Congress governs self under ‘Obamacare’
By LAURIE KELLMAN FILE – In this Oct. 28, 2013, file screenshot, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ main landing web page for HealthCare.gov. Members of Congress are…
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Republicans go on attack _ against others in GOP
By DAVID ESPO FILE – In this July 15, 2013, file photo Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is surrounded by reporters as he heads to the Old Senate Chamber for a…
Here’s the truth: The government doesn’t shut down
By ANDREW TAYLOR Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks with reporters about the looming deadline to fund the government and the fight among House Republicans on a strategy,…
Why spy on allies? Even good friends keep secrets
By NANCY BENAC FILE – In this Sept. 6, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama walks with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel toward a group photo outside of the Konstantin Palace…
Senate blocks Obama picks for judge, housing posts
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this May 1, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Federal Housing Finance Authority director Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., waves during the…
After unity, some Democrats push back on Obama
By JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Oct. 21, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Just two…
Air traffic control modernization hits turbulence
By JOAN LOWY An Alaska Airlines plane takes off Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The modernization of the U.S. air traffic control system, one of…
AFTER ‘SNAFU,’ JACKSON REPORTS TO FEDERAL PRISON
By MICHAEL TARM FILE – In this Aug. 14, 2913 file photo, former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., leaves federal court in Washington after being sentenced to 2 1/2 years…