By ALAN FRAM Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan called on Republicans Wednesday to stop fighting angrily among themselves and not to be distracted by guns or other “hot-button”… Read more »
Category: National News
Obama to make first visit of his presidency to a US mosque
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama’s first visit to a U.S. mosque comes as Muslim-Americans say they’re confronting increasing levels of bias in speech and deeds. Obama… Read more »
Big freight railroads won’t meet safety technology deadline
By JOAN LOWY Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S. have told the government they won’t meet a 2018 deadline to start using safety… Read more »
US proposes more Pentagon funding for Europe aid, equipment
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Obama administration said Tuesday it will propose quadrupling what it spends on its troops and training in Europe, as part of the… Read more »
US to rework arms control rule one exporting hacker tools
By TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The U.S. government is rewriting a proposal under arms control rules from 20 years ago to make it simpler to export tools related… Read more »
Generals say women should have to register for draft
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The top Army and Marine Corps generals say they believe all women should have to register for the draft now that combat jobs… Read more »
Bipartisan probe faults gov’t with migrant child abuse
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Migrant children in the government’s care fell prey to human trafficking after the Health and Human Services Department failed to… Read more »
US to collect equal pay data from all big employers
By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Obama administration is expanding a data collection program aimed at ferreting out abuses of equal pay laws. President Barack Obama in 2014 directed… Read more »
Senate probe faults gov’t for migrant child abuse
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — A congressional probe finds that inadequate screening endangered migrant children in the government’s care. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio says… Read more »
Army official: Security in Afghanistan is worsening
By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the next American commander in Afghanistan said Thursday the security situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating and assured senators… Read more »