Iran asks for U.N. committee meeting on U.S. ban on envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran requested on Monday a special meeting of a U.N. committee on the United States’ refusal to grant a visa to Tehran’s new U.N. ambassador appointee, describing the decision as a dangerous precedent that could harm internat…
California lawmaker scraps plan to replace carbon market with tax on fuels
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – A top Democratic lawmaker in California on Monday backed off an unpopular plan to tax gasoline and diesel fuels and instead proposed a less controversial plan to spend up to $5 billion a year from the state’s fledgling carbon pro…
Obama warns Russia in tense call with Putin over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a tense phone call on Monday that Moscow would face further costs for its actions in Ukraine and should use its influence to get separatists in the country to stand …
Obama blasts Russia in tense call with Putin over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that Russia’s actions in Ukraine were not conducive to a diplomatic solution of the crisis in that country, and the White House warned that Moscow would …
After success on Iran, U.S. Treasury’s sanctions team faces new challenges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – This is what the modern American war room looks like: the clocks on the wall show the times in Kabul, Tehran and Bogota. The faces around the conference table are mostly young. There is talk of targets, and of middle-of-the-night…
After success on Iran, U.S. Treasury’s sanctions team faces new challenges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – This is what the modern American war room looks like: the clocks on the wall show the times in Kabul, Tehran and Bogota. The faces around the conference table are mostly young. There is talk of targets, and of middle-of-the-night…
CBO slightly lowers U.S. deficit estimates as health subsidies fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act will cost slightly less than previously thought, helping to slow down the forecast growth of U.S. deficits over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said on Mon…
New York finalizes $8 billion Medicaid accord with federal government
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York State said it finalized an agreement with the U.S. government on Monday allowing it to reinvest $8 billion of federal money in its health insurance system for low income people while avoiding potentially painful cuts or ad…
U.S. lawmakers visit Afghanistan to press case for troops to stay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner, is leading a delegation of Republican lawmakers on a trip to Afghanistan to underscore their call for U.S. forces to remain there and also to review the country’s pr…
Lawyers start mining the Medicare data for clues to fraud
(Reuters) – Within hours of the U.S. government’s unprecedented release last week of a trove of Medicare billing data, a small fraternity of lawyers who specialize in representing whistleblowers in healthcare fraud cases began to mobilize.
