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U.S. to disclose legal justification for drone strikes on Americans

August 25, 2021 at 12:07 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will disclose its legal justification for the use of drones against U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism, a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday....

U.S. meat labeling requirements come under fire in appeals court

August 25, 2021 at 12:05 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's argument for keeping its labeling requirements in place for meat vendors is too broad and would give regulators too much power over how goods...

GM to engineers: don’t use word ‘defect’-internal documents

August 25, 2021 at 12:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co warned its engineers against using the words "safety" and "defect" when identifying product risks, and explicitly told them not to use inflammatory terms including...

U.S. senators give Burwell’s health secretary bid a cordial hearing

May 23, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. health secretary, moved closer to confirmation on Wednesday with a final Senate hearing that was marked more by...

U.S. senators give Burwell’s health secretary bid a cordial hearing

August 24, 2021 at 11:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. health secretary, moved closer to confirmation on Wednesday with a final Senate hearing that was marked more by...

Obama’s decision on U.S. deportations poses political risks

May 23, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision on possible changes to U.S. deportation policy sets up an election-year skirmish that could help Democrats win points with their political base while...

Obama’s decision on U.S. deportations poses political risks

November 3, 2021 at 8:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision on possible changes to U.S. deportation policy sets up an election-year skirmish that could help Democrats win points with their political base while...

U.S. drug agents raid synthetic drug dealers

August 24, 2021 at 11:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 150 synthetic drug makers and sellers have been arrested in a U.S. crackdown on designer drugs whose profits largely flow to the Middle East, the...

Driver who followed Obama daughters’ motorcade was lost, confused

August 24, 2021 at 11:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A driver unfamiliar with Washington, DC, appeared to have been lost and confused when he followed a motorcade carrying President Barack Obama's daughters through a White House...

Boehner tries to quell Republican anger over immigration remarks

August 24, 2021 at 11:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker John Boehner tried to ease tensions with fellow Republican lawmakers on Tuesday after chiding them last week for their reluctance to pass an immigration...

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