WASHINGTON -- Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Barack Obama was...
WASHINGTON -- Internal Revenue Service officials are not fully cooperating with efforts to learn who is responsible for targeting conservative groups, lawmakers learned Wednesday during the third and most tense, dramatic hearing on the scandal.
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GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Protesters in Boy Scout uniforms staked out sides of a resort-lined street in this Dallas suburb where national Scouting leaders were meeting Wednesday to consider lifting the ban on gay Scouts.
On one side, handmade signs ...
AMMAN, Jordan -- U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Wednesday downplayed recent battlefield advances by Syria's military, saying they do not signal that the government of President Bashar Assad is gaining the upper hand against rebel forces ...
WASHINGTON -- When $50 billion in disaster aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy came before Congress this year, three of Oklahoma's five representatives and both of its senators were among the "no" votes.
At the time, some of the Oklahoma ...
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Tuesday assured the survivors of Oklahoma's deadly tornado that the nation is "there for them" and that the government will keep its focus on the rescue effort as long as is needed.
As emergency workers worked to ...