Republicans ask White House about Clinton’s broken charity donors promise
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Republican Party chairman asked U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration on Wednesday to disclose when it first learned that Hillary Clinton’s pledge to disclose all donors to her family’s charities had been “repeatedly vio…
FBI needs better intelligence, information sharing: U.S. report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI needs to strengthen its intelligence programs and information sharing to counter the diverse and fast-moving national threats that have evolved since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a congressional commission said on Wednesd…
Conservative justices press Obama administration on mercury pollution rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday signaled hostility toward the Obama administration’s refusal to consider costs before regulating emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants.
Senate Democrats push White House on oil train safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday urged the White House to implement national oil train safety standards and to do more to control the volatility of crude moving in those shipments.
Gamer convention could leave Indiana over religious freedom bill
(Reuters) – A major gaming convention, Gen Con, threatened on Tuesday to move its annual event out of Indiana if Gov. Mike Pence signs into law a controversial bill that would allow private businesses to deny service to homosexuals on religious grounds…
Ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to be released from prison
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is set to be released from prison on Thursday to a halfway house in Washington, D.C., after spending roughly half of his 30-month sentence behind bars, former Congressman Patrick Kennedy …
U.S. House Republicans face test of unity in budget votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a test of party unity, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday are set to vote on the federal budget, using an unusual format meant to overcome lingering internal disagreements over defense spending.
House Republicans vow to close ranks, support budget plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With defense and deficit hawks still eyeing each other warily over the federal budget, House Republican leaders predicted on Tuesday that their fractious caucus would close ranks and support a 10-year balanced-budget plan.
Obama slows withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday granted Afghan requests to slow the drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and said he would maintain a force of 9,800 through the end of 2015 while sticking to a 2017 exit plan.
U.S. Senate will vote on sanctions bill if there is no Iran deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday the U.S. Senate would vote on a bill to toughen sanctions on Iran if international negotiators miss a deadline at the end of this month for reaching a framework nuclear agree…
