Obama warns Iran on nuclear bid, containment "no option"
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will warn Iran on Tuesday that the United States will “do what we must” to prevent it acquiring a nuclear weapon, and appeal to world leaders for a united front against further attacks on U.S. diplomatic miss…
Romney in New York as world focuses on United Nations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will try to take advantage of a focus on the United Nations on Tuesday to outline how he would promote development in countries that need it as he tries to get his campaign back on track….
Obama should call China a currency manipulator: Romney aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration should formally declare China a currency manipulator in a semi-annual report due to be released by the U.S. Treasury on October 15, a spokesman for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romn…
Obama offers himself up as "eye candy" on "The View"
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday sought to woo women voters at a taping of the daytime talk show “The View,” by flirting with his wife and bearing gifts for the hosts, but he could not escape tough questions on the economy that hav…
Picking Ryan has done little to win voters for Romney
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate has done little to attract voters to the Republican ticket and more think he is not qualified to be president than believe he is ready for the White House, a Reuters/Ipsos …
In Obama’s trip to New York, there’s Whoopi but no "Bibi"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As hundreds of world leaders and diplomats converged on New York for the United Nations General Assembly’s annual meeting, President Barack Obama teed up a crucial meeting of his own on Monday – with Whoopi Goldberg.
Conservatives urge House Speaker to nix wind tax credit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Forty-seven Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing Speaker John Boehner to eliminate the wind production tax credit, a tax break that has split Republicans and drawn criticism from presidential hopeful Mitt …
Health insurers begin to provide user-friendly plan guides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Monday began requiring health insurers to provide user-friendly guides to patients that explain their benefits, aiming to make buying insurance nearly as easy as scanning packages of food for nutrition…
Unfazed by deadline, Akin vows to fight on in Missouri Senate race
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – If anyone in the Republican Party harbors illusions that Todd Akin will bow out of the Missouri U.S. Senate race by a September 25 deadline, he is quite happy to disabuse them.
Analysis: Romney can still win, but it won’t be easy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The last few weeks have been ugly for Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney.