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| U.S. claims victory in lumber case against Canada
February 26, 2009 at 9:39 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An international tribunal has ruled for the United States in a dispute with Canada over a softwood lumber deal struck in 2006, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office said on Thursday. |
| Obama budget plan forecasts soaring deficits
February 26, 2009 at 9:14 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama forecast the biggest U.S. deficit since World War Two in a budget on Thursday that urges a costly overhaul of the healthcare system and would spend billions to arrest the economy's freefall. |
| Group urges Obama to unilaterally ease Cuba policy
February 26, 2009 at 6:42 pm
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| MIAMI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama should roll back U.S. curbs on Cuba to encourage democratic change without waiting for Havana to make reforms first, a group of diplomats, academics and opinion leaders said on Thursday. |
| Clinton dips into Arab-Israeli peacemaking
February 26, 2009 at 5:19 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes her first foray into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking next week, promising more than $900 million in aid for Gaza but with dim prospects of reviving talks soon. |
| Senate agrees to give D.C. residents a vote
February 26, 2009 at 5:06 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Residents of the U.S. capital would finally have a full voting member in Congress, heeding demands first made by democratic activists two centuries ago, under a bill passed on Thursday by the Senate. |
| Pentagon to allow pictures of flag-draped coffins
February 26, 2009 at 4:30 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will relax its ban on media coverage of returning U.S. war dead by allowing families to decide whether to allow photos and television footage of the flag-draped coffins of their loved ones, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. |
| Senate panel to examine violence on Mexico border
February 26, 2009 at 2:45 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel said on Thursday it will examine rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, days after the U.S. government warned travelers about the growing risks and to take precautions. |
| Obama seeks $75.5 billion for Iraq, Afghan wars 2009
February 26, 2009 at 1:28 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking an additional $75.5 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of the current fiscal year in a budget released Thursday that reflects plans to pull troops out of Iraq. |
| U.S. envoy to North Korea set for first trip
February 26, 2009 at 1:19 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy, Stephen Bosworth, will visit Asian capitals and Moscow next week to consult on how to rein in the North's nuclear weapons program, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on Thursday. |
| White House's Volcker wants tighter bank oversight
February 26, 2009 at 1:15 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banks that are big enough to destabilize markets should be subjected to tighter regulatory oversight, and some rules ought to be internationally agreed, White House economic adviser Paul Volcker said on Thursday. |
| White House seeks to end oil, gas industry tax breaks
February 26, 2009 at 12:45 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's budget outline calls for eliminating substantial tax breaks and increasing fees for the oil and natural gas industry. |
| Clinton says too soon to say if thaw in Syria ties
February 26, 2009 at 12:34 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday it was too soon to say whether there would be a thaw in ties with Damascus, as a senior U.S. diplomat met with Syria's ambassador at the State Department. | | |
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