WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A volatile political environment is boosting the possibility that U.S. lawmakers will pass legislation designed to prod China into letting its currency rise more rapidly against the dollar. "The chances are certainly on the rise, I think for two reasons," Jeremie Waterman, senior director for China at ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug gangs in Mexico and Central America are morphing into an insurgency like that which gripped Colombia 20 years ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday, promising more U.S. help to fight traffickers. "These drug cartels are now showing more and more indices of insurgency ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday the United States needed more incentives to stimulate job growth and bolster a slow recovery from a "savage" recession. In televised interviews to argue for President Barack Obama's latest proposals for business investment tax breaks and infrastructure investment, Geithner said ...More
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will attend a U.N. summit on Sudan this month, U.S. officials said on Wednesday as they stepped up a bid to head off conflict there before a referendum that could split the African nation. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nobody at the White House would be surprised if President Barack Obama's influential right-hand man, Rahm Emanuel, decides to run for Chicago mayor and already there is speculation as to who would replace him. Mayor Richard Daley's decision on Tuesday to not seek re-election on February ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States tries to support democratic forces in Iran but in a way that does not undermine or endanger them, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. Speaking to foreign policy experts, Clinton also said she believed the Iranian people eventually will respond to ...More
