Obama to announce effort to lure foreign businesses to U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is to tout investment opportunities on Thursday when he announces Washington is expanding its efforts to entice foreign firms to bring jobs to the United States, administration officials said.
Robert Gates, ex-U.S. Secretary of Defense, to lead Boy Scouts
(Reuters) – The Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday chose former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CIA director Robert Gates as its next president, who will face the task of repairing divisions in the organization from a heated debate over accepting gay sco…
Obama blames ‘bad apple’ insurers for canceled coverage
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that “bad apple” insurance companies, not his signature healthcare law, are to blame for hundreds of thousands of people losing their coverage in the past few weeks.
U.S. spy agency’s defense: Europeans did it too
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The political uproar over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on close European allies has produced an unusual defense from the National Security Agency: NSA says it was the Europeans themselves who did the spying, and then handed data to…
White House concerned over Senate vote on mortgage regulator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration expressed concern on Wednesday that Republicans may block a vote in the U.S. Senate on the nomination of the president’s choice to regulate mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
U.S. spy agency’s defense: Europeans did it too
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The political uproar over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on close European allies has produced an unusual defense from the National Security Agency: NSA says it was the Europeans themselves who did the spying, and then handed data to…
Obama blames ‘bad apple’ insurers for canceled coverage
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that “bad apple” insurance companies, not his signature healthcare law, are to blame for hundreds of thousands of people losing their coverage in the past few weeks.
White House faces tough sell in Congress on delay of Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Obama administration officials have been pushing U.S. lawmakers hard to hold off on new sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program, but some key lawmakers said on Wednesday they had not yet been convinced to support a delay.
Third House Republican signs on to sweeping immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – David Valadao of California on Wednesday became the third Republican in the House of Representatives to join Democrats in backing a sweeping immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for immigrants who are in the count…
Obamacare website security at ‘high risk’ before launch -memo
BOSTON (Reuters) – The security of the Obama administration’s healthcare website was at “high risk” because of lack of testing before it opened for enrollment on October 1, according to a government memorandum reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday.
