Liberal ally of NY Mayor de Blasio is new city council speaker
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A liberal ally of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was unanimously chosen to be the next city council speaker on Wednesday, creating the most liberal New York city government in decades.
Senators introduce bill to force more disclosure of settlements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a new bill that would force enforcement agencies to provide more details about deals to resolve corporate misconduct by U.S. companies.
New Boston mayor names veteran city cop as police commissioner
BOSTON (Reuters) – Newly elected Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Thursday plans to name William Evans, a 31-year-veteran of the city’s police force, as its new police commissioner.
Obama officials lower expectations for 2014 legislative wins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will not consider 2014 a failure if major legislative victories are elusive, senior administration officials said on Tuesday in an effort to play down expectations of a thaw in relations with Congress.
In newly solvent California, Dems propose free preschool
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A top California lawmaker unveiled a $1 billion proposal on Tuesday to fund free public preschool for all children in the most populous U.S. state, the latest challenge by Democratic leaders to fiscal restraints impos…
Obama to consult intelligence leaders, Congress on NSA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will consult intelligence officials and congressional leaders as he nears the final stages of a review over how much to rein in U.S. surveillance practices in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations, off…
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Gates criticizes Obama in memoir
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama lacked belief in his administration’s policy toward the war in Afghanistan and was skeptical it would even succeed, his former defense secretary, Robert Gates, writes in a memoir to be published next w…
Obama officials lower expectations for 2014 legislative wins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will not consider 2014 a failure if major legislative victories are elusive, senior administration officials said on Tuesday in an effort to play down expectations of a thaw in relations with Congress.
U.S. spending bill negotiations may take until weekend: Mikulski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill may need a few more days to resolve differences over a $1 trillion U.S. spending bill, a top Democratic lawmaker said on Tuesday, pushing passage by Congress up against a government shutd…
U.S. senators push to admit more Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican U.S. senators called on Tuesday for the country to take in more of the millions of people forced from their homes during Syria’s nearly three-year civil war.
