Ukraine aid bill delayed a few more days in U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers overwhelmingly approved aid to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, but the measure will not become law until at least next week, congressional aides said on Friday.
Federal government to recognize same-sex marriage in Michigan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The government said on Friday it would recognize same-sex marriages carried out last week in Michigan but left in limbo by a court appeal, making the couples entitled to appropriate federal benefits.
North Carolina ordered to release documents in voter law challenge
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – North Carolina legislators who shaped sweeping voting changes, including requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, must provide some emails and other documents to groups challenging the law, a…
Connecticut becomes first state to pass $10.10 minimum wage
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy on Thursday signed into law a measure that will phase in the highest minimum wage of any U.S. state, in line with a push by Democrats nationwide to raise the entry-level wage.
Indicted California state senator ends Secretary of State campaign
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A prominent state senator withdrew from a race for California Secretary of State on Thursday, a day after he was arrested by FBI agents and charged with corruption and conspiring to import and traffic firearms, his attorney sa…
Indicted California state senator ends Secretary of State campaign
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A prominent state senator withdrew from a race for California Secretary of State on Thursday, a day after he was arrested by FBI agents and charged with corruption and conspiring to import and traffic firearms, his attorney sa…
Lawmakers press Obama administration on Sallie Mae contract renewal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Thursday grilled an Obama administration official on the government’s decision to renew a contract with student loan servicing company SLM Corp, the subject of numerous government investigations.
Florida non-citizen voter purge postponed: elections official
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott’s administration is abandoning its renewed effort to remove non-U.S. citizens from the voter rolls, the state’s top elections official announced on Thursday.
House backs one-year delay to doctor pay cuts under Medicare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday to avert looming pay cuts for doctors under the government’s Medicare health insurance program for older Americans and the disabled.
Former CIA director, Cabinet member Schlesinger dies at 85
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – James Schlesinger, who served three U.S. presidents, Republican and Democrat alike, in the top posts at the Central Intelligence Agency, Pentagon and Energy Department in the 1970s, died on Thursday at age 85.
