Obama signs order for federal worker pay raises in 2014
HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, as signaled earlier in the year, signed an executive order on Monday setting federal civilian and military pay rates for 2014, and including the first raise for civilian workers in four years.
Obamacare signup deadline pushed back to Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Americans scrambled to beat a deadline to sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, the White House gave most consumers an extra day, until Tuesday, to obtain coverage that starts January 1.
White House condemns Syrian government for recent bombings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday condemned recent missile and barrel bomb attacks on civilians by the Syrian government and said Damascus must respect its commitment to allow unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid.
Obama signs order for 1 percent federal pay raises in 2014
HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday signed an executive order setting federal civilian and military pay scales for 2014, and including the first raise for civilian workers in four years.
Obama in ‘symbolic’ signup for health insurance plan
HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Barack Obama completed a “symbolic” signup for a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act over the weekend in advance of Monday’s deadline, the White House said.
In wake of budget deal, Congress slices up trillion-dollar pie
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Washington empties out for the holidays, a final budget fight will play out in the nearly empty Capitol building as congressional staffers parcel out more than $1 trillion to fund everything from cybersecurity to student loans…
Democratic senator says Obamacare could have ‘meltdown,’ hurt party
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s healthcare law could have a “meltdown” and make it difficult for his Democratic Party to keep control of the U.S. Senate next year if ongoing problems with the program are not resolved, a Democratic senat…
Big Oil sits out lobbying on Iran as Congress stands firm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As debate rises in Washington over the first thaw in relations between Iran and the United States in decades, powerful oil companies are opting for an unusual tactic: silence.
Wyoming to fight U.S. over Indian reservation land grant
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Wyoming will challenge a U.S. government ruling that more than one million acres of the western state’s land still legally belongs to two Native American tribes, Governor Matt Mead said on Friday.
India transfers diplomat to U.N. in bid to defuse row with U.S.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Saturday that it had transferred the diplomat at the center of a row with the United States to its U.N. delegation, a move that it hopes will give her protection from prosecution for visa fraud and underpaying a maid…
