Obama urges Congress to pass migrant funding request quickly
DALLAS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to pass his request quickly for $3.7 billion in funds to address the influx of unaccompanied migrant children from Central America crossing the U.S. border.
Former IRS official sought to hide information, lawmakers assert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans asserted on Wednesday that new emails show a former Internal Revenue Service official deliberately sought to hide information from Congress, opening a new chapter in a probe of IRS treatment of conservat…
House Republicans seek CDC documents on anthrax scare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans asked the Obama administration on Wednesday to provide documents related to last month’s anthrax scare at a U.S. lab facility, where more than 80 people were initially feared to be exposed to the deadly …
Lawmakers differ on how to stop abusive patent-demand letters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of a U.S. House of Representatives panel disagreed on Wednesday on elements of a bill to rein in companies that demand licensing fees for invalid patents or are otherwise dishonest in writing what are known as “demand let…
Utah to appeal gay marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Utah’s attorney general will appeal directly to the U.S. Supreme Court over last month’s ruling by a federal appeals court that backed gay marriage in the conservative, heavily Mormon state, his office said on Wednesday.
Obama request for border money gets wary reception
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans on Wednesday cast a skeptical eye on a White House request for $3.7 billion to address an influx of child migrants at the U.S. border while President Barack Obama met with top critic Texas Governor Rick …
Congress seen unlikely to block threatened New York transit strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Congress will likely not intervene to prevent a threatened strike this month that would shut down the Long Island Rail Road, the country’s largest commuter rail system, a U.S. representative from New York said on Wednesday.
Senate confirms Julian Castro as housing secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Julian Castro to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, placing the San Antonio, Texas mayor at the top of the agency in charge of housing during a sluggish recovery in the se…
Obama raises money for Senate Democrat Udall – without Udall
DENVER (Reuters) – What if President Barack Obama came to your fund-raising event and you did not attend?
Former New Orleans Mayor Nagin gets 10 years in corruption case
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for corruption during the critical years of rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.
