Cyber data-sharing shield may be part of big U.S. spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Companies that share cyber data with the U.S. government in its fight against hackers would get broadened legal immunity, under a precedent-setting proposal likely to become part of a major spending bill being developed in Congre…
Obama names new senior adviser on international economics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he had tapped Adewale Adeyamo to be his deputy national security adviser for international economics, a position that involves coordinating U.S. participation in the annual G7 and G20 summit…
Democrats resist provision blocking NLRB’s joint employer ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional Democrats are beating back a Republican push to defang a National Labor Relations Board decision that could give unions greater bargaining power with large companies that rely on franchisees or contractors, a S…
Contentious Syrian refugee measure likely to die in U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican-backed legislation that would slow the entry of Syrian refugees into the United States will not be included in a must-pass spending bill and is likely to die in Congress, lawmakers and aides said on Tuesday, as they ru…
At Las Vegas debate, Republican Cruz may have a Trump problem
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Ted Cruz has avoided direct confrontations with Donald Trump throughout the New York billionaire’s long run as the Republican front-runner for the 2016 presidential nomination. That strategy will be put to the test at Tuesday nigh…
Name that tune! Mocking U.S. Republicans, #GOPSongs goes viral on Twitter
NEW YORK (Reuters) – From “Hey Rude,” a play on The Beatles classic devoted to Donald Trump, to “You Gotta Fight Far to the Right,” a dig at the presidential nomination process inspired by the Beastie Boys’ “You Gotta Fight For Your Right,” Twitter lit…
Trump’s Scottish love affair sours as court to rule on wind farm
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top court will decide on Wednesday whether to back U.S. Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump’s bid to stop wind farms being built near his luxury Scottish golf resort amid a growing spat with politicians in his…
House to consider short-term extension of spending bill: Hoyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 House Democratic leader, on Tuesday said lawmakers will consider a short-term extension of a spending bill, likely until Friday or Saturday, as negotiations continue with Republicans ove…
Heidi Cruz tries to rebuild bridges her husband burned on path to White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When U.S. presidential candidate Ted Cruz withdrew from a fundraiser in Texas, his wife Heidi stepped in to charm donors. A major backer uses her whenever she needs to close a deal. Another is planning a women’s only event featur…
Obama opens White House doors to forge CEO alliances
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, who made few friends in corporate board rooms early in his first term as he pressed for tighter regulations on banks and remarked on the “fat cats” who helped precipitate the financial crisis, heads into his final year in the White House having built – or rebuilt – alliances with chief executives of the nation’s biggest companies.
