
Jeremiah Denton, Vietnam War POW and U.S. senator, dies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jeremiah Denton, a former U.S. senator who was held as a prisoner of war by North Vietnam for more than seven years and revealed his treatment by blinking the word “torture” in Morse code during a televised interview, died on Fri…
Hagel, ahead of China trip, urges military restraint in cyberspace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, pushing for openness ahead of a trip to China, said on Friday in an unusual live broadcast from a secretive base the Pentagon would exercise restraint in using the military in cyberspace and urged o…
California senate suspends three lawmakers in criminal probes
(Reuters) – The California state Senate suspended three Democratic lawmakers on Friday who have been the subject of criminal probes, including Leland Yee, who was arrested this week in an FBI sweep on corruption and gun trafficking charges.
NJ governor Christie says Port Authority chairman resigns after ‘Bridgegate’ report
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) – The chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, David Samson, has resigned his position, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Friday.
US Rep. Rogers, surveillance defender, to retire, host radio show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mike Rogers, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee and an outspoken defender of embattled surveillance efforts, said on Friday he would leave Congress at year’s end to host a radio talk show.
