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House Democrats to participate in Benghazi probe

WASHINGTON – House Democrats will participate in the special, Republican-led select committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, despite serious concerns within the par...

DATE: May 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Female candidates boost Dems

Party targets competitive states, districts

DATE: May 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pelosi says House Dems divided on Benghazi probe

WASHINGTON – House Democrats stand deeply divided over whether to participate in a Republican-led investigation of the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, with p...

DATE: May 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Spy plane’s days may be numbered

WASHINGTON – The U-2 spy plane outlasted the Cold War, outlived its successor and proved crucial a half-century ago when two superpowers were on the brink of nuclear war. But defe...

DATE: Apr 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House backs bill to sue president over laws

WASHINGTON (AP) – Casting Barack Obama as a president run amok, the House voted Wednesday for a bill that would expedite congressional lawsuits against the chief executive for failure to enf...

DATE: Mar 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report faults oversight of foreign student program

WASHINGTON – The government is falling short in assessing the risks of a program that allows tens of thousands of foreign students to stay in the United States and work for close to 2½ years...

DATE: Mar 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Latino group leader: Obama is ‘deporter in chief’

WASHINGTON – The president of a prominent Latino advocacy group called President Barack Obama the “deporter in chief,” denouncing the administration’s deportation of nearly 2 million immigra...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House GOP discuss health-care alternative

WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders took a small step on Friday toward pulling together a viable alternative to President Barack Obama’s four-year-old health care law but faced deep divisi...

DATE: Feb 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP seizes on state woes to highlight health care

WASHINGTON – House Republicans intent on highlighting the woes of President Barack Obama’s health care law need to look no further than their own back yards, some of which are traditionally ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Boehner casts doubts on immigration bill

WASHINGTON – Speaker John Boehner on Thursday all but ruled out passage of immigration legislation before this fall’s elections, saying it would be difficult for the Republican-led House to ...

DATE: Feb 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP House targets health-care law; 67 Dems join in

WASHINGTON – The Republican-led House voted overwhelmingly Friday to bolt new security requirements onto President Barack Obama’s health-care law, with 67 Democrats breaking ranks to join wi...

DATE: Jan 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Election politics dominates Congress

WASHINGTON – Congress returns to work today with election-year politics certain to shape an already-limited agenda. Republicans intend to focus on every facet of President Barack ...

DATE: Jan 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World