Deep divide in Congress over domestic food aid
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm ...
INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration
To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is ...
House panel OKs farm bill with food stamp cuts
The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. The panel ...
Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire
One after another, the charges have tumbled out — allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders ...
APNewsBreak: Mailbox bomb suspect to face hearing
More than a decade after a string of mailbox bombings injured people in Midwestern states, a judge will reconsider whether the former college student ...
Egyptian judges suspend talks with president
In the judiciary's latest face-off with Egypt's Islamist rulers, the country's top council of judges decided Wednesday to suspend its participation ...
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 ...
House panel boosts veterans spending
With no broader budget deal in sight, a key House panel responsible for implementing sweeping cuts to agency budgets moved Wednesday to exempt ...
Longer US white majority if immigration slows
Without increased immigration, whites would lose their U.S. majority in 2046, three years beyond official projections, and the nation's population ...
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 votes to extend federal water projects law
The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law, which promotes investment in ...
Senate panel approves massive farm bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for ...
Gov't probe obtains wide swath of AP phone records
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news ...
France approves major labor reform package
France's parliament has passed a package of significant labor reforms Tuesday that the government hopes will help halt rising unemployment and ...
Minn. governor to sign bill allowing gay marriage
With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do ...
Vt. poised to allow lethal meds for terminally ill
Vermont is poised to join three other states permitting doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients after the state ...
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.
Future of house where Ohio victims held debated
An imposing, 10-foot privacy fence has been erected to guard the home of Cleveland rape and kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro, with windows and doors ...
Huge drug cost disparities seen in health overhaul
Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you ...
Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week ...
Pro-Berlusconi rally in Italy draws cheers, jeers
Thousands of supporters of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi rallied in a northern Italian city Saturday to protest the media mogul's recent conviction ...
Anti-militias protesters attacked in Libya
Scores of Libyan militiamen descended on rally in the nation's capital, Tripoli, kicking and beating protesters who had taken to the streets Friday ...
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