WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. government discusses reauthorizing a sweeping education law and prepares to distribute billions of stimulus dollars for school reform, state legislatures are sending it a strong message: hands off.
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – Chinese state media blasted the United States on Monday for a planned $6.4 billion arms package for Taiwan, while a U.S. official said Washington was committed to helping the island defend itself.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will seek on Monday to strike a balance between taming skyrocketing U.S. budget deficits and giving the economy a boost to ease the pain of double-digit unemployment.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will deliver remarks on the budget on Monday, the White House said on Sunday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has expanded land- and sea-based missile defense systems in and around the Gulf to counter what it sees as Iran’s growing missile threat, U.S. officials said.
Washington is expected to announce billions of dollars in space program funding Monday, but instead of going directly to NASA, the funds will likely flow to the private sector.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has been expanded land- and sea-based missile defense systems in and around the Persian Gulf to counter what it sees as Iran’s growing missile threat, U.S. officials said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will propose cutting or changing some 120 items in his budget for fiscal 2011 that will help save $20 billion this year, the White House said on Saturday.
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt China’s national security, its foreign minister said, escalating the rhetoric in a dispute threatening to deepen rifts between the world’s biggest and third-biggest economies.
AFP – China and the United States were Sunday locked in an escalating dispute over US arms sales to Taiwan, with Washington rebuffing Chinese protests and insisting the deal will add stability in the Taiwan Strait.