Senate Republicans block student loan bill
By ERICA WERNER Rebecca Jasen, of Amherst, N.Y., attends a Tumblr forum where President Barack Obama answered questions from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday,…
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GOP jockeying in the House after Cantor’s defeat
By DAVID ESPO House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, is pursued by reporters as he walks from his office through the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, the morning…
Seas rise, Fla. GOP leaders balk at climate change
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK This May 17, 2014, file photo shows Blanca Mesa of Miami protesting against Sen. Marco Rubio’s statements on climate change as activists and beach-goers join hands…
Bergdahl swap may make closing Guantanamo harder
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and DONNA CASSATA Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. disparages the Obama administration’s decision to swap Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only American soldier…
Some black Miss. Dems supported GOP’s Cochran
By JESSE J. HOLLAND FILE – This June 30, 2009 file photo shows Vicksburg, Miss. Mayor, then-State Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg speaking at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. With sending…
Where do the elite meet? Behind closed doors
This May 8, 2014 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. For a few days in March, the American Enterprise Institute welcomed…
FOES FROM LEFT, RIGHT, TRY TO OUST KY.’S Mitch McConnell
By CHARLES BABINGTON FILE -This Feb. 7, 2014 file photo shows Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Matt Bevin speaking at the Spencer County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Fisherville, Ky. Bevin…
UN COMMITTEE BLASTS VATICAN ON SEX AB– USE, ABORTION
By NICOLE WINFIELD Kirsten Sandberg, center, chairperson of the U.N. human rights committee on the rights of the child, talks to committee members Maria Herczog, right, and Benyam Mezmur during…