Reid: Democrats to ease cuts with war savings
WASHINGTON -- The top Democrat in the Senate says he'll press ahead with new legislation to repeal automatic spending cuts that are now beginning to sting.
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NY's Weiner back on Twitter 2 years after disgrace
NEW YORK -- Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has returned to the forum that led to his political downfall in 2011, launching a new Twitter account.
Obama's IOUs start coming due
WASHINGTON -- Presidential campaigns are long in the making, quick to be forgotten. But one part of them lives on for years: the victor's promises.
Leahy chastises those linking Boston, immigration
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is criticizing attempts by some to link the Boston Marathon bombings to legislation to overhaul the U.S. immigration system.
Obama to hold moment of silence for Boston victims
WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama will observe a moment of silence Monday to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.
Hagel on first trip to Mideast as Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday began a weeklong trip to the Middle East to consult with Israeli leaders on Syria's civil war and Iran's nuclear program and to discuss a set of U.S. arms deals with Israel and two Arab countries.
Obama, Putin discuss Boston Marathon attacks
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has spoken by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the investigation into the Boston Marathon attacks.
AG, FBI director to brief Obama on bombing probe
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department says Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller are briefing President Barack Obama at the White House on developments in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.
Obama taking action on gun background check system
WASHINGTON -- Blocked by Congress from expanding gun sale background checks, President Barack Obama is turning to actions within his own power to keep people from buying a gun who are prohibited for mental health reasons.
Obama honors bombing victims in Boston
BOSTON -- President Barack Obama declared "there is a piece of Boston in me" as he paid tribute to a city shaken by what he has called an act of terror. He said: "Every one of us stands with you."
Paul says he is considering 2016 presidential bid
WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, popular with conservatives and libertarians in the GOP, said Wednesday he is considering a presidential campaign in 2016 but will not make a decision before next year.
Official: Letter to US senator contained ricin
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate sergeant-at-arms says a private lab has confirmed the presence of ricin in a letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker.
Gun control backers: Senate defeat won't stop us
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and his gun control allies say Senate rejection of expanded background checks and other restrictions won't stop their drive to reduce firearms violence. But their path to enacting gun curbs this year seems blocked by the National Rifle Association, and supporters of restrictions appear befuddled about what it will take to push legislation through this Congress.
Fla. Gov. to tout jobless numbers
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott will be announcing whether or not the state's unemployment rate is still dropping.
Senator: Tests on suspicious letter are negative
WASHINGTON -- Michigan Sen. Carl Levin says preliminary testing on a suspicious letter to his Saginaw office was negative.
Senate rejects expanded gun background checks
WASHINGTON -- The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control.
FBI: Early test shows ricin in Obama letter
WASHINGTON -- Letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator that tested positive for poisonous ricin are related and both are postmarked Memphis, Tenn., the FBI said Wednesday.
Ricin in Obama letter, odd packages scramble Hill
WASHINGTON -- Letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge.
Obama dines and talks issues with Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is meeting with a group of Senate Democrats, discussing gun control, immigration and the budget over dinner at a hotel near the White House.
Officials: Ex-judge's wife confessed in DA deaths
KAUFMAN, Texas -- The wife of a former North Texas judge was charged with capital murder after confessing to her involvement in the three shooting deaths of the local district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor, authorities said Wednesday.
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