NC REPUBLICANS VOW TO FIGHT US DOJ OVER VOTER LAWS
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and PETE YOST FILE – In a June 30, 1982 file photo, President Ronald Reagan signs an expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Bill during a ceremony…
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SOUTHERN STATES ARE MOVING TO TIGHTEN VOTING RULES
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK FILE – This June 25, 2013, file photo shows representatives from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund standing outside the Supreme Court in Washington, awaiting a decision…
SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION AT ILLINOIS SENTENCING
By MICHAEL TARM Former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers speaks at a news conference after being sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in a Chicago federal courtroom. Beavers, 78, was…
SCALIA EXPECTS NSA WIRETAPS TO END UP IN COURT
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia makes gestures as he speaks at the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s (NVTC) Titans breakfast gathering in McLean, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013.…
CRUZ, LEE PLAN ON ‘OBAMACARE’ UNNERVES SOME IN GOP
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this July 24, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cruz says he will fight “with every breath”…
BANGLADESH OPPOSITION PROTESTS WAR CRIMES VERDICT
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi social activists shout slogans during a rally against a strike called by Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The Jamaat-e-Islami…
ARGENTINA APPROVES NEW SOVEREIGN DEBT SWAP
FILE – In this March 1, 2013 file photo, lawmakers attend the inauguration of the new legislative session at Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina’s Congress approved a plan late…
SYRIAN REBELS BLAST RUSSIAN OFFER ON CHEMICAL ARMS
By BASSEM MROUE In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian government solider aims his weapon during clashes with Free Syrian…