Here’s the truth: The government doesn’t shut down
By ANDREW TAYLOR Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks with reporters about the looming deadline to fund the government and the fight among House Republicans on a strategy,…
Legislature
Senate blocks Obama picks for judge, housing posts
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this May 1, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Federal Housing Finance Authority director Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., waves during the…
After unity, some Democrats push back on Obama
By JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Oct. 21, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Just two…
Air traffic control modernization hits turbulence
By JOAN LOWY An Alaska Airlines plane takes off Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The modernization of the U.S. air traffic control system, one of…
EU SPYING BACKLASH THREATENS BILLIONS IN US TRADE
By JUERGEN BAETZ FILE – This is a Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo of President Barack Obama, right, greets President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso on Barroso’s…
NYC COUNCIL VOTES TO MAKE TOBACCO-BUYING AGE 21
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE PEARSON FILE- In this March 18, 2013 file photo, cigarette packs are displayed at a convenience store in New York. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013,…
PAKISTAN: 3 PERCENT OF DRONE DEATHS WERE CIVILIANS
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and MUNIR AHMED FILE – In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit…
AFTER ‘SNAFU,’ JACKSON REPORTS TO FEDERAL PRISON
By MICHAEL TARM FILE – In this Aug. 14, 2913 file photo, former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., leaves federal court in Washington after being sentenced to 2 1/2 years…