OBAMA SIGNING FARM BILL THAT TRIMS FOOD STAMPS
By NEDRA PICKLER In this June 23, 2012 photo, Michigan State University professor of entomology Rufus Isaacs, left, talks to visitors at Bee-Palooza event in East Lansing, Mich. When President…
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VATICAN BANK ADMITS WIDOWS FELL VICTIM TO GLITCH
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this Monday, June 10, 2013 file photo, Ernst von Freyberg, president of the Vatican Bank I.O.R. (Istituto per le Opere Religiose), talks with the…
FOR GOVERNORS WITH AN EYE ON 2016, A KEY SPEECH
By KEN THOMAS and SCOTT BAUER FILE – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker acknowledges guests during his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature in the…
ANALYSIS: CONGRESS AIMS TO FIX BUSTED BUDGETING
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – This Jan. 25, 1988 file photo shows President Ronald Reagan holding up 14-pound continuing resolution for the budget, part of a total package weighing 43-pounds,…
TRANSPORTATION SEC’Y UPBEAT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE
By JOAN LOWY Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Transportation Department in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Americans spend a total of…
NEW NYC MAYOR SEEKS TO ADVANCE LIBERAL AGENDA
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – In this Dec. 5, 2013 file photo, William Bratton, left, speaks while New York Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio looks on during a news conference in…
LIZ CHENEY DROPS BID TO UNSEAT WYOMING SEN. ENZI
By DONNA CASSATA and MEAD GRUVER FILE – In this July 17, 2013 file photo, Liz Cheney speaks during a campaign appearance in Casper, Wyo. Published reports citing anonymous GOP…
SPEAKER BOEHNER ENDS ROUGH YEAR ON A HIGH NOTE
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this Sept. 3, 2013, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens as President Barack Obama speaks to media in the Cabinet Room…