White House press secretary Jay Carney says the White House won’t “pay ransom” to the GOP to get Republicans to approve a new debt limit bill so the United States…
They have long wished for a cigarette-free America but shied away from calling for smoking rates to fall to zero or near zero by any particular year. The power of…
An Egyptian policeman is overcome by grief at the funeral of several comrades killed after masked gunmen opened fire at a police checkpoint in el-Wassta district in the province of…
Some Democratic Party liberals say there may be room for a challenger to Hillary Rodham Clinton, the presumptive 2014 favorite in the party.Gerald Herbert/Associated Press file photo Democrats say economic…
At his State of the Union Address last month, Obama promised to soon issue an executive order that would hike the minimum for workers on new federal contracts to $10.10…
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is preparing its largest and most data-driven ground game yet, relying on an aggressive combination of voter registration, getting out of the vote and persuasion.…
Dems say they passed, fixed health-care law WASHINGTON – Hit with a multimillion-dollar barrage of televised attacks, Democrats in tough re-election races want credit for trying to fix the problematic…
Using “Web crawler” software designed to search, index and back up a website, Snowden “scraped data out of our systems” while he went about his day job, according to a…
Health insurance marketplaces started with federal dollars
Stark difference found in bases in Japan and others
Holderdu1-i-syn The Justice Department runs a number of benefits programs, and Holder says same-sex couples will qualify for them. They include the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and benefits to…
Nicole Oulson, center, listens to the taped interview of former Tampa Police Capt. Curtis Reeves Jr., during his bond reduction hearing before Circuit Judge Pat Siracusa at the Robert D.…
A probe by the U.S. Department of Interior Inspector General found federal officials in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico accepted the below-market bids or sold coal without full appraisals.…
Evan Vucci/Associated Press<br><br>Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to speak after their meeting at the State Department in Washington, Friday.du1-i-syn As a treaty ally…
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner said Thursday it will be difficult to pass immigration legislation this year, dimming…
“Within the last 48 hours, we have, out of an abundance of caution, issued advisories to air carriers and others based on what we’ve learned, adjusted TSA security measures, and…
A Ukrainian hijacking suspect is being treated at an Istanbul hospital after being detained by Turkish police. The suspect wanted the plane to go to Sochi, Russia, where the Winter…
WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency collects less than 30 percent of calling data from Americans despite the agency’s massive daily efforts to sweep up the bulk of U.S. phone…
If a deal had been reached at the time, it would also not have included an Israeli presence in the Jordan Valley, Olmert said. More than five years on, the…
American missionary Kenneth Bae speaks to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang.Kim Kwang Hyon/Associated Press file photo Kenneth Bae, who led tour groups in North Korea, was arrested in…
Fazio Mechanical Services Inc. of Sharpsburg, Pa., says it was the victim of a “sophisticated cyberattack operation.” The statement came days after Internet security bloggers identified it as the third-party…
For an evening, spectacle outshines fears of terrorism
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent in January, the lowest rate since October 2008. The decline came even as U.S. businesses reported weak hiring for the second month…
President Barack Obama is calling on North Korea and Iran to release American missionaries they are holding. Obama spoke Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, calling freedom of religion a…
The second storm of the week has left about half a million customers without power in the mid-Atlantic area. Outages were concentrated in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and thousands of utility…
Senators gave final approval to the nomination of the moderate Baucus, D-Mont., by 96-0. Trim and youthful looking for his 72 years, Baucus voted “present” for his own nomination. Chairman…
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is blaming President Barack Obama for a stalemate that has stalled a bill to reform the nation’s immigration laws.J. Scott Applewhite/Associatd Press In his…
