Jan 04 Huckabee leaving Fox News to mull presidential run By Douglass K. Daniel, Associated Press TV host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he is leaving his Fox News talk show as he considers whether to seek the Republican nomination for president, a decision he expects to reach in the spring. Continue reading
Jan 03 New Congress includes more minorities, women than ever before By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The 114th Congress that convenes Tuesday will count more minorities and women than ever, although lawmakers remain overwhelmingly white and male in the Republican-controlled House and Senate. Continue reading
Jan 03 Despite Republican Congress, Obama aims to start new year his way By Josh Lederman, Nedra Pickler, Associated Press President Barack Obama is aiming to set the agenda for the new year on his terms despite emboldened Republicans who feel their victory in November's elections given them a mandate to rein him in. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 8:15 Schools provide educational and mental health support to influx of undocumented teens By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 20 North Korea calls Sony hack claims ‘slander,’ threatens to retaliate By Andrew Mach Leaders in North Korea on Saturday called the Obama Administration's accusations that it was behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures "groundless slander" and threatened to retaliate unless the United States agreed to conduct a joint investigation with them. Continue reading
Dec 13 Stopgap spending bill clears Senate, goes to Obama By Associated Press Congress has sent President Barack Obama a short-term spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through Wednesday and avert a government shutdown. Continue reading
Dec 13 House Democrats, then Senate Republicans object to spending bill By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press First it was objections by House Democrats that stood in the way of passage of a $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill. Now it's the Senate Republicans' turn, specifically Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah. Continue reading
Dec 11 Read the full Senate report on CIA interrogation and the minority report in response By News Desk Senate investigators delivered a damning indictment of CIA practices Tuesday, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and deceiving the nation with narratives of life-saving interrogations unsubstantiated by its own records. Read… Continue reading
Dec 08 White House issues guidelines to ban racial and religious profiling By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The policy, which expands decade-old guidelines established under the Bush administration, also will require new training and data collection. Continue reading
Dec 05 Talking drug policy, Sen. Paul hints he used marijuana in his youth By Associated Press Paul, who announced plans this week to seek re-election to the Senate in 2016 and is actively exploring whether to run for president, said he "wasn't a choir boy" when asked by Louisville television station WHAS if he had used… Continue reading