Business, labor groups urge Senate to pass immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seeking to boost momentum for a broad immigration bill, the country’s top manufacturing association and one of the largest labor unions joined forces on Wednesday to push Congress to pass the legislation.
Obama turns JFK’s Berlin speech into new call for freedom
BERLIN (Reuters) – President Barack Obama offered a new twist on Wednesday to John F. Kennedy’s historic 1963 call for liberty — “Ich bin ein Berliner” — by saying other oppressed people eager to join the free world were also “citizens of Berlin.”
NSA head, lawmakers defend surveillance programs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the National Security Agency said U.S. surveillance programs had helped disrupt more than 50 possible attacks since September 11, 2001, as sympathetic members of Congress also defended the use of the top-secret spying…
Obama says U.S. to redouble efforts to close Guantanamo
BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States would step up its attempts to close Guantanamo Bay prison.
Massachusetts Senate candidates spar on U.S. surveillance programs
BOSTON (Reuters) – The Republican underdog fighting for Massachusetts’ open U.S. Senate seat in a Tuesday debate attacked his rival, a veteran Democratic congressman, over recently revealed programs in which federal agencies track Americans’ use of pho…
Republican-led House passes bill restricting abortion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation severely restricting abortions, a move that could alienate women from the conservative party.
United States to meet Taliban to seek Afghan peace
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – The United States and the Taliban raised hopes on Tuesday for a negotiated peace in Afghanistan with commitments to meet this week after 12 years of bloody and costly war between American-led forces and the insurgents.
Senate immigration bill to aid economy, budget office says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A White House-backed bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system got a boost on Tuesday when the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that the measure would cut federal budget deficits and boost the U.S. economy.
‘Conservative Republican’ at IRS defends treatment of Tea Party
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A manager from a U.S. Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati where staffers have been accused of unfairly subjecting conservative groups to extra scrutiny has said his agents were not influenced by any political agenda.
NSA head, lawmakers defend surveillance programs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the National Security Agency said U.S. surveillance programs had helped disrupt more than 50 possible attacks since September 11, 2001, as sympathetic members of Congress also defended the use of the top-secret spying…
