Gay marriages resume in California after five-year hiatus
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Same-sex couples – some in shorts and jeans, some in their work clothes – rushed to be wed in California on Friday after a court abruptly ended the state’s five-year ban on gay marriage in the wake of landmark rulings at the S…
Obama pledges to help Africa, pays tribute to Mandela
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama paid tribute to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela as he flew to South Africa on Friday but played down expectations of a meeting with the ailing black leader during an Africa tour promoting …
Prosecutors seek forfeiture of homes owned by Jesse Jackson Jr.
(Reuters) – Prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to allow two houses owned by disgraced former Illinois Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife to be subject to forfeiture, ahead of the couple’s sentencing next week.
New Jersey’s Christie vetoes Medicaid expansion bill
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday vetoed a bill that attempted to make the state’s expansion of Medicaid eligibility permanent under the healthcare law known as Obamacare, his office said on Friday.
Who makes the most in Obama’s White House?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-two of President Barack Obama’s top advisers make the top White House salary of $172,200 per year – but there is one official who earns 30 percent more.
New Jersey’s Christie vetoes Medicaid expansion bill
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would have expanded Medicaid eligibility under the healthcare law known as Obamacare, his office said on Friday, in an apparent reversal of position for the presumed 2016 Republican pres…
Court lifts ban on gay marriage in California
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Same-sex marriages were set to resume in California on Friday, after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a surprise order lifting an injunction preventing the unions.
Senate Republicans warn NFL, other leagues about Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is urging the National Football League and other professional sports leagues not to support President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law, calling Obamacare divisive and unpopular.
Reuters/Ipsos poll: Views on gay marriage still divided after court ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the dust settled on two major Supreme Court rulings this week that advanced gay marriage, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed that while about a third of Americans oppose the decisions, a majority are either in favor or had no…
House Republicans mull ways to advance immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prospects for congressional passage of a U.S. immigration overhaul looked bleak on Friday, but some House Republicans signaled they would offer a way for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country to get legal statu…
