Texas attorney general asks court to reinstate abortion measure
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court judge to immediately reinstate a restriction on abortion that a lower court judge had ruled unconstitutional, according to a court filing.
Exclusive: Obama orders curbs on NSA spying on U.N. headquarters
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama recently ordered the National Security Agency to curtail eavesdropping on the United Nations headquarters in New York as part of a review of U.S. electronic surveillance, according to a U.S. official familiar with the…
Republican budget leader Paul Ryan faces key test in fiscal talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Paul Ryan, the Republican Party’s fiscal visionary, faces a major test in budget talks starting this week: Can he move from ideology and theoretical blueprints to practical deal-making?
Club for Growth presses Republicans to block housing nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An influential conservative group on Tuesday urged Republicans to block the White House’s pick to head the regulator for mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac..
Ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. admitted to prison after one-day delay
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. began his first day of a 30-month sentence in federal prison on Tuesday, a prison official said, one day after Jackson’s spokeswoman said he had reported to the facility in North Carolina…
U.S. House panel chairman subpoenas ‘Obamacare’ contractor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday subpoenaed an Obamacare contractor, Quality Software Services Inc (QSSI), for documents related to the federal government’s tr…
Obama may ban U.S. intelligence collection on allied leaders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama may ban U.S. spying on allied leaders as part of a review of intelligence gathering, a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday amid a diplomatic uproar over the National Security Agency’s surve…
Insight: U.S. Congress finds cure for gridlock in water
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives has rediscovered the formula for peace, harmony and an end to gridlock after a month of partisan warfare: $8 billion worth of harbor dredging, dam and lock construction and other federal waterway…
Poll shows strong lead for Democrat McAuliffe in Virginia governor’s race
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – Democrat Terry McAuliffe has a 12-point lead among likely voters over Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the race to become Virginia’s next governor, according to a Washington Post-ABT-SRBI poll published Monda…
Most U.S. libertarians do not identify with Tea Party: survey
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Most American libertarians do not consider themselves part of the conservative Tea Party movement despite a public perception that the two political groups are linked, according to a national survey released on Tuesday.
