BISHKEK (Reuters) - U.S. General David Petraeus arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, a day after the United States said it would build an anti-terrorism training center for the former Soviet republic in Central Asia.
Both the United States and Russia have military air bases in Kyrgyzstan, and the visit by ...More
ALBANY (Reuters) - New York Governor David Paterson on Tuesday said the multi-year deficit-closing plan his lieutenant governor is devising might seek to give governors "extra authority" to cut over-spending.
New York's financial situation will worsen over the next five years because spending is expected to rise 7.5 percent ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States is concerned that Iran is becoming more of a military dictatorship and insisted that Tehran will not be permitted to acquire a nuclear weapon.
Biden also said he was unsure how much power hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic efforts to spur job creation advanced in Congress on Tuesday as a $149 billion package of tax breaks and unemployment aid cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate.
The 66 to 34 vote allows the Senate to move toward a final vote for the bill, part of ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York voters think scandal-tarred Governor David Paterson should remain in office but cannot do a good job, and that he acted unethically but will not get a fair hearing, a poll said on Tuesday.
The Democratic governor is the target of official queries into whether he ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. trade official expressed doubt on Tuesday that negotiators could reach a deal this year in long-running world trade talks despite a goal set by President Barack Obama and other leaders.
But in remarks at the National Press Club, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and business groups on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama's administration for failing to resolve a cross-border trucking dispute nearly one year after Mexico slapped retaliatory duties on about $2.4 billion worth of U.S. exports.
"Record numbers of Americans are receiving an unemployment check instead ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate's efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy.
Obama called the meeting at the White House with influential senators and members of ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus threw his weight on Tuesday behind calls for an expansion of U.S. trade benefits to help Haiti rebuild its clothing sector after its devastating earthquake.
"We must lend a hand. We must assist Haiti's earthquake-recovery efforts by creating additional incentives ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Freshman Democratic Representative Eric Massa announced his resignation on Friday, saying an ethics investigation into alleged misconduct toward a male staff member would tear his family and staff apart.
"In the incredibly toxic atmosphere that is Washington D.C., with the destruction of our elected leaders having become ...More
