IRS NOMINEE TO FACE QUESTIONS ON HEALTH LAW
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER FILE – In this March 27, 2009, file photo, John Koskinen is seen outside the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama has nominated Koskinen as Internal…
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SENATE DEMS PUSH OBAMA NOMINEES, GOP BIDES TIME
By ALAN FRAM FILE – This June 4, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama pausing as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington where…
MEXICO RECEIVES LETTER FROM DRUG CAPO SOUGHT BY US
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, a founding member of one of Mexico’s earliest and biggest drug cartels. Mexico’s…
THAI PROTESTS EASE AHEAD OF KING’S BIRTHDAY
By TODD PITMAN and JINDA WEDEL Anti-government protesters gather in the compound of Government House in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Anti-government protesters swarmed into the Thai prime minister’s…
JUDGE CLEAR WAY FOR DETROIT TO CONFRONT HUGE DEBTS
By ED WHITE Detroit city workers and supporters protest outside the federal courthouse in Detroit while awaiting the bankruptcy decision, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. A judge is expected to announce…
THAI PM SAYS PROTESTERS’ DEMANDS UNACCEPTABLE
By THANYARAT DOKSONE and JOCELYN GECKER An Anti-government protester waves Thai National Flag under water cannon fired by police during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. After…
BLUE RIBBON PANELS STUMBLE ON TRIMMING RED INK
By TOM RAUM FILE – In this Oct. 17, 2013, file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, left, R-Wis., accompanied by Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray,…
LATINOS WANT GOV’T TO LOOK INTO LA COUNTY VOTING
By MARK SHERMAN FILE – In this May 15, 2012, file photo, retired California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The Obama administration is…