U.S. lawmakers warn against Mexico sugar import restrictions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers warned on Tuesday that restricting Mexican sugar imports would inflate food prices and threaten U.S. food manufacturers, the latest sign that pressure is growing on Washington to avoid trade bar…
U.S. Senate unanimously confirms McDonald to head veterans agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Bob McDonald as the next Veterans Affairs secretary, pinning Washington’s hopes on the former Procter & Gamble Co chief executive to launch a massive turnaround effort at the troubled agency.
U.S. Senate CIA ‘torture’ report summary to be declassified in a few days: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House in the next few days is expected to declassify the long-awaited summary of a U.S. Senate committee study of a CIA program that used “enhanced interrogations” and secret prisons to extract information from captured…
Texas Democrats question extra spending for border surge
DALLAS (Reuters) – Texas lawmen told a statehouse committee on Tuesday extra spending was needed to cut down on crime at the border and were met with skepticism from Democrats who questioned whether the surge could produce results that would justify th…
Senators from Colorado, Washington want federal pot laws applied fairly
DENVER (Reuters) – U.S. senators from Colorado and Washington, seeking clarity on federal rules that may affect legal marijuana businesses in their states, are urging the Obama administration to ensure federal agencies take a consistent approach to enf…
In Kansas, a Democrat makes hay on Brownback’s budget woes
OVERLAND PARK Kan. (Reuters) – Paul Davis has emerged as the potential wrecker of red state politics.
Democrats urge no U.S. contracts for corporate tax ‘deserters’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Corporations that move their tax domiciles abroad would be denied federal contracts under legislation offered on Tuesday by Democrats in the U.S. Congress, targeting tax-driven deals known as inversions.
Obama wrote Putin about violation of nuclear treaty -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin to inform him directly that the U.S. government had determined that Russia violated the intermediate-range nuclear treaty, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said o…
U.S. House Speaker Boehner dismisses talk of impeaching Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans have no plans to begin impeachment proceedings against President Barack Obama, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner declared on Tuesday, putting the blame on Democrats for stirring up pre-midterm election ten…
U.S. Appeals court throws out artist’s Obamacare challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a long-shot challenge to the Obamacare health law brought by an Iowa artist.
