Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House budget released on Monday proposed cutting funding for the U.S. government-owned passenger rail carrier Amtrak while calling for a significant hike … Read More

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed at record highs on Monday as Chinese workers and factories slowly returned to business following a … Read More

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General said on Monday it will audit Federal Aviation Administration pilot training requirements for U.S. and foreign … Read More

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Monday said the authorities were now prepared to talk with jihadist groups in the hope of ending an insurgency that has … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The two Democrats who lead the Iowa caucuses – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg – both requested a recanvass of some caucus results … Read More

By Joseph Tanfani, James Oliphant and Simon Lewis MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – For the past year, Democratic voters have been anxious to settle on a savior capable of defeating … Read More

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gold rose and the dollar hit a four-month high against the euro on Monday on safe-haven appeal as the death toll from the … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump will visit India on Feb. 24-25, the White House said in a statement on Monday. The trip will … Read More

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian opposition leader Gigi Ugulava was sentenced on Monday to 38 months in jail on charges of misusing public funds while mayor of Tbilisi, his second conviction … Read More

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday threatened a no-confidence motion against his own justice minister, posing a fresh risk to the survival … Read More