Senator McCain meets Ukrainian protest leaders amid rival rallies
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain met Ukrainian opposition leaders in Kiev on Saturday and voiced support for protesters camped out for weeks in the capital, a move sure to anger Moscow for what it sees as Western meddling in its backyard.
15,000 Obamacare signups didn’t transmit, improvement seen -U.S
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Around 15,000 enrollment forms filled out by people applying for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act were not transmitted properly to insurers, but the error rate has plunged in recent weeks, the government said on Sat…
Kerry says U.S. has not abandoned ex-FBI agent missing in Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States has not abandoned a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran six years ago and that he personally has raised the issue, according to an interview with ABC News.
Senator McCain meets Ukrainian protest leaders amid rival rallies
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain met Ukrainian opposition leaders in Kiev on Saturday and voiced support for protesters camped out for weeks in the capital, a move sure to anger Moscow for what it sees as Western meddling in its backyard.
Key U.S. lawmakers agree to trade authority deal: aides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three top U.S. lawmakers on key congressional committees have reached a bipartisan deal on legislation the White House needs to advance international trade agreements and will introduce the measure early next month, congressional…
Obama marks Newtown school shooting anniversary with call for gun control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama marked the anniversary of the Newtown school shootings on Saturday by calling for tighter gun control and expanded mental healthcare, and by lighting 26 candles to commemorate the victims.
Afghan president says U.S. indulging in brinkmanship over security deal
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday shrugged off U.S. talk of a total military withdrawal from Afghanistan if he didn’t sign a security agreement as brinkmanship and said he wouldn’t back down on his conditions for the deal….
American missing in Iran was probing possible money laundering: lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An American with links to the Central Intelligence Agency was investigating suspicions that Iranian government officials were diverting petroleum funds and laundering them through Canada when he went missing in Iran in 2007, a la…
Exclusive: After ‘cataclysmic’ Snowden affair, NSA faces winds of change
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency has made dozens of changes in its operations and computer networks to prevent the emergence of another Edward Snowden, including potential disciplinary action, a top NSA official said o…
White House says no plans to split NSA, Cyber Command
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration said on Friday it will keep one person in charge of both the National Security Agency spy agency and the military’s Cyber Command, despite calls for splitting the roles after revelations ab…
