Democratic U.S. Senator from Montana may have lifted parts of thesis: report
(Reuters) – U.S. Senator John Walsh of Montana may have lifted at least a quarter of his master’s thesis from works by other authors, the New York Times reported on Wednesday in an examination of the 14-page paper the Democrat submitted to obtain his d…
Wisconsin governor race remains in a dead heat despite probe -poll
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who is seeking re-election in November, has not seen any significant drop in his support since the release of documents on a probe into possible illegal campaign financing, a poll showed on Wednesd…
U.S. Senate Democrats cut $1 billion from Obama border request
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday proposed cutting $1 billion from President Barack Obama’s $3.7 billion emergency funding request to deal with a surge of some 57,000 undocumented Central American children across the southern bord…
Exclusive: Obama sends team to Texas to assess need for National Guard deployment
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has sent a team to Texas to assess whether a U.S. National Guard deployment would help to handle an immigration crisis at the Mexican border, White House officials told Reuters on Wednesday, having so fa…
U.S. Senate panel unanimously approves Veterans Affairs nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bob McDonald, President Barack Obama’s choice to run the Veterans Affairs Department, looked set for an easy Senate confirmation after the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee unanimously approved his nomination on Wednesday.
U.S. swaps regulator O’Malia to head bank lobby group
WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – A member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will become the new head of a bank lobby group that is fighting the derivatives regulator in court over a crucial new rule curtailing Wall Street.
Business executive wins Georgia Republican runoff in U.S. Senate race
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A former Fortune 500 executive who campaigned as a Washington outsider defeated an 11-term congressman on Tuesday in a key Republican runoff election in Georgia, setting the stage for November’s race to fill an open Senate seat.
U.S. announces arrests in border crackdown on human smuggling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials have made almost 200 arrests and seized more than $625,000 in illicit profits in a month-long crackdown on human smuggling in response to an influx of illegal immigration into Texas, the Department of Homeland Secu…
Obama government looks to satisfy religious groups on Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is developing a method for religious organizations opposed to contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act to opt out of providing the coverage in their health plans without filling out a form.
U.S. Senate sets $225 million for Israel’s Iron Dome in emergency bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats included $225 million for Israel’s Iron Dome rocket interception system in an emergency funding bill on Tuesday that also cut $1 billion from President Barack Obama’s request for $3.7 billion to deal with th…
