DEMOCRATS VOTE TO CURB FILIBUSTERS ON APPOINTEES
By DAVID ESPO and ALAN FRAM Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., at far right,…
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150 years later, Lincoln’s speech long remembered
BY MARK SCOLFORO James Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, stands before a ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg…
White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second left,…
UN COURT RULING ON CAMBODIA-THAI LAND DISPUTE
A Cambodian Buddhist monk, second from left, walks together with local tourists through the famed Preah Vihear temple near Cambodia-Thai border in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013.…
Maldivians finally vote to elect new president
By HUSSAIN SINAN A Maldivian woman casts her vote in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. After two months of political bickering and repeated failure to hold an election, Maldives…
Legal blog seeks recognition from high court
By MARK SHERMAN Tom Goldstein, who writes SCOTUSblog.com, poses for a photograph in front of the Supreme Court, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in Washington. The court’s justices themselves read the…
Teen’s rape galvanizes support in Kenya
By JOSPHAT KASIRE and JASON STRAZIUSO FILE – In this file photo of Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, women protest after a teenager was allegedly gang-raped in June, in the capital…
SUPREME COURT HEARS CASE ON LEGISLATIVE PRAYER
FILE – This Oct. 7, 2013 file photo shows people wait in line to enter the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court asks God for help before every public…