COUNTDOWN: GOP UNITY FRAYS AS SHUTDOWN GROWS NEAR
By DAVID ESPO Speaker of the House John Boehner, R- Ohio, pauses during a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting about the ongoing budget fight on Capitol Hill…
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KEEP THE IRAN SANCTIONS, NETANYAHU URGES OBAMA
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30,…
SUDAN POLICE FIRE ON FUNERAL MARCH, WITNESSES SAY
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Sudanese men pray over the body of Salah Sanhory, 26, who was killed on Friday Sept. 27, 2013 by security forces, during his funeral in Khartoum, Sudan,…
SPIN METER: VIOLENT RHETORIC SEEN IN BUDGET FIGHTS
By JOSH LEDERMAN Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas leave the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Ask top Democrats, and they’ll say Republicans are acting like arsonists, anarchists, and people…
SHUTDOWN THREAT PUTS HEAT ON HO– USE GOP
By ANDREW TAYLOR Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., right, arrive for the Senate to vote on a bill to fund the government, but stripped of…
US, ALLIES SEE CHANCE TO RESOLVE IRAN NUKE IMPASSE
By MATTHEW LEE and LARA JAKES CORRECTS DATE TO THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 2013 FROM WEDNESDAY – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif…
REPORT PONDERS: HOW SENSITIVE IS CLIMATE TO CO2?
By KARL RITTER FILE – In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo smoke billows from chimneys of the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China.…
IRAN CHIDES ISRAEL FOR NOT SIGNING NUCLEAR TREATY
By MATTHEW LEE and LARA JAKES Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves the podium after speaking at a meeting on nuclear disarmament during the 68th session of the General Assembly at…