HO– USE GOP DISMISSES DEFAULT WARNINGS AS MORE HYPE
By DONNA CASSATA and CHARLES BABINGTON House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., left, face reporters during a news conference on Capitol…
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SHUTDOWN IMPACT: DEFENSE WORKERS RETURN TO WORK
Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle…
US PUSHES PACIFIC TRADE AGENDA DESPITE SHUTDOWN
By ELAINE KURTENBACH U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Kerry on…
HO– USE HARD-LINERS STAND UNITED IN BUDGET SHOWDOWN
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this Oct. 29, 2012 file photo, then-Republican House candidate, now, Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks in Claremore, Okla. Hard-line House conservatives are demanding concessions…
PELOSI: REPUBLICANS CAN’T EVEN TALK TO THEMSELVES
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference about the ongoing budget fight, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The government limped into…
US: DETROIT EX-MAYOR SHOULD GET 28 YEARS IN PRISON
By ED WHITE FILE – In this May 25, 2010 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits at his sentencing in Wayne County Circuit Court on an obstruction-of-justice conviction.…
POLICE SHOOT DRIVER OUTSIDE CAPITOL AFTER CHASE
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and LAURIE KELLMAN This view from the Russell Senate Office Building shows police converging on the scene of a shooting on Constitution Avenue on Capitol Hill near…
REP. DUFFY OF WISCONSIN ASSAULTED OUTSIDE CAPITOL
FILE – In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis. right, accompanied by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.N.C., center, and others, gestures as he speaks during a news…