The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will hold a vote on Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget in an effort to divide the Senate GOP conference. Reid said on a conference call with reporters on Wednesday that he would hold a vote, saying it would give the Senate GOP an opportunity to say where [...]
Los Angeles Times: At a historic news conference Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the central bank’s unprecedented and controversial actions to stabilize and revive the economy and tried to deflect concerns that inflation could derail the recovery. But Bernanke admitted during the hourlong session that inflation has been rising and promised that [...]
President Barack Obama plans this week to name CIA director Leon Panetta as defense secretary to replace Robert Gates, and General David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief’s job, administration sources say. The officials all spoke on condition of anonymity because the changes are not final. The changes would [...]
The dollar fell to a 16-month low versus the euro on speculation the Federal Reserve will consider further easing measures to support the U.S. economy after its bond-buying program expires in June. The euro advanced for a fourth day against the yen before a report that economists say will show the region’s industrial orders increased, [...]
If you don’t want it to get even harder for a U.S. citizen to get a passport — now required for travel even to Canada or Mexico — you only have until Monday to let the State Department know. The U.S. Department of State is proposing a new Biographical Questionnaire for some passport applicants: The [...]
A three-inch lizard that thrives in desert conditions could shut down oil and gas operations in portions of Southeast New Mexico and in West Texas, including the state’s top two oil producing counties. Called the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard, it is being considered for inclusion on the federal Endangered Species listing by the U.S. Fish and [...]
A Connecticut mother who says she wanted to give her son a better education will be arraigned on Wednesday on charges for enrolling the 6-year-old in another town, sparking outrage and support from people nationwide. Tanya McDowell, a 33-year-old homeless woman whose last known address was in Bridgeport, Conn, is scheduled to be arraigned on [...]
Politico: As newly elected Republican state legislatures aggressively push a slew of anti-union measures, the International Association of Fire Fighters is freezing its federal political spending and shifting all resources toward its beleaguered state and local colleagues. “With the survival of our union and the ability to preserve and protect the rights, wages, and benefits [...]
Washington Post: PARIS — Moved by escalating violence in Syria, European leaders warned Tuesday that they will impose new sanctions on Damascus unless President Bashar al-Assad halts his bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. The warnings reflected a growing sense of outrage in European capitals since Assad sent tanks and armored personnel carriers into the rebellious [...]
U.S.A. Today: WASHINGTON — Republicans may be ready for a fling with Donald Trump, but a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows they have reservations about installing him in the White House. The real estate developer and reality TV star, who scores at the top in polls of the GOP field these days, falls to fourth when [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) A Lawton woman is among tens of thousands of the nation’s war widows who find it perplexing and downright disrespectful to their late military husbands: In order to fully collect on insurance their husbands bought for them when alive, they must marry another man. And to qualify, the widows must remarry when they [...]
Saudi King Abdullah suggested implanting electronic chips in detainees from Guantanamo after their release to track them, leaked documents on the US lockup in Cuba indicated Tuesday. German news weekly Der Spiegel, one of several media outlets to have obtained the documents from the WikiLeaks website, reported in its online edition from a diplomatic cable [...]
At least seven deaths have been reported in connection with a series of tornadoes and severe weather that ripped through several states from Kentucky to Tennessee Monday, authorities said. Forecasters expect more rain and storms today to slam across the Midwest, as the system moves east. In Arkansas, three people were killed in rising floodwaters [...]
Brownsville police are releasing few details of an improvised explosive device found along U.S. Expressway 77/83 Sunday afternoon. The “modified pineapple grenade” was discovered by a concerned citizen on the southbound lane of the expressway, who contacted authorities, said police spokesman Eddie Garcia. Garcia said the device was poorly constructed and would not have expoded [...]
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — The International Monetary Fund has just dropped a bombshell, and nobody noticed. For the first time, the international organization has set a date for the moment when the “Age of America” will end and the U.S. economy will be overtaken by that of China. IMF sees China topping U.S. in 2016 According [...]
As a little boy, Adam McSween was meticulous about his appearance. “His hair had to be just right, and his clothes always had to be pressed just before he put them on, even if they had been pressed and hung in his closet,” says his mother, Florence McSween. “He always cared about how he looked.” [...]
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