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Former Bush official to be named FBI head

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate former Bush administration official James Comey to head the FBI, people familiar with the decision said Wednesday. Thr...

Like your health-care policy? You might lose it

Consumer confusion about Obamacare implementation worries some state officials

Wife of Marine in Texas slayings found dead in N.C.

LUBBOCK, Texas – A Marine killed after going on a shooting spree that left one person dead and several hospitalized in Texas also is suspected of fatally stabbing his wife, whose body was fo...

Same-sex couples left out of immigration-reform bill

WASHINGTON – Jason Kirchick and Christian Pinillos had hoped a key Senate committee would approve an amendment aimed at benefiting same-sex couples as part of an immigration reform bill. ...

House chairman subpoenas documents on Benghazi

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued subpoenas on Tuesday for State Department documents related to the widely debunked talking points abou...

Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum

WASHINGTON – The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service over the targeting of conservative political groups could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to rewrite the nation’s tax law...

World Briefs

Religious unrest spreads to northeast Myanmar YANGON, Myanmar – Sectarian violence spread to a new region of Myanmar, with a mob burning shops in a northeastern town after unconfi...

Senator scolds management at ailing nuke plant

LOS ANGELES – U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer says she’s lost confidence in the utility that operates the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant. The senator says Southern California Edi...

Nation Briefs

Chief: No toxic fumes at Baltimore train derailment ROSEDALE, Md. – A CSX freight train crashed into a trash truck and derailed Tuesday in a Baltimore suburb and the explosion th...

Clash looms over D.C. circuit nominees

WASHINGTON – A partisan showdown is looming over what is known as the nation’s second-highest court, with President Barack Obama poised to nominate as many as three choices for the understaf...

IRS names financial manager new chief risk officer

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service named a new chief risk officer on Tuesday, appointing an experienced financial manager who acting commissioner Danny Werfel says will take steps to ...

U.S. weapons systems hacked by Chinese

Chinese hackers have gained access to the designs of many of the nation’s most sensitive advanced weapons systems, according to report prepared for the Defense Department and government and ...
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