For Congress in 2015, GOP upheaval overshadows legislating
By ALAN FRAM It was the first year of Barack Obama’s two presidential terms when the GOP ran both the House and Senate. That meant a blend of compromise and…
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Education, transportation highlight 2015 in Congress
By MATTHEW DALY In a chaotic year, when Republicans in the House unseated a speaker, Congress produced a significant amount of bipartisan legislation that affects every American. It enacted laws…
Congress set for year-end push on tax, spending compromise
By ALAN FRAM Congressional leaders are girded to push a Christmas compromise on tax cuts and spending through the House and Senate by week’s end after Republicans and Democrats reached…
Rupert Murdoch’s UK papers won’t face phone hacking charges
By JILL LAWLESS More than four years after revelations of tabloid phone hacking shocked Britain, prosecutors said Friday that the criminal investigation is over, ruling out corporate prosecution of Rupert…
Report cites 241 close encounters between pilots, drones
By JOAN LOWY There have been at least 241 reports of close encounters between drones and manned aircraft that meet the government’s definition of a near midair collision, including 28…
Middle East grows wary of Trump, despite ventures in region
By JON GAMBRELL and ADAM SCHRECK DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Donald Trump’s call to keep Muslims from traveling to the United States is causing dismay among business leaders…
Thousands march in new anti-government rally in South Korea
\By KIM TONG-HYUNG Thousands of South Koreans, many wearing masks, marched in Seoul on Saturday against conservative President Park Geun-hye, who had compared masked protesters to terrorists after clashes with…
Trump picked stock fraud felon as senior adviser
By JEFF HORWITZ Donald Trump tapped a man to be a senior business adviser to his real-estate empire even after the man’s past involvement in a major Mafia-linked stock fraud…