Tag: U.S. Senate

Kid Rock hints online he will run for a seat in US Senate

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters)– Recording star Kid Rock, an outspoken supporter of Republican President Donald Trump, hinted in a website and through social media messages on Wednesday (June 12) that he intends to run for the United States Senate in 2018. The 46-year-old Michigan native drew attention on Twitter and his Facebook page to a “Kid Rock ’18 for U.S. Senate” website, featuring a photo of the goateed singer-songwriter seated in a star-spangled chair in […]

China rebuffs U.S. Senate’s remark on the South China Sea

China yesterday (January 5) rebuffed comments by a united states senator that the lack of United States action is allowing China to continue to pursue its territorial ambitions in the region. Senator John McCain, Chairman of the influential U.S. Senate armed services committee, criticized the Obama administration for delaying further “freedom of navigation” patrols within 12 nautical miles of the islands built by China. Vietnam said the plane landed on January 2. Chinese officials have repeatedly stressed […]

Tough road ahead for Obama after Republicans seize Senate

BY STEVE HOLLAND AND JOHN WHITESIDES (Reuters) – Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a punishing blow to President Barack Obama that will limit his legislative agenda and may force him to make a course correction for his last two years in office. The Republican rout was wide and deep in what was bound to be seen as a sharp rebuke to Obama, who has lurched from crisis to […]