#majority support

Today, majorities of all but two key subgroups -- Republicans (49%) and weekly churchgoers (41%) -- say gay marriages should be legally recognized.

Tamil Nadu: नई दिल्ली: विजय की अगुवाई वाली तमिलगा वेत्री कड़गम (TVK) के लिए तमिलनाडु में सरकार गठन का रास्ता अब लगभग साफ होता नजर आ रहा है। बहुमत का दावा पेश करते हुए विजय ने शनिवार को आरवी अर्लेकर से मुलाकात की। चुनाव परिणाम आने के बाद राज्यपाल के साथ यह उनकी चौथी बैठक रही। 121 विधायकों का समर्थन मिलने का दावा सूत्रों के अनुसार TVK को कांग्रेस, CPI, CPI(M), VCK और IUML का समर्थन मिल गया है।…

WASHINGTON | Former Attorney General William Barr may get old job again

WASHINGTON— William Barr, who served as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, has emerged as a top contender for that job in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, two people familiar with the president’s selection process said Thursday.

The appointment of a new attorney general would come at a precarious time as special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, which the department…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | Rajapaksa critics win control of Sri Lanka Parliament panel

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka— Lawmakers opposed to disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa won control of a key committee setting Parliament’s agenda during a vote Friday that dealt a severe blow to his leadership.

Sri Lanka has been in a political crisis since Oct. 26 when the president abruptly fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed Rajapaksa. Both claim to be the legitimate…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | Opponents of Rajapaksa win control of panel in Parliament

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka— Lawmakers opposed to disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa won control of a key committee setting Parliament’s agenda during a crucial vote on Friday that dealt a severe blow to his government.

Sri Lanka has been in political crisis since Oct. 26 when the president abruptly fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed Rajapaksa. Both claim to be the legitimate…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  | Sri Lankan president: I dissolved Parliament to avoid fight

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  — Sri Lanka’s president said he dissolved Parliament and called elections to avoid possible violence inside Parliament and around the country if a vote had to be taken to decide whether his chosen prime minister or his sacked rival had the majority support.

In a televised address to the nation Sunday evening, President Maithripala Sirisena said he heard stories from lawmakers…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka president: PM was sacked over assassination plot

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  — Sri Lanka’s president said Sunday he sacked his prime minister mainly because of the alleged involvement of a Cabinet minister in a plot to assassinate him.

In a televised address to the nation, President Maithripala Sirisena said a person questioned by investigators had revealed the name of a minister in an alleged plot to assassinate him and a former defense secretary.

He…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka’s crisis deepens as president suspends Parliament

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president suspended Parliament even as the prime minister he fired the previous day claimed he has majority support, adding to a growing political crisis in the South Asian island nation.

Chaminda Gamage, a spokesman for the parliamentary speaker, confirmed that President Maithripala Sirisena had suspended Parliament until Nov. 16. He made the move while ousted…