Lockheed can proceed with U.S. radar work in absence of Raytheon protest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp got good news on Tuesday when Raytheon Co failed to protest the award of a $915 million contract to Lockheed in time to block automatically the company’s work on a new ground-based radar.
Tea Party groups tiptoe in Republican leadership race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative groups that often try to push U.S. Republican lawmakers toward more hardline policies are stepping cautiously ahead of the leadership election in the House of Representatives.
White House asks healthcare experts for help in picking VA head
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The White House has turned to healthcare experts and industry leaders in its effort to pick a new head for the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs, the agency’s interim leader said on Tuesday.
Lawmakers push bill to end sex bias in medical studies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Biomedical research backed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health must use both male and female lab animals, tissues and cells under a bill introduced in Congress on Tuesday aimed at stamping out a bias toward males in studies…
Hillary Clinton notes distance from Obama on Syria rebels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Potential Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pointed out her differences with President Barack Obama on Tuesday over his decision not to arm moderate Syrian rebels, as neighboring Iraq struggles to cope with extrem…
Getting personal, Obama says equal pay important for women and men
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday cast his administration’s push to reduce pay disparities between men and women in personal terms and said such wage gaps are something that could hypothetically affect his life as well as those o…
Legalized marijuana measure gets closer to ballot in Oregon
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Advocates of legal marijuana in Oregon have gathered more than the required number of signatures to get a measure on the November ballot that would permit recreational use of the drug by adults, organizers said on Tuesday. 
County lawmakers approve compromise deal over Miami Dolphins stadium
MIAMI (Reuters) – Miami-Dade County lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to commit tax revenues to the Miami Dolphins football team if it can attract big-ticket events like the NFL’s Super Bowl and World Cup soccer matches to its privately owned stadium.
Obama to meet with congressional leaders on Iraq on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama had invited the leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives to the White House on Wednesday for a meeting on Iraq….
Arizona authorities arrest suspected Mexican drug cartel members
(Reuters) – Sheriff’s deputies in Arizona have arrested eight men charged with being scouts for Mexican drug cartels and using hilltop lookouts to monitor drug shipments and illegal immigrants being smuggled through the border area, authorities say.
