Rep. King upset with his party
MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. — Rep. Peter King wants even the Boy Scouts to know he’s upset with his Republican Party.
Before a dozen members of P...
They will mark 50 years since JFK was assassinated
NEW YORK — On the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 22, 1963, the turgid melodrama of “As the World Turns” was suddenly interru...
Budget talks get under way
WASHINGTON — To hear Rep. Paul Ryan tell it, a bipartisan group of congressional negotiators has the chance to take the first steps toward fixi...
WASHINGTON — Former Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is starting his new job in an unusual position — a freshman Democratic senator with celebrity status.
The man Oprah W...
Some may have to find coverage
WASHINGTON — Think you’re confused by “ObamaCare.” It’s roiling Capitol Hill behind the scenes, too.
Members of Congress are governing them...
SAN DIEGO — A tunnel designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego was equipped with lighting, ventilation and an electric rail system, U.S. authorities s...
AUSTIN, Texas — A third of the abortion clinics in Texas can no longer perform the procedure starting today after a federal appeals court allowed most of the state’s new...
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — A 13-year-old boy was fatally wounded by a California sheriff’s deputy before a second officer was able to get out of a patrol vehicle and take cove...
Obamacare woes probed
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama claimed “full responsibility” Wednesday for fixing his administration’s much-maligned health insurance website a...
Country wants more weapons
WASHINGTON — A bloody resurgence of al-Qaida in Iraq is prompting Baghdad to ask the U.S. for more weapons, training and manpower, two years af...
