Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg says eyeing 2016 run for president: FT
(Reuters) – Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, said he is considering running for U.S. president in 2016, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Clinton campaign denies staffing changes in works
WASHINGTON/MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair denied a Monday report that she is considering staff changes after the New Hampshire nominating contest on Tuesday.
Obama to call for increases in budget for SEC, CFTC: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2017 budget will call for an 11 percent increase in funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission and a 32 percent increase for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a White House official…
Obama, Canada’s Trudeau discuss fight against Islamic State: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by telephone on Monday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about Canada’s role in the international effort to combat Islamic State, the White House said.
Corporate winners of Obama budget still face long odds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facing a hostile Congress in an election year, President Barack Obama will be hard-pressed to push through many of the proposals in his final budget as U.S. leader.
House committee to hold Puerto Rico hearing Feb. 25
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources is to hold a hearing on Puerto Rico on Feb. 25, it said in a statement, as Congress tries to come up with a solution for the debt-ridden U.S. territory.
Obama, Italy’s Mattarella discuss fight against Islamic State in Libya
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Italian President Sergio Mattarella met on Monday in the White House and discussed efforts to work together to combat the Islamic State in Libya.
Potential New Hampshire spoiler Kasich could pose threat to Rubio
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate John Kasich is polling in the low single digits nationally but may be poised to play the role of spoiler in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary by cutting into the support of higher-profile rivals such as Marco Rubio.
Factbox: What will be in Obama’s final budget proposal?
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama is set on Tuesday to unveil his budget proposal for fiscal year 2017, his final year in office.
Clinton slams student loan servicer Navient as misleading
HENNIKER, N.H. (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said during a student town hall on Saturday that student loan servicer Navient Corp has been “misleading people” and “doing some really terrible things.”
