New York mayor contender de Blasio leads Democrats: polls
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio has a strong lead ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary, though his support is just shy of the threshold needed to avoid a runoff, according to two polls released on Monday.
Ahead of tough N.Y. mayor’s race, Republican Lhota courts his base
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If elected New York City mayor, Republican Joe Lhota hopes to keep Ray Kelly as police commissioner, build parking lots at the end of subway lines and hold monthly town hall meetings. But first, he wants to fix the potholes on Stat…
Analysis: Obama growing isolated on Syria as support wanes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House efforts to convince the U.S. Congress to back military action against Syria are not only failing, they seem to be stiffening the opposition.
Kerry speaking rhetorically over Syria turning in weapons: State Department
LONDON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry was making a rhetorical comment when he said on Monday that Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad would not hand over his country’s chemical weapons.
NAACP president to step down by year-end: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The president of the NAACP, Benjamin Jealous, will step down on December 31 after five years in the post, the civil rights group said on Sunday in a statement posted on its web site.
U.S. leaves door open to new U.N. vote on Syria
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States left the door open on Sunday to seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution that could endorse punishing Syria for a chemical weapons attack last month and indicated Arab countries were seeking a tough respo…
Members of U.S. Congress question White House approach on Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House pressed its case on Sunday for military action in Syria but faced an uphill fight in Congress, where several prominent lawmakers said they have not been persuaded to approve strikes against Syrian President Bashar…
Missouri governor bucks trend, campaigns for tax-cut veto
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – It is an uncommon sight in American politics – a governor barnstorming his state to rail against tax cuts.
Kerry delivers a love letter to France, in French
PARIS (Reuters) – French, it is said, is the language of love.
Decrying the ‘two New Yorks,’ de Blasio surges in mayor’s race
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At a recent campaign stop on New York’s Upper West Side, mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio’s 16-year-old son, Dante, was stealing the show – and not for the first time.
