New Jersey bridge probe committee to interview top Christie aide
(Reuters) – The New Jersey committee investigating the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge that sparked a political firestorm will interview a top aide to Governor Chris Christie on Thursday, although the probe has lost steam in recent months…
Top GM lawyer, Delphi CEO to face Senate on deadly ignition flaw
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two more major figures in General Motors Co’s safety debacle will appear on Thursday for the first time before U.S. lawmakers investigating why it took the automaker more than 10 years to recall millions of vehicles with a deadly…
Honduras wants ‘mini-Marshall plan’ for U.S. aid on migrants
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran officials on Wednesday called for U.S. aid to Central America to reduce violence that has fueled a surge of child migration to the United States, with the foreign minister calling for a “mini-Marshall plan” to attack th…
Obama: No quick and easy solutions to foreign policy challenges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, facing persistent criticism of his handling of foreign policy, counseled patience on Wednesday on meeting challenges from Iran to Ukraine to the Middle East.
U.S. lawmakers, lawyers argue over House Republican plan to sue Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican effort to sue President Barack Obama over his use of executive powers got under way in Congress on Wednesday at a hearing where lawmakers and constitutional law experts bickered over the move in a taste of the poli…
Pentagon defends war-funding request amid ‘slush fund’ complaints
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Pentagon officials on Wednesday defended their 2015 war-spending request before skeptical lawmakers, some of whom called the $58.6 billion plan a “slush fund” to offset defense cuts at home and others who worried the funding-…
U.S. Justice Department says investigating lost IRS emails
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday confirmed it is investigating the loss of Internal Revenue Service emails being sought by congressional Republicans in an inquiry over tax scrutiny of conservative political groups.
U.S. House passes spending bill with Dodd-Frank changes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to slash funding for Wall Street oversight and revamp new agencies dedicated to cracking down on fraud against consumers and policing risks after the fin…
U.S. Republican says ex-Cabinet member broke law, sought campaign money
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A prominent Republican congressman accused President Barack Obama’s former labor secretary on Wednesday of breaking federal law by seeking political campaign contributions for Obama’s 2012 re-election effort.
U.S. Senate Democrats’ Hobby Lobby bill fails to move forward
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An attempt by U.S. Senate Democrats to override the Supreme Court’s controversial birth control ruling failed to muster enough votes to move forward on Wednesday, but lawmakers vowed to keep pressing the issue heading into the mi…
