Insight: Budget fight leaves Boehner ‘damaged’ but still standing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The debt and budget crisis that gripped Washington was the story of a Republican Party at war with itself.
New NSA deputy expected to be leaks task force head: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Richard Ledgett, who heads a new task force at the National Security Agency to handle information leaks, is expected to take over as the deputy director of the spy agency after the current No. 2 retires in January, sources told R…
Obama picks attorney Jeh Johnson for Homeland Security chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will nominate former Pentagon attorney Jeh Johnson, a national security expert who had a role in ending the military’s ban on gays in the military, to be Homeland Security chief, a White House official said…
New NSA deputy expected to be leaks task force head: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Richard Ledgett, who heads a new task force at the National Security Agency to handle information leaks, is expected to take over as the deputy director of the spy agency after the current No. 2 retires in January, sources told R…
With U.S. government reopened, conservative groups dig in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The conservative wing of the Republican Party spent no time licking its wounds after failing to roll back Obamacare as part of the last-minute fiscal deal, and pledged on Thursday to redouble its fight.
Obama says new U.S. farm bill is near-term priority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, in a rebuke to proposals by House Republicans for steep cuts in food stamps for the poor, urged Congress on Thursday to pass a farm bill “that protects children and vulnerable adults in time of need.”
Lawmakers launch budget talks as Washington returns to work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers launched an effort to resolve budget differences in a less confrontational fashion on Thursday as Washington picked up the pieces from a political crisis that has slowed the economy and undermined the country’s int…
U.S. Senator Cruz blocks confirmation of new FCC chairman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Ted Cruz, a conservative whose defiant stand against Obamacare helped prompt the U.S. government shutdown, has blocked the Senate from voting on the nomination of Tom Wheeler to be Federal Communications Commis…
Crisis averted, Obama says Americans ‘completely fed up’ with Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama scolded congressional Republicans on Thursday hours after a fiscal crisis was narrowly averted and called on his opponents to help repair the economic damage caused by a 16-day U.S. government shutdown and …
Pentagon facing fiscal shadow despite end of shutdown: Hagel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Thursday the Pentagon is still laboring under the shadow of budget uncertainty despite a deal by Congress that reopened the federal government and let some 7,000 furloughed defense emplo…
