Obama administration endorses cut in drug sentences
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday threw its weight behind a proposal that it says could cut the average prison sentence for a federal drug defendant by 11...
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Swiss banker in U.S. tax case says he was told, ‘Don’t get caught’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Credit Suisse AG banker pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to help U.S. customers evade taxes by using Swiss accounts, and said he did so...
In U.S. mergers, no one waits for this waiting period
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sometime soon, maybe in the next month or so, a federal judge is expected to decide whether the creation of the world's biggest passenger airline, as envisioned...
Democrats in U.S. Senate block Obama civil rights lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven of President Barack Obama's Democrats in the U.S. Senate broke ranks on Wednesday and joined Republicans to block Obama's nominee to a top Justice Department job...
In U.S. mergers, no one waits for this waiting period
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sometime soon, maybe in the next month or so, a federal judge is expected to decide whether the creation of the world's biggest passenger airline, as envisioned...
Democrats in U.S. Senate block Obama civil rights lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven of President Barack Obama's Democrats in the U.S. Senate broke ranks on Wednesday and joined Republicans to block Obama's nominee to a top Justice Department job...
Obama asks Congress for money to prevent mass shootings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama returned to the subject of mass shootings on Tuesday by proposing to spend millions of dollars more on gun safety programs, inspections of...
U.S. attorney general treated for elevated heart rate -statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was treated for an elevated heart rate at a Washington, D.C., hospital on Thursday but later walked out of the hospital without...
U.S. attorney general treated for elevated heart rate -statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was treated for an elevated heart rate at a Washington, D.C., hospital on Thursday but later walked out of the hospital without...
U.S. states do not have to defend gay marriage bans: Holder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday offered verbal support to U.S. state officials who decline to defend their own states' bans on same-sex marriage, entering cautiously into legal...