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Frustrated Republicans taste limits of majority control

WASHINGTON (AP) — It wasn't supposed to be like this for Republicans. A month into their control of both chambers of Congress, they are...

Child Watch…A call to end child poverty now

It is a national moral disgrace that there are 14.7 million poor children and 6.5 million extremely poor children in the United States of...

Ire over Netanyahu's speech, but Dems hopes to limit fallout

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Israeli prime minister's upcoming speech to Congress without President Barack Obama's blessing has angered Democratic lawmakers, but they see little...

War memorial separates dead by race, divides Southern city

GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Along Main Street in a small South Carolina city, there is war memorial honoring fallen World War I and II...

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...

Top five 'food stamp' states per capita

  Food stamps, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, are offered to Americans who earn a gross income amount that's less than 130 percent...

Carl Heastie elected first Black speaker of New York Assembly

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Carl Heastie was elected speaker of the New York state Assembly on Tuesday, making him the first African-American to hold...

GOP: No appeal on Florida congressional map ruling

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republicans who control Florida's Legislature said Tuesday that they will not appeal a landmark ruling that found that the state's...

Obama: I'll act on my own on immigration

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the face of an unyielding Congress, President Barack Obama said Monday he will no longer wait for Republicans to act...

Despite the grousing, voters rarely 'throw the bums out'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is wildly unpopular. In fact, two-thirds of Americans want their own House member booted. And the tea party is dogging longtime...

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