On second anniversary, health care divide grows
President Obama's health care overhaul marks its second anniversary this week, and from the way Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are talking about it, you would think they are looking at two...
View ArticleInside Politics: Obama to fast-track pipeline, other infrastructure projects
BOULDER CITY, Nevada — President Obama will direct federal agencies to fast-track an oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas, backing a segment of the larger Keystone XL project that he rejected earlier...
View Article'Buffett rule' fails its first test in Congress
House Republicans on the Budget Committee on Wednesday rejected an effort to impose the "Buffett rule" tax on Americans, arguing it would stifle investment without doing any work to lower the deficit....
View ArticleIRS chief: Agency not targeting tea party groups
WASHINGTON — The head of the Internal Revenue Service has told Congress his agency isn't denying tax-exempt status to tea party groups because of their political views. Several of the conservative...
View ArticleCritics rip Obama claim that drilling in U.S. won't drop gas prices
President Obama has been touring the country this week touting increased oil and gas production numbers during his time in office — but his selective quotes and figures tell only part of the story....
View ArticleSenate sends insider-trading ban to Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday sent President Obama a scaled-down bill to explicitly ban members of Congress, the president and thousands of other federal workers from profiting from...
View ArticleRare bipartisanship as Senate passes jobs, insider-trading bills
In a rare burst of activity, the Senate broke through its gridlock rut Thursday and passed two bipartisan measures aimed at cutting red tape for small businesses and explicitly banning insider stock...
View ArticleHouse repeals part of health care law
The Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to repeal a Medicare cost-cutting panel that was part of President Obama's health care overhaul, delivering a carefully timed blow to his signature...
View ArticleSantorum's best shot at delegates: Win Iowa — again
Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania is falling so far behind Mitt Romney in the race for Republican delegates that his best chance might be in states that voted weeks ago. The chief rival to the...
View ArticleFigures point to securer border, but risk of death for illegals still high
TUCSON, Ariz. — Amid all of the apparently good news about security along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, one dark spot stands out: The number of people dying in the desert as they attempt to make...
View ArticleSenate to hold hearings on NFL 'bounties'
The Senate will hold hearings looking into "bounties" one NFL team paid its players to injure opponents, a top lawmaker announced Thursday, bringing the football scandal to the halls of Congress. Sen....
View ArticleImmigration allies Arpaio, Pearce battle for votes in Arizona
Two battle-scarred veterans of Arizona's often vicious wars over immigration and the border are drawing fresh fire as they prepare for what may be their last campaign together. Russell Pearce, the...
View ArticleNonbelievers pull together for 'Reason Rally'
It was two days before the "Reason Rally" — a gathering of nonbelievers, secular humanists and agnostics on the Mall — and celebrity activist for atheism Richard Dawkins still didn't know what he was...
View ArticleInside Politics: Senate looks to keep social-media passwords private
SEATTLE — A U.S. senator is writing a bill that would stop the practice of employers asking job applicants for their Facebook or other social-media passwords, he told the Associated Press on Thursday....
View ArticleObama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College president and global health expert Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, an unconventional pick that could help to quell...
View ArticleObama says shooting death of Fla. teen a 'tragedy'
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida a "tragedy" and says "every aspect" of the case should be investigated. Obama was asked about...
View ArticleObama weighs in on black teenager's killing
President Obama weighed in for the first time on the killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin Friday in very personal terms, calling it a tragedy and urging the country to do "some soul-searching"...
View ArticleObama administration grants protected status to Syrians
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday said she will grant special status to Syrians currently in the U.S., allowing them to stay here past their current visas while their home country...
View ArticleDHS: Illegal immigrant population is 11.5 million
About 11.5 million illegal immigrants were in the U.S. last year, a figure that was essentially unchanged from 2010, according to the latest estimate the Homeland Security Department released Friday....
View ArticleObama, Turkish leader agree to up 'nonlethal' aid to Syrian activists
SEOUL — President Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed during a nearly two-hour meeting Sunday to beef up "nonlethal" aid to Syrian opponents of the regime of dictator Bashar...
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