Obama nominee to lead FDA wins backing from Senate committee
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Robert Califf, won backing from a Senate committee on Tuesday as its members shrugged off criticism from consumer watchdogs that he is too closely linked with th…
Obama should offer plan to defeat Islamic State: Paul Ryan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Tuesday he hoped President Barack Obama would offer a plan for defeating Islamic State in his final State of the Union address.
Obama offered to help Biden financially during son’s illness
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden said President Barack Obama offered to give him money to help with expenses while his son Beau was battling cancer.
Clinton seeks surcharge tax on wealthiest tier of Americans
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday proposed a 4 percent tax on the wealthiest sliver of taxpayers who earn more than $5 million per year.
Kentucky governor to dismantle state’s health insurance exchange: newspaper
(Reuters) – Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has notified U.S. authorities that he plans to dismantle the state’s health insurance exchange created under the Obama Administration’s Affordable Care Act, the Courier-Journal reported on Monday.
Exclusive: State attorneys general joining probe of health insurer mergers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 15 state attorneys general have joined the Justice Department’s probe of two big insurance mergers, according to people familiar with the matter, increasing the scrutiny on proposed deals that would reduce the number of nat…
Seven candidates qualify for Thursday’s main presidential debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seven Republican presidential candidates will participate in Fox Business Network’s prime-time debate on Thursday, but Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and former business executive Carly Fiorina did not qualify for the main event, …
Conservative U.S. justices prepared to deliver blow to unions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday voiced support for a legal challenge that could erode organized labor’s clout by depriving public-employee unions of millions of dollars in fees that many state laws force non-un…
Rand Paul says he did not qualify for Thursday’s prime-time presidential debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky said on Monday he has been told by Fox Business Network, host of Thursday’s Republican presidential debate, he will not qualify for the prime-time debate based on his low standing in opinion polls.
White supremacists, in campaign calls for Trump, say: ‘We don’t need Muslims’
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A white supremacist group said it has placed thousands of automated phone calls in Iowa urging voters to back billionaire Donald Trump’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination because “we don’t need Muslims.”
