U.S. House speaker tells Obama to ‘get serious’ about defeating Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said President Barack Obama must “get serious” about a strategy to defeat Islamic State militants before Congress would consider approving a new military force author…
Exclusive: Clinton charities will refile tax returns, audit for other errors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton’s family’s charities are refiling at least five annual tax returns after a Reuters review found errors in how they reported donations from governments, and said they may audit other Clinton Foundation returns in cas…
U.S. lawmakers to again push currency rules for trade deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers will press again on Thursday to punish currency manipulators in legislation key to closing a Pacific trade pact, despite warnings from the White House the move could derail a central plank of the administration’s o…
Pentagon’s new cyber strategy cites U.S. ability to retaliate
REDWOOD CITY, California (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is due to unveil an updated cyber strategy on Thursday that will stress the military’s ability to retaliate with cyber weapons, a capability he hopes will help deter attacks.
Trade bill key to Pacific pact clears Senate panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation to give the White House “fast track” authority to nail down a Pacific trade pact cleared its first hurdle in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday as a committee backed the bill and sent it to the full Senate for considerati…
California bill would require union buy-in for teacher evaluations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The degree to which student test scores in California could be used to evaluate teachers’ job performance would be decided in union negotiations rather than by school districts or lawmakers under a bill that advanced Wedn…
Senate panel rejects tough currency rules for fast track
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday rejected a push to beef up rules against currency manipulation in a key trade bill, avoiding a clash with the Obama administration and U.S. trade partners.
Top House Democrat backs plan on currency sanctions in trade bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leader of the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Wednesday she supported planned legislation to speed trade deals through Congress while requiring enforceable currency provisions to future pacts.
Republicans move to extend spies’ power to collect phone data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a move likely to re-ignite public debate in America over electronic spying, Republicans have introduced a bill in the Senate to extend a controversial law empowering the government’s bulk collection of U.S. telephone records.
North Carolina seeks retreat from early 2016 presidential primary
RALEIGH, NC (Reuters) – North Carolina’s House of Representatives voted Wednesday to push its presidential primary back on the 2016 calendar, but the state still faces steep penalties from the Republican Party unless its Senate also agrees on the later date.
