NYC MAYOR LAMBASTES STOP-AND-FRISK RULING
By COLLEEN LONG New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, speaks while Police Commissioner Ray Kelly looks on during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. A…
National governments
GOP MODERATES PUSH BACK ON TEA PARTY SPENDING CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – In this Aug. 1, 2013, file photo House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, takes questions from reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference as…
US ANGRY OVER RELEASE OF MEXICAN DRUG LORD
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and MARK STEVENSON The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking. A Mexican court…
VOTE SUPPRESSION ALLEGED IN CLOSE FLA. ELECTION
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON In this July 11, 2013 photo, former Sopchoppy City Commissioner Anginita Rosier poses for a photo in Tallahassee, Fla. State authorities are investigating her complaint that Sopchoppy…
AFRICAN LEADERS WANT DISPUTED SOMALI CITY ANNEXED
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemarian Desalegn, front left, walks with Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta, centre, and Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, right, as they attend the closing meeting for…
REP. ISSA ACC– USES IRS OF OBSTRUCTING INVESTIGATION
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER FILE IN this July 17, 2013 file photo, acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) head Daniel Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A GOP lawmaker accused the…
MILITARY PAINTS DIRE PICTURE FROM BUDGET CUTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Hagel warned that the Pentagon may have to mothball up…
OBAMA REASSURES DEMS ON HEALTH CARE, IMMIGRATION
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM ABRAMS President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, to meet with the House Democratic Caucus. There’s…