San Diego mayor out of sight as talks to settle sex harassment suit proceed
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Embattled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner dropped out of sight on Tuesday as settlement talks mediated by a former federal judge continued for a second day in the sexual harassment lawsuit brought against him and the city by his one-ti…
New evidence IRS also targeted liberals, Democrats say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Terms associated with politically liberal groups such as “Emerge” and “ACORN” were used by U.S. tax agents to flag applicants seeking tax-exemption for added scrutiny, according to internal IRS documents released by Democrats on …
White House says U.S. has not cut off aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Media reports that suggest the United States has cut off aid to Egypt are not accurate, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday, adding that the Obama administration is still reviewing its options.
State Department reassigns U.S. officials after Benghazi review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four State Department officials placed on leave after an attack last year on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, have been reassigned after a review found there was no breach of duty by the employees, a State Department spokespers…
Detroit bankruptcy challenged on constitutional grounds
DETROIT (Reuters) – Public labor unions took aim at Detroit’s historic bankruptcy filing on Monday, asking a U.S. court to toss the city’s bid for protection from its creditors because it is constitutionally flawed on both the state and federal levels….
U.S. Senator Cruz releases birth certificate amid talk of presidential run
DALLAS (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican whose recent travel has fueled speculation that he may run for president in 2016, has released his birth certificate, showing he was born in Canada to an American mother, the Dallas Morning N…
U.S., Russian officials to meet in The Hague on Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A leading diplomat from the U.S. State Department and the U.S. ambassador to Syria will meet with a Russia delegation in The Hague next week to discuss plans for a peace conference to end the civil war in Syria, a spokeswoman for…
U.S. says it may cut aid to Egypt, but no decision yet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it still may cut economic or military aid to Egypt but has not made any decision to do so after the Egyptian military’s violent crackdown on protesters in which almost 900 people have died in the …
Obama asks regulators to speed up Wall Street reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called top U.S. financial regulators to the White House on Monday, instructing them to speed up Wall Street reforms in the face of intense bank lobbying.
Tax reform could hurt U.S. state and local governments: S&P
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional lawmakers working on comprehensive tax reform could harm U.S. cities, states and other governments that sell municipal debt and damage their credit quality, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service said on Monday.
