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Led by Republicans, House passes measure to limit abortions
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives passed legislation to enact stringent restrictions on abortion Tuesday, acting on an...
NSA surveillance helped foil more than 50 attacks, officials say
WASHINGTONÂ — Recently disclosed National Security Agency surveillance programs have helped disrupt more than 50 “...
Supporters of Obama's healthcare law kick off outreach campaign
WASHINGTON — A coalition of presidential campaign veterans, healthcare companies and community...
White House pushes gun safety, but it means little without Congress
WASHINGTON -- The White House plans to announce Tuesday that it has improved gun safety in the country...
Immigration enforcement head John Morton announces resignation
WASHINGTON – Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton announced his resignation Monday after more than four years at...
Supreme Court rules for generic drugs, against 'pay for delay'
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that brand-name drug makers can be sued for violating the antitrust laws if they make a...
Supreme Court blocks Arizona law on voter registration
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court threw out an Arizona law Monday and by a surprisingly lopsided vote, ruling state officials may not...
Supreme Court to hear case on housing discrimination law
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, rejecting the advice of the Obama administration, will consider whether to limit the federal housing...
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Budget report gives key push to Senate immigration billWASHINGTON — The sweeping immigration overhaul bill received a boost Tuesday as senators appeared to narrow their differences on... |
BioWatch faces congressional hearing this weekWASHINGTON — A decade ago, then-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge oversaw the start of BioWatch, the nationwide system designed to... |
IRS manager says tea party groups not politically targetedWASHINGTON — An Internal Revenue Service manager who described himself as a "conservative Republican" told congressional investigators... |
Supreme Court considers landmark equality casesWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. |
NSA surveillance helped foil more than 50 attacks, officials sayWASHINGTON — Recently disclosed National Security Agency surveillance programs have helped disrupt more than 50 "potential terrorist... |
Edward Snowden's not the first to make claims about NSAWASHINGTON — Mathematician William Binney worked for the National Security Agency for four decades, and in the late 1990s he helped... |
Joe Biden touts White House progress on gun controlWASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden, seeking to reinvigorate the White House's stalled gun safety push, touted... |
Newtown marks six-month anniversary of school shootingPeople in Newtown, Conn., and around the country paused Friday to remember the tragic shooting rampage that took place at an elementary... |
BioWatch's chief aim is off-target, U.S. security officials sayWASHINGTON — Homeland Security Department planners have privately rejected a central premise of BioWatch, the nation's decade-old... |
NSA surveillance disclosure could affect court casesWhen federal officials recently confirmed the existence of a massive National Security Agency program that has been collecting Americans'... |
Envoy appointed to shut down prison at GuantanamoWASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Monday that it had chosen a longtime Washington attorney who has worked in both... |
Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border securityWASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have... |
Obama considers sweeping climate planWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering a sweeping initiative to address climate change, including the first-ever... |
Snowden smuggled out data on thumb drive, officials sayWASHINGTON — Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used a computer thumb drive, a portable data storage... |
Edward Snowden vows more disclosures about U.S. surveillanceWASHINGTON — Defiant and apparently unbowed by threats of prosecution, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed... |
Edward Snowden shows evolution of smuggling secretsWHITMORE VILLAGE, Hawaii — Sure, Edward Snowden just used a simple thumb drive to smuggle classified information out of the National... |
Journalistic impartiality tested in NSA leak storyEdward Snowden may represent the archetypal leaker of the Internet age — a tech savant who justifies his civil disobedience as a... |
Amendments to immigration overhaul bill stall in SenateWASHINGTON — Enthusiasm in the Senate for the debate over immigration gave way to reality Wednesday as party leaders quarreled to a... |
Obama, Putin differ on Syria during tense talksENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — President Obama differed sharply with Russia's leader over the Syrian civil war in an icy encounter... |
Democrats seek to avoid repeat of 2010 loss in MassachusettsWASHINGTON — Desperate to avoid another Massachusetts special-election debacle, Democrats are pulling out all the stops for Rep.... |