Senators look to revive climate debate in U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two of the U.S. Senate’s biggest environmental boosters have launched a drive to revive the issue of climate change in Congress and defend President Barack Obama’s climate action plan against opposition from Republicans.
Senate majority support Iran sanctions bill opposed by Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of U.S. senators support a bill to impose new sanctions on Iran should the Islamic Republic break an agreement to curb its nuclear program, aides said on Thursday, but there was no plan yet to debate the measure.
Giffords leaves door open for possible political future
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was badly wounded in a shooting rampage three years ago, appeared to leave the door open for a possible future run for public office in a television interview that aired on Thursday.
U.S. rail tank car safety standards due in weeks: lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials have promised to issue within weeks new safety standards for the kind of tank cars involved in a spate of fiery derailments in recent months, a lawmaker said on Thursday.
U.S. says China’s fishing curbs ‘provocative and potentially dangerous’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday called new Chinese fishing restrictions in disputed waters in the South China Sea “a provocative and potentially dangerous act.”
Senate moves toward supporting U.S. helicopters for Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate is looking more favorably at a request to provide attack helicopters to Iraq, but a top senator has not yet given the Obama administration a green light to go ahead with military assistance that Iraq wants to help it r…
House Speaker Boehner calls for new aid to Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said President Barack Obama should authorize a more active American role in Iraq but he stopped short of calling for the participation of U.S. troops.
Maine governor to state attorney general: ‘Sue me’
BOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) – It is not every day that a U.S. governor asks his own state’s attorney general to sue him, but that was Maine Republican Paul LePage’s response to Democrat Janet Mills’ demand that he release a report on the state’s welfar…
Corruption trial of Trenton, N.J. mayor to begin
(Reuters) – Opening arguments were set to begin Thursday in the corruption trial of the mayor of New Jersey’s capital city and his brother, both of whom were accused of bribery and extortion after a sting operation involving a parking garage developmen…
In an election year, Republicans join the debate on poverty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans on Wednesday seized on the 50th anniversary of the “War on Poverty” to attack long-cherished Democratic social programs and roll out their own alternatives for fighting income inequality.
