Guantanamo lawyers want Obama to declassify CIA prison program
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) – Attorneys for five Guantanamo prisoners charged with plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks have asked President Barack Obama to declassify the CIA program that subjected the defendants to interrogation techniques tha…
Obama’s tech expert becomes target over healthcare website woes
(Reuters) – Todd Park has gone from steering his healthcare information technology company through a blockbuster IPO to occasionally sleeping on a mat in his office while working to repair the troubled new U.S. government healthcare website.
Analysis: Obama’s aversion to Mideast conflicts fuels backlash from allies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – From Saudi Arabia to Israel, traditional U.S. allies in the Middle East are beginning to ask: Is America turning its back on us?
White House says ‘Obamacare’ website will be fixed by end of November
(Reuters) – The website for Americans to buy insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law should be working smoothly for most users by the end of November, a White House official assigned to fix Healthcare.gov said on Friday.
Kerry, Lew to brief U.S. senators on Iran nuclear talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will hold a briefing on Thursday on the status of nuclear talks with Iran for members of a U.S. Senate committee considering tough new sanctions on Tehran, Senate aide…
Obama chides Republicans on spending cuts at school event
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama warned congressional Republicans on Friday that their next budget negotiations will need to be about more than just spending cuts after a fiscal stalemate that resulted in a 16-day government shutdown.
Senator Paul plans ‘hold’ on Yellen Fed nomination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul threatened on Friday to put a ‘hold’ on the nomination of Janet Yellen to be chair of the Federal Reserve unless he gets a vote on a bill he has sponsored to put the central bank under more scrut…
Workers furloughed in U.S. shutdown must return jobless benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal employees furloughed during the partial shutdown of the U.S. government this month will have to return any jobless benefits they received given that Congress has approved retroactive pay, the Labor Department said on Frid…
U.S. says spy charges cause ‘moment of tension’ with allies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday allegations that U.S. intelligence agencies tapped the mobile phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others in France and Italy have “posed a moment of tension” with some allies and should n…
SEC’s Gallagher slams effort to adopt political disclosure rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should not waste time drafting rules to force companies to disclose information like campaign contributions or government payments for energy projects, a top SEC official said Friday.
