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Graham predicts disaster if Trump is GOP’s nominee

WASHINGTON – Sen. Lindsey Graham is disgusted with the GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump. In no-holds-barred remarks at a celebratory dinner Thursday night, the South Carolina senator...

DATE: Feb 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Key Dem opposes Iran deal

Jewish senator calls agreement ‘real risk’

DATE: Aug 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Justice: NSA may have to wind down bulk collection this week

Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Justice Department warned lawmakers that the National Security Agency will have to wind down its bulk collection of Americans’ phone records by t...

DATE: May 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate confirms Obama’s pick for Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday confirmed President Barack Obama’s choice to run the Pentagon, handing Ash Carter the unenviable task of steering the military as the United States confro...

DATE: Feb 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP retains control of House, expands majority

WASHINGTON – Republicans claimed a commanding majority in the House on Tuesday, pushing their dominance to near-historic levels as they dispatched the last white Democrats in the South and m...

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

Surly electorate poised to ‘keep the bums in’

Midterm, few have hope for change

DATE: Aug 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mainstream GOP upbeat after sweeping tea party

WASHINGTON – Mainstream conservatives ran the table in Senate Republican primaries as tea party upstarts lost all six challenges to GOP incumbents, leaving the establishment upbeat about mid...

DATE: Aug 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kansas GOP Sen. Roberts defeats tea partyer

WASHINGTON – Three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts edged out Milton Wolf in Kansas’ primary Tuesday night as mainstream conservatives dealt another blow to the tea party movement. A GOP bus...

DATE: Aug 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP blocks bill to reverse ruling on contraception

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a bill aimed at restoring free contraception for women who get their health insurance from companies with religious objections, a legisla...

DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Boehner: Leaders told 2 years ago of possible swap

WASHINGTON – Top members of Congress were briefed more than two years ago about the possibility of exchanging an American soldier held captive by the Taliban for five terror suspects at Guan...

DATE: Jun 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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