Los Angeles: Actor Robert De Niro on Wednesday apologized for joking at a Democratic fundraiser with Michelle Obama about the possibility of having a 'white first lady' at the White House after November's presidential elections. The Oscar-winning star of 'The Godfather: Part II' and 'Raging Bull' said he had intended no offense with the remark about the wives of Republican presidential contenders Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. "My...
02:49 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Washington: Mitt Romney scored a hard-won, home state triumph in Michigan and powered to victory in Arizona on Tuesday night, gaining a two-state primary sweep over Rick Santorum and precious momentum in the most turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation. "We didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough," Romney told cheering supporters in Michigan. He also tweeted his delight - and his determination: "I take great...
10:24 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Washington: Former Senator Rick Santorum rejuvenated his presidential hopes on Tuesday with overwhelming victories over front-runner Mitt Romney in Republican nominating contests in Missouri and Minnesota. Santorum, who until Tuesday had won only one of the first five Republican contests, crushed his rivals in a non-binding primary in Missouri and in the Minnesota caucuses. His previous victory had been by a slim margin over Romney in Iowa. Results were still...
10:18 AM, Feb 08, 2012
South Boston va: US President Barack Obama headed deeper into the 2012 race on Tuesday as he toured electoral battlegrounds of the South, underscoring how long and tough his re-election campaign is likely to be. The second day of Obama's slow-rolling journey on a campaign-style bus, billed by the White House as part of his nationwide push to get own his jobs proposals past Congress, remained focused on courting voters...
03:59 AM, Oct 19, 2011
Washington: US millionaires would be hit with a new 5 per cent surtax to pay for US President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs program under a new funding plan unveiled on Wednesday by his fellow Democrats in the Senate. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said he aims to hold votes within days on Obama's proposal, which Republicans have denounced as a political gimmick that they likely will block. The anticipated...
01:48 AM, Oct 06, 2011
Washington: The world's largest economy was headed towards an unprecedented default, and all Washington wanted to talk about was the manner in which the president had left a room. A White House meeting in mid-July between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders had ended with sharp words as Obama clashed with the brash Republican House majority leader, Eric Cantor. Now Cantor was back on Capitol Hill, dishing details to a...
11:01 AM, Aug 04, 2011
Washington: The United States stepped back from the brink of default on Tuesday but congressional approval of a last-ditch deficit-cutting plan failed to dispel fears of a credit downgrade and future tax and spending feuds. President Barack Obama and lawmakers from across the political divide expressed relief over the hard-won compromise to raise the country's borrowing authority after weeks of rancorous partisan battles. Nevertheless, US stocks tumbled, turning negative for...
07:07 AM, Aug 03, 2011
Washington: Top congressional Republicans held fresh talks on Saturday with President Barack Obama to try to break a deadlock on raising the debt limit and expressed confidence that a default by the world's largest economy could be avoided. While engagement with the White House after a week of poisonous political stalemate was a step forward, a deal still seemed elusive. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, said the two...
07:17 AM, Jul 31, 2011
The Democrat-controlled Senate has just defeated a Republican plan to raise the $ 14.3 trillion debt ceiling and cut spending in USA. ...
09:39 AM, Jul 30, 2011
Washington: Democrats offered a concession on Friday seeking to forge a last-ditch compromise with Republicans to avoid a crippling default, but a bitter divide remained before Tuesday's deadline to raise the debt ceiling. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved a deficit-cutting plan and the Democratic-led Senate quickly rejected it, moves that underscored the ideological differences but also opened the way to start negotiating a deal. The back-to-back votes broke weeks...
09:13 AM, Jul 30, 2011
The Republicans and Democrats have failed to reach to a consensus on raising the debt limit. ...
09:33 PM, Jul 27, 2011
The Republicans and Democrats have failed to reach to a consensus on raising the debt limit. ...
09:33 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Washington: The impact of a failure to raise the US borrowing limit could extend beyond America's borders and damage the global economy, the chief of the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. In a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Christine Lagarde urged US political leaders to show the same "political courage" that European leaders demonstrated last week, when they agreed on several new measures to...
07:47 AM, Jul 27, 2011
Washington: The United States edged closer on Tuesday to a devastating default as Republicans and Democrats deadlocked over competing plans to raise the debt ceiling, one week before a deadline to act. President Barack Obama, in a televised address aimed at rallying public support for a package proposed by Democrats, warned that failure to increase the US borrowing limit would severely hurt the nation. "For the first time in history,...
10:47 AM, Jul 26, 2011
Washington: A last minute deal on budgetary spending between Republicans, Democrats and the White House reached late on Friday night avoided an imminent government shutdown. "In the final hours before our government would have been forced to shut down, leaders in both parties reached an agreement that will allow our small businesses to get the loans they need, our families to get the mortgages they applied for and hundreds of...
12:25 PM, Apr 09, 2011
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