| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — Any confrontation over the nations debt ceiling is now unlikely until after Labor Day.Read more
|Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama has met with Daniel Werfel, the new acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.Read more
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control.Read more
|Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. wants to see Bangladesh move forward on improving labor standards after a building collapse that killed hundreds of garment workers.Read more
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees.Read more
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — Anthony Foxx appears to have a clear path to confirmation as U.S. transportation secretary next week, as virtually all of his 16 predecessors have.Read more
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.Read more
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade, using nearly $6 in higher revenues for every $1 in reduced spending to achieve it, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Friday.Read more
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, to answer questions about the panel's findings behind closed doors.Read more
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — An Army general who served as a top official on U.S. joint military staffs in Afghanistan and at the Pentagon is the choice to command U.S. troops in South Korea.Read more