Majority of Americans support normalizing relations with Cuba: poll
MIAMI (Reuters) – A strong majority of Americans – and an even greater percentage of Floridians – support normalizing relations with Cuba, according to a poll released on Tuesday by the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank.
Toss-up seen in race to succeed San Diego’s disgraced ex-mayor
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – San Diego voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose between two city councilmen vying in a race seen as too close to call to succeed disgraced former Mayor Bob Filner, who resigned amid a hail of sexual harassment allegations …
U.S. House Republican leaders propose linking debt limit to military pensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives will seek to make a 13-month extension of the federal debt limit conditional on the repeal of a planned cut in military pension benefits, lawmakers said on Monday.
Aide to disgraced former San Diego mayor settles sex harassment suit
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The city of San Diego and its disgraced former mayor, Bob Filner, have agreed to pay his ex-press secretary $250,000 to settle the sexual harassment suit she brought against them, with the entire sum coming from municipal coffers,…
White House again delays healthcare mandate for employers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Monday again delayed a contentious healthcare law requirement that requires all but the smallest employers to provide coverage to full-time workers, this time by giving medium-sized businesses another …
U.S. House Republican leaders propose linking debt limit to military pensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives will seek to make an increase in the federal debt limit conditional on the repeal of a planned cut in military pension benefits approved in December, Representative Mo Brook…
Obama, France’s Hollande make pilgrimage to Jefferson’s Monticello
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande toured Thomas Jefferson’s plantation estate on Monday in a show of solidarity for Franco-American ties that have endured for more than two centuries des…
U.S. Senator Cruz urges broad Republican focus on energy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans should think beyond their support of the Keystone XL pipeline for other ways to encourage U.S. energy production, Republican Senator Ted Cruz, a potential 2016 White House contender and Tea Party favorite, said on Mon…
U.S. attorney general Holder says he will stay on well into 2014
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to stay in the Obama administration well into 2014 but declined in an interview with The New Yorker magazine to say precisely how long, according to a transcript issued by his office on Mon…
Debt limit rise should be tied to budget cuts: Senator Cruz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Ted Cruz, the Tea Party firebrand who egged on Republicans in the House of Representatives during last year’s government shutdown battle, said on Monday it would be “irresponsible” for Congress to grant President Barack O…
