U.S. emergency oil reserve tempts Congress at the wrong time
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle figured this month they had hit on a clever way to fund everything from new drug programs to highway maintenance: sell off part of America’s strategic oil reserves, a supply cushion that …
Main fund for Medicare program to run out of money in 2030: trustees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A slowdown in healthcare spending has shored up the funding outlook for the federal program that pays elderly Americans’ hospital bills, trustees of the program said on Wednesday.
Iran pushes nuclear deal as U.S. lawmaker aims to stop it
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran’s pragmatist government tried on Wednesday to sell its nuclear agreement with world powers to hardliners at home, just as a U.S. Congressional leader promised to do “everything possible” to sink the deal.
Saudi King Salman to visit United States in the fall: Carter
AMMAN (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is expected to visit the United States in the fall, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter told reporters after his meeting with the monarch.
U.S. financial regulation relief bill passes through appropriations panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Richard Shelby attached his financial regulation relief bill to an appropriations markup on Wednesday, which passed a subcommittee vote, acting on a threat he issued previously if Democrats failed to offer a fair compromi…
Will do ‘everything possible’ to stop Iran deal: U.S. House speaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday said he and others in Congress would do “everything possible” to stop a new nuclear deal with Iran from moving forward.
Navajo voters approve change to language fluency requirement for top leaders
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Voters of the Navajo Nation on Tuesday approved a controversial change to a requirement that the tribe’s top two elected leaders must be fluent in the native language in order to hold office, election officials said.
Trump’s surge seen as summer squall, but will he rain on the Republican Party?
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – For most of his Republican rivals, Donald Trump’s surge in the polls in the 2016 U.S. presidential nomination fight is like a summer squall that will eventually blow itself out.
Republicans close the digital gap as web gurus go head-to-head
NEW YORK (Reuters) – She’s thrived through two decades of elections; he’s blown his competitors out of the water in a few short years on the scene.
Senate struggles over long-term transportation funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious bipartisan Senate bill containing three years of funding for America’s highways, bridges and rail systems but quickly ran into a roadblock that could force Congress to settle for a …
