Obama sets state dinner table for six at unusual Nordic summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is set to toast the five leaders of Nordic nations at a lavish state dinner at the White House on Friday, an unusual summit aimed in part at sending a message to a nation not on the guest list: Russia.
Congress subcommittee grills U.S. banks regulator about data breaches
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of Congress on Thursday grilled the main U.S. banking regulator about a recent raft of data breaches, highlighting two incidents where workers downloaded more than 10,000 sensitive and private records onto portable storag…
Republican Cornyn predicts party will unify around Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The No. 2 Republican in the U.S. Senate said on Thursday he believes the party will unite behind presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
Fundraisers make pitch for Trump at hedge fund conference
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Top fundraisers for Donald Trump made pitches on Wednesday to prominent hedge fund investors to line up behind the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as he seeks to raise $1 billion for the general election campaign.
Different this time? Trump candidacy could weigh on Fed thinking
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s rise to de-facto Republican nominee for president poses an unusually high level of uncertainty for investors and businesses, potentially weighing on the economy and the Federal Reserve’s plan to raise…
Top U.S. Democrat says Puerto Rico bill could come early as Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are making progress toward legislation to address Puerto Rico’s financial crisis and could produce a bill as early as Thursday, the top House Democrat said.
U.S. Republicans want to slash Obama’s security council
(This version of the May 11 story, corrects figure in second paragraph to 100.)
U.S. high court could spur Congress on Puerto Rico debt crisis
WASHINGTON/SAN JUAN (Reuters) – As the U.S. Congress drags its feet on a bill to address Puerto Rico’s $70 billion debt crisis, it could get kicked into high gear by an unlikely source: the Supreme Court.
Gingrich doesn’t rule out Trump VP role
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican veteran Newt Gingrich did not rule out on Wednesday the possibility that he could be persuaded to serve as presumptive nominee Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, but said Trump has plenty of other talent to…
Brexit would hurt Britain, EU and global economy: White House adviser in newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – If Britain were to leave the European Union, it would hurt Britain and Europe as well as the global economy, the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers told a German newspaper.
