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Family of slain ICE agent filed claim with gov't
The family of an Immigration and Customs agent slain in Mexico has filed a $25 million wrongful death claim against the U.S. government. A pair of ...
Obama campaign says it expects to be outspent
President Barack Obama's campaign said Wednesday it expects the president to become the first incumbent to be outspent by his opponent, outlining the ...
Immigration suddenly roiling presidential contest
No longer a backburner issue, immigration is roiling the presidential contest as President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney seek to court the ...
Ron Paul supporters sue GOP, claiming intimidation
Supporters of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul have filed a lawsuit against the Republican National Committee and nearly every state party claiming ...
Sotomayor still getting gifts from the public
Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed Wednesday that she is still getting gifts more than two years after her confirmation as the Supreme Court's first ...
Poll: Just a third favor Obama health care law
Just a third of Americans back President Barack Obama's health care overhaul on which the Supreme Court is about to pass judgment, a new poll finds.
Florida to carry out health law if upheld by court
Florida's Republican governor — one of the staunchest opponents of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul — says his state will carry out the ...
THE RACE: Deficit panel report gets new attention
The shunned Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction report is finally getting some love: from both the Obama and Romney camps. Republican challenger Mitt ...
America, Pakistan and never having to say sorry
Say you're sorry. That's what the Pakistani government says it wants from the United States in order to jump-start a number of initiatives between the ...
Clinton to visit Russia, Syria one likely focus
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is planning to travel to Russia next week, a visit that follows recent talks between President Barack Obama ...
New Obama ads target Romney record as governor
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is running new television ads targeting Republican rival Mitt Romney's record as Massachusetts governor.
Florida Sen. Rubio keeps mum on Romney's VP search
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio isn't shedding much light on Mitt Romney's search for a running mate even after the Republican presidential candidate said ...
Romney says Michigan win would hand him presidency
Now the likely Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney was back home in Michigan on Tuesday — where, he says, the "trees are the right height.
Likelihood of contempt vote against AG rises
A Republican House committee chairman said Tuesday he is prepared to follow through on a contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder unless the ...
GOP senators won't say if Obama plan is amnesty
When it comes to President Barack Obama's new immigration policy, Senate Republicans are quite sure they don't like it. They just don't want to say ...
Lawmakers try to save stalled transportation bill
House and Senate leaders made a last-ditch effort Tuesday to revive stalled legislation to overhaul federal transportation programs — Congress' best ...
Admin. discipline recommended in Quran burning
A U.S. military investigation is recommending that as many as seven U.S. troops face administrative punishments, but not criminal charges, in the ...
On tour, a looser and largely gaffe-free Romney
The personal stories were slightly awkward. The small-town events tended toward the corny. His chats with voters were usually just a few words.
House approves waiver of border environmental laws
The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow the Border Patrol to circumvent more than a dozen environmental laws on ...
College Board sets up 857 desks on National Mall
While schools across the country are letting out this week, class is in session on the National Mall. That is where the College Board set up 857 ...
CIA releases declassified documents from 9/11 file
In the months before the terrorist attacks of September 2001, the CIA unit dedicated to hunting for Osama bin Laden complained that it was running out ...
Obama security record gives GOP few openings
President Barack Obama's not-so-secret counterterrorism fight against al-Qaida in Yemen and Somalia, the killing of Osama bin Laden and strong hints ...
Budget turnarounds: Some states socking cash away
States starting to turn the corner on their Great Recession budget woes are taking the cautious approach, socking away millions of dollars in rainy ...
Former Giffords aide sworn in as House member
Ron Barber, who almost died in the Arizona shooting that wounded former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was sworn in Tuesday as a member of the House