ALASKA LAWMAKER APOLOGIZES FOR RACIAL SLUR
By The Associated Press FILE – In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska speaks in Anchorage, Alaska. Young, one of the most senior Republicans in the…
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INFLUENCE GAME: CONGRESS QUIET ON DREAMLINER WOES
By JOAN LOWY FILE – In this Jan. 7, 2013, file photo, a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 jet aircraft is surrounded by emergency vehicles while parked at a terminal E…
MISSILE PLAN CHANGES MAY PROVIDE OPENING FOR TALKS
By DESMOND BUTLER Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, March 15, 2013, to announce that the Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to…
COLO LEGISLATURE OKS EXPANSION OF FIREARMS CHECKS
By KRISTEN WYATT and IVAN MORENO Colorado State Representative Rhonda Fields, speaks to a colleague during a debate period for a gun control bill which she sponsored, inside the Colorado…
SENATE DEMOCRATS UNVEIL GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – In this Jan. 1, 2013 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. leaves a Republican caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. A…