Senator urges Obama administration to fully lift crude oil export ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Lisa Murkowski urged the Obama administration on Tuesday to fully lift the 40-year-old ban on crude exports after a news report said U.S. officials have allowed two companies to export shipments of a light oil called cond…
Bill Clinton defends Hillary, says she ‘not out of touch’
DENVER (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton jumped to his wife Hillary’s defense on Tuesday, saying that the potential presidential candidate is “not out of touch,” after criticism that she mishandled media questions about their personal wealth.
U.S. 2015 war-funding request due to go to Congress soon: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale said on Tuesday the Obama administration would send its 2015 funding request for the Afghanistan war to Congress “quite soon” but he added it was unlikely to include proposals for possible operati…
Frustrated U.S. lawmakers urge tough action on child migration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One Republican lawmaker said on Tuesday America should “whack” its Latin American neighbors by cutting aid in response to a flood of undocumented minors entering the United States, while another asked where the children should be “dropped off when the buses bring them back.”
Senate panel to consider $9 billion highway fund infusion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden on Tuesday proposed a $9 billion infusion into the Highway Trust Fund as part of a stop-gap effort to keep federal money flowing to highway construction projects through the end of 2014…
U.S. export lender in jeopardy as Republicans pull support
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A push to save the United States’ export credit agency struck a new hurdle on Tuesday when Congress’s top Republican refused to throw his support behind the Export-Import Bank after news that bank staff were under investigation f…
Federal judge rules U.S. no-fly list violates Constitution
(Reuters) – The U.S. government’s no-fly list banning people accused of links to terrorism from commercial flights violates their constitutional rights because it gives them no meaningful way to contest that decision, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
District of Columbia approves ‘yoga tax’ as part of budget
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The District of Columbia Council on Tuesday approved a “yoga tax” on gymnasiums and yoga classes that has angered fitness buffs in the U.S. capital.
Tea Party takes on veteran Cochran in Mississippi runoff
MERIDIAN Miss. (Reuters) – Voters in Mississippi cast ballots on Tuesday that will decide whether to retire a veteran U.S. senator who has steered billions of dollars to his impoverished state, in the latest showdown between the Republican establishmen…
Boehner: House Republicans weighing U.S. Export-Import Bank renewal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Republicans are working on how to approach reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which helps finance exports of U.S. goods and services, House Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday, saying h…
