Trending Topics: Boston bombers Solar flare bill Young voters Don't drone me, bro

June 20, 2013

More politics ticker Articles

  • Border security at issue in immigration bill

    06/12/13 07:16 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Bickering across a deep divide, supporters of immigration legislation pushed back hard Wednesday against Republican demands for tougher border security measures before millions living illegally in the country could take the first steps toward U.S. citizenship. Even modest...

  • OTC morning-after pill sales coming -- but not yet

    06/12/13 04:33 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for the morning-after pill to move next to the condoms on drugstore shelves right away — but after a decade-plus fight, it appears it really will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama administration has agreed to let the Plan B...

  • Congress briefed on US surveillance programs

    06/12/13 12:45 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Dogged by fear and confusion about sweeping spy programs, intelligence officials sought to convince House lawmakers in an unusual briefing Tuesday that the government's years-long collection of phone records and Internet usage is necessary for protecting Americans — and...

  • Immigration debate clears procedural Senate hurdle

    06/11/13 11:17 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the "moment is now" to give 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally a chance at...

  • Obama's ATF nominee gets Senate hearing

    06/11/13 05:46 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — It was remarkable enough that President Barack Obama's choice to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives got a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Only one other nominee to lead the ATF has had a hearing, and none has been confirmed....

  • Correction: Iceland-Secret Spillers story

    06/11/13 12:34 PM

    REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — In a story June 10 about Iceland's role as a possible destination for the American intelligence contractor who leaked National Security Agency secrets, The Associated Press quoted a man who identified himself as Bjorn Sigurdarson, an executive at the University of...

  • Senate passes farm bill, moving debate to House

    06/11/13 11:47 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Congress passed a farm bill, Democrats had control of the House and the food stamp program was about half the size it is today. That was five years ago. Conservatives calling for an overhaul of the domestic food aid program will try to trim the nation's nearly...

  • Merkel, Obama to discuss NSA surveillance program

    06/10/13 06:34 PM

    BERLIN (AP) — Germany's chancellor will raise the issue of the U.S. National Security Agency's eavesdropping on European communications when she meets President Barack Obama here next week — the latest sign of the international backlash over America's sweeping electronic surveillance...

  • Journalist: Snowden fled US fearing unfair trial

    06/10/13 02:35 PM

    HONG KONG (AP) — The American intelligence contractor who disclosed U.S. government surveillance programs fled to Hong Kong because he believed he wouldn't get a fair trial in his home country, the journalist who broke the story said Monday. Glenn Greenwald of the British-based Guardian...

  • Obama observes 50th anniversary of Equal Pay Act

    06/10/13 02:03 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says that 50 years after enactment of the Equal Pay Act, the nation still faces gender wage disparities that must be fixed. "This is the 21st century," he declared. "It's time to close that gap." Obama raised the issue while observing the anniversary...


1234567

Top 5 Most Read Stories

From the Weekly Standard

  • June 17, 1953

    By: William Kristol

    Today, speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama paid appropriate tribute to the brave East Germans who rebelled 60 years ago against Communist dictatorship:

    Read More...

  • Problems of the Second Generation

    By: Peter Skerry

    The Boston Marathon bombings highlighted, once again, the challenges of assimilating Muslim youth. And while the onus of accountability ought not rest exclusively on Muslim Americans, it...

    Read More...

  • Release Osama Bin Laden’s Files on Taliban

    By: Thomas Joscelyn

    The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it was moving forward with its attempt to negotiate with the Taliban, which has opened a long-awaited political office in Doha, Qatar. The...

    Read More...