U.S. billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, ridiculed his two rivals’ joint effort to derail his campaign Monday, calling it a “horrible act of desperation.” Trump’s challengers, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich, announced a plan late Sunday to try to deny the brash Trump, […]
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration redoubled its push to confirm Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland as a new opinion poll showed 62 percent of Americans think the Senate should vote on the nomination, rather than leaving the high court seat vacant until a new president is sworn in next year. “Chief Judge Garland deserves a hearing, just […]
On his second day in Cuba, throngs of Cubans lined the rainy streets of Havana as President Obama’s motorcade traveled past, shouting his name, throwing kisses, cheering and chanting “USA! USA!” This the first time in 90 years that a sitting American president has visited the island country. Obama met with Raul Castro on Monday to have discussions […]
At any moment, President Barack Obama could name his pick to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last month. Reports from the White House say the president has narrowed his list of potential nominees as the vetting process enters a final phase – even as Senate Republicans insist […]