Mark Felsenthal

Obama, corporate giants announce plan to boost suppliers

May 23, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is enlisting several major U.S. and multinational companies to draw attention to an initiative aimed at helping small businesses expand and hire workers. The...

Obama tells Israel U.S. ready to help end hostilities

December 24, 2018 at 12:31 a.m.

President Barack Obama expressed concern to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday about the risk of an escalation of hostilities in the region and said the United States was...

Former IRS official sought to hide information, lawmakers assert

May 23, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans asserted on Wednesday that new emails show a former Internal Revenue Service official deliberately sought to hide information from Congress, opening a new chapter in...

Obama to meet Texas governor, a critic in U.S. border crisis

August 25, 2021 at 6:19 a.m.

WASHINGTON/AUSTIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet Texas Governor Rick Perry on Wednesday to discuss a surge of Latin American young people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border that has put...

Obama: more reforms needed to wring risk from banks – report

December 24, 2018 at 12:26 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he wants additional financial reforms to make sure banks are not tempted to make risky bets that can pay off handsomely...

Obama, Pena Nieto discuss U.S. influx of Central American minors

May 23, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke on Thursday with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto about a strategy to deal with a flood of children coming from...

Factbox: Major steps by the Obama administration on climate change

May 23, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On Monday, the Obama administration will release new rules regulating carbon pollution from existing U.S. power plants that run on fossil fuels like coal...

Obama accepts veterans affairs chief resignation with ‘regret’

August 25, 2021 at 5:21 a.m.

By David Lawder and Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned on Friday after a political firestorm over widespread delays in veterans' medical care, leaving...

Obama taps Army Ranger as interim head of troubled veterans agency

May 23, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In naming Sloan Gibson as acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Barack Obama turned to a staunch defender of the agency...

U.S. Republicans map campaign attack plan on veterans scandal

May 23, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who hope to wrest control of the U.S. Senate from Democrats see medical care delays for veterans as a potent line of attack and are devising...

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