Politics

Senate leader won't weaken gun background checks
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he won't accept watered-down background checks as the price for pushing gun control legislation through the ...
Justice Department weighs in on NY stop-frisk case
The U.S. Justice Department has treaded carefully into the debate over the New York Police Department's stop, question and frisk policy, telling a ...
Rural America posts first-ever loss in population
Living in a rural Nevada town, Moe Royels recalls a more bustling time years ago when retirees poured in to enjoy the warm desert climate, nearby ...
Leaker Snowden alleges NSA hacking on China, world
For months, China has tried to turn the tables on the U.S. to counter accusations that it hacks America's computers and networks. Now, former ...
Editor says NSA leaker remains in Hong Kong
The former CIA employee who leaked top-secret information about U.S. surveillance programs remains in Hong Kong, where activists rallied in his ...
Background of Iranian presidential candidates
A look at the six candidates in Iran's presidential election Friday. Two others — parliament member Gholam Ali Haddad Adel and former Vice President ...
AZ House passes Medicaid expansion in Brewer win
The Arizona House passed an $8.8 billion state budget that includes Medicaid expansion early Thursday and puts Gov. Jan Brewer one Senate vote away ...
NSA head says spy programs thwarted terror attacks
Once-secret surveillance programs were crucial in enabling the U.S. government to thwart dozens of terrorist attacks, says the director of the ...
White House lawyer replacing retiring CIA deputy
CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell is stepping down and being replaced by White House lawyer Avril Haines, who will be the first woman to hold the ...
NSA leaker mysterious despite hours of interviews
The man who told the world about the U.S. government's gigantic data grab also talks a lot about himself. Mostly through his own words, a picture of ...
2 officers injured in Obama motorcade in Florida
Two Miami police officers were injured Wednesday while participating in President Barack Obama's motorcade in Florida, police said. Neither of the ...
'Pink slime' lawsuit heads back to state court
A federal judge on Wednesday moved a South Dakota beef processing company's defamation lawsuit against ABC News back to state court. Beef Products Inc
Obama tests political might in Boston, Miami
President Barack Obama put his second-term appeal to the test Wednesday in Boston and Florida, seeking to boost Democratic candidates as a fundraiser ...
Bloomberg pressures donors over gun control votes
Six months after the Newtown school shooting, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is stepping up his gun control campaign by asking donors not to support ...
NRA goes after Sen. Manchin over guns compromise
After years of showering U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin with stellar ratings and campaign endorsements, the National Rifle Association targeted the West ...
Fort Hood soldier accused of paying for sex
Authorities on Wednesday charged a Fort Hood sergeant with paying for sex with a soldier in a prostitution scheme allegedly arranged by a low-level ...
NSA director: Programs disrupted dozens of attacks
The director of the National Security Agency vigorously defended once-secret surveillance programs as an effective tool in keeping America safe, ...
Officials: Obama aides split on arming rebels
Despite growing alarm over the Syrian government's military advances, Obama administration officials are split over whether to arm the country's rebel ...
FEMA denies aid for Texas fertilizer plant blast
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide additional money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant ...
Border security at issue in immigration bill
Bickering across a deep divide, supporters of immigration legislation pushed back hard Wednesday against Republican demands for tougher border ...
Rail crossing stop signs faded at Md. crash site
Stop signs at a rail crossing where a train and trash truck crashed in a Baltimore suburb were faded and one was hung upside down and facing away from ...
House panel backs bill to ban later-term abortions
The House is girding for another wrenching debate on abortion after a House panel on Wednesday approved legislation that would ban almost all ...
Schools bill to give states more control
The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday finished its sweeping rewrite of No Child Left Behind that eases coast-to-coast requirements for schools ...
Judge: Supreme Court sign ban unconstitutional
In a case that could end with the Supreme Court deciding how much free speech to allow on its own doorstep, a federal judge has thrown out a law ...