US QUIETLY RELEASING $1.6B IN PAKISTAN ASSISTANCE
By BRADLEY KLAPPER FILE – In this Aug. 26, 2013, file photo Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pauses during a joint press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, with Afghan President Hamid…
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EX-HO– USE SPEAKER TOM FOLEY DIES AT 84
By ALAN FRAM and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS FILE – In this June 1989 file photo, former Speaker of the U.S. of Representatives Tom Foley poses in his 5th Congressional District…
CHINESE GROWTH REBOUND SHORES UP WORLD MARKETS
By PAN PYLAS People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm as Japan’s bench mark Nikkei 225 Index closed at 14,588.51 after gaining 119.37 points, or 0.83…
BOEHNER’S JAM: CAUCUS LOVES BUT WON’T FOLLOW HIM
By CHARLES BABINGTON Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to the chamber for the vote on a Senate-passed bill that would avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen…
DEMOCRAT BOOKER WINS US SENATE ELECTION IN NJ
By KATIE ZEZIMA and GEOFF MULVIHILL Newark Mayor Cory Booker talks to supporters during an election night victory party after winning a special election for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Oct.…
FOOL’S ERRAND OR HEROIC STAND? GOP ON CRUZ, LEE
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters waiting outside a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans as news emerged that leaders reached a last-minute agreement to avert a…
BOOKER’S CAMPAIGN PATH BUMPIER THAN ANTICIPATED
By KATIE ZEZIMA and STEVE PEOPLES In this Oct. 9, 2013, photo. Senate candidate Democrat Cory Booker answers a question after debating Republican Steve Lonegan at Rowan University in Glassboro,…
HO– USE GOP LEADERS SEEK SHORT-TERM DEBT EXTENSION
By ANDREW TAYLOR Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, listens as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew,back to camera, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013,…