WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday threatened to block votes on President Barack Obama’s nominees for CIA director and defense secretary until the administration gives more information about the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Graham and other Republican lawmakers have questioned Obama’s response to the September 11, 2012, incident in which the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – From sprucing up hiking trails to painting schools, Americans across the country, including President Barack Obama and his family, took part in a national day of service on Saturday to help kick off presidential inauguration ceremonies.

The day honors the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who famously said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” Obama will be publicly sworn in for a second term on Monday, which is also a national holiday honoring King.

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service said
it hopes to balance security with pragmatism during upcoming
inauguration festivities, making changes to prevent a repeat of
2009, when thousands of people got stuck in a tunnel and never
saw President Barack Obama’s swearing in.

Less than a week before the Jan. 21 inauguration, the Secret
Service, FBI and other law enforcement agencies said they hope
changes will improve the flow of hundreds of thousands of people
who are expected to gather on the National Mall to watch Obama
begin his second term.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government ordered a wide-ranging review of Boeing’s latest passenger jet, the 787 Dreamliner, citing concern over a fire and other recent problems but insisting the plane was still safe to fly.

It was unclear how long the review will take or how much it will ultimately cost Boeing, but the company was concerned enough that it sent a top executive to a Washington press conference on the problem. Boeing shares fell 3 percent.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Jan 11 (Reuters) – The United States
ordered a wide review of Boeing’s latest passenger jet, the 787
Dreamliner, citing “concern” over a spate of technical problems
in recent weeks.

Regulators said the Dreamliner remained safe to fly but a
thorough examination was needed to identify the root cause of
the problems including a fire on a parked 787 on Monday.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States ordered a wide review of Boeing’s latest passenger jet, the 787 Dreamliner, citing “concern” over a spate of technical problems in recent weeks.

Regulators said the Dreamliner remained safe to fly but a thorough examination was needed to identify the root cause of the problems including a fire on a parked 787 on Monday.

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The federal government on Thursday gave states another month to decide if they will operate insurance exchanges under the new U.S. healthcare law, after some Republican governors stalled in the hope President Barack Obama would lose last week’s election.

The delay was the second time in a week that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius showed flexibility on deadlines as a way to entice states to cooperate in implementing Obama’s signature domestic achievement.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Voters in Florida were still waiting to cast their ballots more than six hours after polls closed on Election Day, registered voters in Ohio were told they were not on voter rolls and new voter ID laws in Pennsylvania led to confusion at voting places.

Election Day problems have become commonplace in the United States in recent general elections. But a comment by President Barack Obama offered a glimmer of hope that problems that have dogged voting for years might finally be addressed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Voters in Florida were still waiting to cast their ballots more than six hours after polls closed on Election Day, registered voters in Ohio were told they were not on voter rolls and new voter ID laws in Pennsylvania led to confusion at voting places.

Election Day problems have become commonplace in the United States in recent general elections. But a comment by President Barack Obama offered a glimmer of hope that problems that have dogged voting for years might finally be addressed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. voters complained about erratic implementation of voter ID laws, while long lines in some battleground states and makeshift polling sites in storm-hit New York and New Jersey added to confusion in a bitterly contested presidential election.

Watchdog groups reported complaints from people turned away from polls because they did not have identification in states like Pennsylvania, where ID was not required.