Congress to vote Thursday on deal
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders are girded to push a compromise on tax cuts and spending through the House and Senate by week’s end a...
LONGMONT, Colo. — A powerful storm dumped up to 24 inches of snow in the Colorado mountains Tuesday before barreling onto the plains, prompting airlines to cancel about ...
WASHINGTON — Facing a record surge of Americans applying for health coverage on HealthCare.gov, the Obama administration moved late Tuesday to extend the deadline by 48 ...
Commando units in action
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is implicitly acknowledging that progress against the Islamic State has been too slow as the extremist group ...
Texas GOP senator is gaining momentum
WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz enters Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate with a burst of momentum, a robust campaign infrast...
Annual event aids remote Pacific islands
HONOLULU — Australian, Japanese and U.S. Air Force planes are dropping food and toys on remote atolls in the Pacific as part of t...
Navy’s new ship breaks down
NORFOLK — The U.S. Navy’s newest ship had to be towed to a base in Virginia after breaking down during its journey to its home port in Ca...
SALT LAKE CITY — The Boy Scouts of America announced revised rules this week to emphasize a duty to God and ban political advocacy, leaving a Utah organizer who applied ...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the newly passed international climate change agreement as a major achievement that could he...
Health care law hits crunch time
WASHINGTON — Rising premiums and shaken faith among insurers have cast a cloud over sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health ca...
