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... bond between the United States and Israel.” The grand jury hearing the case against the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Missouri is now being investigated for misconduct by the St. Louis County prosecutor. A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that North Carolina must restore ...
... were in control of the House), and Republicans gained 63 seats in the House (a post-World War Two record) and six in the Senate. Ferguson under the microscope: Congress is back and so are the committees. Post-Ferguson, the Senate Homeland Security Committee holds a hearing at 10:30 ...
... politician? The answer was: LBJ was a teacher. LINE ITEMS Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told the audience at a private Koch brothers’ event this June that should the Republicans win control of the Senate, he’d use the budget process to chip away at Mr. Obama’s legislative accomplishments ...
... 600 cases are confirmed in four affected countries, Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and now Nigeria. More marches are planned tonight and through the weekend in Ferguson, Missouri, as street violence subsides. About a hundred people peacefully protested in the Saint Louis suburb last night. They carried signs and chanted slogans ...
WASHINGTON -- After a decade of sending military equipment to civilian police departments across the country, federal officials are reconsidering the idea in light of the violence in Ferguson, Missouri. The public has absorbed images of heavily armed police, snipers trained on protesters and tear gas plumes. Against that backdrop, Attorney ...
The photos of military vehicles dispatched in the streets could have come from a war zone, but it’s Ferguson, Missouri. Community members are in a tense stand-off with law enforcement days after an unarmed African-American 18-year-old named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a ...
Photo by John Moore/Getty Images WASHINGTON (AP) -- Contentious from its conception, President Barack Obama's health care law has survived the Supreme Court, a battle for the White House and rounds of budget brinkmanship. Now comes the ultimate test: the verdict of the American people. A government shutdown may dampen any celebration as health insurance...
Tea party activists protest against the IRS last month in West Palm Beach, Fla. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Official Washington begins the month of June with a massive agenda set against a backdrop of scandal politics that have kept the White House on the defensive and won't be letting up any time soon. On...
David Wessel of the Wall Street Journal explains how the Massachusetts election affected Fed Chief Ben Bernanke's chances at a second term.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered an optimistic assessment of the U.S. economy's chances for recovery Friday in a much-anticipated speech to fellow central bankers and top economists.
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