| U.S. sues North Carolina over transgender bathroom law Posted: 09 May 2016 03:17 PM PDT  A potentially epic clash over transgender rights is taking shape.
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| Emails From Hillary Clinton’s IT Director at State Department Appear to Be Missing Posted: 09 May 2016 04:45 PM PDT  The State Department said today it can't find any of Bryan Pagliano's emails from the time he served as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's senior information technology staffer during her tenure there. Pagliano would have been required to turn over any official communications from his work account before he left the government. State Department officials say he had an official email account, but that they can't find any of those records and continue to search for them.
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| Rubio distances himself from Trump VP talk Posted: 09 May 2016 04:24 PM PDT  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Monday sought to quash speculation that he might emerge as the vice presidential running mate for Republican candidate Donald Trump, saying he still has deep reservations about the billionaire. "He will be best served by a running mate and by surrogates who fully embrace his campaign. As such, I have never sought, will not seek and do not want to be considered for vice president," Rubio said in a statement.
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| Christie's bet on Trump pays off Posted: 09 May 2016 10:01 AM PDT  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's decision to endorse Donald Trump back in February brought him plenty of derision at the time. But it's bringing rewards now that it's clear he bet on the winner.
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| Effort to impeach Brazil's president thrown into chaos Posted: 09 May 2016 03:32 PM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The impeachment process against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was thrown into chaos Monday as the acting speaker of the lower Chamber of Deputies annulled a majority vote by his own colleagues that favored ousting the embattled leader.
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| Twitter Blocks Intelligence Agencies From Tweet-Mining Service for Surveillance Posted: 09 May 2016 01:44 PM PDT  Twitter is blocking intelligence agencies access from using a Tweet-mining service for surveillance. Following Apple's high-profile stand-off with the FBI over the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, Microsoft last month filed a lawsuit for the right to tell customers when law enforcement officials request their emails and other data. Twitter said it has had a "longstanding" policy of preventing a company called Dataminr from selling breaking news alerts to intelligence agencies that want to monitor Tweets.
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| Bobby Jindal once called Donald Trump ‘a madman who must be stopped.’ Now he’s endorsing him for president. Posted: 09 May 2016 09:20 AM PDT  Jindal speaks at the the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition Forum in Des Moines in September. Bobby Jindal once called Donald Trump a "shallow, unserious, substance-free, narcissistic egomaniac" and "a madman who must be stopped." Now the former Louisiana governor is endorsing him for president. In an op-ed entitled "I'm voting Trump, warts and all" published by the Wall Street Journal on Monday, Jindal argues that while Trump is by no means an ideal choice for commander in chief, he's better than the alternative — though not by much.
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| Donald Trump blasts CNN for asking about ‘enabler’ attack, clarifies tax plan Posted: 09 May 2016 07:12 AM PDT Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton an "nasty, mean enabler" of Bill Clinton's infidelity over the weekend, but the presumptive Republican nominee was in no mood to discuss those comments on CNN Monday morning. "Well, this is a nice way to start off the interview," Trump said via telephone when asked by "New Day" host Chris Cuomo about his recent attack on the Democratic frontrunner. Mr. Trump, I did congratulate you the last time we spoke," Cuomo reminded Trump. |
| Panama Papers report alleges New Zealand prime place for rich to hide money Posted: 09 May 2016 04:02 AM PDT  Wealthy Latin Americans are using secretive, tax-free New Zealand shelf companies and trusts to help channel funds around the world, according to a report on Monday based on leaks of the so-called Panama Papers. Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister John Key to take action after local media analysed more than 61,000 documents relating to New Zealand that are part of the massive leak of data from Mossack Fonseca, a Panama-based law firm. Mossack Fonseca actively promoted New Zealand as a good place to do business due to its tax-free status, high levels of confidentiality and legal security, according to a joint report by Radio New Zealand, TVNZ and investigative journalist Nicky Hager.
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| Palin vows to help defeat Ryan over his refusal to support Trump Posted: 08 May 2016 07:46 PM PDT  By Dustin Volz and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin vowed on Sunday to help unseat Paul Ryan, the top Republican in the House of Representatives, because of the his refusal to endorse presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Palin, the former Alaska governor and Trump supporter, endorsed conservative businessman Paul Nehlen, who is challenging Ryan, the House speaker, for his congressional seat in the Wisconsin Republican nominating contest on Aug. 9.
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| U.S. government and North Carolina escalate legal fight over transgender law Posted: 09 May 2016 03:10 PM PDT By Julia Harte and Colleen Jenkins WASHINGTON/WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - A fight between the Obama administration and North Carolina over a state law limiting public bathroom access for transgender people escalated on Monday as both sides sued each other, trading accusations of civil rights violations and government overreach. The U.S. Justice Department's complaint asked a federal district court in North Carolina to declare that the state is violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act and order it to stop enforcing the ban. Hours earlier, North Carolina's Republican governor, Pat McCrory, and the state's secretary of public safety sued the agency in a different federal court in North Carolina, accusing it of "baseless and blatant overreach." The so-called bathroom law, passed in March and known as HB 2, prohibits people from using public restrooms not corresponding to their biological sex. |
| Trump changes tune on tax hikes for rich Americans Posted: 08 May 2016 08:15 PM PDT  By David Lawder and Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday he is open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off his prior proposal to reduce taxes on all Americans and breaking with one of his party's core policies dating back to the 1990s. "I am willing to pay more, and you know what, the wealthy are willing to pay more," Trump told ABC's "This Week." After effectively sealing the Republican nomination last week, Trump has used speeches and interviews to offer more details on his policy positions. The billionaire real estate tycoon has said he would like to see an increase in the minimum wage, although on Sunday he told NBC's "Meet the Press" he would prefer to see states take the lead on that front instead of the federal government.
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| Twitter cuts intel agencies off from analysis service: report Posted: 09 May 2016 04:21 AM PDT  Twitter has barred US intelligence agencies from accessing a service that sorts through posts on the social media platform in real time and has proved useful in the fight against terrorism, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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| Iran touts newly tested long-range missile Posted: 09 May 2016 10:55 AM PDT  Iran launched a new long-range missile late last month, a general announced on Monday, trumpeting the accuracy of the latest such weapon to be test-fired in defiance of the West. "A missile with a 2,000-kilometre range was tested two weeks ago," said General Ali Abdolahi, adding that it has a negligible margin of error of just eight metres (yards). "We can guide this ballistic missile.
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| Alberta PM says Fort McMurray saved from worst of wildfire Posted: 09 May 2016 03:42 PM PDT  At least two neighborhoods in this oil sands city were scenes of utter devastation with incinerated homes leveled to the ground from a wildfire that Fort McMurray's fire chief called a "beast ... ...
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| For Trump, party unity is nice, but not necessary Posted: 09 May 2016 12:30 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — For Donald Trump, party unity is a good thing. But he's making clear he won't change his views or soften his rhetoric to get it.
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| North Korea detains, expels BBC reporter Wingfield-Hayes Posted: 09 May 2016 09:35 AM PDT  A BBC reporter in North Korea was detained, interrogated for eight hours and eventually expelled over his reporting in the run-up to a rare ruling party congress, the British broadcaster said Monday. Foreign reporters invited to cover specific events in North Korea are subjected to very tight restrictions on access and movement. Numerous journalists have been prevented from returning because their previous coverage was deemed "inaccurate" or "disrespectful" -- but detaining and then expelling a reporter while still in the country is extremely rare.
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| UK's Cameron says leaving EU would increase risk of war Posted: 09 May 2016 05:58 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Raising the stakes in Britain's European Union membership debate, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday that leaving the bloc would increase the risk of war in Europe.
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| Michelle Obama helps Prince Harry launch second Invictus Games Posted: 09 May 2016 03:41 AM PDT  Prince Harry and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama mixed with headline acts from music and film to launch the second edition of the Invictus Games for wounded military personnel on Sunday. British singers James Blunt and Laura Wright performed at the two-hour ceremony before Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman led the crowd at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Champion Stadium in reciting the Invictus Games pledge. Former U.S. President George W Bush, the honorary chairman of this year's Games, also spoke on stage to the near 500 athletes from 14 different countries who will compete over four days from Monday in 11 Paralympic sports.
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