BOEHNER’S JAM: CAUCUS LOVES BUT WON’T FOLLOW HIM
By CHARLES BABINGTON Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to the chamber for the vote on a Senate-passed bill that would avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen…
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DEMOCRAT BOOKER WINS US SENATE ELECTION IN NJ
By KATIE ZEZIMA and GEOFF MULVIHILL Newark Mayor Cory Booker talks to supporters during an election night victory party after winning a special election for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Oct.…
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO LOOK AT MO. SEX ASSAULT CASE
By BILL DRAPER Melinda Coleman listens to a question during an interview in her home in Albany, Mo., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Coleman says justice was denied when charges were…
FOOL’S ERRAND OR HEROIC STAND? GOP ON CRUZ, LEE
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters waiting outside a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans as news emerged that leaders reached a last-minute agreement to avert a…
BOOKER’S CAMPAIGN PATH BUMPIER THAN ANTICIPATED
By KATIE ZEZIMA and STEVE PEOPLES In this Oct. 9, 2013, photo. Senate candidate Democrat Cory Booker answers a question after debating Republican Steve Lonegan at Rowan University in Glassboro,…
AP INTERVIEW: ISLAMIST LEADER SAYS LIBYA PM FAILED
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 file photo, Libyan’s Prime Minister Ali Zidan speaks to the media during a press conference in Rabat, Morocco. Zidan…
CHINA PREMIER LI KEQIANG ADDRESSES THAI PARLIAMENT
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, and Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra share a light moment during their meeting at the government house in Bangkok Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Li is…
HO– USE GOP LEADERS SEEK SHORT-TERM DEBT EXTENSION
By ANDREW TAYLOR Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, listens as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew,back to camera, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013,…