Obama confirms sealed U.S. charges in Benghazi attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday that U.S. authorities had brought criminal charges for the attack in Benghazi, Libya, last year in which U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed.
Obama says Summers, Yellen, others in running for Fed chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday that Lawrence Summers and Janet Yellen were both highly qualified to be the next chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, but stressed that there was a “range of outstanding candidates” for this vi…
New York Mayor Bloomberg fights to preserve law-and-order legacy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mayor Michael Bloomberg is fighting to preserve his legacy on law and order, working behind the scenes to win over the New York City Council as the final months run out on his 12 years in office.
Obama says U.S. must be more transparent on surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States “can and must be more transparent” about surveillance programs and promised to work with Congress to put constraints on government spying.
SEC swears in new Democratic commissioner Kara Stein
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday swore in Kara Stein, a former U.S. Senate staffer, to serve as the agency’s new Democratic commissioner, the SEC announced.
Obama seeks steps to limit surveillance programs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will call on Congress to reform provisions in the Patriot Act that govern collection of telephone and other “metadata” to provide greater transparency and oversight of the controversial programs, offic…
Obama, tech executives met to discuss surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama met with the CEOs of Apple Inc, AT&T Inc as well as other top technology and privacy representatives on Thursday to discuss government surveillance in the wake of revelations about the programs, the White House confirmed on Friday.
U.S. orders non-essential staff out of consulate in Pakistan’s Lahore
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The U.S. government ordered the evacuation of non-essential staff from its consulate in the northeastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday due to the threat of attack, with the State Department also warning U.S. citizens not to t…
U.S. and Russia seek to keep working ties despite Snowden, summit fuss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Russian officials will seek to maintain a working relationship when they meet in Washington on Friday, even though the political mood between their countries has hit one of its lowest points since the end of the Cold War…
Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott hospitalized
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) – Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott is being treated in a Mississippi hospital for a ruptured appendix, a former aide said on Thursday.
