Janet Yellen meets with conservatives
“Chair Yellen was engaged, gracious and asked key questions,” Steve Lonegan, the director of monetary policy at the American Principles in Action who organized the meeting, told CNN after the…
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Ignatius Press Catholic Publisher Claims Book Thief Stole Books From Bishops’ Vatican Mailboxes
A whodunit is making the rounds at the Vatican. The publisher of a book on traditional Catholic marriage is crying foul, saying someone apparently swiped upward of 100 copies of…
House Republicans Not Ready To Cave On DHS Funding
WASHINGTON — House Republicans inched closer to embracing a stopgap measure to prevent a Department of Homeland Security shutdown on Thursday, a day before the agency runs out of money….
Greek Leader Criticized On Austerity Concessions
Greece’s prime minister held a marathon meeting with his party’s lawmakers Wednesday, briefing them on pledges made to European creditors to win a four-month extension of the country’s bailout amid…
Obama Tells Advocates He’s Still Committed To Immigration Actions
WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama’s immigration policies face threats from Congress and the courts, he met Wednesday with advocates to assure them he isn’t going to bend on deportation…
Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad Meets With French Lawmakers
DAMASCUS, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met on Wednesday with French parliamentarians, the first such meeting since France closed its embassy in 2012 and announced that Syria’s…
Bob Goodlatte Seemed ‘Remarkably Open’ To Criminal Justice Reform At White House Meeting
The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee was “remarkably open to many aspects of criminal justice reform” during a White House meeting on Tuesday, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) told…
FIFA Group Proposes Shifting 2022 World Cup in Qatar to End of Year
FIFA’s scheduling committee formally recommended on Tuesday what most had been expecting for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: moving the soccer tournament from the summer to the cooler months,…
Yemeni President Is Taking Steps to Resume Duties
ADEN — Yemen’s president sought to resume his duties as head of state on Sunday, holding his first public meeting with state officials since he fled house arrest by the…
Kasich: Obama should have coffee with Netanyahu
READ: Majority of Americans oppose Netanyahu invite “The guy, you know, has been invited to come speak to Congress. Let him speak, and the President can have a meeting with…
First peek into secretive European Central Bank meetings show division over massive stimulus program
Many outside observers were expecting more fireworks from these meeting notes. Overall, they were considered relatively tame, though experts looked closely at the points of disagreement. It was reported by…
Obama Outlines Programs to Counter Lure of Extremist Groups Like ISIS
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday outlined his administration’s efforts to counter what he calls “violent extremism” in a speech to law enforcement, community and religious leaders gathered to discuss…
Fed Officials Sound Cautious Note on Raising Interest Rates
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is not sounding as if it is ready to raise its benchmark interest rate in June. Fed officials at their most recent policy-making meeting in…
Obama summit aims to battle extremists, Islamic and otherwise
But in planning and describing the event, starting Tuesday in Washington, the White House has consistently avoided naming Islamic extremism as its central focus, and officials say the meeting isn’t…
As Eurozone Finance Ministers Meet About Greece, Compromise May Be Elusive
BRUSSELS — German and Greek officials traded barbed remarks ahead of a meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Monday, signaling how difficult it may be to resolve the latest crisis…
Accidentally Meeting ‘The One’ In Real Life Is Anything But Cute, According To This Hilarious Skit
The “meet cute”: that moment in movies when a person meets “The One,” and the whole saccharine-sweet exchange is so darn adorable. But what works in movies doesn’t usually work…
Shooting At Copenhagen Free Speech Event, Danish Media Reports
Danish media say several shots have been fired at a cafe in Copenhagen where a meeting about freedom of speech was being held, organized by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who…
Debbie Harrie, Laurie Anderson, Patti Smith Lead A Women-Centric Tibet House Benefit
“I saw Laurie Anderson in Germany once, leaving a hotel with Lou Reed,” Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne recounted in a phone interview this week. “I’ve never seen her play…
Greek Debt Standoff Awaits a Decisive Move
Seated in a wheelchair awaiting him was Germany’s dour and all-powerful finance chief, Wolfgang Schäuble. The personification of fiscal discipline, Mr. Schauble was flanked by several officials, dossiers at the…
Agreement on Ukraine Cease-Fire Deal Is Reported
MOSCOW — Negotiators meeting in Minsk, Belarus, reached a tentative deal for a cease-fire in Ukraine on Tuesday night, setting the stage for a meeting of the leaders of Russia,…
Teen With Cancer Missed Meeting His Favorite YouTuber — Until This Happened
When YouTuber Yousef Erakat heard one of his fans had to miss out on meeting him because of a chemo treatment, he decided to bring the meet and greet to…
World Leaders Aim To Hold Ukraine Summit In Minsk Wednesday
The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine aim to hold a summit in Minsk this week as they try to stem fighting in eastern Ukraine, officials said Sunday. The…
Would Sitting In A Fun Swing Make Your Stupid Meetings Less Boring?
It’s hard to imagine that any meeting using The King Arthur Round Table could be dull. Even if the people were dull, and the subject was dull. Read the whole…
Obama Promises Dreamers He Won’t Back Down
WASHINGTON — As lawsuits and congressional Republicans aim to take down President Barack Obama’s programs to aid young undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. for years, he told…
Coast Guard Rescues Dog From Icy Waters In Michigan
The morning meeting at the Frankfort Coast Guard station in Michigan was interrupted on Tuesday when someone noticed a dog plunge into the icy waters of a channel between Lake…
‘Star Wars’ standalone movie may star Felicity Jones
Actresses were meeting, reading and testing last week in Los Angeles for the role, with Tatiana Maslany and Rooney Mara among those in the mix. The secrecy surrounding the project…
Celtic gives Rangers Old Firm blues
Read: Old Firm re-united It was the 400th competitive meeting, but first since April 2012, shortly before cash-strapped Rangers was liquidated and forced to re-form as a new entity in…
Novak Djokovic Beats Stan Wawrinka to Advance to Australian Open Final
MELBOURNE, Australia — Sequels can be irresistible. A cast with great chemistry reprising beloved roles in a similar setting is often a formula for entertainment, if not duplication of the…
China Warns Against 'Western Values' in Imported Textbooks
Today, however, Mr. Li’s work might be considered dabbling in subversion. This week, China’s ideological drive against Western liberal ideas broadened to take in a new target: foreign textbooks. Meeting…
St. Louis City Hall Meeting Reportedly Interrupted By Brawl
A brawl broke out at a St. Louis City Hall meeting on civilian oversight of police on Wednesday night, according to reports from the scene. Meeting on proposed civilian oversight…