Former top U.S. officials urge lifeline for export credit agency
WASHINGTON – Former top U.S. officials have urged Congress to keep the Export-Import Bank alive to shore up the United States’ economic and security interests.
Obama asks Congress to authorize U.S. war on Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday sent Congress his long-awaited formal request to authorize military force against Islamic State, meeting swift resistance from Republicans as well as his fellow Democrats wary of another w…
Judge rules federal interstate handgun transfer ban unconstitutional
(Reuters) – A U.S. ban on the interstate sales of handguns by federal firearms dealers to buyers from other states violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Wednesday.
Senate Democrats come out against Fed audit bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats on the Senate Banking committee on Wednesday voiced opposition to a bill that would expose the U.S. Federal Reserve to a full government audit.
House speaker tells Senate Democrats: act on security funds
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Congress passes Keystone XL bill, Obama expected to veto
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led Congress gave final passage on Wednesday to a bill to approve the long-pending Keystone XL pipeline, a measure that next goes to President Barack Obama, who has vowed to veto it.
Obama asks Congress to authorize U.S. war on Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday sent Congress his long-awaited formal request to authorize military force against Islamic State, meeting swift resistance from Republicans as well as his fellow Democrats wary of another w…
Obama slams Staples, big companies on healthcare: ‘Shame on them’ – BuzzFeed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama singled out office supply company Staples Inc as undercutting his healthcare reform law and said large corporations should not use the health insurance issue as an excuse for cutting wages, the news we…
Obama says military force authorization formed from consulting Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he consulted Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress before submitting a request for authorization of military force against Islamic State.
Wisconsin Governor Walker declines to say whether believes in evolution
LONDON (Reuters) – Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a potential U.S. presidential candidate, on Wednesday declined to say whether he believed that humans evolved from other life forms, a theory widely supported by scientists but rejected by many Americ…
