U.S. House committees demand info from Ex-Im bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives committees demanded extensive information from the Export-Import Bank on Thursday, including communications on reported allegations of kickbacks there, as Congress grapples with whether to reauthoriz…
Top Christie aide says had no prior knowledge of bridge lane closures
TRENTON N.J. (Reuters) – A top aide to Governor Chris Christie on Thursday told the New Jersey panel investigating lane closures on the George Washington Bridge that she had no prior knowledge of, or participation in, the incident that sparked a political firestorm.
New York mayor takes it on the chin in city media
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio won his job in a landslide last November, but is finding out that staying so popular is not easy.
Democrat Crist picks running mate for Florida governor race
MIAMI (Reuters) – Democrat Charlie Crist picked Annette Taddeo-Goldstein, a South Florida Hispanic, as his running mate for the Florida gubernatorial race in November.
New York mayor takes it on the chin in city media
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio won his job in a landslide last November, but is finding out that staying so popular is not easy.
No special prosecutor needed for U.S. tax agency probe: Justice Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top Justice Department official, deflecting demands from Republicans, said on Thursday that a special prosecutor was not needed to look into past U.S. Internal Revenue Service treatment of conservative groups and the agency’s l…
Group says it hits milestone in bid to turn Texas toward Democrats
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Alumni from the Obama 2012 presidential campaign reached what they called a milestone this week in their campaign to turn Texas from a Republican stronghold into a state where Democrats post wins capable of shaking the national…
U.S. Senate votes to extend terrorism insurance backstop
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to reauthorize a federal terrorism risk insurance program that was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Boehner uncertain Congress can act on border crisis this month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday expressed doubts Congress would agree by the end of this month on an emergency response to the crisis involving an influx of thousands of child migrants at the U.S. southern border.
Fight over human trafficking law jeopardizes U.S. response to border crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic lawmakers’ deep resistance to changing a 2008 law that combats human trafficking threatened on Wednesday to slow the government’s response to a surge of 57,000 undocumented Central American children across the sou…
