House votes to end U.S. support for Yemen war, rebuffing Trump ahead of expected veto
Rejecting a plank of President Donald Trump's foreign policy, the House of Representatives on Thursday invoked never-before-used powers to demand that his administration withdraw support from the Saudi-led war in Yemen . The Senate passed the same resolution in March with bipartisan support. Trump is ...
Strong GOP opposition to Iran nuke deal makes Obama-Congress veto battle a certainty
The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress can't block the complex nuclear agreement the Obama administration announced with Iran on Tuesday, but a veto struggle is a virtual certainty as lawmakers try to undermine the deal by insisting that numerous sanctions remain in place. "I think he's going ...
Obama vetoes Republican attempt to force Keystone pipeline approval
President Barack Obama issued his third veto Tuesday to reject legislation that would allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, escalating a battle over the project with Republicans in Congress. Notice of the long-expected veto was released without fanfare via a message to the Senate ...
When President Barack Obama sits down with eight top legislators — four from each major political party — at the White House on Tuesday, there's little expectation it will bring a new era of cooperation. Republican leaders are already upset with the president for his ...
The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto the first piece of legislation introduced in the Republican-controlled Senate, a bill approving the much-delayed Canada-U.S. Keystone XL oil pipeline, in what was expected to be the first of many confrontations over energy and environmental policy. Hours ...
The government on Tuesday selected Lockheed Martin's F-35 as the Air-Self Defense Force's next-generation fighter over Boeing's F/A-18 and the Eurofighter Typhoon to replace aging F-4 fighters. Japan plans to purchase 42 F-35s, hoping that the first delivery will start in fiscal 2016 (April ...
Hitherto unknown and self-styled "loach" Yoshihiko Noda must learn to swim in an ocean of problems as Japan's new prime minister of the year. He has more than a plateful of domestic issues, but he should also realize, as his predecessors forgot, that Japan ...
