Ex-Virginia governor corruption trial shows businessman’s generosity had limits
RICHMOND Va (Reuters) – A businessman central to former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell’s corruption trial testified on Thursday that he showered the politician and his wife with loans and gifts so they would promote his company, but his generosity …
Tea Party out-muscles Boehner on border-security funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill to fund border security blew up in House Speaker John Boehner’s face on Thursday, leaving Republicans in disarray and struggling to reconcile Tea Party demands with the need to deal with a humanitarian crisis on the southw…
CIA concedes it spied on U.S. Senate investigators, apologizes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CIA conceded on Thursday that it had improperly monitored computers used by the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee in an investigation of interrogation tactics and secret prisons for terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 200…
U.S. Senate Democrats relent on transport funding, accept longer extension
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With time running out to avert cutbacks in federal transportation money due to start on Friday, Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate agreed to accept a Republican plan to extend funding for highway and transit construction throu…
U.S. conservative lawmaker crafting Ex-Im reform plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A conservative U.S. lawmaker who voted against the Export-Import Bank in the past is crafting a bill that would overhaul the export lender but keep it open, in a sign that the bank’s chances of surviving may be improving.
U.S. House panel requests probe of federal labs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee investigating the mishandling of anthrax at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asked a federal watchdog agency on Thursday to review U.S. lab procedures for handling dangerous path…
New York governor says he was fixing errors amid reported federal probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, reportedly threatened with a possible federal probe of witness tampering, said on Thursday he reached out to “relevant parties” only to correct errors in news reports about his disbanding an anticorr…
Obama signs order requiring contractors to disclose labor violations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed an executive order that requires contractors bidding for government work to disclose past labor law violations and gives screening assistance to federal agencies awarding contracts.
Giving up on Congress, immigration protesters target White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As chances of Congress agreeing on any immigration legislation dwindled on Thursday, several hundred protesters gathered outside the White House to push one main goal: keeping immigrant families together.
Executive: ‘Didn’t want anyone to know’ of gifts to former Virginia governor
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – The businessman who, federal prosecutors say, gave gifts and loans to former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife said Thursday he kept the largesse secret because he knew he was giving bribes to help his diet-supple…
