U.S. justices to hear race case; one side has two voices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will delve into a decades-old debate over university admissions policies that favor racial minorities, hearing a Michigan case that picks up where the justices left off last session in a dispute …
U.S. Senate leader sees chance for breaking fiscal impasse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate negotiations to bring a boiling fiscal crisis to an end showed signs of progress on Sunday, but there were no guarantees that the U.S. federal government shutdown was about to end or that a historic default would be avoide…
U.S. veterans groups take shutdown protest to White House gates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Veteran and Tea Party groups protested the U.S. government shutdown in Washington on Sunday, taking down barricades around the World War Two memorial on the National Mall before marching to the gates of the White House.
Democrat Reid says he will keep talking to Republican McConnell on debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday that he had a “productive conversation” with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on efforts to reopen the U.S. government and raise the federal debt limit.
Gabrielle Giffords eyes new N.Y. gun show background check
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York (Reuters) – Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was in New York on Sunday to tour her first gun show since being shot in the head to review new measures that require background checks for buyers.
Obama, Pelosi say ‘clean’ bills needed for debt ceiling, restart
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Sunday with Nancy Pelosi, Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, to discuss the need for “clean” legislation that would increase the debt limit for a year and restart governmen…
McConnell calls for U.S. Democrats to support debt limit, funding plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday called on Democrats to support a bipartisan plan to reopen the government and extend federal borrowing authority, while keeping spending cuts in place.
Senate Democrat says budget deal hinges on spending levels, length of debt limit extension
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The second-ranking Democratic in the U.S. Senate said on Sunday that a deal to reopen the federal government and avoid a catastrophic default hinged on spending levels for the coming year, the length of a debt limit extension and…
Reid: working with Republicans to reopen government, raise debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would work throughout Sunday with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to get a deal to reopen the government and extend U.S. borrowing authority.
As Senate wrestles over debt ceiling, Obama stays out of sight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will stay out of the public eye on Sunday as Senate leaders try to work out an elusive deal ahead of a Thursday deadline for lifting the U.S. government debt ceiling.
