U.S. seeks Iran’s help in finding missing American
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In an apparent effort to test Iranian goodwill following a landmark nuclear deal, the United States on Tuesday asked Iran for help in finding an American private investigator who has been missing there for more than six years.
EU demands protection against U.S. data surveillance
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission called on Tuesday for new protection for Europeans under United States’ law against misuse of personal data, in an attempt to keep in check the U.S. surveillance revealed by former NSA contractor Edward Snow…
White House: confident Supreme Court will say contraception mandate legal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama believes the U.S. Supreme Court will back a provision of the healthcare law requiring employers to provide insurance that covers birth control, the White House said on Tuesday.
U.S. government plan adjusts 2014 risk payments for health insurers
(Reuters) – The U.S. government has issued a proposal that would likely increase risk payments in 2014 to health insurers offering plans on the Obamacare exchanges after the companies complained a recent policy change allowing people to keep their insu…
Insight: A new wave of U.S. mortgage trouble threatens
(Reuters) – U.S. borrowers are increasingly missing payments on home equity lines of credit they took out during the housing bubble, a trend that could deal another blow to the country’s biggest banks.
Obama takes on critics of Iran deal, praises diplomacy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama took on critics of a newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran on Monday by saying their tough talk was good for politics but not for U.S. security.
Florida Republican party calls on Congressman Radel to resign
(Reuters) – The Republican Party of Florida called on Republican Congressman Henry “Trey” Radel on Monday to resign after he pleaded guilty last week to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession.
Pentagon approves BAE sale of F-16 upgrades to South Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States Defense Department has approved a deal under which the U.S. unit of Britain’s BAE Systems Plc would upgrade 134 older F-16 fighter jets for South Korea, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Co…
In California, a vision of Republicans’ challenge on immigration
CERES, California (Reuters) – For most Republicans in the U.S. Congress, a large gathering of Hispanic voters to discuss immigration would be politically perilous – an invitation to complaints about the party’s longtime resistance to measures aimed at …
Heckled on immigration, Obama says won’t act unilaterally
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A speech by President Barack Obama aimed at putting pressure on the Congress to pass immigration reform was interrupted on Monday by a heckler unhappy with the deportation of undocumented people in the United States.
