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…
White House encourages Yemen during political transition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s top counterterrorism aide, Lisa Monaco, spoke with Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Monday to discuss the country’s political transition and process towards greater democracy, the White House sa…
U.S. official says health insurance website improving
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Round-the-clock efforts to improve the troubled federal website, HealthCare.gov, have increased performance across the site, a senior administration official said.
Exclusive: FBI warns of U.S. government breaches by Anonymous hackers
BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Activist hackers linked to the collective known as Anonymous have secretly accessed U.S. government computers in multiple agencies and stolen sensitive information in a campaign that began almost a year ago, the FBI war…
Special Report: The Pentagon’s doctored ledgers conceal epic waste
LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Linda Woodford spent the last 15 years of her career inserting phony numbers in the U.S. Department of Defense’s accounts.
Analysis: Republicans plan 2014 campaign around Obamacare chaos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just a few short weeks ago, Republican elders could only hope that time would make voters forget about the government shutdown the party engineered in October.
Top Democrat Pelosi denies party members retreating from Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Sunday that her party would not retreat from President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform law, despite unrelenting Republican opposition and emerging signs of m…
Republican businessman McAllister wins U.S. House race in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Republican businessman Vance McAllister, a political newcomer who boasts of never having visited Washington, D.C., won a special election in Louisiana on Saturday to fill the congressional seat formerly held by fellow Republican…
Obamas, Clintons to lay wreath at JFK’s grave in 50-year remembrance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will join former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday in a wreath-laying ceremony at John F. Kennedy’s grave to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his assassina…
Exclusive: FBI warns of U.S. government breaches by Anonymous hackers
BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Activist hackers linked to the collective known as Anonymous have secretly accessed U.S. government computers in multiple agencies and stolen sensitive information in a campaign that began almost a year ago, the FBI war…