House swears in new representative from Missouri
WASHINGTON -- Jason Smith, a 32-year-old Missouri state lawmaker, livestock farm owner and attorney, has taken the oath to become the newest member of the House.
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Court tells U.S. to lift limits on some 'Morning-after' pills
NEW YORK - A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered that some types of emergency contraceptives, including one of the leading brands, be made available for now to women of all ages without...
DHS: A hunch is enough for searching your laptop
WASHINGTON -- U.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler's laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data on them based on no more than a hunch, according to an internal Homeland Security Department study. It contends limiting such searches would prevent the U.S. from detecting child pornographers or terrorists and expose the government to lawsuits.
UK, French claims put Obama in tough spot on Syria
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is facing a new quandary from a pair of assertive allies, France and Britain, that suggest his stated "red line" for more forceful U.S. action in the Syrian civil war has been crossed with solid evidence of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime.
Agency drops plan to allow small knives on planes
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration said Wednesday it was abandoning a plan that would have let passengers carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes.
ACLU study: Pot arrests more likely for blacks
WASHINGTON -- Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana at a higher rate than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, the American Civil Liberties Union reports in a new study.
Obama names Rice as national security adviser
WASHINGTON -- Shaking up his national security team, President Barack Obama tapped diplomat Susan Rice as his national security adviser, defying Republicans who have vigorously criticized her faulty explanation about the attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
Sen. Lautenberg of NJ to be eulogized by Biden
NEW YORK -- U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg's nearly three decades in office and the causes he championed will be remembered at a funeral service in New York.
Poll: Pres. Obama standing remains steady
WASHINGTON -- The recent disputes involving the IRS, last year's deadly Benghazi attack and the Justice Department's media probes have raised doubts about the Obama administration’s honesty and integrity among majorities of Americans, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.
Candidates in Mass. US Senate race prep for debate
BOSTON -- Democrat Edward Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez are gearing up for the first of three televised debates in the state's special U.S. Senate election.
Michelle Obama confronts gay-rights heckler
WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama confronted a gay-rights protester who heckled her at a Democratic fundraiser in Washington on Tuesday, offering to give her the microphone and leave, before the crowd cheered for the first lady to stay.
Lawsuit challenges US deportation procedures
SAN DIEGO -- The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government Tuesday over the way Mexicans accused of living in the country illegally agree to be sent home, claiming the so-called voluntary departures are actually coerced.
Senators blast military response to sex assaults
WASHINGTON -- U.S. senators dressed down senior military leaders Tuesday, led by female lawmakers, combat veterans and former prosecutors who insisted that sexual assault in the ranks has cost the services the trust and respect of the American people as well as the nation's men and women in uniform.
Obama to campaign for Markey in Boston
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will travel to Boston next week to lend his support to the Democratic candidate in a special Senate race in Massachusetts.
Official describes rampant computer hacking at VA
WASHINGTON -- At least eight foreign-sponsored organizations, mostly connected to the Chinese military, have hacked into computer networks at the Veterans Affairs Department in recent years or were actively trying to do so, a former VA computer security chief told Congress on Tuesday.
Watchdog: IRS enjoy luxury rooms at conference
WASHINGTON -- Already under siege, the Internal Revenue Service was cited by a government watchdog for a $4.1 million training conference featuring luxury rooms and free drinks, even as conservative figures told Congress Tuesday they had been abused for years while seeking tax-exempt status.
New Markey ad targets Gomez claim of independence
BOSTON -- Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey's new television ad aims to undermine rival Gabriel Gomez's claim that he is a "new kind of Republican."
Military calls sexual assault 'like a cancer'
WASHINGTON -- Military leaders said Tuesday that sexual assault in the ranks is "like a cancer" that could destroy the force, but they expressed serious concerns about far-reaching congressional efforts to strip commanders of some authority in meting out justice.
Senate introduces No Child Left Behind successor
WASHINGTON -- The one-sized-fits-all national requirements of No Child Left Behind would give way to standards that states write for themselves under legislation Senate Democrats announced Tuesday.
Obama welcomes Chile's Pinera to White House
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has welcomed Chilean President Sebastian Pinera to the White House, asserting the South American nation's economic and democratic rise.
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