Illinois governor reverses $26 million in cuts to social programs
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on Thursday reversed $26 million in surprise spending cuts that had forced the shutdown of a stop-smoking hotline and ended funding for some autism programs and indigent funerals.
Republicans pass deep spending cuts, aim at Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives passed the first joint House-Senate budget plan in six years on Thursday, a measure that aids the party’s goal of dismantling President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform l…
Bid to end mass collection of phone data advances in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill to end spy agencies’ bulk collection of Americans’ telephone data advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, setting up a potential showdown over the program, which expires on June 1.
Push to axe U.S. crude export ban strengthens in House: lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the House of Representatives who are trying to end the decades-old ban on U.S. crude oil exports said on Thursday they were gaining support after a Democrat joined the Republican-led effort. Representative Henry Cuel…
Americans don’t like big government – but like many programs: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative presidential candidates hitting the 2016 campaign trail are firing up crowds with calls to shrink the U.S. government, but a new poll shows that Republican voters who rally to that cry still want to maintain many fed…
Documents given to U.S. House Benghazi panel do not change facts: State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department said on Thursday that new documents recently turned over to a House of Representatives panel do not change the “essential facts” known about the 2012 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
Liberal U.S. Senator Sanders to challenge Clinton in 2016 race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, launched a long-shot bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, a move likely to pressure Hillary Clinton from the left on issues from income inequal…
Obama to announce free e-books for low-income kids
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will go to a public library in one of Washington’s poorest neighborhoods on Thursday to talk about a plan to give low-income children access to 10,000 e-books.
State Department turns over more documents to U.S. House panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A House panel investigating the deadly 2012 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, has received 4,000 pages of documents from the State Department’s official inquiry into the attack, its chairman said on Thursda…
Obama unlikely to unveil Keystone move during Canada election: sources
OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is unlikely to deliver his verdict on TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline between mid-June and mid-October for fear of being seen as interfering in Canada’s upcoming election, said three Ottawa-based s…
