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May 22, 2013 @ 12:28 am
Details of the Senate immigration bill
A look at the 867-page immigration overhaul bill approved Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee:May 22, 2013 @ 12:25 am
Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.May 22, 2013 @ 12:23 am
Gov't dysfunction may be baked into the system
The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so.May 22, 2013 @ 12:20 am
GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were educational.May 22, 2013 @ 12:16 am
Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress _ a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies.May 22, 2013 @ 12:15 am
Officials say Benghazi suspects under surveillance
Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to seize them as terrorist suspects, officials say, but prefers to wait until investigators have enough evidence to try them in a U.S. civilian courtroom.May 22, 2013 @ 12:15 am
Kerry pushes $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is talking with officials in Oman about their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon.May 22, 2013 @ 12:14 am
Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison
The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.May 21, 2013 @ 11:39 pm
Garcetti holds slim lead as LA picks new mayor
Councilman Eric Garcetti held a slender edge Tuesday in early returns over city Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next Los Angeles mayor, while slow-coming returns suggested it could take a day or more until a winner emerges.May 21, 2013 @ 11:09 pm
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Sotomayor at Yale
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the author of a unanimous decision delivered at the Supreme Court on Monday, but Sotomayor was hundreds of miles from Washington when the court convened.May 21, 2013 @ 7:46 pm
Calif. prosecutors seek retrial in corruption case
Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday they'll seek to retry five former officials in the city of Bell who were accused of corruption and overpaying themselves with public funds.May 21, 2013 @ 6:44 pm
House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
Republicans controlling the House pressed ahead Tuesday with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of automatic austerity.May 21, 2013 @ 6:00 pm
Ark. treasurer resigns amid charges she took cash
Arkansas' state treasurer resigned Tuesday after being accused of accepting at least $36,000 cash in exchange for steering business to an investment broker, bowing to bipartisan calls to step down or face removal from office.May 21, 2013 @ 5:39 pm
















