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Justice Department to challenge Texas voter ID law 22 Aug 2013 | 09:36 pm
Justice Department officials say they'll launch a few legal fight to block the Texas voter ID law. Texas lost the first round when the federal government refused to give the state permission to enforc...
Beau Biden has 'successful procedure,' to be discharged from hospital Thursday 22 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, underwent a "successful procedure" at a Houston hospital and will be discharged Thursday, the vice president says. "Yesterda....
Cruz declines to 'speculate' about eligibility to run for president 21 Aug 2013 | 05:53 am
DALLAS -- Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday refused to say whether he believes he is eligible to run for president of the United States even though he was born in Canada. "I'm not going to spe...
Recess-bound House votes to gut Obama health care law for 40th time 2 Aug 2013 | 09:26 pm
Capping a legislative work period more noted for what it failed to pass than for what it completed, the House voted for the 40th time on Friday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care reform la...
Senate confirms Power as next UN ambassador 2 Aug 2013 | 02:06 am
The Senate has confirmed Samantha Power to be the next ambassador to the United Nations. The vote was 87-10. Power, who has served as a foreign policy adviser to President Barack Obama, replaces Susan...
House passes student loan deal, sends to Obama's desk 1 Aug 2013 | 03:30 am
The House approved a measure Wednesday to link interest rates on student loans to financial markets, sending the compromise legislation to the president’s desk after a lengthy back-and-forth between C...
Top Republican: Stop 'unrealistic' sequestration cuts 1 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
In a surprisingly frank statement released Wednesday, the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee is warning his own party that deep across-the-board budget cuts scheduled to go into effe...
After arm-twisting, Senate OKs first ATF chief in seven years 1 Aug 2013 | 01:55 am
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has its first Senate-confirmed head in seven years, after the upper chamber voted 53-42 to approve Byron Todd Jones for the post. But the nomination was alm...
Dems question Obama on Summers for Fed chair post 31 Jul 2013 | 11:17 pm
Meeting behind closed doors with House Democrats Wednesday, President Barack Obama faced questions from his own party about his reported consideration of Larry Summers as the next chairman of the Fede...
After lunching with Obama, Hillary Clinton to meet Tuesday with Biden 30 Jul 2013 | 01:27 am
After lunching with President Barack Obama Monday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to sit down for breakfast Tuesday morning with Vice President Joe Biden, widely thought to be ...
