WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican leaders sought to break a “logjam” over the fate of Bush-era tax cuts on Tuesday, forming a new panel the White House hopes will reach a compromise within days.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday there was still disagreement with Republicans on whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and that he asked two top advisers to help negotiate a deal.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday will propose a two-year freeze on the pay of federal workers, as he seeks to show he is committed to reining in the ballooning U.S. budget deficit.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi King Abdullah has repeatedly urged the United States to attack Iran’s nuclear program and China directed cyberattacks on the United States, according to a vast cache of diplomatic cables released on Sunday in an embarrassing leak that undermines U.S. diplomacy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State Department documents released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks provided candid views of foreign leaders and sensitive information on terrorism and nuclear proliferation, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
YEONPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) - China called for emergency talks on resolving a crisis on the Korean peninsula on Sunday, and Seoul and Tokyo said they would study the proposal, as the U.S. and South Korean militaries started a massive drill.
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - A Somali-born teenager was arrested on Friday for attempting to detonate what he thought was a car bomb at a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in Oregon, officials said.
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s marine commander on Saturday vowed “thousand-fold” revenge for a North Korean attack that killed two servicemen and two civilians and prompted an unusual expression of regret from North Korea.
SEOUL (Reuters) - China warned on Friday against military acts near its coastline ahead of U.S.-South Korean naval exercises that North Korea, days after shelling a South Korean island, said risked pushing the region toward war.
YEONPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea’s defense minister resigned on Thursday, two days after an attack by North Korea and amid criticism that the South’s response was too slow.