Tag: successor-takes
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Sudden Supreme Court vacancy seizes U.S. campaign spotlight
By Ginger Gibson and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court's future grabbed center stage in the country's presidential campaign with the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, setting up an election-year battle over who should succeed him on a nine-member bench that interprets U.S. law over such hot-button issues as abortion, gay…
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Sudden Supreme Court vacancy seizes U.S. campaign spotlight
By Ginger Gibson and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court's future grabbed center stage in the country's presidential campaign with the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, setting up an election-year battle over who should succeed him on a nine-member bench that interprets U.S. law over such hot-button issues as abortion, gay…
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Pope presses Mexican president on corruption and drugs
By Philip Pullella and Gabriel Stargardter MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis called on Mexico's government on Saturday to fight endemic corruption and drug trafficking and he then prayed with thousands before the icon that unites the country – the Virgin of Guadalupe. Corruption is deeply ingrained in Mexico, and President Enrique Pena Nieto, his…
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Pope presses Mexican president on corruption and drugs
By Philip Pullella and Gabriel Stargardter MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis called on Mexico's government on Saturday to fight endemic corruption and drug trafficking and he then prayed with thousands before the icon that unites the country – the Virgin of Guadalupe. Corruption is deeply ingrained in Mexico, and President Enrique Pena Nieto, his…
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U.S. probes misconduct allegation at VA hospital in Cincinnati
Federal officials are investigating an allegation of misconduct at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, the latest problem for a scandal-plagued agency that has become a punching bag in the Nov. 8 presidential election campaign. The Department of Veterans Affairs on Saturday confirmed the latest investigation but provided no details about the allegation. “VA…
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U.S. probes misconduct allegation at VA hospital in Cincinnati
Federal officials are investigating an allegation of misconduct at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, the latest problem for a scandal-plagued agency that has become a punching bag in the Nov. 8 presidential election campaign. The Department of Veterans Affairs on Saturday confirmed the latest investigation but provided no details about the allegation. “VA…