Liberal groups sue IRS to stop campaign spending by tax-exempts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Advocates for campaign finance transparency sued the Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday to force it to deny tax-exempt status to groups spending funds on political activities, launching a legal case that tax lawyers said faced…
Analysis: Obamacare, tepid U.S. growth fuel part-time hiring
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. businesses are hiring at a robust rate. The only problem is that three out of four of the nearly 1 million hires this year are part-time and many of the jobs are low-paid.
On road trip, Obama will try to steer focus back to economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shadowed by turmoil in Egypt and domestic controversies, President Barack Obama will seek to regain political momentum on a bus tour during which he will push his plans for stoking the U.S. economy and taming the high cost of col…
Low prices seen luring young adults to Obamacare: study
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If uninsured young Americans shun the new health plans offered under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law, it will be because the insurance costs too much and not because they don’t expect to need much medical care, accor…
U.S. takes tougher line with Egypt but denies aid cut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday adopted a harder line toward Egypt’s military-backed government, stressing that its bloody crackdown on protesters could influence U.S. aid to Cairo but denying reports that it has suspended the assis…
U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen reopens after security threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, reopened on Sunday after closing earlier this month due to concerns over potential terrorism attacks, the U.S. State Department said.
Florida voices privacy concerns over Obamacare ‘navigators’
MIAMI/TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott voiced serious concerns Tuesday over what the federal government will do with personal and financial data collected by “navigators” who help people find insurance coverage under the new national…
Senator Alexander is latest Republican to face primary challenge
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee will be challenged by conservative state representative Joe Carr in the Republican primary next year, becoming the fourth incumbent Republican U.S. senator to face a primary challeng…
Senator Cruz may have to wait eight months to stop being Canadian
OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, who says he recently discovered he is likely a Canadian, must win security clearance from Canada’s spy agency, fill out a four-page form and then wait up to eight months to sever his ties to America’s northern …
Analysis: Foes of Obama climate policy prepare battle over cost of carbon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three months ago, the Obama administration made a little-noticed but potentially pivotal move in the stepped-up fight against climate change: it boosted the U.S. government’s official estimate of the future economic damage caused…
