Politics News

Wed, February 01, 2012

U.S. plans to halt Afghan combat role in 2013

By David Alexander

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States intends to end combat operations in Afghanistan before the end of 2013, U.S. Defense Secretary ...

Trump speaks to members of the media after a meeting with Republican presidential candidate Gingrich in New York

Wed, February 01, 2012

Trump to endorse Republican candidate Gingrich: reports

By JoAnne Allen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Businessman and reality TV personality Donald Trump will endorse former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the race for the ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

House votes to extend federal pay freezes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives, seeking to cut the U.S. deficit and burnish its own tarnished image, passed a bill on Wednesday ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

House votes to repeal part of healthcare law

By Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to repeal a provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul setting ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

Rights group sues U.S. for "targeted killing" memos

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Justice department should be required to disclose the legal justification for strikes that have killed U.S. citizens abroad, a ...

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Romney shakes hands as he mingles with the crowd at a campaign stop in Eagan

Wed, February 01, 2012

Analysis: Wall St. cash flows to Romney over Obama

By Kevin Drawbaugh

(Reuters) - The captains of Wall Street have picked a presidential candidate for 2012 and it is Republican Mitt Romney, rather than ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

Senators mull sanctions on Iran's Ahmadinejad

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers are considering a bid to force President Barack Obama's administration to blacklist Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the country ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

Illinois governor urges pension, Medicaid changes

By Karen Pierog

(Reuters) - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Wednesday said the state must make changes to its pension system and to Medicaid this ...

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett wanders the company trade show before his company's annual meeting in Omaha

Wed, February 01, 2012

U.S. weighs 30 percent "Buffett Rule" tax on millionaires

By Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millionaires would pay a minimum 30 percent effective tax rate under a law introduced on Wednesday in the Senate ...

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at his Florida primary night rally in Tampa

Wed, February 01, 2012

Analysis: Financial titans rally to Romney's cause

By Samuel P. Jacobs and Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Whenever Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been down and in need of ...