Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a "long-term modernization" effort and would not help ease the current...

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June — if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those officials appeared at odds over what evidence would demonstrate...

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee chairman has withdrawn a subpoena to compel a retired diplomat to answer questions in private about an independent investigation of last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya. Rep. Darrell Issa (EYE'-suh) says he acted after Thomas Pickering agreed to meet with...

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is apologizing for an 18-month delay in unsealing documents in a case involving an alleged leak of classified information to a reporter. The documents include two warrants for the email accounts of Stephen Kim, a State Department adviser who faces charges of...

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of a House panel angry over sexual abuse problems in the military are set to vote on a bill that would strip commanding officers of their authority to unilaterally change or dismiss court-martial convictions — a change that lawmakers believe will lead to a cultural...

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gaining confidence as he nailed questions about obscure island chains, bodies of water, global trade and culture, 12-year-old Sathwik Karnik cruised to victory Wednesday in the 2013 National Geographic Bee. To clinch the title, Sathwik correctly named Chimborazo as the...

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are moving to protect Capitol Hill's budget even as they're moving to slash other programs like education, health research, water projects and housing aid for the poor. The move by the House Appropriations Committee promises a small budget increase for...

Updated: 6 min ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Sunday. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president will view the tornado damage first-hand. He also plans to meet with victims and first responders. The monstrous tornado barreled through the...

Updated: 21 min ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Obama on Sunday to visit Oklahoma town devastated by monstrous tornado.

Updated: 36 min ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions....