Florida lawmakers hope Mickey Mouse can coexist with high rollers
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – A state Senate special committee has offered a plan to allow two huge casinos in south Florida, setting up an election-year skirmish between traditional “family fun” tourism interests and developers eager to draw young …
At White House, Israel’s Netanyahu pushes back against Obama diplomacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told Barack Obama on Monday that he would never compromise on Israel’s security even as the U.S. president sought to reassure him on Iran nuclear diplomacy and pressure him on Middle East…
U.S. Senate committee consulting on sanctions against Russians
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is preparing legislation to provide support to Ukraine and consulting with the Obama administration on possible sanctions against individual Russians, and Ukrainians cooperating with th…
Obama says Russia has violated international law in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday that Russia has violated international law with its military intervention in Ukraine and warned that the U.S. government will look at a series of economic and diplomatic sanctions that would …
U.S. anti-poverty programs have failed, Republican Ryan says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has barely made a dent in poverty in the past 50 years despite massive spending on programs to aid the poor, House of Representatives Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said in a report on Monday.
Behind U.S. budget cease-fire, the same festering problems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When he releases his budget proposal on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will be able to celebrate the smallest deficit since he took office in 2009. He also will be able to enjoy a cease-fire in the fiscal battles that have paral…
Ticket sales brisk for Hillary Clinton’s speaking tour
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For $9,600, fans of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can rent a luxury suite for her scheduled June speech near Denver, part of a package that includes seats for 26 guests and five VIP parking passes.
California lawmaker takes leave of absence amid bribery charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California state senator said on Monday he would take a leave of absence, instead of resigning, while fighting federal charges that he accepted bribes from a businessman and from undercover FBI agents posing as film executives…
Sperling, Obama’s quirky and loquacious economic aide, makes exit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It seems fitting that Gene Sperling, a White House economic aide with a taste for the theatrical, is heading to Hollywood when he ends his latest West Wing tenure this week.
U.S. sanctions on Russia over Ukraine would need Europe: senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are considering options such as imposing sanctions on Russia’s banks and freezing assets of Russian public institutions and private investors because of Moscow’s moves in Ukraine, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, the cha…
