Deal reached in Senate to renew jobless benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan deal to renew long-term jobless benefits for more than 2 million Americans was reached on Thursday by a group of 10 U.S. senators, five Democrats and five Republicans.
Courts will decide on Fannie, Freddie shareholders: U.S. lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee’s new legislative framework to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not determine whether their investors can share in the companies’ renewed profitability, the panel’s top Re…
Obama’s overtime pay push seen reshaping U.S. payrolls, courts
(Reuters) – If the Obama administration follows through on overtime pay reforms, businesses will have to realign payroll policies for millions of salaried workers and a flurry of lawsuits could follow asking courts to clarify the new standards.
Congress limits increases in cost of federal flood insurance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan bill to protect millions of Americans from potentially unaffordable increases in the cost of federal flood insurance won final U.S. congressional approval on Thursday.
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg phoned Obama to complain about spying
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg blasted the U.S. government’s electronic surveillance practices on Thursday, saying he’d personally called President Barack Obama to voice his displeasure.
Pope Francis invited to address U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday invited Pope Francis to address a joint session of Congress – an unprecedented event – during an expected visit to the United States next year.
U.N. rights watchdog urges release of Senate report on CIA torture
GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations human rights watchdog called on the United States on Thursday to release a report on a Bush-era interrogation program at the heart of a dispute between the CIA and a Senate panel.
U.S. senators urge help for producers hit by killer pig virus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve disaster assistance for small pork producers affected by a deadly virus that has killed more than four million pigs across the United States in the past year.
Reid steps up fight with Koch ‘oil barons’ over Republican funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic senate leader Harry Reid delivered his latest attack on billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, saying they were trying to buy the American political system by funding conservative and libertarian candidates…
U.S. transportation chief pledges hard look at GM recall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Thursday promised an “aggressive investigation” into whether General Motors was slow to report to the federal government problems with ignition switches in its autos, which have led t…
