By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and ... More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday. The fire on a Mariner Energy ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings. The White House said in a statement that National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon would travel to ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Almost three of every 10 Wisconsin voters are expected to cast ballots in the fall primaries in 12 days – and that would be a record turnout for September. The Government Accountability Board said today that 28 percent of eligible voters are likely to cast ballots on September ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Passing food safety reform legislation this year is a "priority" for the Senate, said a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, as Congress feels pressure from consumer groups to act following the latest recall to highlight weaknesses in the system. "It has been and will continue to ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will hold a press conference on Friday, September 10, the White House said on Thursday. It also said in a statement that he would make two trips next week to talk about the economy, visiting Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday and Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday. Obama ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A last-minute change in the fall course schedule of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren has fueled speculation the White House might soon nominate her to head the newly created U.S. consumer financial agency. Harvard students enrolled in Warren's contracts class were informed that a different professor ...More
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - When President Obama comes to Milwaukee on Labor Day, one of the state’s most prominent Democrats will not be with him. The Journal Sentinel says U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will attend a pre-parade event on Monday morning at Milwaukee’s Laborfest. But he won’t ...More
MILTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - An attack on a pet dog in Milton has got a state lawmaker concerned. Assembly Democrat Kim Hixson of Whitewater says he’ll try to toughen Wisconsin’s animal mistreatment laws, after a 10-year-old Great Pyrenees named Casey was wounded by an arrow in May. It happened ...More
