Obama administration asks U.S. top court to turn away Arab Bank case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration has asked the Supreme Court to turn away a case over whether bank secrecy laws protect Arab Bank Plc ARBK.AM from supplying documents in lawsuits accusing it of providing services to groups the United Sta…
Michigan lawmakers approve minimum-wage increase
(Reuters) – Michigan lawmakers on Tuesday voted to raise the minimum wage to $9.25 per hour by 2018, joining other U.S. states and municipalities that have considered increases in the minimum wage this year.
Obama administration asks top court to turn away Arab Bank case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration has asked the Supreme Court to turn away a case over whether bank secrecy laws protect Arab Bank Plc from supplying documents in lawsuits accusing it of providing services to groups the United States bran…
State Department tells U.S. citizens to leave Libya immediately
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department on Tuesday told U.S. citizens in Libya to leave the country immediately, warning that the security situation remained “unpredictable and unstable.”
Republican senator spars with veterans groups on care delays
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Republican on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee fired back at some leading veterans groups on Tuesday after they accused him of a “mean spirited” attempt to politicize the scandal over delays in medical care at VA hos…
Obama plans to end U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan by 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined a plan to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016, ending more than a decade of military engagement t…
White House investigates how CIA official’s name released to media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Denis McDonough, has asked the White House counsel to investigate how the name of the top CIA official in Afghanistan was distributed in a list given to the media, a spokeswoman said on Tu…
White House investigates how CIA official’s name released to media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Denis McDonough, has asked the White House counsel to investigate how the name of the top CIA official in Afghanistan was distributed in a list given to the media, a spokeswoman said on Tu…
Immigrant advocates urge Obama to wait for Congress before enacting reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. immigrant groups urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to hold off on making changes to how the United States deports undocumented immigrants so as not to anger members of Congress who they believe could pass a broad immig…
House energy panel plans more oversight of gasoline reserve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Republicans will continue delving into the Obama administration’s creation of an emergency gasoline reserve in the Northeast, after a briefing by the Department of Energy failed to quell concerns about the stockpile, a comm…
