Analysis: Anti-Obamacare strategy stirs U.S. Republican backlash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There are signs that the conservative Tea Party movement has pushed other Republicans in the U.S. Congress too far and that a counter-revolt may be brewing.
Fed official blasts White House handling of Bernanke succession
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The White House has handled the process of picking the next chair of the Federal Reserve “terribly,” a top official at the U.S. central bank said on Monday in an unusual public critique of the delicate, and traditionally discree…
Efforts to avert U.S. shutdown continue amid Republican discord
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A trio of Tea Party-backed U.S. senators threatening to stall a bill to fund the U.S. government ran into a wall of resistance Monday from top Senate Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
U.S. Senate Democrats to seek spending bill through November 15
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Senate will seek passage of a bill to fund the government through November 15, rather than the December 15 deadline contained in legislation approved by the House of Representatives, Senate Majority Leader H…
U.S. senator asks CFTC to look into biofuel credit pricing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Senate Agriculture Committee asked the regulator of U.S. futures markets on Tuesday to probe whether traders manipulated the price of biofuel credits that soared over the summer and were blamed for raising gasolin…
Exclusive: Secretary of State Kerry to sign Arms Trade Treaty – diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a move that puts the Obama administration at odds with the powerful American gun lobby, will sign the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty regulating the $70 billion international conventional arms bu…
Obama urges U.N. to back tough consequences for Syria over chemical weapons
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama urged the United Nations on Tuesday to back tough consequences for Syria if it refuses to give up chemical weapons and urged Russia and Iran to drop their backing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assa…
U.S. seeks to play down expectations for Iran talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States does not expect this week’s planned meeting between major powers and Iran’s foreign minister on the Iranian nuclear program to resolve any issues but hopes it can chart a way forward, a senior U.S. official …
Obama says diplomatic path toward Iran must be tested
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that there should be a basis for an agreement on Iran’s nuclear ambitions but that the roadblocks will be difficult to overcome.
Obama mentions Iranian victims of chemical weapons in U.N. speech
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday mentioned Iranian victims of chemical weapons in his speech at the U.N. General Assembly in what seemed a gesture to the new government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
