Americans find little to cheer in deal to end fiscal crisis: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Most Americans found little to cheer in the congressional deal to reopen the government and avoid a national default, and Republicans suffered the biggest political damage in the crisis, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released…
Latinos urge California attorney general to probe Herbalife
(Reuters) – Latino civil rights activists on Friday appealed to California’s attorney general to probe the marketing practices of Herbalife as the nutrition and supplements company hosted a sales event for thousands of Latino distributors.
Former Democratic U.S. House speaker Foley dies at 84
(Reuters) – Former Democratic speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Tom Foley, who spent 30 years in Congress before a conservative mood shift made him one of the few speakers ever defeated for re-election, died on Friday at age 84, his wife sai…
White House tours to resume on limited basis in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will reopen for public tours in November after a seven-month hiatus triggered by federal budget cuts.
Obama picks lawyer Johnson to head Homeland Security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday named former Pentagon attorney Jeh Johnson to run the Department of Homeland Security, where the task of securing the nation’s borders will give Johnson a central role in the president’s immigrati…
U.S. Treasury could have less breathing room under 2014 debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration was able to scrape up against the government’s debt ceiling for five months this year before it came to the brink of default. It could have less breathing room in 2014.
U.S. House stenographer ‘couldn’t be better’ after late-night rant
(Reuters) – A House of Representatives stenographer who was pulled from the chamber ranting about Freemasons during this week’s vote on raising the U.S. debt ceiling said on Friday she “couldn’t be better” when asked how she was feeling after the outbu…
U.S. nuclear arms modernization plan misguided: scientists’ group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Obama administration plan to spend $60 billion over the next 25 years to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal is misguided and violates the spirit of its pledge not to develop new nuclear arms, a Union of Concerned Scientists re…
Pentagon press secretary to step down in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pentagon Press Secretary George Little announced on Friday he has decided to step down effective November 15 after two years as the Defense Department’s top spokesman and four years in a similar role at the Central Intelligence A…
Republicans press U.S. officials over Obamacare snags
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in Congress chastised President Barack Obama’s top health adviser on Thursday for declining to testify before an oversight panel about problems in rolling out the president’s signature healthcare program known as Obam…
