Associated Press: Politics
- Urban renewal? Big US cities showing strong growth
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 12:02 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Senators warm to transportation nominee
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 04:27 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's nominee for transportation secretary is getting a friendly reception from senators of both parties laced with warnings that the nation needs to make a host of transportation improvements with no clear way to pay for them....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge apologizes for lag in unsealing documents
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 03:34 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge is apologizing for an 18-month delay in unsealing documents in a case involving an alleged leak of classified information to a reporter....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - First lady lauds effort to preserve DC slave house
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 01:22 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle Obama says stories of toil and sweat by slaves once housed at a historic home within sight of the White House are an important part of U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Others who took the 5th: McGwire, Abramoff, North
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 12:03 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Lois Lerner of the IRS joins a diverse roll call of people who have invoked Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination in refusing to answer questions at congressional hearings over the years....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 09:34 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI says a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 03:19 AMIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were educational....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fort Jackson commander facing adultery charges
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 05:21 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in a physical altercation....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Peace Corps to accept same-sex couples
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 12:28 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Okla. Senator says tornado aid should be paid for
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 10:46 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's $3.6 trillion budget....
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- AG: 4 Americans killed since 2009 in drone strikes
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 04:40 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder says four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009....
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Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 04:17 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army soldier has been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping women at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, including in a bathroom....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House takes up GOP bill to speed pipeline approval
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 01:20 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has taken up a Republican-sponsored bill that would speed approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House Republicans promote 20-week abortion ban
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 12:34 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republican who oppose abortion promoted legislation Wednesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More doctors, hospitals using electronic records
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 10:45 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration says more doctors and hospitals are embracing technology as adoption of computerized medical records reaches a "tipping point" in America....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FEMA Chief: Feds won't go 'when the cameras leave'
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 07:52 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says U.S. officials are "going neighborhood to neighborhood" to make sure Oklahoma gets the help it needs....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Sotomayor at Yale
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 02:09 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the author of a unanimous decision delivered at the Supreme Court on Monday, but Sotomayor was hundreds of miles from Washington when the court convened....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - No new funds needed for Okla. tornado recovery
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 03:38 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Top lawmakers and officials say the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 11:31 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Los Angeles picks mayor after low-drama campaign
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 09:14 AMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles is about to elect its next mayor....
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- 4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 07:14 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 03:38 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is threatening to veto House Republicans' student loan bill....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wis. governor to court Iowans, stoke 2016 talk
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 02:47 PMMADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Another year, another campaign....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pentagon to seek new vets record system
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 12:10 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says the Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system that will allow the department to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 11:01 AMAMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria's opposition to help them "fight for the freedom of their country" if President Bashar Assad's regime doesn't engage in peace talks in good faith....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gov't dysfunction may be baked into the system
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 03:23 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 03:16 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress - a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - White House: Reporters shouldn't be prosecuted
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 02:14 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama believes journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for doing their jobs....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 12:14 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on Facebook....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - President Obama to speak on Oklahoma disaster
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 06:56 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday....
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