Exclusive: AIDS patients in Obamacare limbo as insurers reject checks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of people with HIV/AIDS in Louisiana trying to obtain coverage under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform are in danger of being thrown out of the insurance plan they selected in a dispute over federal subsidies and …
New Jersey mayor convicted of bribery and extortion
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) – Trenton Mayor Tony Mack was found guilty of federal extortion and bribery charges after being ensnared in a 2010 sting operation involving the development of a parking garage on city-owned property.
North Carolina attorney general to appeal abortion ultrasound ruling
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Democratic attorney general said on Friday he would appeal a federal court ruling that struck down a Republican-backed state law requiring abortion providers to conduct an ultrasound and explain it t…
Hagel unveils new Pentagon leadership team to tackle budget woes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled a new Pentagon leadership team on Friday that will guide the department through a critical period as it cuts hundreds of billions of dollars in defense spending while maintaining U.S. securi…
Montana governor appoints Democrat to replace Baucus in U.S. Senate
HELENA, Montana (Reuters) – Montana’s lieutenant governor, John Walsh, was named on Friday to serve out the remaining term of retiring U.S. Senator Max Baucus, a fellow Democrat and longtime incumbent who is vacating his seat early to become ambassador…
Trenton, N.J. Mayor found guilty of bribery and extortion
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) – Trenton Mayor Tony Mack was found guilty of federal extortion and bribery charges after being ensnared in a 2010 sting operation involving the development of a parking garage on city-owned property in New Jersey’s capita…
Ex-New Orleans mayor denies taking bribes after Hurricane Katrina
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin on Friday testified during his federal corruption trial that he had not traded city business for bribes after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.
As scandals swell, U.S. defense chief to install ethics officer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Friday he will appoint a senior officer to report directly to him on matters of military ethics after a spate of embarrassing scandals including widespread exam cheating among nuclear missile…
Despite coarse comment, Nuland no stranger to power of words
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Victoria Nuland, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe who angered some of the very people she is supposed to cultivate by crudely disparaging the European Union in a leaked phone call on America’s Ukraine policy, is no stranger to th…
Democrats say Republicans hammering U.S. IRS for ‘political purposes’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Squabbling on Capitol Hill over the U.S. Internal Revenue Service continued on Friday with Democrats accusing Republicans of prolonging multiple investigations into a nine-month-old controversy at the tax agency for political gai…
