Texans vote in primaries shaken by Tea Party influence
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texans went to the polls on Tuesday in primary elections where the top candidates for governor were expected to post easy wins and favorites of the conservative Tea Party movement are trying to topple established Republicans i…
Western U.S. Republicans to urge appeals court to back gay marriage
(Reuters) – Republicans from Western states are expected on Tuesday to urge a U.S. appeals court to rule state bans on gay marriage unconstitutional, an aide said, citing shifts in the cultural standpoints of some conservatives in a broad national deba…
Obama’s caution on Ukraine may loom over midterm election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With Russia’s incursion into Ukraine reviving Cold War-style tensions, President Barack Obama is at risk of suffering a blow to his credibility at a time when he can least afford it: as he tries to convince voters to stick with h…
Potential rivals neck and neck in Connecticut election rematch: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut’s Democratic governor Dannel Malloy and the Republican he narrowly defeated four years ago are in a dead heat ahead of the November vote, according to a hypothetical match-up released by the Quinnipiac University Poll o…
U.S. lawmakers ready to act over Ukraine, but want Europe to step up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers expressed support on Monday for aid for Ukraine’s new government, as well as sanctions to punish Russia for its military incursion into the neighboring country, but want European nations to step up their involvemen…
Obama says Russia has violated international law in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday that Russia violated international law with its military intervention in Ukraine and warned that the U.S. government would look at a series of economic and diplomatic sanctions to isolate Mos…
Obama 2015 budget seeks $60 billion tax credit expansion: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will strike a firmly populist tone in his 2015 budget plan on Tuesday, proposing to pay for an expansion of a popular tax credit for the working poor by eliminating tax breaks claimed by wealthy Americans.
Fear of losing tech edge factors into Pentagon budget plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Concerns that cuts in defense spending could erode the U.S. military’s technological edge over rivals such as Russia and China are in part driving the Pentagon’s plans to slash troop levels and retire aging weapons.
At White House, Israel’s Netanyahu pushes back against Obama diplomacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told Barack Obama on Monday that he would never compromise on Israel’s security even as the U.S. president sought to reassure him on Iran nuclear diplomacy and pressure him on Middle East…
Ukraine crisis new rallying point for U.S. energy export backers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supporters of U.S. energy exports have pounced on the crisis in Ukraine to press their case for faster approvals of liquid natural gas (LNG) projects and for an end to the decades-long ban on exports of most U.S. crude oil.
