WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Paul Ryan is calling for a loftier and more hopeful politics amid an ugly and chaotic presidential campaign. The Wisconsin Republican tells an audience on Capitol Hill that it’s “easy to get disheartened” about the state of politics. But he says: “It did not used to be this bad, and…
DOVER, Del. (AP) – A cybersecurity advisory council formed by Gov. Jack Markell has begun its business by holding what officials called an “emergency” executive session. The chairman of the panel called the secret session at its inaugural meeting Wednesday so members could hear an FBI cyberthreat briefing. The agenda for the public meeting said…
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – A growing number of states are weighing whether to legalize marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. But for many veterans, the debate is already over. They’re increasingly using cannabis even though it remains illegal in most states and is unapproved by the Department of Veterans Affairs because major studies have yet…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he would consider opening a Trump hotel in Cuba under certain conditions. In an interview with CNN’s Situation Room Monday, the billionaire real estate mogul said that “Cuba has certain potential,” but that there are other factors, namely the 49 percent interest rate, that need to…
HAVANA (AP) – President Obama says he believes the Cuban trade embargo is going to end, and while he can’t predict when that will be, he believes it will happen at some point because the embargo has not served the interest of the U.S. or the Cuban people. Obama says the U.S. has exercised as much…
(KTRS) – Illinois’ Republican governor says he would support Donald Trump if he wins the party’s nomination for president. Governor Bruce Rauner spoke to reporters for the first time since last week’s primary, which Trump won. Rauner did not discuss any of the other GOP candidates, saying the process should play itself out. Senator Mark…
( KTRS/AP ) President Barack Obama says his trip to Cuba is an “historic opportunity to engage with the Cuban people.” Obama spoke to a few dozen embassy staff and families at a Havana hotel in his first stop after arriving in Cuba. He says it’s wonderful to be in Cuba and is noting that…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Challengers in two politically tinged cases at the Supreme Court this week face the seemingly insurmountable problem of being unable to count the five votes they need to prevail. The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has deprived conservatives of a reliable vote on a range of issues, and two such cases are…
BRUSSELS (AP) – Officials are taking to Twitter to mark the capture of Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam in Brussels. Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the anti-Islamic State coalition, tweeted, “Congratulations to Belgium authorities on capture of ISIL terrorist Saleh Abdeslam. We will never forget his and all ISIL victims.” In Belgium, migration state…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense officials say the Air Force is investigating about a dozen airmen at a nuclear missile base for alleged use of illegal drugs. At least some cases involve alleged cocaine use. The airmen are mainly or entirely members of a security force at the 90th Missile Wing, at F.E. Warren Air Force…