Obama urges Senators to hold off Iran sanctions: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama warned lawmakers on Tuesday that Iran would make progress in its ability to build a nuclear weapon if there is no diplomatic deal to halt or roll back its nuclear program and urged Congress to hold off on t…
Top U.S. Senate tax writer offers corporate global tax proposals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Taxation of large U.S. multinational corporations would be dramatically overhauled by a raft of initial proposals unveiled on Tuesday by the U.S. Senate’s top tax writer, though there is broad skepticism that they could become la…
Former Senator John Edwards launches new law firm with daughter Cate
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – Former U.S. Senator John Edwards is opening a new law firm with his eldest daughter, he said on Tuesday, shedding the low profile he has kept since standing trial last year on campaign finance fraud charges tha…
Kennedy’s Cold War island bunker off Palm Beach now a museum
PEANUT ISLAND, Florida (Reuters) – The dingy, cavernous steel fallout shelter hastily built on a man-made island off Florida’s east coast is a stark reminder of the harsh realities President John F. Kennedy faced from the first days of his presidency a…
Eleven candidates vie to replace disgraced ex-San Diego mayor
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Voters in California’s second-largest city will choose from among 11 candidates vying to succeed former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner in a special election on Tuesday, less than three months after he resigned in the face of a sexual …
Norway denies U.S. spying, said it shared intelligence with U.S.
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s intelligence services said it – and not the U.S. National Security Agency, as reported in a Norwegian newspaper – kept records on more than 33 million phone conversations over the space of one month last winter, Oslo said on T…
Officials say Obamacare website improves as Republicans pounce
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The race intensified on Monday between Republicans trying to discredit President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law and officials trying to repair the flawed website crucial to the success of his policy reform.
U.S. Senate votes to extend worldwide anti-AIDS program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Monday to extend for another five years a successful and popular program to combat AIDS worldwide started 10 years ago by former President George W. Bush.
Kerry presses Iran to prove its nuclear program peaceful
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday pressed Iran to finalize an agreement that can prove to the world its nuclear program is peaceful, but said he has “no specific expectations” for talks in Geneva this week between majo…
U.S. congressional action on Iran sanctions unlikely this month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation to impose tough new sanctions on Iran is not expected to come to a vote in the Senate before December, after the end of the next round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, U.S. lawmakers and congressional ai…
