U.S. export lender hands over documents to Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Export-Import Bank handed over transcripts of board meetings to Congress this week after Republicans rekindled a battle over the bank’s long-term future.
In Chicago, contenders make hard push to get on mayoral ballot
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Standing outside a drugstore in the bitter Chicago wind, Jonathan Todd shared tips with a fellow volunteer on how to collect signatures to get their candidate on the mayoral ballot.
Obama will visit India again as ties expand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will attend India’s Republic Day celebrations in January as chief guest, a sign of steadily expanding ties between two countries that share concerns about China’s growing power in Asia.
Pentagon reforms aim to curb predatory sales targeting troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Moving to curb predatory sales practices targeting U.S. military personnel, the Pentagon said on Friday it was reforming its payment system for troops to prevent them from using direct salary deductions to buy consumer goods like…
Senate Democrats blast New York Fed over bank regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley came under fire on Friday from Democratic senators who blasted the bank for lax oversight of major financial institutions.
Conservatives, states set to launch legal blitz against Obama over immigration
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The morning after President Barack Obama announced his sweeping action to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, conservative groups and states were already pulling together legal strategies to dismantle the plan.
Obama unveils U.S. immigration reform, setting up fight with Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama imposed the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation on Thursday, easing the threat of deportation for some 4.7 million undocumented immigrants and setting up a clash with Republicans who vow to fig…
House Republicans sue over Obama’s healthcare law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday filed a long-anticipated lawsuit challenging the implementation of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law over employer-based coverage and payments to insurers…
U.S. House will fight Obama’s immigration action: Boehner
(Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Friday that President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration has sabotaged chances for bipartisan legislation.
Under Senate glare, Goldman rejects commodity manipulation
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday took the lead in rejecting allegations by a U.S. Senate subcommittee that Wall Street banks were exploiting physical commodity markets to manipulate prices and gain unfair trading adva…
