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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WANTED GREEK LAWMAKER GIVES HIMSELF UP
By DEMETRIS NELLAS An anti-terror police officer carries a box containing the case file against the arrested suspects of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party as he arrives at the…
GREEK FAR-RIGHT LEADER, OTHER LEGISLATORS ARRESTED
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Leader of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos, center, is escorted by anti-terror police as he exits Greek Police headquarters, in Athens, Saturday, Sept. 28,…
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…
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…
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.…