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Growing police use of military equipment faces scrutiny

June 23, 2019 at 3:01 p.m.

The image of Ferguson, Mo., police officers in camouflage pointing high-caliber rifles from armored vehicles at unarmed protesters has crystallized a debate over whether a decades-long flow of military-grade equipment...

Demonstrators opposed to sending unaccompanied minor immigrants back to Central America protest in front of the White House earlier this month.

Senate GOP blocks $2.7 billion border security bill

June 17, 2018 at 11:55 a.m.

U.S. Senate legislation giving President Barack Obama $2.7 billion to deal with tens of thousands of Central American migrant children amassing at the southwestern U.S. border was blocked on Thursday...

Obama warns of risks posed by Syrian militants with Western passports

June 17, 2018 at 1:07 p.m.

WASHINGTON — President Obama acknowledged Sunday that militants fighting in Syria and Iraq pose a direct threat to the United States because many of them have Western passports that enable...

Benghazi suspect’s court case in U.S. likely to revive political furor

June 17, 2018 at 1:12 p.m.

The federal arraignment Saturday of the suspected ringleader of the 2012 Benghazi attacks is likely to revive the political firestorm over prosecuting terrorism suspects on American soil. Libyan militant Ahmed...

Speaker Boehner invites Pope Francis to address Congress

June 17, 2018 at 4:15 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Speaker John A. Boehner has invited Pope Francis to deliver a joint address to Congress, in what would be the first such session by the head of the...

In a first for the Senate, the Dalai Lama gives the opening prayer

June 18, 2018 at 9:56 a.m.

WASHINGTON--The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, delivered the opening invocation in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, praying "to Buddha and all" and suggesting that purity of thought...

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) speaks during a news conference July 18, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says he’ll retire at end of the year

June 23, 2019 at 7:49 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said late Thursday that he will leave Congress at the end of this session, two years before his term expires. The Oklahoma senator who...

Government shutdown: Democrats push Boehner to move forward

June 18, 2018 at 5:03 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Democrats used both diplomacy and trash talk to urge House Speaker John A. Boehner to abandon his tea party flank Wednesday and pass a no-strings-attached bill to reopen...

Pritzker confirmed as Commerce Secretary

August 24, 2021 at 12:24 p.m.

Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker was confirmed Tuesday as President Obama's pick for Commerce secretary in a 97-1 Senate vote. Pritzker, a Democratic mega-donor whose family founded the Hyatt Hotel chain,...

Kirk says he will back immigration bill if security tightened

November 3, 2021 at 6:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Kirk said today he will drop his resistance to an immigration reform bill if it includes a proposed amendment to toughen border security.The Illinois Republican, in...

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