Regrets? She’s had a few, Lewinsky says of Clinton scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Monica Lewinsky, the onetime White House intern whose 1990s affair with Bill Clinton nearly brought down his presidency, broke a long silence on Tuesday, saying she regretted what happened.
High-stakes business cases take center stage at U.S. high court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. Supreme Court’s nine-month term reaches a climax, nearly all of the most hotly anticipated decisions will be in high-stakes business cases.
Obama health nominee’s first task? Ward off new crises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama’s nominee for U.S. health secretary, will need all her skills as a crisis manager to steer the law known as Obamacare away from troubled waters during this year’s congressional elect…
In North Carolina, Republican establishment favorite wins Senate primary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A North Carolina Republican backed by the party establishment fought off Tea Party and Christian conservative rivals on Tuesday to win the nomination to take on vulnerable Democratic Senator Kay Hagan in November.
California lawmakers weigh revoking salaries of suspended senators
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California state senators, embarrassed by not being able to more harshly punish state legislators facing criminal charges, moved forward on Tuesday on a measure that would allow them to suspend their pay in the future…
Christie aide not main driver of N.J. ‘Bridgegate’ closings: staffer
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) – A former staffer of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Tuesday she did not believe that her ex-boss, a woman who has taken much of the blame for apparently politically motivated traffic jams last year, was the ma…
Republicans will be majority on House Benghazi panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The majority of seats on a new committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks will be held by Republicans, a congressional aide said on Tuesday, despite Democrats’ insistence that the panel must be evenly divided in order to c…
Benghazi: The issue that lives on, and on, and on
The controversy over the deadly 2012 attack in the Libyan city has resurfaced with Republicans accusing the White House of creating a political smokescreen in the aftermath of Benghazi to protect President Barack Obama’s re-election.
U.S. Senate moves to debate energy savings bill; Keystone bid stalls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate agreed on Tuesday to advance a bipartisan energy efficiency bill, but it could die unless lawmakers end a stalemate on how to proceed with the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline project.
White House: Obama would veto Republicans’ R&D tax credit bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama would veto a bill headed for a vote soon in the House of Representatives that would make the research and development tax credit a permanent feature of the tax code, the White House said on Tuesday.
