Off-color remarks latest hiccup in Weiner’s NYC mayoral campaign
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A spokeswoman for scandal-ridden New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner said on Wednesday she would remain in her job despite a political news website’s publication of profane comments she made about a former campaign inter…
Exclusive: Russian billionaire seeks U.S. government financing for luxury jets
NEW YORK/ATLANTA (Reuters) – Billionaire Russian businessman Gennady Timchenko, a long-time associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, plans to seek U.S. government-backed funding to buy luxury aircraft, Reuters has learned.
US defense chief, vice chairman to brief on Pentagon budget
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral James Winnefeld will brief reporters Wednesday about the Pentagon’s strategic review of its budget given mounting pressure on U.S. militar…
Changing Florida’s Stand Your Ground law a tough hill to climb
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Every night for the last three weeks about 50 young protesters have slept on the stone floor of Florida’s state Capitol building in a bid to change the state’s Stand Your Ground self-defense law.
U.S. raises military assistance to the Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – Washington will raise its military assistance to the Philippines by about two-thirds, Manila’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, helping its oldest security ally in Asia defend vast maritime borders against what it sees as Chinese …
Exclusive: Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer builds Japan ties as it eyes arms exports
TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department’s chief weapons buyer, Frank Kendall, will on Thursday meet officials in Tokyo overseeing Japan’s defense contractors, his first visit with industry regulators reviewing the pacifist nation’s decades-old ba…
Analysis: Manning damage has fallen well short of worst U.S. fears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Accused of the nation’s biggest-ever security leak, U.S. soldier Bradley Manning was vilified by the government for causing irreparable damage to American national interests. In retrospect, the harm he caused seems to have been o…
Obama seeks to rally Democrats behind tough budget message
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will seek to rally Democrats behind an aggressive approach to the fall budget showdowns with Republicans, as he makes a rare visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Top Democrat Reid criticizes Republican-White House budget talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday he was “disappointed” with budget talks between Republican senators and the White House, saying President Barack Obama has offered concessions while Republicans refuse to budge….
San Diego sues its own mayor in sex harassment case
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The city of San Diego sued its own embattled mayor on Tuesday, seeking to recover from him any damages it might face in a lawsuit filed by his former press secretary, one of seven women to publicly accuse him of unwanted sexual ad…
