WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to scale back President George W. Bush’s plan to aid Mexico in its increasingly deadly war on illegal drug cartels.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives, in a surprise and largely symbolic move, defeated legislation on Thursday to fund the war in Iraq for another year.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s military build-up opposite Taiwan is counterproductive and fans pro-independence tendencies on the island, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats erupted in outrage on Thursday after President George W. Bush suggested a pledge by the party’s presidential front-runner Barack Obama to meet Iran’s leader was akin to appeasement of Nazi Germany.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate could vote as early as Thursday night on a measure aimed at overturning new, looser media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, aides said.
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Funding bill goes down as GOP members protest the process.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The United States will respect Brazil’s maritime claims, including offshore oil reserves, and will use a new naval fleet in Latin America mostly for peaceful purposes, the U.S. commander for the region said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Reopening the North American Free Trade Agreement to address concerns raised by U.S. Democratic presidential candidates could kill the three-way pact, former Mexican President Carlos Salinas said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday defeated legislation that would have funded the war in Iraq for another year, in a surprise move that the Senate could overturn.