Obama urges youth to make Northern Ireland peace permanent
BELFAST (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday urged young people in Northern Ireland to finish making “permanent peace” and set an example to other parts of the world stricken by religious conflict, violence and war.
Political optics overlooked in ‘Tea Party’ review: IRS official
(Reuters) – Internal Revenue Service employees in Ohio, who singled out conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny, likely did not consider the political implications, an IRS official in Washington has told congressional inve…
Obama does not feel Americans’ privacy violated: chief of staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama does not believe the recently disclosed top-secret National Security Agency surveillance of phone records and Internet data has violated Americans’ privacy rights, his chief of staff said on Sunday.
Key Republican senator says still backs immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Marco Rubio said on Sunday he still supports a bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration, but reiterated that he wants its stipulations on border security to be tightened in order for the legislation to win approva…
Obama leaves climate change-fighting tool on shelf for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has vowed to tackle climate change in his second term, but so far has not acted to strengthen a tool that does not require backing from Congress – the National Environmental Policy Act.
Threats made to figures at center of IRS controversy: sources
WASHINGTON/CINCINNATI (Reuters) – A current and a former top tax official have been physically threatened in recent weeks as the scandal over Internal Revenue Service targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups has gathered steam, people famil…
Web companies begin releasing surveillance information after U.S. deal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the U.S. government to release limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive, a modest victory for the companies as they struggle with the fallout…
Web companies begin releasing surveillance information after U.S. deal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the U.S. government to release limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive, a modest victory for the companies as they struggle with the fallout…
How Obama crossed his own line on Syria after months of debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Obama’s decision to arm Syrian rebels for the first time follows an intense, nearly two-year debate within the White House in which the president and his closest advisers consistently expressed skepticism about U.S. int…
‘Yes we can’ to ‘Yes we scan’, Obama returns to Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – Cheered like a rock star when he passed through Berlin five years ago on his way to the White House, Barack Obama faces a cooler reception and tough questions about U.S. spying methods when he returns next week for talks with Angela …
