FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a town hall of young leaders from across Europe at an Obama Foundation event in Berlin, Germany April 6, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Barack Obama responded to the weekend mass shootings in Ohio and Texas on Monday with a plea to Americans to
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(Reuters) – China’s Zheng Saisai beat Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-3 7-6(3) Sunday to capture the Silicon Valley Classic and win hermaiden WTA title. Unseeded Zheng powered through the draw with several upset triumphs before finishing it off by defeating second seed Sabalenka. “Five years ago was the first time I won my first WTA
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden mounted a fierce defense of Barack Obama’s legacy on Saturday after several of his White House rivals attacked that record in debates this week. FILE PHOTO: Candidate former Vice President Joe Biden walks on stage before the start of the
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Morristown municipal airport for a weekend at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering unveiling, as early as September, his healthcare plan as part of his presidential re-election campaign
SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that he was in favor of placing ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in Asia relatively soon, a day after the United States withdrew from a landmark arms control treaty. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper meets with Egypt’s Defense Minister General Mohamed Zaki at the Pentagon in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives now favor launching impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald Trump, after a California lawmaker on Friday became the 118th Democrat to call for the process to begin. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during an address at a campaign rally in
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) questions U.S. Attorney General William Barr as he testifies during a hearing on “the Justice Department’s investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal introduced legislation on Friday to
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – This time, he didn’t quite go there. U.S. President Donald Trump reacts with supporters during a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis President Donald Trump on Thursday briefly renewed his criticism of four minority Democratic congresswomen at his first rally since controversy erupted when a crowd at
FILE PHOTO: Roger Stone, longtime political ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, departs following a hearing to convince a judge to dismiss charges stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald
DETROIT (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden came under heavy fire over healthcare, immigration and criminal justice reform on Wednesday, but fought back against a stage full of rivals eager to knock him off his perch during a contentious debate. On the second of back-to-back nights of debates among Democrats vying to challenge Republican
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of U.S. senators on Wednesday questioned the Federal Aviation Administration oversight of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX as the agency defended the longstanding practice of deferring much of the process of certifying new aircraft to manufacturers. A grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is seen parked in an aerial photo at Renton
DETROIT (Reuters) – Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders offered an unabashed defense of their progressive policies during a Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday, as their more moderate rivals took aim at their proposals as unrealistic and politically untenable. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren speak on the first night of the second
DETROIT (Reuters) – Joe Biden says he is done being polite when it comes to defending his decades-long record on race. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign stop at Mack’s Apples in Londonderry, New Hampshire, U.S., July 13, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder But when the former
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump wants combat forces reduced in Afghanistan by the next U.S. presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday, introducing a timeline to Washington’s plan for cutting troop numbers there. FILE PHOTO: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks from a helicopter to return to his plane at
An electronic billboard displays a marijuana hashtag at Times Square in New York, U.S., November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use, meaning possession of small amounts of the drug will be punished with fines rather than jail time, a step short of Governor Andrew
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would nominate Representative John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican who strongly defended him at a recent congressional hearing, to replace Dan Coats as the U.S. spy chief. FILE PHOTO: Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testifies to the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about “worldwide threats”