Senators, senior Obama aide vow to close Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s chief of staff and two leading U.S. senators said on Friday they were determined to come up with a plan to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which would fulfill Obama’s five-year-old camp…
Government likely to open criminal probe into NSA leaks: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration is likely to open a criminal investigation into the leaking of highly classified documents that revealed the secret surveillance of Americans’ telephone and email traffic, U.S. officials sa…
Newark Mayor Booker to announce New Jersey Senate run: source
(Reuters) – Newark Mayor Cory Booker was expected to announce on Saturday he will run for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in a Democratic primary set for August to fill the seat of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a source close to Booker said on Friday.
Prosecutors seek 48-month prison sentence for Jesse Jackson Jr
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have asked for a prison sentence of 48 months for former Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who admitted to using campaign funds for lavish personal gifts and other purposes not permitted by law.
Analysis: U.S. government shutdown battle looms as budget woes fester
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The annual spending bills now working their way through the Congress were supposed to mark a welcome return to fiscal normalcy in Washington.
Misfired 2010 email alerted more IRS officials to Tea Party scrutiny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A misfired email from a U.S. Internal Revenue Service employee in Cincinnati in July 2010 alerted a broad group of Washington IRS officials to the heightened scrutiny being given conservative groups, according to an interview the…
President Obama takes health pitch to California after rate row
SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) – President Barack Obama insisted on Friday his healthcare overhaul is already proving worthwhile as he promoted the plan in California, where an argument is raging over whether it is living up to its name as the Affordab…
U.S. Senate takes up contentious immigration issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate plunged into the contentious issue of overhauling America’s immigration rules on Friday, with a vote expected by the end of June on legislation that could define President Barack Obama’s final years in office.
Obama’s chief of staff, senators to travel to Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s chief of staff and two leading senators will travel to the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Friday to consider how to meet Obama’s vow to move detainees and close the facility, a White House spokeswoman …
Five criteria Obama may weigh in seeking Bernanke successor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the summer of 2009, with the U.S. economy badly wounded and the nation’s financial calamity still a vivid memory, President Barack Obama’s closest aides began a vital discussion about who he should nominate to run the Federal …
