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Justices sharply divided over health care law subsidies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharply divided along familiar lines, the Supreme Court took up a politically charged new challenge to President Barack Obama's health overhaul...

Senate panel greenlights Obama's attorney general pick

WASHINGTON (AP) — Loretta Lynch won approval from a key Senate committee Thursday to serve as the nation's next attorney general, as divided Republicans...

Wolf nominee for Pa. high court in hot seat over racially insensitive 'Christmas' email

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A White county judge nominated for Pennsylvania's highest court apparently forwarded a racially insensitive email showing a Black couple talking...

Oscar race is all about timing (except when it's not)

NEW YORK (AP) - Timing is everything in the Oscar race. Except when it's not. This year's Academy Awards field has done more than most...

To Be Equal…It’s time for Hollywood to act like diversity matters

“Diversity is basically a description of independence. Diversity is what moves the ball for me, and I thought ‘give people a chance that have...

Loretta Lynch deftly handles Senate Judiciary Committee

Loretta Lynch (Courtesy of Justice.gov) At the beginning of her appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee last Wednesday morning, Attorney General-designate Loretta E. Lynch delivered...

With eye on history, judges nix gay marriage bans

Robert Shelby, a former Army combat engineer, knocked over the first domino. As a U.S. district judge — appointed in 2012 by President Barack Obama...

San Antonio Mayor Obama's choice to lead H.U.D.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shuffling his second-term Cabinet, President Barack Obama plans to nominate Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan to be budget director and is considering...

Obama's HHS nominee wins GOP praise

WASHINGTON (AP) --President Barack Obama's nominee for health secretary is winning GOP praise as she makes her first appearance before a Senate committee. Sylvia Mathews...

55 schools face US federal sex assault probe

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty-five colleges and universities — big and small, public and private — are being investigated over their handling of sexual abuse...

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