May 31 Surveillance powers will lapse without Senate action By Associated Press Hours from a midnight deadline for contested anti-terror measures to expire, no solution was in sight as the Senate convened an extraordinary Sunday session to hash out a way forward. Intelligence officials warned the result would amount to a win… Continue reading
May 31 Pentagon chief will hold people accountable for anthrax mishap By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Sunday that he will find out who was responsible for the mistaken shipments of live anthrax to 11 U.S. states and two countries and will "hold them accountable."… Continue reading
May 31 John Kerry breaks leg bicycling in France, cuts overseas trip short By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press GENEVA -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday, apparently after hitting a curb, and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State… Continue reading
May 31 Vice President's son, Beau Biden, dies of brain cancer at 46 By Associated Press On Saturday, Beau Biden died of brain cancer, less than two years after he was diagnosed. He was 46. Continue reading
May 30 China, U.S. at impasse over Chinese land reclamation projects By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press China vigorously defended its South China Sea land reclamation projects in the face of persistent criticism from U.S. leaders at an international security summit Saturday as the standoff in the Asia-Pacific region shows few signs of abating… Continue reading
May 30 Texas approves open carry law for handguns By Daniel Costa-Roberts The law allows licensed Texans to carry handguns in plain view in belt or shoulder holsters. Continue reading
May 30 Will lapse in surveillance laws make the U.S. less secure? By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press Barring a last-minute deal in Congress, three post-Sept. 11 surveillance laws used against spies and terrorists are set to expire as Sunday turns into Monday… Continue reading
May 30 What does Martin O'Malley believe? Where the candidate stands on 11 issues By Anya van Wagtendonk, Lisa Desjardins He is a former Baltimore mayor and two-term Maryland governor who now works as a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University. Martin O’Malley is known for his sweeping gun control push, cap-and-trade carbon emissions policy as well as his… Continue reading
May 30 U.S. and Iran resume talks on sanctions in Geneva By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press A month out from a nuclear deal deadline, the top U.S. and Iranian diplomats gathered in Geneva Saturday in an effort to bridge differences over how quickly to ease economic sanctions on Tehran and how significantly the Iranians must open… Continue reading
May 30 'I'm running for you': Martin O'Malley announces 2016 ambitions By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Saturday joined the Democratic presidential race with a longshot challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the 2016 nomination and tried to stake a position to her left on the economy and Wall Street reform. Continue reading