MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered hints he could support the United States on two key issues -- an arms pact and Iran -- after a meeting on Friday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
An aide to Putin said a major nuclear weapons reduction pact between Russia and the ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The race for New York governor heated up on Friday when a local Democratic official joined the campaign and switched parties, saying his views mesh best with Republicans and whose primary election is seen easier to win.
Steve Levy, chief executive of Suffolk County, said he was ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee on Friday wrote to the Justice Department urging establishment of a task force to probe possible violations of the law at Lehman Brothers and other firms.
"I am deeply concerned about the facts that have come to light regarding the demise ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gary Gensler, who once supported market deregulation blamed for the recent financial meltdown, has been winning over members of Congress who had been skeptical of his ability to rein in Wall Street as the top U.S. futures regulator.
A former partner at Goldman Sachs, Gensler has quickly ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Barney Frank, the Democratic chairman of a key House committee, said on Friday in a CNBC interview that he still favors establishing an independent agency on protecting financial consumers.
A bill being debated in the Senate would put the consumer watchdog first proposed by President ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators charged with crafting rules to regulate the $450 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market have failed to reach an agreement, Democratic Senator Jack Reed said on Friday.
Reed and Republican Senator Judd Gregg had been trying to write rules to shed light on the private swaps market ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will travel to Capitol Hill on Saturday to meet with Democrats in the House of Representatives on the eve of that chamber's expected vote on a healthcare overhaul, the White House said on Friday.
The meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m.
The administration ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a significant victory for news media, a federal appeals court said the Federal Reserve must disclose records on emergency lending programs to banks bailed out by the government in the financial crisis.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the Fed to release details ...More
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Hispanics, frustrated that President Barack Obama has yet to fulfill a pledge to revamp the immigration system, are warning him to deliver this year or face the consequences in congressional elections in November.
Tens of thousands of Latinos plan to rally in Washington on Sunday, cautioning that their ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that the U.S. Congress is poised to "do something historic" this weekend by approving a healthcare overhaul.
(Reporting by Steve Holland, Editing by Stacey Joyce)More
