SENATE’S LEADER REID IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION
By LAURIE KELLMAN Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is surrounded by reporters after talking about the final work of the Senate as the legislative year nears to a close, at…
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INDIAN OFFICIAL: DIPLOMAT’S ARREST IN NYC BARBARIC
Indian police remove barricades that had been erected as a safety measure outside the main entrance of U.S Embassy, reportedly in retaliation to the alleged mistreatment of New York-based Indian…
AP-GFK POLL: HEALTH LAW SEEN AS ERODING COVERAGE
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA FILE – In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the new health care law during a…
BUDGET DEAL MAY SIGNAL ERA OF TINY ACHIEVEMENTS
By CHARLES BABINGTON FILE – In this Oct. 4, 2013 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, is joined by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, during a news…
NKOREAN OFFICIAL: PURGE WON’T HURT ECONOMIC POLICY
By ERIC TALMADGE Yun Yong Sok, a senior official in North Korea’s State Economic Development Committee, speaks inside a conference room in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013.…
UNCLE ROSE WITH NKOREAN LEADER BEFORE BRUTAL FALL
By JEAN H. LEE FILE – In this Feb. 16, 2012 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks past his uncle Jang Song Thaek, left, after reviewing a…
PUTIN ANNOUNCES CRACKDOWN ON OFFSHORE COMPANIES
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a state of the nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) MOSCOW (AP) — Russian…
HO– USE REPUBLICANS SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR BUDGET DEAL
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters’ questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec.…