Insight: Poll shows healthy young adults may keep Obamacare afloat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Korey Kormick, 29, has not had health insurance for at least a decade. His job, as a contract employee directing chess tournaments and coaching kids in the fundamentals of the game, doesn’t offer it, and he hasn’t been able to affo…
Hawaiian governor calls for special session to legalize gay marriage
(Reuters) – Hawaiian Governor Neil Abercrombie called on Monday for a special legislative session next month to pass a bill that would legalize gay marriage in the strongly Democratic state that already allows same-sex civil unions.
Analysis: How Kerry’s off-hand remark put a deal on Syria in play
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Whether deft diplomacy or a rhetorical stumble, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has managed to crack open the door to a possible solution to the Syrian crisis that could get President Barack Obama and U.S. lawmakers out of a b…
Smallest victims punctuate U.S. debate on Syria strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the video, a child’s arm violently twitches, an image that left the U.S. Senate Democratic leader struggling to comprehend a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that left an estimated 426 children dead.
Russian proposal opens new U.S. options in Syria strike debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday the United States would explore Russia’s potential “breakthrough” plan to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international control but would keep the pressure on Damascus by asking Congress t…
Syria debate hits close to home for Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s soul searching about possible military force against Syria has included consultation not only with international allies and Congress but perhaps his most important sounding board – his family.
As Congress returns, competing U.S. rallies highlight Syria divide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With a list of names, a stack of letters and a “Free Syria” pin on his lapel, Asaad Aref wandered the halls of Congress on Monday, trying to turn the tide in a debate that was not moving in his favor.
Obama, Canada’s Harper discuss Syria response by phone: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama spoke by telephone to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday to discuss potential responses to the August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria, the White House said.
Obama says Russian proposal on Syria a potential ‘breakthrough’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, seeking to boost support for military action against Syria, said on Monday that Russia’s offer to work with Damascus to put its chemical weapons under international control could be a big deal – if it is s…
Obama says Russian proposal on Syria a potential ‘breakthrough’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, seeking to boost support for military action against Syria, said on Monday that Russia’s offer to work with Damascus to put its chemical weapons under international control could be a big deal – if it is s…
