Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls
A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter ...
GOP's Rand Paul raises profile with eye on 2016
Sen. Rand Paul is doing much more than "considering" running for president. The Kentucky Republican is clearing a path to seek the 2016 Republican ...
GOP boycotts health care advisory board
House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board ...
Republicans boycott committee vote on EPA nominee
Senate Republicans boycotted Thursday a scheduled committee vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
Democrats: No scandal in Benghazi deaths
Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya ...
For many Republicans, immigration is risky subject
Rodney Vandenberg was the first to greet Republican Sen. Deb Fischer when she dropped by the Falls City's Chamber of Commerce office last week.
Former US official describes Libya attack
A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the U.S.
House Dems, Obama hash out to-do list over dinner
The top Democratic leaders in the House hashed out their to-do list Wednesday at a suppertime powwow with President Barack Obama. At an upscale hotel ...
Pakistan's ruling party struggles in election
The campaign posters for the Pakistan People's Party show both why it has been so popular for so long and why it's in trouble ahead of this Saturday's ...
GOP: Stronger borders or immigration bill will die
Landmark immigration legislation is doomed to fail in Congress unless border-security provisions are greatly strengthened, Republican senators bluntly ...
Pelosi, top House Dems to dine with Obama
The White House says President Barack Obama has invited House Democratic leaders to dinner Wednesday at a hotel near the White House. House Minority ...
Pakistan's minorities have no faith in democracy
In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under ...
Study sets off immigration bill squabble
A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people ...
GOP seeks alternative to overtime pay
It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay.
Mass. GOP candidate Gomez on his own for now
Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez is on his own — at least for now. National Republican allies, conservative activists and major GOP donors ...
Heritage: Immigration bill costs $6.3 trillion
The conservative Heritage Foundation is claiming in a new report that bipartisan immigration legislation pending in the Senate would cost taxpayers $6
Blasts in Pakistan port city kill 3 ahead of vote
Two blasts in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi killed three people near the office of a political party critical of the Taliban, a police officer ...
South Carolina center stage in early 2016 talk
Mere months after the 2012 election, South Carolina is a buzz of political activity with a slate of potential presidential candidates already looking ...
Cruz urges GOP to work together for Senate control
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is urging Republicans to work together to help the party take back the Senate next year, telling South Carolina Republicans that, ...
Biden in SC: Republicans are down on America
Vice President Joe Biden is scolding Republicans in Congress, telling Democrats in South Carolina that the new Republican Party is down on America.
Israeli ultra-Orthodox party reinstates leader
A spokesman for Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party says it has reinstated Arieh Deri as party leader. Deri last held the post in 1999, the year he was ...
GOP senator wants info on student in Boston case
A top Republican senator asked the Obama administration Thursday to explain how a student from Kazakhstan charged with trying to help get rid of ...
Local setbacks vex GOP governors eyeing 2016 race
Republican governors are often seen as innovative policymakers and potential presidential candidates, but a few are struggling with political or ...
Dems have edge in sprint to Mass. special election
National Republicans cheered former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez's Massachusetts primary victory, but Democratic Congressman Ed Markey enjoys tremendous ...
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