Close vote seen on background checks on gun buyers
A bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Republican and the potential support of a second ...
Sen. Rubio says immigration deal needs tough terms
A bipartisan deal on immigration legislation would need tough enforcement and even stricter penalties for those who came to the United States ...
APNewsBreak: Immigration bill could exclude many
Bipartisan immigration legislation emerging in the Senate could prevent hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. illegally from ever becoming ...
Gun control bill clears its first hurdle in Senate
Congress' most serious gun-control effort in years cleared its first hurdle Thursday as the Senate pushed past conservatives' attempted blockade under ...
Fox removes Coulter column with McCain reference
The Fox Nation website has removed a column by conservative commentator Ann Coulter because it had a reference to killing the daughter of Sen.
Critics revive past promises to knock Obama budget
Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his ...
Tentative farm workers deal in immigration talks
A tentative deal has been reached between agriculture workers and growers, a key senator said Tuesday, smoothing the way for a landmark immigration ...
Senate showdown vote on gun curbs set for Thursday
The Senate's top Democrat has set Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting ...
North Korea urges foreigners to vacate South Korea
Scores of North Koreans of all ages planted trees as part of a forestation campaign — armed with shovels, not guns. In the evening, women in ...
Admiral says US ready if North Korea strikes
U.S. defenses could intercept a ballistic missile launched by North Korea if it decides to strike, the top American military commander in the Pacific ...
Raucous debate on immigration to get under way
Senators writing a comprehensive immigration bill hope to finish their work this week, opening what's sure to be a raucous public debate over measures ...
Senators work on deal expanding background checks
Talks between two influential senators have emerged as the most promising route for a bipartisan breakthrough on expanding federal background checks ...
Dem, GOP senators work on background check deal
Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background checks on firearms sales to include gun shows ...
US preparing for possible further NKorea actions
The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" ...
Church: Pastor Rick Warren's son commits suicide
The 27-year-old son of popular evangelical Pastor Rick Warren has committed suicide at his Southern California home, Warren's church and authorities ...
Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security
Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as ...
Republicans push for hearings on immigration bill
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused their GOP colleagues working on a bipartisan immigration bill of operating in secret, saying in ...
Can GOP win without Hispanics? Look at Arizona
On the political map of the Southwest, Arizona stands out. Most of its neighbors — California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada — are ...
US Senators McCain, Whitehouse visit Mali
United States Sens. John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse arrived in Mali's capital, Bamako, Tuesday for a two-day visit to assess the country's battle ...
Rubio claims pivot point on immigration overhaul
Whatever immigration deal might be claimed by labor and business, or by Democrats and Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is serving notice it ...
Senators caution immigration deal not final
Even with one of the largest hurdles to an immigration overhaul overcome, optimistic lawmakers on Sunday cautioned they had not finished work on a ...
Business, labor get deal on worker program
Big business and labor have struck a deal on a new low-skilled worker program, removing the biggest hurdle to completion of sweeping immigration ...
Budget cuts border security, immigrant detention
Marco Antonio Durazo had been awaiting deportation from an Arizona detention center for six months when an officer came to get him from his cell.
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