Senate votes on small changes to int'l food aid
The Senate on Monday voted to make modest changes to the way international food aid is delivered, a much scaled-back version of an overhaul proposed ...
White House promises veto of GOP spending plan
The White House stepped in Monday with a veto threat against a House GOP plan to advance a round of 2014 spending bills that would ease ...
Obama calls for end to mental illness stigma
President Barack Obama said Monday that he wants to end the stigma of mental illness and enrolled the star power of actors Bradley Cooper and Glenn ...
GOP replacement for NJ's Lautenberg not assured
Gov. Chris Christie is perhaps the nation's highest-profile Republican — but that's no guarantee the seat held by the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg will ...
House GOP defense bill blocks Guantanamo closing
Rebuffing President Barack Obama's latest plea, House Republicans on Monday proposed keeping open the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by ...
China skeptical of expanded US role in the Pacific
A Chinese military leader on Saturday pointedly questioned the expanded U.S. role in the Pacific after the Pentagon chief said he hoped for better ...
'The perfect poison': Ricin used in 3 recent cases
The key ingredient — castor beans — is easy to find. Crude instructions for extracting the lethal poison in them can be found on the Internet. And it ...
Mitchell says Penn State acting 'in good faith'
The latest report from the independent monitor of Penn State's adherence to NCAA sanctions paints a positive picture of how the school is progressing ...
McCain: Syrian rebels need heavy weapons
Syrian rebels battling the forces of President Bashar Assad must receive ammunition and heavy weapons to counter the regime's tanks and aircraft or ...
A respite for Medicare; Social Security no worse
Medicare's long-term health is starting to look a little better, the government said Friday, but both Social Security and Medicare are still wobbling ...
Obama: Student loan increase like $1,000 tax hike
President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to prevent student loan rates from doubling in a month, prompting a fight with House Republicans who ...
NYC police: Notes to Obama, mayor had gun threats
A suspicious letter mailed to the White House and intercepted this week was similar to two threatening, poison-laced letters on the gun law debate ...
Obama's likely pick to head FBI widely praised
Republicans said Thursday they see no major obstacles to Senate confirmation of James Comey, the former deputy attorney general in the Bush ...
RI Gov. Chafee, once independent, joins Democrats
Long before he was a Republican U.S. senator, the nation's only independent governor or a newly minted Democrat eyeing a second term, Lincoln Chafee ...
Ohio congressmen on IRS: 'How high up did it go?'
A Republican senator and a congressman from Ohio said Wednesday night that the key question about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of ...
In Chicago, Obama rallies Dems and donors for 2014
Returning to the town that launched his political career, President Barack Obama gave a boost Wednesday to Democrats chasing control of the House, ...
Independent RI Gov. Chafee, ex-GOP, to become Dem
Independent Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is joining the Democratic Party ahead of his 2014 bid for a second term, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, ...
Developer guilty of illegal contributions to Reid
A Nevada powerbroker who headed a billion-dollar real estate company and pulled the strings of state politics as a prominent lobbyist for more than ...
Michele Bachmann to leave House after fourth term
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday that her fourth term in Congress will be her last, choosing to leave on her own terms after a ...
Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes
The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some ...
Partisan showdown looms over DC circuit nominees
A partisan showdown is looming over what is known as the nation's second-highest court, with President Barack Obama poised to nominate as many as ...
McCain pushes for greater US help to Syrian rebels
Sen. John McCain on Tuesday praised the "brave fighters" battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad and renewed his call for the Obama ...
Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum
The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to simplify U.S. tax laws — a code that is so ...
AP Exclusive: Boxer wants probe on troubled plant
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer wants the Justice Department to investigate if California utility executives deceived federal regulators about an equipment ...
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