WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Tuesday cast doubt on their chances of meeting the White House's March 18 deadline for voting on a stalled healthcare overhaul, but said they are moving as fast as they can.
 |
Published News » World News
Democrats doubt deadline on healthcare
Posted by MEreporter 12 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
Visiting Biden condemns new Israel settlement plan
Posted by MEreporter 12 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned Israeli plans to build 1,600 more homes on occupied land where Palestinians seek statehood, announced in the middle of his visit to help revive peace negotiations.
Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius
Posted by MEreporter 12 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.
Decisive phase of Afghan war looms: Gates
Posted by MEreporter 12 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a "decisive phase" in the war -- an operation to impose control over the Taliban heartland of Kandahar province.
Obama backs bipartisan crackdown on healthcare cheats
Posted by MEreporter 12 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, making a final push for healthcare reform, will back bipartisan plans to stamp out waste in government-run medical programs for the old and needy, the White House said on Tuesday.
Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty
Posted by MEreporter 12 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS.
9/11 suspects should face civilian court, U.N. envoys say
Posted by MEreporter 12 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair.
Bali bombing suspect killed: Indonesia president
Posted by MEreporter 12 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
CANBERRA (Reuters) - A leading Southeast Asian militant, wanted for the 2002 Bali bombings, was the man killed in police raids in Jakarta, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Wednesday.
Sort News
