Obama wants gun violence measures passed in 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Recalling the shooting rampage that killed 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama pledged to put his “full weight” behind legislation aimed More...
Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey
ROBERT BURNS,AP National Security Writer INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AP) — The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory More...
‘Cliff’ crash may clear way for deal in January
CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To get to “yes” on a “fiscal cliff” accord, Congress and the White House first might have to get to “no.” That is, an impasse More...
Kerry, Hagel front-runners to lead State, Defense
DONNA CASSATA,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Kerry, who unsuccessfully sought the presidency in 2004 and has pined for the job of top diplomat, vaulted to the head of President Barack More...
Fiscal cliff splits big, small businesses on taxes
JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The “fiscal cliff” debate is splitting the business community over taxes, driving a wedge between two natural Republican allies: the nation’s More...
Time for states to decide on health care exchanges
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nineteen states have turned down the Obama administration’s invitation to run the new health insurance markets that will begin serving millions More...
UK police say they won’t charge hacker
LONDON (AP) — British authorities opted Friday not to charge a computer hacker who waged a decade-long struggle to avoid trial in the U.S. for breaking into military computers. Gary McKinnon, who has been diagnosed More...
Fewer health care options for illegal immigrants
CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN,Associated Press RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI,Associated Press ALAMO, Texas (AP) — For years, Sonia Limas would drag her daughters to the emergency room whenever they fell sick. As an illegal immigrant, More...
Narrow ‘fiscal cliff’ bargain gains currency
ANDREW TAYLOR,Associated Press JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes dimming for a wide-ranging bargain, the White House and many congressional Republicans are setting their sights on a more modest More...
Leading conservative says Obama will win tax fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading conservative who’s resigning from the Senate is predicting that President Barack Obama will win the battle over raising taxes. South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint calls it “a More...
Election over, administration unleashes new rules
MATTHEW DALY,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While the “fiscal cliff” of looming tax increases and spending cuts dominates political conversation in Washington, some Republicans and business groups More...
‘Fiscal cliff’ talks vexing official Washington
ANDREW TAYLOR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Five weeks after President Barack Obama won re-election and gained more leverage to make GOP conservatives bend on taxes, the new balance of power is proving vexing More...
Obama to match FDR’s record of 4 swearing-ins
NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is poised to match Franklin Roosevelt’s record of being sworn in as the nation’s leader four times. While FDR served four terms, More...
Fiscal cliff talks intense Obama and Boehner talk
ANDREW TAYLOR,Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite an intensifying pace, little progress is being reported in talks on averting automatic spending cuts and tax increases that economists fear could More...
Obama’s fiscal cliff strategy is tricky balance
JULIE PACE,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Playing both sides, President Barack Obama is trying to balance his public pressure campaign on Republicans over the looming “fiscal cliff” with his private More...
THE RESET: Debt limit looms as next fiscal cliff
TOM RAUM,Associated Press We now know what’s on the other side of that menacing year-end “fiscal cliff.” Another cliff. While White House and Republican congressional leaders labor behind More...
After climate talks, eyes on US for next round
KARL RITTER,Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Even as international climate talks ended this weekend with no new commitments on carbon emissions or climate aid from the United States, some were relieved America More...
Stock market is a wild card in fiscal cliff talks
CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress and the White House can significantly soften the initial impact of the “fiscal cliff” even if they fail to reach a compromise by Dec. More...
Obama heading to Michigan to push taxes on rich
ANNE FLAHERTY,Associated Press JULIE PACE,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pressing for public support Monday to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a day after he and House Speaker More...
GOP issues a new ‘fiscal cliff’ offer to Obama
ANDREW TAYLOR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans put forth a $2.2 trillion “fiscal cliff” counteroffer to President Barack Obama on Monday, calling for raising the eligibility age More...
Obama defense pick could come sooner than expected
BEN FELLER,Associated Press JULIE PACE,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama could name his next defense secretary in December, far sooner than expected and perhaps in a high-powered package More...
White House ‘cliff’ offer gets GOP cold shoulder
DAVID ESPO,AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is seeking $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over a decade and an immediate infusion of funds to aid the jobless, help hard-pressed homeowners More...
Obama and Romney together: Chili, not chilly
BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Three weeks after the election, Mitt Romney made it to the White House. For about 90 minutes. After an odd arrival in which a man rushed his SUV and ended More...
First cracks in GOP resolve on tax rates
ANDREW TAYLOR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first cracks are developing among Republicans over whether to accept a quick deal with President Barack Obama on allowing the top two income tax rates to expire. Conservative More...
GOP senators more troubled after Rice meeting
BRADLEY KLAPPER,Associated Press DONNA CASSATA,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Republican senators who met Tuesday with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice say they are more troubled now over her initial explanations More...
Senate takes up UN disability treaty
JIM ABRAMS,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.N. treaty promoting equal rights for the disabled faced an uncertain future in the Senate Tuesday as Republicans objected to taking up an international treaty More...
Nude AIDS activists arrested after protest
ANDREW MIGA,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three women AIDS activists saying they wanted to highlight the “naked truth” about potential spending cuts in HIV programs were arrested Tuesday after More...
Rice concession on Libya fails to mollify 3 in GOP
DONNA CASSATA,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice told lawmakers Tuesday that her initial explanation of the deadly Sept. 11 raid in Libya was wrong, but her concession failed to mollify More...
US declines to label China a currency manipulator
MARTIN CRUTSINGER,AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration declined Tuesday to label China a currency manipulator, noting that it has let the yuan rise nearly 10 percent in value against More...
China’s party paper falls for Onion joke about Kim
BEIJING (AP) — The online version of China’s Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the “Sexiest Man Alive” — not realizing it More...
Obama to appeal to public on fiscal cliff
KEN THOMAS,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia suburbs Friday More...
Report: Obama health law a good deal for states
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — States will receive more than $9 in federal money for every $1 they spend to cover low-income residents under President Barack Obama’s health care More...
Despite talk of compromise, fiscal deal elusive
JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Talk of compromise on a broad budget deal greeted returning lawmakers Monday, but agreement still seemed distant as the White House and congressional Republicans More...
Ehud Barak says he’s quitting Israeli politics
ARON HELLER,Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly quit politics Monday, potentially robbing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a key ally who enabled his hard-line government More...
Rice’s star rises as congressional opposition dims
BRADLEY KLAPPER,Associated Press MATTHEW LEE,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With congressional opposition softening, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice could find her name in contention as early as this week to succeed More...
Some GOP lawmakers now flout anti-tax man Norquist
PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist vowed to drive Republicans out of office if they didn’t pledge to oppose tax increases. Many lawmakers More...
Stocks end lower after a strong week
CHRISTINA REXRODE,AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street came back to work after the Thanksgiving weekend and faced leftover worries about the “fiscal cliff” and the European debt crisis. More...
9 more Iraq, Afghan war veterans joining Congress
KEVIN FREKING,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Tammy Duckworth sees it, her path to Congress began when she awoke in the fall of 2004 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She was missing both of her legs and More...
Will US role at climate talks change after storm?
KARL RITTER,Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — During a year with a monster storm and scorching heat waves, Americans have experienced the kind of freakish weather that many scientists say will occur more often More...
Fiscal cliff: How to judge if debt cuts are real
ALAN FRAM,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and leaders of the lame-duck Congress may be just weeks away from shaking hands on a deal to avert the dreaded “fiscal cliff.” So More...
Clashes in Egypt after president expands powers
AYA BATRAWY,Associated Press MAGGIE MICHAEL,Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a decision More...
Black voters look to leverage their loyalty
SUZANNE GAMBOA,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When black voters gave President Barack Obama 93 percent support on Election Day in defiance of predictions that they might sit it out this year, black leaders More...
Rep. Jackson Jr. resigns, citing mental health
HENRY C. JACKSON,Associated Press SOPHIA TAREEN,Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. quietly resigned Wednesday, effectively ending a once-promising political career months after the civil rights More...
Analysis: With cease-fire, US pins hopes on Egypt
BRADLEY KLAPPER,Associated Press MATTHEW LEE,Associated Press Publishable Editors Notes: An AP News Analysis WASHINGTON (AP) — In frantic diplomacy, the Obama administration helped seal a cease-fire that puts More...
INFLUENCE GAME: Election over, campaign continues
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER,Associated Press Publishable Editors Notes: An occasional look at how behind-the-scenes influence is exercised in Washington WASHINGTON (AP) — The election may be over, but a new campaign More...
Jockeying under way to replace Rep. Jackson Jr.
SARA BURNETT,Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The jockeying to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. began before the ink was dry on the former congressman’s resignation letter. Among those expressing an interest: Chicago More...
Iowa straw poll on the outs with GOP establishment
THOMAS BEAUMONT,Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In the days since Republicans lost an election many in the party thought was theirs, chatter has been bubbling about what the GOP should do to recover. For More...
Myanmar opening no gold rush for US firms
ERIKA KINETZ,AP Business Writer YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Signs of a boom abound in Myanmar. Flights to Yangon are full, hotel rooms booked solid. Foreign bars are packed with well-fed Westerners in khakis and jeans, More...
Little sign of Libyan probe into consulate attack
MAGGIE MICHAEL,Associated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — After more than two months, Libya’s investigation into the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi appears in limbo. Key security commanders and witnesses More...
Myanmar says it’s ready to sign nuclear agreement
MATTHEW PENNINGTON,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Little noticed in the warm glow of President Barack Obama’s landmark visit to Myanmar was a significant concession that could shed light on whether More...
US says Turkish rhetoric on Israel is ‘unhelpful’
MATTHEW LEE,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is criticizing its NATO ally Turkey for “extremely harsh” rhetoric in accusing Israel of terrorism in its current military operations More...
OB/GYNs back over-the-counter birth control pills
LAURAN NEERGAARD,AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — No prescription or doctor’s exam needed: The nation’s largest group of obstetricians and gynecologists says birth control pills should be sold over More...
Israel-Hamas cease-fire remains elusive
IBRAHIM BARZAK,Associated Press JOSEF FEDERMAN,Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the Hamas militant group edged closer to a cease-fire Tuesday to end a weeklong Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, More...
How Asia sees Obama’s pivot to the Pacific
ERIC TALMADGE,Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A lot has happened in Asia while the United States was off fighting its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most of it can be summed up in one word — China. Fueled by More...
Bernanke warns Congress to avoid ‘fiscal cliff’
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER,AP Economics Writers MARTIN CRUTSINGER,AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday urged Congress and the Obama administration to strike a budget More...
Obama meets China, Japan leaders amid sea tensions
JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press JULIE PACE,Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — President Barack Obama closed his Asian tour in diplomatic talks with leaders of Japan and China, their economic message overshadowed More...
Turkey, pie and politics? T-Day family friction
JOCELYN NOVECK,AP National Writer Ah, Thanksgiving. A little turkey, some cranberry mold, maybe apple pie with ice cream, some football on TV. Getting together with the cousins. Catching up beside the fire. Togetherness. On More...
Senator Blunt Applauds Ruling Against ObamaCare Health Care Mandate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) applauded a decision today by a district court judge in Washington, D.C. to stop the Obama administration from forcing the owners of a Christian publishing company More...
Concerns about euro push world stocks lower
SARAH DiLORENZO,AP Business Writer PARIS (AP) — Concerns about Europe’s debt crisis, including a downgrade of France’s credit rating, weighed on world stock markets Tuesday. Moody’s Investors More...
US tries behind scenes to end Israel-Hamas warfare
JULIE PACE,Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Obama administration worked hard behind the scenes Monday to end almost a week of warfare between Israel and Hamas, pressing America’s Arab and More...
Israel, Hamas trade fire and tough truce proposals
IBRAHIM BARZAK,Associated Press KARIN LAUB,Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers traded fire and tough cease-fire proposals Monday, and threatened to escalate their More...
Afghan president: US violating detainee pact
RAHIM FAIEZ,Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s president accused U.S. forces of capturing and holding Afghans in violation of an agreement to turn over that responsibility to his forces, More...
Unions show muscle, spent millions in state races
SAM HANANEL,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Maggie Hassan won the New Hampshire governor’s race, it wasn’t just a victory for her fellow Democrats. Unions spent millions backing Hassan with More...
Loose ends to drive second term education agenda
JOSH LEDERMAN,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Loose ends and thorny partisan issues that have long dogged attempts to move forward on education await the next Congress as President Barack Obama’s second More...
Obama in Cambodia after rousing Myanmar welcome
JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press JULIE PACE,Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Making history twice within hours, President Barack Obama on Monday became the first U.S. president to set foot in Cambodia, More...
US budget hopes shore up markets
PAN PYLAS,AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Optimism over the progress of crucial U.S. budget talks combined with hopes that Greece will get its next bailout payment to send markets sharply higher on Monday. The More...
Obama extending ‘hand of friendship’ to Myanmar
JULIE PACE,Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is making his historic visit to Myanmar to “extend the hand of friendship” to a nation that is moving from persecution More...
Congress to investigate Benghazi ‘talking points’
ANNE FLAHERTY,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers said Sunday they want to know who had a hand in creating the Obama administration’s now-discredited “talking points” about the Sept. More...
US, Britain warn of risks of Israeli ground war
ANNE FLAHERTY,Associated Press JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. and Britain on Sunday warned about the risks of Israel expanding its air assault on the Gaza Strip into a ground war, while More...
Jindal: Liking people is key to expanding GOP tent
MICHELE SALCEDO,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the Republican Party needs to go back to basics to attract the broad coalition of voters credited with putting President Barack More...
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Alito takes on critics
MARK SHERMAN,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is defending the court’s 2010 decision in the Citizens United case that helped fuel hundreds of millions of dollars of spending More...
Israel strike kills 11 in Gaza, including children
IBRAHIM BARZAK,Associated Press JOSEF FEDERMAN,Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli missile ripped through a two-story home in a residential area of Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 11 More...
Obama gets taste of Thailand at Buddhist temple
THANYARAT DOKSONE,Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Leaving behind chants of “Obama, Obama” by adoring crowds on the streets, the president of the United States stepped into the serenity of Thailand’s More...
Medicare premiums going up $5 a month for 2013
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare premiums are going up $5 a month in 2013, the government said Friday. It’s less than expected, but still enough to eat up about one-fourth More...
GOP leaders already jockeying for 2016
PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal is urging the Republican Party to rethink its pitch to voters. Bob McDonnell of Virginia says Republicans should look to outsiders More...
Stocks turn higher as fiscal talks progress
STEVE ROTHWELL,AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose for the first day in four after Congressional leaders said they were confident that can reach a deal with President Barack Obama to head off the “fiscal More...
House passes bill normalizing Russian trade
JIM ABRAMS,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House showed some bipartisan cooperation Friday by voting overwhelmingly to end Soviet-era trade restrictions so that American companies and farmers can take advantage More...
Markets shaken by US budget fears, Mideast clashes
PAN PYLAS,AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Markets remained under pressure Friday as budget discussions between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders got underway and as investors fretted over a military More...
Obama to Hill: Fiscal cliff is ‘urgent business’
ANDREW TAYLOR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama appealed for cooperation and compromise from congressional leaders Friday, saying that surmounting the so-called fiscal cliff at year’s end More...
States reveal their choices on Obama’s health law
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After two years of political battles and a Supreme Court case, many if not most states are expected to tell the federal government Friday if they’re More...
GOP-led states start warming up to health care law
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From the South to the heartland, the once-solid wall of Republican resistance to President Barack Obama’s health care law is cracking. Ahead of More...
US: N Korea can learn from Myanmar’s opening
MATTHEW PENNINGTON,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s warming relations with one-time adversary Myanmar should demonstrate to North Korea the benefits of opening up to the world, a top White House More...
Analysis: Israeli Gaza offensive looks to be brief
ARON HELLER,Associated Press Publishable Editors Notes: An AP News Analysis JERUSALEM (AP) — The major operation Israel launched to stop Gaza rocket fire bears some striking similarities to a punishing three-week More...
Egypt sending PM to Gaza, denounces Israel assault
AYA BATRAWY,Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Islamist president vowed to work to stop Israel’s campaign against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, calling it an “unacceptable More...
APNewsBreak: Iran ready to ramp up nuke program
GEORGE JAHN,Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran is on the threshold of being able to create weapons-grade uranium at a plant it has heavily fortified against Israeli attack, diplomats told The Associated Press More...
A single spiteful email unlocks a Pandora’s box
ADAM GOLDMAN,Associated Press EILEEN SULLIVAN,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It started in May with a spiteful email to the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. An anonymous writer warned Gen. John Allen that More...
Obama blasts senators: ‘They should go after me’
BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Setting an unflinching tone for his second term, President Barack Obama on Wednesday accused two top Republicans senators of lobbing outrageous criticism More...
Top Republicans say Romney didn’t offer specifics
PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Top Republicans meeting for the first time since Election Day say the party lost its bid to unseat President Barack Obama because nominee Mitt Romney did not respond More...
US or China? Clinton says Australia needn’t choose
ROD McGUIRK,Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assured Australians they do not have to choose between the United States, their most important security ally, and More...
Romney: Obama won with ‘gifts’ to certain voters
DOUGLASS K. DANIEL,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is telling top donors that President Barack Obama won re-election because of the “gifts” he had already More...
Obama responds warily to sex scandal, FBI probe
NANCY BENAC,Associated Press PETE YOST,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding warily to his administration’s sudden sex scandal, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he’s seen no evidence More...
Obama talks with Israel, Egypt on Gaza attacks
MATTHEW DALY,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Wednesday night about rocket attacks being launched More...
Stocks slide as impasse over budget deficit looms
STEVE ROTHWELL,AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Investors drew little hope Wednesday for a quick compromise in U.S. budget talks after President Barack Obama insisted that higher taxes on wealthy Americans More...
Asia stocks fall as talks on US budget deal stall
PAMELA SAMPSON,AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stocks tumbled Thursday as hopes began to fade for a quick agreement among U.S. leaders to avoid a “fiscal cliff” that could derail the world’s More...
Obama presses GOP on taxing rich to avert ‘cliff’
DAVID ESPO,AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama challenged congressional Republicans Wednesday to let taxes rise on the wealthiest Americans on both economic and political grounds, More...
Congress protects airlines from EU emissions tax
JIM ABRAMS,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Tuesday stepped in to protect U.S. airlines from having to pay into a European Union program to cut emissions that its critics say is unilateral and illegal. House More...
Liberal group outlines $385B in Medicare cuts
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoping to head off wider health care cuts in upcoming budget talks, a think tank close to the White House is unveiling a plan for how to save $385 billion, More...
THE RESET: Pelosi decision may affect budget talks
TOM RAUM,Associated Press House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi’s decision to serve another term in that post will probably have a big influence on efforts by President Barack Obama and Congress to reach an More...
Obama: No evidence of security breach in scandal
BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he had no evidence that national security was threatened by the widening sex scandal that ensnared his former CIA More...
NTSB urges safety technologies be made standard
JOAN LOWY,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks, a move that could reduce More...
