President Barack Obama encouraging family-friendly work policies
By NEDRA PICKLER FILE – In this Oct. 27, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama, second from left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Malia, left, and…
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Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair reduced 2 grades in sex misconduct case
By LOLITA C. BALDOR FILE – This March 19, 2014 file photo shows Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair at Fort Bragg, N.C. The Army is stripping a brigadier general at the…
Reid pulls spending bill after spat with GOP
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – This June 10, 2014 file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate’s top Democrat has…
Obama sending military advisers to Iraq
By LARA JAKES and JULIE PACE President Barack Obama meets with, from left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Senate Majority Leader Harry…
A divided House GOP ready to pick new leaders
By ALAN FRAM House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif. leaves a Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, as candidates vying for House GOP…
CIA facing gaps in Iraq as it hunts for militants
By KEN DILANIAN and JULIE PACE FILE – In this Monday, June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they carry al-Qaida…
US seizes Benghazi suspect in deadly Libya attack
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and NANCY BENAC President Barack Obama speaks about the capture of Libyan militant suspected of killing Americans in Benghazi, during his visit to TechShop in Pittsburgh,…
Miss. GOP senator seeking union and black support
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS FILE – This May 14, 2014, file photo shows Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., arriving for a vote at the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.…