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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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…
FAA TO WEIGH EASING LIMITS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES
By JOAN LOWY FILE – In this June 18, 2013 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Airline passengers may get some relief from restrictions…
SENATE PURSUES LAW TO LIMIT NSA SURVEILLANCE
By KIMBERLY DOZIER Senate Intelligence Committee ChairmaSen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., second from left, talks with from left, Deputy Attorney General James Cole, National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander, and…
GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS JAILED AMID RUSSIAN PROBE
By ALEXANDER ROSLYAKOV and NATALIYA VASILYEVA A police officer guards the US captain of the Greenpeace ship ‘Arctic Sunrise’, Peter Willcox in a cage in a court room in Murmansk,…
US SIGNS TREATY TO REGULATE GLOBAL ARMS TRADING
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signs the Arms Trade Treaty as Under Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Miguel Serpa Soares looks on during the 68th session of…
SENATE MOVES TOWARD TEST VOTE ON OBAMACARE
By ANDREW TAYLOR In an image made from the C-Span broadcast Senator Ted Cruz continues to speak on the floor of the U.S. Senate at 5:21 a.m. EDT Wednesday Sept.…
HEALTH CARE LAW REUNITING OBAMA, BILL CLINTON
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE FILE – In this Sept. 5, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by former President Bill Clinton are seen at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte,…