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Obama grants 10 states leeway on education law

By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 states exemptions from parts of the "No Child Left Behind" education law, a move that could prove popular...

New Pentagon rules could put women closer to combat

By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is preparing to open thousands of military jobs including medics and intelligence officers to women in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, a move likely to...

Ex-Giffords aide to run for her House seat

By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Ron Barber, a former aide to Gabrielle Giffords who was wounded along with her in a deadly shooting last year, said on Thursday he would run in a...

Biden meets human rights advocates on China

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden and a group of human rights advocates discussed the "deterioration" of the rights situation in China, the White House said on Thursday, signaling the issue is likely to figure in his talks with China's vice president next week. ...

Obama grants 10 states leeway on U.S. education law

By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 U.S. states exemptions from parts of the "No Child Left Behind" education law, a move that could prove...

Catholic TV network sues to block U.S. contraception rule

By Susan Heavey and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Roman Catholic television network said on Thursday it has filed suit in federal court to block President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives,...

Senior U.S. Catholic cites Obama "promises" on birth control

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Timothy Dolan, a senior U.S. Roman Catholic leader, said on Thursday President Barack Obama "gave me promises" during a White House meeting in November as Dolan pressed the Church's criticism of a new Obama administration rule requiring health insurance plans to cover birth control. ...

House passes curbs on lawmaker insider trading

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers and other government officials on Thursday, despite objections from Democrats and some Republicans that...

White House lowers "stale" jobless forecast

By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will forecast a U.S. unemployment rate averaging 8.9 percent in 2012 in his annual budget on Monday - but before the document was even released...

White House to issue jobless forecast--but disavows it

By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will forecast an unemployment rate averaging 8.9 percent in 2012 in his annual budget on Monday - but before the document has been officially released...

China swats away trouble before Xi's U.S. trip

By Chris Buckley BEIJING (Reuters) - China swatted away friction over Syria on Thursday to lay out an optimistic view of ties with the United States in the next decade when Vice President Xi...

Facing more key votes, Romney can't afford another stumble

By John Whitesides and Sam Youngman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Republicans may have growing concerns about their presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, but no one is pushing the panic button - yet. ...

In upcoming contests, pressure is on Romney

By John Whitesides and Sam Youngman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many U.S. Republicans may have growing concerns about their presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, but no one is pushing the panic button - yet. ...

Obama: Europe needs "absolute commitment" on debt crisis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday Europe must not flinch as its leaders confront a raging debt crisis that he acknowledged could do real harm to the U.S. economic recovery. In...

The criminal probe of Sheldon Adelson's casino empire

By Peter Henderson and James Pomfret SAN FRANCISCO/MACAU, China (Reuters) - It's never good for the candidate when a big donor runs afoul of the law - as President Barack Obama learned this week:...