For U.S. high court, a year of discontent with patent rulings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has shown growing discontent with the country’s top patent court, throwing out five of the six rulings it reviewed this year as being too protective of intellectual property rights.
Democrats seek asylum process for children fleeing to U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The thousands of children fleeing drug violence and poverty in Central America could qualify for asylum in the United States and should have the right to make that case, Democratic lawmakers said on Thursday.
Florida teen found stabbed after rescue from sex offender in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A Florida teenager missing for a week was recovering from 10 stab wounds at a Louisiana hospital on Thursday after police rescued her from the truck of a registered sex offender who had led them on a 40-mile (64-km) chase, autho…
U.S. top court issues narrow ruling on software patents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday modestly cut back on software patents by ruling that simply implementing an abstract idea using a computer does not make an invention eligible to be patented.
Congressional Democrats fault U.S. IRS fumbling in ‘Tea Party’ probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats are frustrated with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s handling of a year-old, Republican-led investigation of the tax agency’s scrutiny of Tea Party-aligned political groups, said a senior Democrat and a…
Republicans pick Kevin McCarthy as House majority leader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday chose an ally of Speaker John Boehner for the No. 2 job in the chamber, a setback for some conservative lawmakers hoping to use a leadership election to boost their influence.
U.S. senators, safety groups fight over truck driver rest mandates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate wrestled on Thursday over whether to repeal federal regulations that require truck drivers to take nighttime rest breaks, with some lawmakers arguing the rules have led to more daytime accidents while others sayin…
Most Americans oppose U.S. intervention in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans overwhelmingly oppose U.S. intervention in Iraq in the face of an advance by radical Sunni Islamists that routed the Iraqi army, a Reuters-IPSOS Poll showed on Thursday.
Republicans choose Scalise as House party whip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Republicans elected Steve Scalise of Louisiana on Thursday as the caucus’ next whip, the No. 3 spot in the party’s House leadership, a Republican aide said.
U.S. drops sanctions on Colombia drug cartel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday dropped almost all remaining sanctions on the Colombian Cali drug cartel in the single largest delisting in the history of the U.S. sanctions programs.
