Obama proposes $4.1 trillion spending plan in final White House budget
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama proposed a $4.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2017 on Tuesday in a final White House budget that met immediate Republican resistance for its cost and reliance on tax hikes to fund domestic pri…
Michigan treasurer calls for quick action on Detroit school bills
(Reuters) – Michigan Treasurer Nick Khouri urged state lawmakers on Tuesday to move quickly on legislation to restructure the financially ailing Detroit Public Schools (DPS) before the district runs out of money.
Republican senator: Obama administration already has funds for Zika
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration has no immediate need for funding to combat the Zika virus because money remains unspent from fighting the two-year-long Ebola outbreak, a member of the Republican Senate leadership said on Tuesday.
Senate unanimously approves Myanmar ambassador nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed President Barack Obama’s nominee to be ambassador to Myanmar on Tuesday, after the administration assured lawmakers it would not rush to ease sanctions as the country moves from decades of mi…
Yellen faces tough sell on Fed rate hikes in Congress
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will defend the U.S. central bank’s first rate hike in a decade and likely insist that further rises this year remain on track, albeit at a slower pace, when she addresses Congress…
Pennsylvania $2 bln budget gap is ‘time bomb’: governor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s $2 billion budget deficit is a “time bomb” that could cause “fiscal catastrophe the likes of which we have never seen” if it is not resolved, Governor Tom Wolf said in his budget address on Tuesday.
Woman who accused Bill Clinton of assault to campaign against Hillary presidential run
NEW YORK (Reuters) – One of the women who has accused former U.S. President Bill Clinton of sexual assault says she has agreed to work for an anti-Clinton political group being formed by a former advisor to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trum…
Trump versus Jeb in New Hampshire on day before crucial primary
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – White House hopefuls Donald Trump and Jeb Bush opened political hostilities on Monday as Republican and Democratic candidates stormed across New Hampshire in a final flurry of events before the state’s crucial first-in-the-…
Before New Hampshire primary, Trump campaign shows mellower side
PLYMOUTH, N.H. (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump came to the small town of Plymouth in the New Hampshire mountains on Sunday and promised to lower prescription drug prices, improve education and help heroin addicts get tre…
Obama seeks funds to fight Zika; sees no cause for panic
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will ask the U.S. Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funds to fight Zika at home and abroad and pursue a vaccine, the White House said on Monday, but he added there is no reason to pani…
