Democrats poised to filibuster stopgap funding measure
The Senate was poised to vote on legislation that would keep the government open beyond next Wednesday’s deadline, but at a price Democrats are certain to reject: stripping taxpayer money…
Government finance
Obama to discuss budget priorities with Democratic leaders
By KEVIN FREKING The Democratic leaders of the House and Senate plan to huddle with President Barack Obama on Thursday to discuss strategy as Congress prepares for some momentous decisions…
No checks, please: IRS no longer takes checks for $100M
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Owe the tax man $100 million or more? Your check is no good at the IRS. Starting next year, the IRS says it will reject all checks…
House chairman: Planned Parenthood probe protects taxpayers
By ALAN FRAM The chairman of a House committee investigating Planned Parenthood says the probe will protect taxpayers from financing the kind of “horrors” that were suggested by secretly recorded…
Austrian leader say accept migrants or pay
By The Associated Press The latest news as countries across Europe cope with the arrival of thousands of migrants and refugees. All times local (CET): 2:30 p.m. Austrian Chancellor Werner…
The Latest: Italy retrieves 60 bodies from April disaster
By The Associated Press The latest news as countries across Europe cope with the arrival of thousands of migrants and refugees. All times local (CET): 1:30 p.m. Two Italian navy…
Fired regulator: Brown pushed to waive oil safeguards.
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER California’s top oil and gas regulators repeatedly warned Gov. Jerry Brown’s senior aides in 2011 that the governor’s orders to override key safeguards in granting oil industry…
A look at recent politically tainted trials in Russia
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA The guilty verdict Tuesday for Crimean filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in a Russian maximum-security prison for an alleged terror conspiracy,…