White House opposes watering down fiduciary rule for investment advisers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will “aggressively oppose” any efforts by Republicans to water down a proposed Labor Department rule that would require investment advisers to act in the best interests of their clients when giving advice, spokesm…
Republicans seek to avert government shutdown as spending talks drag on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As negotiations over a $1 trillion U.S. spending bill dragged on, Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday they would seek to pass a stop-gap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown early on Sa…
Senator Cruz introduces bill to let states reject refugees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Ted Cruz, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2016, said on Tuesday that he introduced legislation to give governors the ability to opt out of refugee resettlement programs.
Top House lawmaker: most Democrats likely to back visa waiver bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Democratic Caucus Chair Xavier Becerra on Tuesday said most of his fellow Democrats will likely support the visa waiver bill expected on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Donald Trump urges ban on Muslims entering United States
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States in the most dramatic response by a candidate yet to last week’s shooting spree by two Muslims who the FBI said had…
Jeb Bush backers targets Trump, Rubio, Cruz in TV ad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Backers of Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush are going on the attack against rivals Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio in a new TV ad that will be broadcast in early voting states.
Puerto Rico’s embattled governor to announce this week if he’ll run again
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, buffeted by a struggling economy, a federal corruption probe and weak poll numbers, will announce this week whether he plans to seek a second term, his spokesman told reporters on Mond…
U.S., Cuba to negotiate billions in claims against each other
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban and U.S. officials on Tuesday will begin to untangle one of the most complex obstacles to normalization of relations between the two countries: the claims of Americans whose property was nationalized after the 1959 revolution a…
Donald Trump urges ban on Muslims entering U.S
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States in the most dramatic response by a candidate yet to last week’s shooting spree by two Muslims who the FBI said wer…
Congressional panel wins delay in SEC insider trading probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday put a key part of an insider trading probe on hold, saying a U.S. Congressional panel need not comply with subpoenas seeking details about possible leaks while it appeals an order enforcing those subpoenas…
