Supreme Court casts skeptical eye on Obama’s appointment power
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court signaled a willingness on Monday to rein in President Barack Obama’s power to temporarily fill senior government posts without the Senate’s approval, a move that would curb his ability to bypass a gridlocke…
Youth participation low in early Obamacare enrollment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The new private health plans available under Obamacare drew in fewer young and healthy Americans than needed for the administration to make healthcare reform a market success in the first wave of enrollment, an official report sh…
Obama defends himself from Gates’ book criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday rejected criticism from former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who questioned whether the president supported his own policy toward Afghanistan.
Losing bidder failed to make Christie star of Jersey Shore ad campaign
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hoping to win an advertising campaign for the Jersey Shore after Superstorm Sandy, Shannon Morris cut her bid 20 percent and hired teammates who ran the New Orleans tourism campaign after Hurricane Katrina.
Obama to meet Senate Democrats on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet members of the Senate Democratic majority on Wednesday night on “shared priorities” for the year, a White House official said on Monday.
House Democrats request probe into Target card breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic members of the Financial Services Committee of the House of Representatives have called on the panel to investigate the hacking of credit and debit card data belonging to millions of customers of retailer Target Corp.
U.S. lawmakers propose King statue at Georgia Capitol
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia lawmakers and civil rights leaders are seeking to replace a statue of a controversial senator removed from the state’s Capitol grounds last year with one honoring Martin Luther King Jr., a Nobel Peace Prize winner and native…
Embattled N.J. Governor Christie faces probe over Sandy funds
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators are looking into whether embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie misused about $2 million in Superstorm Sandy relief funds for an ad campaign that put him in the spotlight in an election year, off…
U.S. seeks talks with China over duties on high-tech steel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is asking China to participate in formal talks over Chinese duties on U.S. high-tech steel exports following a World Trade Organization dispute.
Pelosi confidante Miller says not seeking re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. representative George Miller, a liberal Democrat and close political ally of House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, will step down at the end of his term this year after nearly four decades in Congress, his office announced o…
