Tag: Associated Press

This image taken from video made available by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a group of Haitian migrants sitting on the hull of a capsized sailboat near Staniel Cay, Bahamas on Nov. 26. (AP/U.S. Coast Guard)

National Security

US Coast Guard warns Haitians against sea voyages

Associated Press · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

The federal government awards billions of dollars in contracts each year to companies that routinely violate safety, health and wage regulations, according to a report released Wednesday that calls for stricter measures to hold federal contractors accountable. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Study: Labor violations don’t stop government contracts

Washington Examiner · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

A New Jersey Assembly committee is expected to advance a bill granting cheaper in-state tuition to students living in the U.S. illegally. A dozen states have similar laws, including Texas.(AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bob Andres)

Immigrant tuition bill expected to move forward

Associated Press · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan, at the Capitol on Tuesday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Budget deal offers stability to Pentagon spending

Donna Cassata · December 12, 2013 2:23 am

Financial markets were sluggish Wednesday as an apparent budget deal in the U.S. Congress failed to divert attention from investors' primary focus â will the Federal Reserve reduce its monthly stimulus next week? (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Markets sluggish despite seeming US budget deal

Associated Press · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2013 file photo shows House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bipartisan budget negotiators are working toward a modest budget agreement to replace tens of billions of dollars in spending cuts this year and next with longer-term savings and revenue from increased fees. Ryan and Murray are hopeful of striking an agreement as early as Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/ Scott Applewhite, File)

Deficit hawk pans newly-minted budget deal on Hill

Associated Press · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gestures during a news conference announcing his new mental health initiatives at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Dec. 10. McDonnell is proposing more than $38 million in state funding over the next two-year budget cycle for critical mental health services. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Mental health initiatives announced in Virginia

Michael Felberbaum · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 7, 2008 file photo, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., is interviewed after filing for re-election at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Pryor is the only Democratic member of the state's congressional delegation, and Arkansas Republicans have identified his seat as one of their top prizes in next year's election. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Mark Pryor asks that Tom Cotton seek to extend session

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Democrat Katherine Clark reacts to supporters as her husband, Rod, applauds at her election night party in Stoneham, Mass., on Dec. 10, where she claimed victory in a special election for the vacated seat in Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District. The seat was left vacant by Edward Markey, who resigned after winning a special election to fill John Kerry's Senate seat after he stepped down to become secretary of state. Clark defeated Republican Frank Addivinola, a Boston attorney. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Democrat Katherine Clark wins Massachusetts congressional race

Steve LeBlanc · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Michigan lawmakers have finished approving bills to block welfare recipients from withdrawing their taxpayer-provided cash from ATMs in liquor stores, horse tracks and strip clubs. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Bills blocking welfare recipients from ATMs OK’d in Michigan

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

A computer screen in Atlantic City, N.J., shows a 9-cent bet about to be made on an Internet gambling site on Nov. 21. (AP File)

Congressional subcommittee weighs online gambling

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

A boat works to collect oil that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans, Louisiana. A federal judge has refused to declare a mistrial in the case of former BP drilling engineer charged with obstruction of justice following the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Judge rejects mistrial motion for ex-BP engineer

Kevin McGill · December 11, 2013 5:00 am