Demands to alter Obamacare persist even as launch nears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the clock ticks down to the launch of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, hundreds of businesses, unions and advocacy groups are still pushing to win concessions on the far-reaching law.
Obama says Republican budget tactics a ‘last gasp’
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama said he is frustrated with Republicans who are considering the threat of a government shutdown and other tactics to try to thwart his healthcare overhaul.
Obama: surveillance safeguards worked, but must be improved
(Reuters) – Safeguards to ensure that U.S. surveillance measures are not abused have worked but must be improved as technology advances, President Barack Obama said in an interview with CNN that aired on Friday.
Obama pitches plan to tie federal student aid to college ratings
SYRACUSE, N.Y./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed a plan to tackle soaring U.S. education costs with a new system that judges colleges and universities on their financial value and ties those ratings to disbursement of f…
Boehner warns against shutting U.S. government over ‘Obamacare’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner warned rank-and-file Republicans in a conference call on Thursday against using the threat of a government shutdown to stop the implementation of Obamacare, according to people o…
NYC comptroller debate: Spitzer to work for a dollar, Stringer sings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eliot Spitzer, trying to rebound from a sex scandal that cost him the New York governorship, promised to work for a dollar a year while his opponent tried to sing a chorus from David Bowie’s “Heroes” as part of Wednesday’s debate b…
U.S. sues Texas over voter ID law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government sued on Thursday to keep Texas from carrying out a voter identification requirement enacted in 2011, setting up a new battle between the Obama administration and a state that is a conservative stronghold.
Obama faces growing calls to act over Syria gas attack allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With his international credibility seen increasingly on the line, President Barack Obama on Thursday faced growing calls at home and abroad for forceful action against the Syrian government over accusations it carried out a massi…
House Republican leaders seek to prevent split on ‘Obamacare’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives are working to prevent their ranks from fracturing over the strategy of threatening a government shutdown to gut President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.
Sex harassment settlement calls for San Diego mayor’s ouster: reports
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – San Diego Mayor Bob Filner will resign from office as part of the proposed settlement he reached with city officials in the sexual harassment lawsuit brought against him by a former aide, the Los Angeles Times and other media repo…
