Audit hammers bankrupt California city’s financial management
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Many of Stockton, California’s fiscal problems can be traced to poor decision-making, weak accounting and fiscal mismanagement, state controller John Chiang said on Monday.
Some states’ claims of Obamacare price spike are ‘incorrect:’ HHS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Forecasts by some U.S. states that show health insurance costs skyrocketing under Obamacare are “factually incorrect,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Monday.
Exclusive: U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch cr…
Al Qaeda leaders’ communication led to U.S. embassies closure: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Intercepted communications in which al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri ordered the leader of the affiliate in Yemen to carry out an attack as early as last Sunday prompted the United States to close diplomatic missions in the Middl…
Obama to decide soon on whether to attend Moscow summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will have an announcement in coming days about whether President Barack Obama will attend a summit in Moscow this fall, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday.
Senate majority urges Obama to press Iran over nuclear program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of senators have urged President Barack Obama to raise pressure on Iran over its disputed nuclear program by toughening sanctions and renewing the option to use military force while also exploring diplomatic solutions….
Obama returns to Arizona to tout broad housing recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With images of vacant, half-built residential developments that gathered dust after the Great Recession, the U.S. Southwest once symbolized the 2008-2012 housing bust that wiped out $7 trillion in homeowner equity and wrecked the…
U.S. extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States extended embassy closures by a week in the Middle East and Africa as a precaution on Sunday after an al Qaeda threat that U.S. lawmakers said was the most serious in years.
U.S. extends closure of some embassies through August 10
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States extended the closures of some embassies and consulates in the Middle East – which had been closed Sunday due to an al Qaeda threat – through August 10 due to caution but not the emergence of any new threat, the …
U.S. extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States extended embassy closures by a week in the Middle East and Africa as a precaution on Sunday after an al Qaeda threat that U.S. lawmakers said was the most serious in years.
