WASHINGTON — The House has passed a $1.1 billion House-Senate measure to combat the Zika virus, but the GOP-drafted measure is a nonstarter with Senate Democrats and the...
Republicans stream out exits
WASHINGTON — A drained and dwindling group of Democrats, some draped in blankets and toting pillows, carried their remarkable House floor sit...
Former GOP House speaker in prison
CHICAGO — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert wheeled himself into a federal prison in Minnesota on Wednesday to serve his 15...
WASHINGTON — A moderate Republican senator sought broad bipartisan support Tuesday for a compromise to block gun purchases by some suspected terrorists, a day after the ...
Candidate's son praises officers
LAS VEGAS — A British man arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas tried to grab a police officer’s gun so he could kill the preside...
Dad matches son’s cancer surgery scar
WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas dad’s touching gesture of getting a tattoo to match a scar his young son was left with following brain...
Facing stiff challenge, gun control opposed
WASHINGTON — Among the Senate’s most vulnerable Republicans, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey stood firmly with the powerful Natio...
Sick worker needs evacuated
WASHINGTON — After flying through dangerous dark and cold, a rescue plane landed Tuesday at the South Pole to evacuate a sick worker from a re...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Trumpet player Wayne Jackson, who played standout horn lines on rock ’n’ roll, soul, R&B and pop mainstays along with Memphis Horns partner and tenor sa...
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s search for a running mate is moving into a more intense phase, according to several Democrats, as aides contact a pared-down pool of candi...
