Less than a month before international negotiators meet in Copenhagen with the ambitious goal of crafting a deal that will curb the world's greenhouse gas emissions for years to come, the Obama administration is considering scaling back by endorsing a ...Read More
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama intends to visit the Capitol on Friday to meet with House Democrats and make a final pitch for health care legislation scheduled for a weekend vote, according to congressional officials. The president's meeting with the rank ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Health care legislation taking shape in the House carries a price tag of at least $1 trillion over a decade, significantly higher than the target President Barack Obama has set, congressional officials said Friday as they struggled to ...Read More
WASHINGTON—Top Senate Democrats intend to try to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws as part of the debate over health care, according to congressional officials, the latest evidence of a deepening struggle over President ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A request for additional troops from the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has been transferred to President Barack Obama and has started working its way through the military chain of command, the Pentagon said on ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan planned to offer options for policymakers to try to stem Taliban gains, including sending up to 30,000 to 40,000 additional combat troops and trainers, according to defense and ...Read More
Following the reports of a secret missile test in Pakistan, Washington has accused Islamabad of illegally modifying American-made missiles. According to senior administration and Congressional officials, the new generation of Pakistani missiles test fired on April 23 was the upgraded version ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- The United States has accused Pakistan of illegally modifying American-made missiles to expand its capability to strike land targets, a potential threat to India, according to senior administration and congressional officials.The charge, which set off new tensions between ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) - As the Justice Department considers whether to investigate alleged harsh interrogation practices sanctioned by the Bush administration, sources say a soon-to-be-released report by the CIA's inspector general reveals that agency interrogators conducted mock executions of terror suspects. These ...Read More
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has decided to keep military commissions alive to try some of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but will grant them more legal rights, administration and congressional officials said. Obama aides notified key members of Congress ...Read More
- Next
