War surplus sought for U.S. security
Two Texas lawmakers, joined by 17 border sheriffs from Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, have asked Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta to authorize the shipment of surplus equipment being returned from the...
View ArticleObama, Pakistani prime minister focus on 'dialogue'
The White House was tight-lipped about the details of a Tuesday meeting between President Obama and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the status of negotiations over the CIA's drone...
View ArticleObama's tax plea gets rude reception
While the fate of President Obama's health care law remains an open question, the Supreme Court was far more clear on one issue Tuesday: The law's backers won't be able to justify the individual...
View Article'Stand your ground' bills under scrutiny
The fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer has put the spotlight on Florida's "stand your ground" law and other so-called "castle" statutes around the country —...
View ArticleDemocrats give support to Trayvon Martin's parents
The parents of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teenager who was fatally shot last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer, traveled to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to urge Congress to push for answers and...
View ArticleRepublicans vote to subpoena oil moratorium documents
House Republicans voted Wednesday to authorize congressional subpoenas demanding the Obama administration turn over documents it has refused to turn over in two investigations, including one looking at...
View ArticleSenators: Prosecutorial misconduct in Stevens case 'cannot be tolerated'
The Democratic chairman and the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said at hearing Wednesday that the prosecutorial misconduct uncovered by a special counsel in the Justice...
View ArticleSupreme Court considers how to tinker with health care law
The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether the rest of President Obama's health care law can stand on its own if the justices were to strike down the individual mandate for Americans to purchase...
View ArticleSupreme Court split over scrapping entire health care law
Wrapping up a three-day marathon of oral arguments about President Obama's health care overhaul, the Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether the rest of the law can stand on its own if the...
View ArticleBoehner to Obama: Clarify your hot mic comments to Medvedev
With President Obama back in the U.S. after his trip to South Korea, Speaker John A. Boehner sent him a letter demanding answers about comments he made to the president of Russia earlier this week that...
View ArticleKREUTZER: Aren't energy consumers selfish enough already?
ANALYSIS/OPINION: While the folks in flyover country often view Washington as a power-crazed den of self-serving money grubbers, the view from Washington is quite different. Here, our leaders worry...
View ArticleDown to wire on highway, transit bill
After struggling for weeks to write a transportation bill, House Speaker John A. Boehner has set up a showdown vote Thursday on a stopgap measure to keep federal highway and transit programs running...
View ArticleMan can't sue feds over sharing of his health records, justices rule
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the federal government cannot be sued for emotional distress after two agencies improperly shared a man's medical records detailing his HIV status. "We hold that...
View ArticleHouse rejects Bowles-Simpson, Obama budgets
The Bowles-Simpson deficit-reduction plan went down to a crushing defeat in the House late Wednesday night in a vote that damages the one bipartisan proposal that just a few months ago had seemed like...
View ArticleInside Politics: Justices refuse bid to sue over sharing HIV diagnosis
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the federal government cannot be sued for emotional distress after two agencies improperly shared a man's medical records detailing his HIV status. "We hold that...
View ArticleSen. Rubio endorses Romney, calls for end of primary battles
Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican and the frequent object of speculation for both the 2012 vice-presidential nod or a presidential run in 2016, will endorse former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for...
View ArticleRubio backs Romney's presidential bid
Sen. Marco Rubio threw his support behind Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on Wednesday and pushed back against the other candidates' plans to fight until the national convention this summer -...
View ArticleSenate rejects Obama demand for end to oil tax breaks
President Obama on Thursday called for Congress to jettison $4 billion in annual subsidies to oil and gas companies, but minutes later the Senate blocked just such a proposal. The 51-47 vote, which...
View ArticleHouse rejects conservatives' deficit-cutting plan
WASHINGTON — The House rejected a budget pushed by its most conservative members on Thursday and moved toward approval of a $3.5 trillion plan backed by Republican leaders that would revamp Medicare,...
View ArticleCongress passes bill to keep highway aid flowing
WASHINGTON — Congress has passed a stopgap three-month bill to keep federal highway and transit aid flowing and avoid a widespread shutdown of construction projects. The House acted first, passing the...
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