UnitedHealth may exit Obamacare individual exchanges
(Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group Inc raised new questions about the viability of Obamacare on Thursday, saying that in 2017 it might stop selling individual plans on the insurance exchanges created under U.S. President Barack Obama’s healthcare law.
Need for Syrian refugee bill ‘urgent’: House speaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said legislation to “pause” the acceptance of Syrian refugees into the United States was “an urgent matter” to protect Americans from possible infiltration by Islamic State militants.
House Speaker backs extending benefits for Sept 11 responders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Paul Ryan, the Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday he supports extending expiring benefits programs for police and firefighters injured or sickened by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York …
House passes bill calling for rule-based monetary policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would make the Federal Reserve set interest rate policy using a mathematical rule, a proposal that has little chance of becoming law given a White House veto thre…
Senators urge VW to expand diesel compensation, agree to buybacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators urged Volkswagen AG on Thursday to agree to buy back vehicles and offer compensation to drivers of all diesel vehicles that government regulators have charged have “defeat devices” to rig emissions standards.
Watchdog group seeks probe of billionaire Adelson’s U.S. political donations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. government watchdog group has asked two federal oversight agencies to investigate billionaire Sheldon Adelson to determine if any money he donated to political campaigns in the past was illegally laundered in his foreign cas…
U.S. refugee chief tells lawmakers ‘Syrians are less of a threat’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the State Department’s refugee bureau told a congressional panel on Thursday that Syrians trying to enter the United States pose “less of a threat” than other populations, sparking a harsh exchange with a Republican l…
Obama says can close Guantanamo jail while keeping Americans safe
MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to press ahead with the release of his plan on how he hopes to close the Guantanamo military prison but said last week’s Paris attacks would stoke further congressional resistance to his efforts.
U.S. Republicans, defying Obama, propose tightening Syrian refugee screening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Republican lawmakers defied President Barack Obama on Wednesday and laid out plans to tighten screening of Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks, in a political fight that challenges the U.S. view of itself as a refuge fo…
White House says Obama would veto proposal for more scrutiny of refugees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama would veto a proposal from Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives for additional scrutiny of refugees from Syria or Iraq, the White House said on Wednesday.
