U.S. Labor Department to release financial advisers rule by August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor is eyeing August as a target to release a controversial proposal that would require retirement plan financial advisers to put their clients’ interests ahead of their own, a department official confirm…
Obama moves to boost number of workers eligible for overtime pay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will seek to increase the number of people who earn overtime pay by updating regulations that exempt broad swaths of supervisors, managers and office workers from making overtime, a White House official sai…
CIA ties to Congress at risk over spying charges: House intelligence chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CIA’s relationship with Congress would be ruined if it is proven that the agency illegally spied on the Senate Intelligence Committee, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday.
Republican Party wins Florida congressional seat in special election
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Republican David Jolly won an expensive battle to fill a vacant U.S. Congressional seat in a special election watched by both major parties for what it portends for November when all 435 congressional seats will be up for g…
Florida mayor seeking 20th term at age 93 faces run-off election
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A 93-year-old Florida man believed to be the country’s oldest mayor remains in the running after Tuesday’s election for a record 20th term in office in a central Florida city where he faced opposition for the first time in …
U.S. military braces for budget battles with Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. defense officials are bracing for a brutal season of budget negotiations, warning U.S. lawmakers that the U.S. military will gradually become unable to respond to emerging crises if Congress blocks the Pentagon’s plans t…
U.S. lawmakers wheel into action, take on EU cheese name plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Would a Stilton cheese by any other name smell as sweet?
IMF funding issue delays U.S. Congress Ukraine bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers debated on Tuesday whether to include a shift in funding for the International Monetary Fund in a bill to address the crisis in Ukraine, raising concerns that the measure could be delayed for weeks.
Utah lawmakers seek earliest presidential primary, with online voting
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Utah could jump to the front of the U.S. presidential primary lineup in 2016 and hold its own online election a week before any other state, under a proposal advanced by state lawmakers this week to win more sway for the cons…
CIA accused of spying on U.S. Senate intelligence committee
(Reuters) – A bitter dispute between the CIA and the U.S. Senate committee that oversees it burst into the open on Tuesday when the committee chairwoman accused the agency of spying on Congress and possibly breaking the law.
