U.S. meets tech leaders, forms task force to fight online militants
WASHINGTON/SAN JOSE (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Friday sent its top national security officials to meet tech industry leaders in Silicon Valley and announced a new task force to counter online propaganda as the United States tries to crack …
Drowned out in noisy campaign, Republicans revive poverty message
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The 2016 U.S. election year was supposed to be the one in which Republicans made tackling poverty a big theme.
In Supreme Court labor case, echoes of gay marriage fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Supreme Court case set for argument Monday challenging powerful public-sector unions echoes a very different dispute: The recent battle over gay marriage.
Rep. Maloney seeks to boost women on corporate boards
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York is working on legislation to address the near-absence of women from corporate boardrooms and hopes to introduce it in the U.S. Congress next month.
Democrats urge Obama to end roundup of Central American migrants
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Congress, outraged over the Obama administration’s pursuit of Central American migrant families for deportation, on Friday called for a halt and new protections for undocumented people from three cri…
Obama, Australia’s Turnbull to meet at White House on January 19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Jan. 19 in Washington, the White House said in a statement.
House tax writer pushes 2016 tax reform on foreign earnings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives’ top tax writer wants a vote this year on legislation moving the United States to a territorial-style tax system aimed at exempting the earnings of American companies abroad from U.S. taxation.
Texas Governor Abbott calls for amendments to U.S. Constitution
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for a conference of the states to add new nine amendments to the U.S. Constitution, saying the U.S. Congress, the President and U.S. Supreme Court are eroding the rule of law in the country.
White house announces new plan to fight Islamic State propaganda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday announced a new plan to fight propaganda from Islamic State and other violent extremist groups in the United States and abroad.
Republican Cruz pushes back on questions about his U.S. citizenship
MASON CITY, Iowa (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz on Friday defended his American citizenship at a campaign stop in Iowa, pushing back against questions raised by rival Donald Trump, who suggested Cruz’s Canadian birthplace might co…
