G-20 OFFICIALS DECRY LACK OF GLOBAL GROWTH
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and HARRY DUNPHY U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, right, shakes hands with German’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble during a group photo of the G20 finance ministers and…
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GREECE SEALS DEAL WITH DEBT INSPECTORS
By ELENA BECATOROS IMF’s troika representative to Greece Poul Thomsen, right, speaks as Greek Financial Minister Yannis Stournaras listens during a conference on the economy in central Athens, Monday, April…
MEDICARE HIKE COULD ALSO HIT SOME IN MIDDLE CLASS
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, left, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, speaks during a news conference at the…
CRITICS REVIVE PAST PROMISES TO KNOCK OBAMA BUDGET
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER President Barack Obama, accompanied by acting Budget Director Jeffrey Zients, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday April 10, 2013, to discuss…
PROMISES, PROMISES: OBAMA KEEPS PART OF TAX PLEDGE
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER FILE – In this Oct. 6, 2011, file photo, Carol Gay, of Brick, N.J., holds a sign saying “Tax the Rich,” as several groups including the Peoples…
OBAMA AIDE: BUDGET WILL MAKE BOTH PARTIES UNHAPPY
By PHILIP ELLIOTT FILE – In this Jan. 16, 2013 file photo President Barack Obama, and White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, right, react to a reporter’s question as they…
SWEEPING ANTI-ABORTION BILL GOES TO KANSAS GOV.
By JOHN HANNA Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, right, a Stilwell Republican, watches the chamber’s electronic tally board as it approves a sweeping anti-abortion bill, Friday, April 5, 2013, at…
VETERANS FIGHT CHANGES TO DISABILITY PAYMENTS
By KEVIN FREKING In this March 24, 2013 photo, former Marine Corps Cpl. Marshall Archer, left, a veterans’ liaison for the city of Portland, Maine, speaks to a man on…