Topic: United States
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional negotiators neared agreement on Thursday on a spending bill to fund many U.S. government agencies through September 30, 2012, Democratic aides said.A deal would pave the way for Senate and House of Representative votes in coming days on ...
DES MOINES (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich, buffeted by attacks, gets his chance to fight back on Thursday at a debate that may help clarify who will win Iowa's looming contest to choose a presidential candidate.Gingrich takes center stage in Sioux ...
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (Reuters) - For insight into the conservative Tea Party movement's battle plan in 2012, check out Joe Dugan's Google spreadsheets.Dugan, 66, a retired manufacturing executive and chairman of the Myrtle Beach Tea Party, is particularly proud of the ...
With the White House's blessing, the US House passed legislation to freeze some Pakistan aid, slap harsh new sanctions on Iran, and endorse indefinite imprisonment of suspected terrorists.The Republican-led House of Representatives voted 283-136 to approve the $662 billion Defense Authorization bill, ...
DES MOINES (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich pledged on Monday to remain faithful to his third wife, fighting back against rivals who have raised his past infidelity as an issue.Gingrich made the vow on a day his poll numbers in ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - In the wake of criticism, a Kansas tea party group has removed from its web site home page a comparison of President Obama to a skunk.The Patriot Freedom Alliance, based in Hutchinson, Kansas, posted a photo of ...
Struggling Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman lashed out Thursday at his top two rivals for the nomination and took a swipe at US President Barack Obama, saying all of them lacked solutions.Suffering from a drag that has him polling in the single ...
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is ramping up his campaign in the key early primary state of New Hampshire in an attempt to undercut a stronghold of Republican rival Mitt Romney.Gingrich, the former U.S. House speaker, has picked ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans are taking aim at any International Monetary Fund move to bailout European countries in their debt crisis, saying they don't want American funds involved. The lawmakers are trying to snatch back a $100 billion line of credit ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - An evangelical pastor in Iowa sent state voters on Thursday a music video slamming Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich for his three marriages and admitted marital infidelities.Cary Gordon, an influential Sioux City pastor who has endorsed Rick ...
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