House immigration group reaches a deal
A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of ...
Subpoena of AP records revives media shield bill
The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from ...

Tea party groups call IRS process 'nightmare'
Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ...

GOP, Dems challenge Holder over subpoenas to AP
Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department's handling of the ...

Holder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records
Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The ...
Correction: Immigration story
In a story May 14 about a Senate immigration bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported that two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers entered the U.S
Senate Dem revives media shield law
A top Senate Democrat plans to revive legislation that would protect journalists and their employers from revealing their sources, days after it was ...

High-tech pushes for more in immigration bill
High-tech companies looking to bring more skilled workers to the U.S. pushed Monday for more concessions in an immigration bill pending in the Senate.

Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests
The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning ...
Senators seek ban on renting recalled vehicles
Rental companies would be barred from leasing or selling vehicles to consumers that are under a manufacturer's recall until the defect is fixed under ...

Study: Immigration bill would help Social Security
A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and ...
Gay rights plan seen as threat to immigration bill
Religious leaders said Wednesday that adding a gay rights proposal to immigration legislation could risk their support for the bill, setting up a ...
New efforts to curb cellphone theft
Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless ...

Piece-by-piece on immigration in House
House Republicans will tackle the immigration issue in bite-size pieces, shunning pressure to act quickly and rejecting the comprehensive approach ...

Napolitano: Immigration bill would boost security
Sweeping immigration legislation would improve U.S. security by helping authorities to know who is in the country, Homeland Security Secretary Janet ...

Feds delay policy to allow small knives on planes
Airline passengers will have to leave their knives at home after all. And their bats and golf clubs. A policy change scheduled to go into effect this ...

Supporters: Don't link immigration bill to Boston
Democratic supporters of a new immigration bill accused opponents Monday of trying to "exploit" the Boston Marathon bombings to hold up the ...
Immigration senators: Boston no excuse to nix bill
Two senators who helped write bipartisan immigration legislation say the Boston Marathon bombings should expedite an overhaul of the current system.

Boston bombings shadow immigration bill
The Boston Marathon bombings cast a shadow Friday over the start of debate on legislation to remake the U.S. immigration system, as some Republicans ...

Senators unveil sweeping immigration bill
Four Democratic and four Republican senators formally unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday at a news conference attended by traditional ...
Intense reaction as immigration bill filed
The formal introduction of a bipartisan Senate immigration bill is sparking intense debate on Capitol Hill and beyond, as lawmakers and groups on all ...
Fearing abuse, FDA blocks generic OxyContin
Federal health regulators will require generic versions of the best-selling painkiller OxyContin to include recent formulation changes designed to ...

Criticism of immigration bill from left and right
To some conservatives, it's amnesty. To some immigration advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive. The Senate's new bipartisan immigration bill drew ...

Senate plans background check vote Wednesday
The Senate set a long-awaited vote for Wednesday on a bipartisan plan for expanding background checks to more firearms buyers, with supporters facing ...
Senators plan to unveil immigration bill this week
A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would put the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally on a 13-year path to U.S. citizenship that would ...