In State of the Union, Obama aims to influence 2016 debate
By JULIE PACE Key elements of the economic proposals President Barack Obama will outline in his State of the Union address Tuesday appear to be aimed at driving the debate…
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Obama’s address to pitch tax proposals to help middle class
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama is turning to his biggest television audience of the year to pitch tax increases on the wealthiest Americans and put the new Republican Congress…
Arizona students must pass US citizenship test on civics
By BOB CHRISTIE Arizona high school students face the nation’s first requirement to pass the U.S. citizenship test on civics before they can graduate after the legislation sailed through the…
Rethinking the big speech that isn’t so big anymore
By JULIE PACE and NANCY BENAC The State of the Union just isn’t what it used to be. Sure, the pageantry and theatrics of the annual presidential address will all…
Pope strongly defends church teaching against contraception
By NICOLE WINFIELD and OLIVER TEVES Pope Francis issued his strongest defense yet of church teaching opposing artificial contraception on Friday, using a rally in Asia’s largest Catholic nation to…
Teachers: Ohio man accused in terror plot a typical student
By LISA CORNWELL Officials from the school district where the Ohio man accused in a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol attended high school say he was a typical student…
Diminished in Congress and many states, Dems weigh future
By CHARLES BABINGTON and ANDREW TAYLOR Congressional Democrats are in retreat in more ways than one this week. As Democratic senators gather in Baltimore to talk strategy and lick election…
Ohio man accused of threatening to kill Boehner
By DAVID ESPO An Ohio bartender with a history of psychiatric illness was indicted last week on a charge of threatening to murder House Speaker John Boehner, possibly by poisoning…