Obama locking up votes in Senate for Iran nuclear deal
By ERICA WERNER President Barack Obama is just one Senate vote shy of being able to declare success on the Iran nuclear deal and cement a foreign policy legacy. Senate…
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China probing brokers, regulators for possible stock crimes
By JOE McDONALD Employees of one of China’s biggest securities firms and one current and one former employee of its market regulator are under investigation on suspicion of illegal stock…
Obama can do Iran nuclear deal even if Congress disapproves
By DEB RIECHMANN The September vote on the Iran nuclear deal is billed as a titanic standoff between President Barack Obama and Congress. Yet even if lawmakers reject the agreement,…
Israeli force-feeding law pits doctors against state
By MIRIAM BERGER Hospital-bound and shackled, Palestinian detainee Mohammed Allan was 60 days into his hunger strike, launched in protest of his detention without charge in an Israeli jail, when…
In split with Obama, Sen. Chuck Schumer opposes Iran deal
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat expected to be the party’s next leader in the Senate, said he will oppose the Iran nuclear deal in spite…
Russia marks 1 year of sanctions by destroying Western food
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russia marked the one-year anniversary of its ban on Western agricultural products Thursday with an effort to destroy contraband food, a move that has raised controversy amid…
Dems still weighing Iran nuclear deal, but happy with Obama outreach
By DEB RIECHMANN Determined to secure support for the Iran nuclear deal, President Barack Obama is making inroads with a tough constituency — his fellow Democrats in Congress. A handful…
Transportation Chief: 5 Airlines probed for price-gouging
By Joan Lowy Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Friday the government has opened a price-gouging investigation involving five airlines that allegedly raised airfares in the Northeast after a deadly Amtrak…