U.S. urges North Korea to exercise restraint after rocket launches
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department urged North Korea on Monday to exercise restraint and to avoid provocative actions following reports that it launched two short-range missiles.
Michelle Obama to visit China schools in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. first lady Michelle Obama will travel to three cities in China this month, her daughters and mother in tow, and plans to share stories of her travels with U.S. students through a daily travel blog, the White House said on Mo…
Cruz steering Texas Republicans further right in primary fights
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The longest shadow in Tuesday’s primary election in Texas is being cast by a politician not even in the running, freshman U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican.
U.S. Supreme Court declines immigration cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected attempts by towns in Texas and Pennsylvania to revive local laws that cracked down on illegal immigration.
Sex crimes trial of Army general highlights U.S. military justice
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – The rare court-martial of a U.S. Army general charged with sex crimes will delve into explicit details of his adulterous affair with a female captain in two war zones, and alleged inappropriate email exchanges …
Obama to campaign for minimum wage hike despite opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will take his campaign to increase the minimum wage on the road in the coming week in an effort to build pressure on Republicans who oppose the raise.
California governor signs $687 million drought relief legislation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed into law a $687 million drought-relief package to deal with a water shortage he has called the worst in the state’s modern history.
Obama must carefully calibrate Russia response, rhetoric: Gates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama needs to look “two or three moves out” as he weighs his response to Russia’s seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula, which Moscow is unlikely to soon reverse, Obama’s former defense secretary, Robert Gates, …
Obama to campaign for minimum wage hike despite opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will take his campaign to increase the minimum wage on the road in the coming week in an effort to build pressure on Republicans who oppose the raise.
For oil traders, a vexing new risk: U.S. politics
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil traders are past masters at handicapping geo-political risks, from war in the Middle East to resource nationalists in Latin America. Lately, they face another confounding political landscape: Washington.
