Obama, Congress heading for budget showdown over Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some U.S. Republicans sought to use a must-pass spending bill on Monday to block President Barack Obama’s plan to accept thousands of Syrian refugees, saying the Paris attacks had proven they pose too much of a threat to the Unit…
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Sanders joins Snapchat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders joined Snapchat on Monday, becoming the latest contender in the 2016 White House race to join the social media app popular with teens and millennials.
U.S. Republican candidates vow tougher approach on Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidates vowed on Monday to take a tougher approach toward Islamic State militants, with Jeb Bush saying a larger Middle East troop presence is needed and Donald Trump saying he would consider closing so…
U.S. approves $1.29 billion sale of smart bombs to Saudi Arabia
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of $1.29 billion in smart bombs to Saudi Arabia to help replenish supplies used in its battle against insurgents in Yemen and air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, the Pentagon said on M…
Republican Rand Paul to offer bill to halt U.S. visas for refugees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Rand Paul said on Monday he would introduce a bill to put an immediate moratorium on U.S. visas for refugees fleeing extremist groups.
Obama rules out U.S. troops on ground to fight Islamic State
BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) – President Barack Obama ruled out a shift in strategy in the fight against Islamic State on Monday despite the deadly attacks in Paris, saying putting more U.S. troops on the ground as sought by his political critics “would be …
Key House lawmakers calls on Obama to suspend Syrian immigration plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee has called on President Barack Obama to suspend plans to admit Syrian refugees into the United States, Fox News reported on Monday.
U.S. congressman seeks interviews with Valeant employees tied to Philidor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat on a U.S. House of Representatives investigative panel is requesting interviews with a handful of executives at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International who were directly involved in the operations of specialty phar…
Congress should cut funds used to bring Syrian refugees to U.S.: Ben Carson
(Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson said on Monday the U.S. Congress should cut funding for all programs that bring people fleeing violence in Syria to the United States, and he said refugees now being resettled should be closely mon…
Obama calls idea of religious preference for refugees ‘shameful’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday criticized as “shameful” the idea that Christian refugees should be given preference by the United States in decisions over admitting people fleeing violence in Syria.
