California primary kicks off divisive election season for Democrats
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Californians head to the polls on Tuesday for a primary election likely to highlight divisions in the state’s dominant Democratic party, as incumbent labor-backed candidates fight reformers positioning themselves to take o…
Exclusive: U.S. lawmakers probe Treasury unit’s hiring
WASHINGTON/ST LOUIS (Reuters) – Two powerful congressmen have opened separate inquiries into whether a Department of the Treasury bureau charged with policing money laundering may have flouted federal hiring rules, including regulations that require mi…
Republicans demand hearings in Congress over soldier’s release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama set a dangerous precedent by swapping five Taliban prisoners for a captured U.S. soldier in Afghanistan and may have broken the law, members of Congress said on Monday as they pressed for public hearings on…
Ex-Brooklyn district attorney may have misused public funds -report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An investigation into former six-term Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes found his office spent more than $200,000 in seized criminal funds on consultant services for his failed reelection campaign last year, a report said on…
Obama administration to work with Palestinian unity government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration said on Monday it plans to work with and fund the new Palestinian unity government, and Israel immediately voiced its disappointment with the decision also criticized by some U.S. lawmakers…
Republicans demand hearings in Congress over soldier’s release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers angered by a White House deal to swap five Taliban prisoners for a captured U.S. soldier in Afghanistan on Monday demanded hearings over why the Obama administration reached the agreement without consulting C…
Obama’s new emissions rules likely to face a friendly court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The fate of President Barack Obama’s new regulations for curbing greenhouse gas emissions from existing U.S. power plants likely lies in the hands of a Washington, D.C., appeals court he largely reshaped through a series of key a…
Florida governor signs record $77 billion state budget
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott used his veto pen sparingly on Monday, signing a record $77 billion state budget that balanced spending on programs favored by his Republican supporters in the state legislature against the conce…
Obama creates task force on children who enter U.S. illegally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama established an interagency group on Monday to handle the growing influx of children coming to the United States illegally without parents or relatives accompanying them.
U.S. unveils sweeping plan to slash power plant pollution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. power sector must cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels under federal regulations unveiled on Monday that form the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s climate change strategy.
