Palin’s endorsement fails to excite Trump rallygoers
NORWALK, Iowa (Reuters) – When it comes to influencing the 2016 U.S. presidential race, Sarah Palin’s star power is turning out to be dimmer than expected.
No-confidence vote against Pennsylvania approved amid corruption probe
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The city council of Allentown, Pennsylvania, voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve a resolution expressing “no confidence” in Mayor Ed Pawlowski and urging him to resign as an FBI corruption investigation swirls around c…
U.S. immigration case could set limits on presidential power
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court challenge to President Barack Obama’s immigration policies could have an impact far beyond determining whether millions of undocumented immigrants can remain in the country. The case has the potential to co…
U.S. Treasury Secretary urges Congress to act on Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday said that while the Obama administration was ready to do all it could to help debt-ridden Puerto Rico, only Congress could deliver truly effective change.
U.S. lawmakers delay bill on European data privacy deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation that would grant U.S. privacy rights to Europeans is being delayed in the U.S. Senate, which may complicate negotiations over a broader trans-Atlantic data transfer pact that faces a January deadline for completion, s…
Senate Democrats block Syria refugee bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday narrowly blocked legislation that would slow the entry of refugees from Syria and Iraq to the United States in a contentious vote cloaked in presidential election-year politics.
U.S. congressional committee subpoenas ex-drug CEO Shkreli
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee has demanded that former drug executive Martin Shkreli appear at a hearing on drug prices to testify about his former company’s decision to raise the price of a lifesaving medicine by more …
Obama does victory lap for car industry but it is different from what he hoped
DETROIT (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, facing Republican criticism over the state of the economy, did a Detroit victory lap on Wednesday to showcase the auto companies his administration helped save, but the industry has not turned out the way he …
U.S. senator was told of link between Iran sanctions, prisoners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When implementation of the Iran nuclear pact was looming and a secret prisoner swap deal in the works, Obama administration officials called the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in early January to ask him to pu…
Yellen to testify at House Financial Services panel February 10: committee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will appear before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Feb. 10 to deliver the central bank’s semi-annual monetary policy report, the committee said on Wednesday.
