White House tried to mediate dispute between Senate, CIA panel: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House’s top lawyer has tried to mediate between the Senate Intelligence Committee and the CIA, which are making increasingly bitter mutual charges of spying on each other about a Bush-era program of harsh interrogation,…
New bipartisan breeze in U.S. Senate, but will it last?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The normally divided U.S. Senate moved forward on Wednesday with a new, bipartisan agreement designed to ease partisan gridlock.
Wisconsin Senate approves bill restricting early voting
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Wisconsin’s Senate on Wednesday approved a bill setting limits on the time for submitting an absentee ballot before Election Day, a measure supporters have said would level the playing field for municipalities and opponents say wo…
Kerry says will decide shortly on resuming aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday he will decide “in the days ahead” whether to resume U.S. aid to Egypt after suspending the funds last year over the ouster of President Mohamed Mursi and a crackdown against p…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer says will not seek another term
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, a Republican who clashed with the Obama administration over immigration and once wagged her finger at the president on an airport tarmac, said on Wednesday she would not run for re-election, ending specu…
Obamacare not a factor in Republican win in Florida: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday rejected Republican arguments that a Democratic congressional candidate lost a special election in Florida due to public displeasure with President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.
U.S. Senate confirms Wall Street critic as Treasury No. 2
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin to be the No. 2 official at the Treasury Department, backing a critic of Wall Street to help coordinate an overhaul of financial regulations.
Russia can’t thwart Afghan war drawdown, U.S. commander says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia, locked in a standoff with the West over Ukraine, would be unable to thwart a complete or partial U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan even if it cut off access to Russian supply routes, a top U.S. general said on Wednesday.
U.S. may lose clout at IMF due to refusal to OK reform: Lew
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is hearing that its refusal to approve previously negotiated reforms for the International Monetary Fund could reduce the nation’s influence at the institution, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Wednesday.
U.S. Senate committee to vote sanctions, aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on Wednesday on legislation addressing the Ukraine crisis that contains sanctions and IMF reforms, a senior member of the committee said.
