Obama’s top Asia adviser: goal is for complete trade pact in 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s top Asia adviser said on Wednesday the president’s request for trade promotion authority shows the administration’s goal is to complete a major trade pact with Asia this year.
Obama’s top Asia adviser: goal is for complete trade pact in 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s top Asia adviser said on Wednesday the president’s request for trade promotion authority shows the administration’s goal is to complete a major trade pact with Asia this year.
California governor and university chief to hash out tuition spat
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The governor and the powerful University of California chief will hash out their differences over tuition hikes and state funding in an unusual two-person advisory committee, a panel of the university’s governing board has decid…
Good morning India! Obama, Modi plan radio show to reach out to masses
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The leaders of the world’s largest democracies will next week take to India’s radio airwaves, the main source of news and information for many in the country, to get their message out.
New Senate bill would overturn Obamacare’s individual mandate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading Republican senators on Wednesday introduced a bill to repeal one of Obamacare’s most unpopular provisions – the individual mandate that requires most Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty.
After defiant speech, Obama plugs tech jobs in Republican heartland
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) – A day after delivering a defiant State of the Union speech to the Republican-led U.S. Congress, President Barack Obama headed to the conservative heartland on Wednesday to promote his plans for bolstering the middle class.
U.S. House Republicans drop vote on abortion bill: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives, facing a revolt from female Republicans in the chamber, dropped plans on Wednesday night for a vote on a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, according…
Democrats vow to stall Obama’s push for ‘fast-track’ trade deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s renewed push for major free trade deals ran into stiff opposition from his own party on Wednesday as a group of House Democrats vowed to do everything they can to deny him greater trade negotiating powers…
U.S. Congress invites Netanyahu for Iran speech, Obama blindsided
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress on Iran without consulting President Barack Obama, and the White House questioned whether proto…
Jindal criticized by Louisiana newspapers over Muslim ‘no-go zone’ remarks
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, was criticized on Wednesday by his state’s two largest newspapers over contentious remarks referring to Muslim-controlled “no-go zone” areas in European c…
