White House turns blind eye on Democrats who oppose climate rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in Republican-leaning states have a simple strategy for dealing with President Barack Obama’s upcoming power plant restrictions before the mid-term elections: Fight them, with the White House’s blessing.
Obama accepts veterans affairs chief resignation with ‘regret’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned on Friday after a political firestorm over widespread delays in veterans’ medical care, leaving President Barack Obama with a freer hand to address systemic problems bedevili…
Obama’s counterterrorism doctrine: Let locals lead the fight
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a foreign policy address this week, U.S. President Barack Obama gave his clearest outline yet of his counterterrorism strategy. Al Qaeda splinter groups remain the largest threat to the United States, he said, but Washington mus…
Dressing the VA’s wounds: What Obama faces now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When U.S. President Barack Obama accepted the resignation on Friday of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, he said his priority now was fixing the troubled agency whose officials are accused of covering up delays in providi…
Delaware lawmakers introduce bill to decriminalize marijuana
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers in Delaware have introduced a bill that would decriminalize possession of a small amount of marijuana, following the lead of nearly 20 U.S. states that have moved to loosen laws surrounding non-medical use of t…
Obama accepts veterans affairs chief resignation with ‘regret’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned on Friday after a political firestorm over widespread delays in veterans’ medical care, leaving President Barack Obama with a freer hand to address systemic problems bedevili…
Michigan will not appeal ruling that put Rep. Conyers on ballot
(Reuters) – Michigan officials said on Friday they will not appeal a federal judge’s order that put longtime Detroit-area Democratic U.S. Representative John Conyers on the August primary ballot.
Oregon governor seeks lawsuit over health exchange website debacle
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon’s Democratic governor wants the state’s attorney general to sue the technology vendor that developed the embattled Cover Oregon website to recover payments, while officials from Oracle said on Friday any claims were unfounded. 
Obama taps Army Ranger as interim head of troubled veterans agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In naming Sloan Gibson as acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Barack Obama turned to a staunch defender of the agency who has a background in both the military and in the corporate world.
Obama, Ukraine’s Poroshenko to meet in Warsaw on Wednesday: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw on Wednesday, part of a European visit aimed at reassuring allies that are nervous about Russian aggression in Ukraine, White House deputy…
