U.S. fast-track trade deal unlikely until next month: Senator Hatch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bipartisan legislation to streamline the passage of trade deals through the U.S. Congress will probably not be done until next month, the Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said on Monday.
Clinton makes light of press coverage at media awards event
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Likely U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made light of her sometimes contentious relationship with the press during an appearance at a journalism awards ceremony Monday night.
U.S. pledges to keep funding Afghans amid calls for slower pullout
CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) – The United States assured Afghanistan’s leaders on Monday it would keep funding Afghan security forces at a targeted peak level of 352,000 personnel at least into 2017 to provide stability as foreign troops withdraw from the…
U.S. pledges to keep funding Afghans amid calls for slower pullout
CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) – The United States assured Afghanistan’s leaders on Monday it would keep funding Afghan security forces at a targeted peak level of 352,000 personnel at least into 2017 to provide stability as foreign troops withdraw from the…
Ted Cruz seeks to enlist U.S. Christians for 2016 White House bid
LYNCHBURG, Va. (Reuters) – Casting himself as the leader of a grassroots army, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz made an explicit appeal to Christian conservatives on Monday as he became the first major figure to jump into the 2016 U.S. presidential ra…
Pentagon notifying 100 U.S. troops threatened by Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Monday it was notifying 100 U.S. troops that a group claiming ties to Islamic State militants had posted their names, addresses and photos on the Internet and was calling for American sympathizers to kill the…
Obama, Clinton meet for hour-long chat at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama met with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the presumed front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, for about an hour on Monday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
U.S. fast-track trade deal seen mid-April: U.S. Senate’s Hatch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bipartisan legislation to streamline the passage of trade deals through the U.S. Congress will probably not be done until next month, the Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said on Monday.
Obamacare subsidies likely expanded insurance coverage: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Early evidence suggests that the tax credit subsidies at the core of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law likely helped expand U.S. health insurance coverage last year, Congress’s non-partisan research arm said on Monda…
White House chief demands end to 50 years of Israeli occupation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States expects the next Israeli government to end nearly 50 years of occupation and clear the way for a Palestinian state, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough told Jewish Americans on Monday.
