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As scandals mount, White House springs into damage control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With no sign of an end to three mushrooming scandals, the White House acknowledged the rising politica...
Holder sidesteps lawmakers' questions on AP records seizure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers pounded U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday with questions about the Justice Depa...
Senate backers of background checks scramble for votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers appeared on Tuesday to be short of th...
Senators unveil bipartisan immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation to remove the thr...
Immigration bill expected this week, senators say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to overhaul the immigration system would likely be completed by the end of this week, two senio...
Senate group resolves key issues on immigration reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With business and labor now in agreement, a bipartisan group of senators has resolved all major issues...
In separating gun-control bills, Democrats reveal strategy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats in the Senate have spread his gun-control proposals acro...
Amid questions, Senate begins hearings on gun control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six weeks after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to fight gun-relat...
Obama to tread carefully in immigration debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will wade cautiously into the debate over U.S. immigration reform on Tuesday, s...
Bipartisan Senate group proposes immigration plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has agreed on a framework for immigration reform that would provid...
Senior Democrat says Senate to finally pass a budget
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats for the first time in more than three years will pass a budget, a senior Democratic l...
Obama to push immigration overhaul early in 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is forging ahead on a wide-ranging plan to overhaul the U.S. immigration system...
White House considers broader gun control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is weighing a far broader approach to curbing U.S. gun violence than just reinstating ...
New York, New Jersey put $71 billion price tag on Sandy
(Reuters) - New York state and New Jersey need at least $71.3 billion to recover from the devastation wrought by Supersto...
Obama tours New York storm damage, consoles victims
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama consoled grieving victims of Superstorm Sandy on the ground and surveyed disaster...
Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya leaving unanswered questions
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died ...
Man who shot Florida teen fears for safety
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The neighborhood watch volunteer who sparked a national uproar by shooting an unarmed teenager t...
Republicans block Obama's consumer nominee
By Dave ClarkeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Thursday beat back Democratic President Barack Obama's pick to hea...
Obama's 'Buffett tax' roils Congress tax debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Senator Charles Schumer urged quick action to raise taxes on the rich -- people like billionaire ...
Republican wins in New York Democratic stronghold
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republicans won an upset victory in a Democratic stronghold in New York on Tuesday in a special House of...