STUDENT LOAN COMPROMISE HEADS TOWARD FINAL VOTE
By PHILIP ELLIOTT FILE – In this July 17, 2013 file photo, House Education Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., left, followed by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif.,…
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SENATE READY FOR SHOWDOWN ON OBAMA PICK FOR ATF
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this June 11, 2013 file photo, B. Todd Jones of Minnesota, President Barack Obama’s nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms…
WEINER IN NEW NY CAMPAIGN AD: I WON’T QUIT
New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner leaves an apartment building on Park Avenue Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in New York. A poll of 446 likely Democratic voters shows Weiner…
NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL CANDIDATES WOO LATINO VOTERS
By CLAUDIA TORRENS Sandra Reyes, right, has her picture taken with mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn in New York, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Nearly a quarter of New York City residents…
DALEY MAKES CANDIDACY FOR ILL. GOVERNOR OFFICIAL
By SOPHIA TAREEN FILE – In this June 17, 2013 file photo, former White House chief of staff Bill Daley speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Daley is making…
MANNING VERDICT COULD TEST NOTION OF AIDING ENEMY
By DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEK Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, is escorted to a security vehicle outside of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Monday, July 29, 2013, after…
BLACK ITALY MINISTER DEMANDS STOP TO RACIST TAUNTS
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, Italian Senate Vice President Roberto Calderoli, left, shakes hands with Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge, inside the Senate, in Rome. Prosecutor Francesco Dettori confirmed…
OBAMA DELICATELY WADES INTO MIDEAST TALKS
By JULIE PACE Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, right, and Yitzhak Molcho, left, chief negotiator on the Israeli negotiating team with the Palestinians, arrive at the State Department in Washington,…