WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan healthcare summit sets the stage for a final push to get the stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over.
Obama asked Republicans to bring their best healthcare ideas to the ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday.
Murtha, 77, died peacefully at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington with his family by his side, a statement from his office said. He had been ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor David Paterson on Monday restated his intention to run for governor and denied rumors he might resign over potentially scandalous allegations in a forthcoming news report that fueled new speculation about his political future.
Paterson, already facing a probable challenge for the Democratic Party ...More
PARIS (Reuters) - Iran has rejected Western overtures and the international community has no choice but to move toward imposing new sanctions over its nuclear program, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday.
"We must still try and find a peaceful way to resolve this issue. The only path ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday he had not ruled out putting the suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks on trial in New York City but logistical issues and local opposition made it difficult.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is being held at the U.S. military prison ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the economy has turned the corner and resumed growth.
"We are seeing the corner turn on the economy growing again," he said in a interview with CBS television news.
Obama said companies were beginning to hire again, but "it's not happening ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said on Sunday that she was open to a possible White House run in 2012 but has not made up her mind.
"I think that it would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can potentially do to help ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser on Sunday lashed out at U.S. lawmakers, accusing them of using national security issues as a "political football" for their own gains.
Republicans have accused the Obama administration of making mistakes in the handling of the arrest of Nigerian Umar ...More
ROME (Reuters) - The United States called on world powers to work together to put more pressure on the Iranian government to curb its nuclear program.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, during a visit to Rome, said sanctions targeting the Iranian government would be most effective. There was an international ...More
NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Sarah Palin tried to rally conservatives on Saturday night at a national convention of the "Tea Party" movement, taking aim at President Barack Obama on everything from big government to teleprompters.
"I believe in this movement ... America is ready for another revolution," said Palin, former Alaska governor and ...More
