U.S. Collins leads Senate sisters in shaping deal
WASHINGTON — The male Senate leaders may have tied the bow on a deal aimed at ending the government shutdown, but credit for shaping the package is being given to...
Texas town struggles to rebound from deadly blast
WEST, Texas — Students are back in class, homes are being rebuilt and, at least on the surface, normalcy appears to be returning to this battered town six months after...
Cory Booker wins New Jersey Senate seat
Cory Booker, the charismatic Newark mayor who won a national following via Twitter and his own heroics, was elected to the U.S. Senate Wednesday. Booker, a Democrat, easily defeated...
Which Senators voted against the shutdown deal?
Here is the vote breakdown in the Senate for H.R. 2775 , to continue appropriations for the fiscal year, 2014. Yea (81 votes): Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Baldwin...
Fox News Replaces ‘Obamacare’ With ‘Slavery’
Fox News has altered all news stories that mention the Affordable Care Act and Obamacare and replaced those words with “slavery.” On FoxNews.com, an Associated Press story that initially...
Obama: Washington can learn from Medal of Honor recipient
WASHINGTON — President Obama took a break from dealing with the fiscal crisis on Tuesday to award former Army captain William Swenson the Medal of Honor, making him the first...
Sheriff: Son killed after arguing with dad about football
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — An apparent fight over when to quit watching football turned deadly when a man fatally shot his teenage son, authorities say. David Carrender, 49, was arrested...
Soldier delivers ‘salute seen around the world’
An Army Ranger wounded in Afghanistan has the Internet buzzing with a photo that Web viewers have dubbed "the salute seen around the world." Cpl. Josh Hargis, whose special...
Government shutdown threatens Marine Corps Marathon
The government shutdown on Tuesday brought more panic to a world already feeling insecure due to disasters – the world of distance running. At about 5 p.m. ET Tuesday,...
GOP asks: Why were national parks shut down, anyway?
WASHINGTON — House Republicans plan to take aim at the Obama administration on Wednesday for temporarily shuttering properties managed by the National Park Service during the federal government shutdown, spotlighting...