ISRAELI LABOR BILL FOR SETTLERS SPARKS UPROAR
By TIA GOLDENBERG and ARON HELLER FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo Jewish settlers are seen in the unauthorized West Bank Jewish settlement of Migron. At…
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SYRIA, BUDGET AND DEBT TOP CONGRESSIONAL AGENDA
By ANDREW TAYLOR and DONNA CASSATA The Capitol is seen in Washington, early Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, as Congress considers President Barack Obama’s request for authorization of military intervention in…
CYPRUS LAWMAKERS OVERTURN BAILOUT LAW REJECTION
MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS A demonstrator, in the background, holds a portrait banner of Cuba’s revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara during an anti-bailout protest outside of the parliament in capital Nicosia, Thursday,…
MICH. LAWMAKERS GIVE FINAL OK TO EXPAND MEDICAID
By DAVID EGGERT Speaker of the House Jase Bolger watches the voting board as the Michigan House of Representatives votes on the Medicaid expansion bill Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 in…
IMMIGRATION BILL KNOT: ‘SPECIAL’ CITIZENSHIP PATH
By ERICA WERNER FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2013, file photo House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, center, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., right, and Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.,…
COLOMBIAN REBELS SUSPEND PEACE TALKS IN HAVANA
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Pablo Catatumbo, chief of the western bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, center, speaks to journalists accompanied by Ricardo Tellez, left, and Ivan…
MAYOR: NEW NYPD OVERSIGHT JEOPARDIZES CITY SAFETY
By JENNIFER PELTZ Supporters of the NYPD Oversight override vote demonstrate on the steps of City Hall Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 in New York. New York City council members say…
GOP MODERATES PUSH BACK ON TEA PARTY SPENDING CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – In this Aug. 1, 2013, file photo House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, takes questions from reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference as…