Senate panel backs Raskin for Treasury post, again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Senate committee backed Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin on Wednesday to be the Treasury Department’s No. 2 official, sending the nomination to the full Senate for a second time where final approval looks likely.
New rules tighten rights, atrocity criteria in U.S. weapons shipments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New guidelines for providing U.S. conventional weapons to other countries make rules on human rights more explicit and prohibit policymakers from approving weapons shipments they anticipate will be used to commit atrocities, U.S….
New Jersey voters believe Christie in dark on bridge scandal: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey voters do not blame Governor Chris Christie for an epic September traffic jam on one of the world’s busiest bridges, but think the scandal will hurt his chances as a 2016 presidential contender, a poll released on Wednes…
U.S., India meet to get ties back on track after dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. diplomat met India’s ambassador to the United States on Tuesday with the aim of getting bilateral ties back on track after the arrest and strip search of a female Indian diplomat and tit-for-tat expulsions.
U.S. Senate panel to criticize State Department over Benghazi response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A report by the Senate Intelligence Committee to be released on Wednesday was expected to criticize the State Department for inadequate security at the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, when it suffered a deadly attack on …
Effort to extend jobless benefits stalls in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Efforts to renew emergency federal jobless benefits for 1.5 million Americans stalled in the Senate on Tuesday when Democrats and Republicans rejected each other’s proposals.
N.J.’s Christie uses address to apologize again, look ahead
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie offered a fresh apology and vowed to cooperate with an investigation into a traffic scandal rocking his administration, but mostly touted the state’s bipartisan cooperation during a key…
Senate panel to criticize State Dept. over Benghazi response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A report by the Senate Intelligence Committee to be released on Wednesday was expected to criticize the State Department for inadequate security at the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, when it suffered a deadly attack on …
New Jersey’s Christie in address again apologizes, looks ahead
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie opened his State of the State Address on Tuesday with an apology and a vow to fully cooperate with “all appropriate” investigations of an apparent scheme to cause massive traffic jams as well as the use of…
U.S. courts oppose reform proposals for secret surveillance court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. federal court system objects to key proposals by a presidential review panel to reform the secret court that supervises the classified electronic eavesdropping activities of the U.S. National Security Agency, a former ch…
