Obama pushes to hold down student loan interest rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday pushed his plan to tie federal student loan interest rates to the market, and criticized a Republican plan passed by the House of Representatives that he said would cost borrowers more.
U.S. military reveals timing of future F-35 fighter’s use to Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – America’s newest warplane, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, will reach operational milestones in 2015 for the Marine Corps, 2016 for the Air Force and 2019 for the Navy, according to details formally provided to the U.S. Congress o…
Bills to legalize online poker will be introduced in Congress
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Legislation to allow online poker gambling in the United States will be introduced in Congress that would give casinos a larger market than the current few states which allow it, like New Jersey and Nevada.
Texas man investigated over ricin letters to Obama, Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating a Texas man over threatening letters containing a deadly poison mailed to U.S. President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a law enforcement official said on Friday.
U.S. Medicare outlook improves as healthcare costs ease
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Slower growth in U.S. healthcare costs improved the budget outlook for the Medicare program for the elderly from last year, but the fortunes of the Social Security pension program have not changed despite a better economy, truste…
Illegal immigrants can drive in Nevada under new law
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Nevada’s Republican governor signed a bill on Friday to authorize driving privilege cards for illegal immigrants in an action that is likely to win favor in the state’s large and growing Hispanic community.
Two California cities’ finances hinge on ballot questions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Fresno and Hercules residents will vote June 4 on ballot measures that indicate how far some of California’s ailing municipalities must go to fix their wobbly finances.
Cyber threats pose ‘stealthy, insidious’ danger: defense chief
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Friday that cyber threats posed a “quiet, stealthy, insidious” danger to the United States and other nations, and called for “rules of the road” to guide behavior and avo…
Senate group resolves key issues on immigration reform: lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With business and labor now in agreement, a bipartisan group of senators has resolved all major issues in a pending deal to overhaul the immigration system and aims to unveil it after Congress reconvenes in the second week of Apr…
Senate group resolves key issues on immigration reform: lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With U.S. business and labor now in agreement, a bipartisan group of senators has resolved all major issues in a pending deal to overhaul the U.S. immigration system and aims to unveil it after Congress reconvenes in the second w…
