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 […]
US President Barack Obama has vetoed legislation that would repeal major portions of his signature domestic achievement: the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The bill would also defund the reproductive health organization Planned Parenthood. “Because of the harm this bill would cause to the health and financial security of millions of Americans, it […]
Republican U.S. presidential front-runner Donald Trump is drawing rebukes from across the world for proposing a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the United States until the country’s leaders can “figure out what is going on” about possible new terrorist attacks. White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Tuesday called Trump’s rhetoric “offensive and toxic,” […]
Tuesday’s elections in the United States did not carry the gravity of the 2016 races that will include choosing the country’s next president, but Republicans still scored important victories in state contests. In Kentucky, voters elected just their second Republican governor in the past 40 years as businessman Matt Bevin used a campaign against President […]