Huckabee’s gas chamber reference to Iran deal draws Israeli criticism
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee drew rare criticism from Israel on Tuesday for comments in which he accused President Barack Obama of marching Israelis “to the door of the oven” in a nuclear deal with Iran.
Obama says Ethiopia should not jail journalists, restrict opponents
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Ethiopia “cannot unleash the full potential of its people” if it jails journalists and restricts legitimate opposition groups.
Top Republican rebuffs Senate transport bill with U.S. Ex-Im bank renewal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A congressional standoff over U.S. transportation funding deepened on Monday as the No. 2 House Republican said he would reject the Senate’s multi-year road and mass transit bill, leaving the Export-Import Bank’s fate uncertain i…
Senate votes to attach trade bank revival to transport bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to attach a renewal of the Export-Import Bank’s charter to a multi-year transportation funding bill now making its way through the chamber.
U.S. Republican House panel demands Obama remove IRS commissioner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of a congressional investigative panel on Monday called for the ouster of the head of the Internal Revenue Service over a scandal involving the targeting of conservative political groups starting in 2013.
Top Republican red-lights U.S. Senate highway funding measure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate hit a bumpy patch on Monday in its drive to keep highway and transit construction projects funded while also trying to revive an agency that promotes American exports.
Kerry heads for Egypt and the Gulf to discuss Iran deal, ISIS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Egypt and the Gulf next week for talks on the recent nuclear deal between major powers and Iran and the fight against Islamic State militants, then he will head to Southeast Asia,…
Clinton vows to boost U.S. clean energy use in response to climate change
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday described climate change as “one of most urgent threats of our time” and vowed to meet the challenge with a plan to generate enough clean energy to power every U.S. home…
Obama knocks Huckabee, Trump for slide in Republican rhetoric
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama criticized Republican presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump on Monday for their blunt rhetoric about the Iran nuclear agreement and other issues, saying it was damaging to political d…
Koch Brothers’ political group struggles in Alaska
ANCHORAGE (Reuters) – When it comes to influencing politics, few billionaires are more effective than the industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch. Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the nonprofit organization they founded and continue to support, ac…
