Senate bill would double veterans’ health spending
By MATTHEW DALY FILE – This June 10, 2014, file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaking to reporters about veterans health care on Capitol Hill in…
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Emboldened after Cantor, tea party crows
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and PHILIP ELLIOTT Dave Brat smiles after defeating Republican Congressman Eric Cantor in the Republican primary for the 7th Congressional District in Virginia on Tuesday, June…
Senate Republicans block student loan bill
By ERICA WERNER Rebecca Jasen, of Amherst, N.Y., attends a Tumblr forum where President Barack Obama answered questions from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday,…
Congress, FBI moving on VA health care
By MATTHEW DALY Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, after a Democratic caucus lunch. Responding to the…
US SUSPECT POSSIBLY TARGETED FOR DRONE ATTACK
By KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. An American…
OBAMA: SEX ASSAULT AN AFFRONT TO DECENCY, HUMANITY
By NEDRA PICKLER FILE – In this Jan. 17, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the Justice Department in Washington. President Barack Obama is launching an initiative to…
OBAMA CONVENES COLLEGE LEADERS ON EXPANDING ACCESS
President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and jobs and manufacturing, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) WASHINGTON (AP) — President…
FIRST LADY WON’T RULE OUT PLASTIC SURGERY, BOTOX
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE FILE – In this May 13, 2009, file photo, first lady Michelle Obama hugs a third grade student at Ferebee-Hope Community School in southeast Washington. The nation’s…