ANALYSIS: CONGRESS AIMS TO FIX BUSTED BUDGETING
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – This Jan. 25, 1988 file photo shows President Ronald Reagan holding up 14-pound continuing resolution for the budget, part of a total package weighing 43-pounds,…
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OBAMA BACKS LIMITS ON NSA PHONE COLLECTIONS
By JULIE PACE FILE – In this Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the…
CHRISTIE HIRES FIRM FOR REVIEW OF TRAFFIC SCANDAL
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie arrives to deliver his State Of The State address at the Statehouse in…
AL-QAIDA-LINKED GROUP OUSTS RIVALS FROM SYRIA TOWN
FILE – In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, destroyed buildings, including the Dar Al-Shifa hospital, bottom, lay in ruins following airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria, in this file photo…
TERRY MCAULIFFE TAKES OATH AS VA.’S 72ND GOVERNOR
By LARRY O’DELL Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe delivers his inaugural address during ceremonies at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. McAuliffe was sworn in Saturday as the…
GOP-LED HO– USE AGAIN TARGETS OBAMA HEALTH CARE LAW
By DONNA CASSATA House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. The top Democrat in the Republican-controlled House focused…
ACTIVISTS: NEARLY 500 DEAD IN SYRIA REBEL CLASHES
In this Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect the…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION GROUP ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE
By RYAN LUCAS and ZEINA KARAM FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2013, file photo, Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmed Jarba, center, Heitham Al-Maleh, left, and Salem Al-Muslit speak to…