Tag: Associated Press

Former Rep. Melvin Jay Reynolds arrested in Zimbabwe

Washington Examiner · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

Louisiana town employees to pay more for insurance

Louisiana town employees to pay more for insurance

Associated Press · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

This file Image shows part of the HealthCare.gov website. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Missouri lawmakers look to crack down on Obamacare navigators

Associated Press · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. John Burris, R-Harrison, listens to proceedings in the House chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Earlier Thursday the Joint Budget Committee advanced a funding bill supported by Burris for the state's compromise Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Arkansas lawmakers considering ‘private option’ bill

Associated Press · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

State Sen. Peggy Gilmour, D-Hollis, left, sponsored a billÃÂ that would repeal the prohibition on a state-based health exchange enacted by the previous Legislature. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

New Hampshire bill would allow state-based insurance market

Associated Press · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

In this Jan. 10, 2014, photo, Trevor Davis puts concrete on stone for the foundation of a new home, in Pepper Pike, Ohio. The National Association of Home Builders reports on sentiment among U.S. builders on Tuesday, Feb. 18. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

US homebuilder confidence sinks in February

Associated Press, Alex Veiga · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

Fort Lee mayor rebuffs Chris Christie lawyer’s request

Washington Examiner · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program, the loan program that lost $139 million on Fisker Automotive, is one of dozens the government could axe or fix to save billions, GAO headÃÂ Gene DodaroÃÂ told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during testimony earlier this week. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Energy and Environment

Judge mulls sale of assets by electric car maker Fisker to Wanxiang

Associated Press · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

A high-speed camera captures the first full-energy shots from an electromagnetic launcher at a test facility in Dahlgren, Va. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, John F. Williams)

National Security

Navy ready to deploy laser for first time

David Sharp · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray and other city leaders are making their annual trip to New York to meet with the three bond rating agencies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

DC Mayor Vincent Gray to make annual pitch to rating agencies

Associated Press · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The debate about whether to continue the dragnet surveillance of Americans' phone records is highlighting divisions within the Democratic and Republican parties that could transform the politics of national security. While some leading Democrats have been reluctant to condemn the National Security Agency's tactics, the GOP has begun to embrace a libertarian shift opposing the spy agency's broad surveillance powers _ a striking departure from the aggressive national security policies that have defined the Republican Party for generations. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

National Security

NSA surveillance exposes political party divisions

Associated Press · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

In this photo taken Nov. 5, 2013, Steve Maskell of McLean, Va., right, votes in an election, including that for Virginia governor between Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe, in McLean, Va. It wasnât immediately clear to some Virginia voters that they were getting more attention than their neighbors during last year's gubernatorial contest. They were targeted by Democratic strategists who were going after just a few thousand voters and used technology that pointed to specific individuals for a knock on the door, a call on the phone or an ad on their social networks. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Next up: TV ads just for you, dear voter

Associated Press · February 17, 2014 5:00 am