War hero McCain says shutdown halts military death benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator John McCain said on Tuesday that members of Congress should be “embarrassed” and “ashamed” for the suspension of death benefits for American soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan.
Obama: China benefits from missed trip, U.S. credibility suffers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that China had probably taken advantage of his absence from a summit in Asia this week and he warned that the government shutdown and fiscal debate were hurting U.S. credibility abroad.
Obama would veto bill for new deficit-reduction panel: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama would veto a bill by the House of Representatives that would create a bipartisan panel to make recommendations on reducing the country’s deficit and debt limit, the White House said on Tuesday.
U.S. financial stability group discusses debt ceiling, shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. financial regulators discussed the federal debt ceiling and the effect of the government shutdown on market monitoring during a phone conversation on Tuesday, a Treasury Department spokesman said.
Obama cousin, a Tea Party Republican, to challenge Kansas U.S. Senator
KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) – Martin Wolf, a Tea Party activist and distant cousin of President Barack Obama, will challenge three-term Kansas U.S. Senator Pat Roberts in the 2014 Republican primary election, Wolf’s campaign said on Tuesday.
Obama says Republicans must end ‘threats’ on fiscal impasse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama refused to give ground in a fiscal confrontation with Republicans on Tuesday, saying he would negotiate on budget issues only if they agree to re-open the federal government and raise the debt limit with no…
Shutdown woes pile up as Washington gridlock holds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tourism sagged near U.S. national parks, Washington-area workers filed more unemployment claims and futures markets grappled with a lack of data as the government shutdown, now in its second week, stretched across the nation and …
Boehner insists that Obama will negotiate over U.S. debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday that it was “unsustainable” for President Barack Obama to keep rebuffing Republican demands to negotiate deficit reduction in exchange for raising the debt limit and restoring gover…
Oklahoma Senator Inhofe recovering at home after heart surgery
(Reuters) – Senator James Inhofe was recovering at home in Tulsa on Tuesday from emergency quadruple bypass heart surgery, but expects to return to Washington “soon and even stronger to continue the fight,” according to a statement from the Oklahoma Re…
Supreme Court appears wary of broad campaign finance ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Taking on campaign finance law for the first time since its landmark 2010 Citizens United ruling, the Supreme Court appeared closely divided on Tuesday over a case that could expand how much individuals can give candidates and pa…
