Bid to topple Mississippi senator tests Tea Party’s muscle
VICKSBURG, Mississippi (Reuters) – It is not shaping up as a great year for the conservative Tea Party movement as it seeks to revamp the Republican Party by challenging “establishment” Republicans in the U.S. Senate.
White House: Obama has not decided to release Israeli spy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has not made a decision to release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Tuesday.
FBI searches legislative office of arrested state senator
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – FBI agents searched a legislative office in California’s capital on Tuesday that was used by staff of state Senator Leland Yee, who faces charges of corruption and gun trafficking, a senate official said.
CIA misled public on interrogation program, newspaper reports
(Reuters) – The Central Intelligence Agency misled the U.S. government and public for years about aspects of its brutal interrogation program, concealing details about harsh treatment of detainees and other issues, according to a report in the Washingt…
U.S. stops talks with Russia over tax information: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States has de-facto suspended talks with Russia about exchanging information on taxes under 2010’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), in a sign of a deepening rift over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, Vedomosti daily…
U.S. GAO sees $11.5 billion drop in acquisition cost of Lockheed F-35
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The estimated acquisition cost of Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet program dropped $11.5 billion over the past year, the congressional Government Accountability Office reported Monday in its annual report on U.S. arms prog…
Legal challenge to Alabama abortion law will go to trial, judge rules
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday ordered a trial to determine whether a new Alabama law requiring doctors who perform abortions to obtain hospital admitting privileges poses a significant impediment for women seeking an abortio…
Tax-reform advocate Camp won’t seek re-election to U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Dave Camp, who tried and failed this year as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee to initiate an overhaul of the U.S. tax code, said on Monday he would not seek re-election in November.
Louisiana House passes abortion restriction bill
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – The Louisiana House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill to impose new restrictions on abortion clinics, adopting a measure similar to one in other states that have forced clinics to shut down.
U.S. congressional probe heats up as GM expands recalls
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional probe is focusing on why General Motors Co employees repeatedly approved substandard ignition switches linked to at least 13 fatalities, as the automaker on Monday announced another major recall, this…
