Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran, Middle East talks by phone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Monday and discussed recent developments on Iran, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and other regional issues, the White House said on Monday….
Senate intelligence panel chair pledges ‘major review’ of NSA surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Intelligence Committee’s chairwoman said on Monday she is “totally opposed” to the collection of intelligence on U.S. allies by the National Security Agency and that oversight of such surveillance must be strengthened….
Ex-Arizona Representative Renzi gets three years in prison for fraud
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – Former Representative Richard Renzi of Arizona was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday for fraud, extortion and money laundering stemming from a federal land swap deal when he was in office.
FBI orders new agents to see Martin Luther King memorial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The new FBI chief on Monday ordered all new agents and analysts to visit the national memorial to late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. as a reminder not to repeat the abuses of the U.S. investigative bureau’s past.
HealthCare.gov up again after data system crash, may be slow: agency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The website at the center of the U.S. healthcare reform law was back up Monday after a data center outage prevented Americans from enrolling in subsidized health insurance, the latest technical problem to plague the online insuranc…
White house says U.S. intelligence gathering may require ‘additional constraints’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Monday there may need to be additional constraints placed on America’s spy agencies after a series of embarrassing disclosures about the broad scope of U.S. intelligence gathering.
Data center glitch is latest problem in ‘Obamacare’ rollout
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A data center critical for allowing uninsured Americans to buy health coverage under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law went down on Sunday, halting online enrollment for all 50 states in the latest problem to hit t…
Data center glitch is latest problem in ‘Obamacare’ rollout
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A data center critical for allowing uninsured Americans to buy health coverage under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law went down on Sunday, the U.S. government said, in the latest problem for the “Obamacare” rollou…
Company hosting Obamacare data has technical glitch: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A data center that hosts the key website for the healthcare exchanges that are at the heart of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform law lost connectivity on Sunday, said a spokeswoman for the Department of Health …
Two Republican congressmen defend U.S. spying abroad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Republican congressmen on Sunday defended Washington’s surveillance programs abroad in reaction to protests from allies, after the wide scope of the eavesdropping was revealed this year by former spy agency contractor Edward …