Pete Kasperowicz

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The Labor Department announced Wednesday it is suing the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which it says forced hundreds of children in Utah and Arizona to harvest pecans with their bare hands, and for no pay.Â (AP Photo/Susanne Schafer)

Labor Dept. sues church that made kids harvest pecans

Pete Kasperowicz · September 9, 2015 10:29 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton pauses as she is introduced to speak at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

State: Email czar’s donations to Clinton have ‘no relevance’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 9, 2015 7:33 pm

John Boehner leaves the podium after speaking about his opposition to the Iran deal at a news conference with members of the House Republican leadership in Washington, Wednesday Sept. 9, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

House GOP delays Iran vote after conservatives revolt

Pete Kasperowicz · September 9, 2015 5:12 pm

National Security

Watch: Code Pink protestor easily wins tug of war with guy in suit

Pete Kasperowicz · September 8, 2015 5:36 pm

"I believe this agreement makes Israel safer, and in no small part that is why I support it.," Reid said. (AP Photo/John Locher)

National Security

Harry Reid: Israel ‘safer’ under Iran nuclear deal

Pete Kasperowicz · September 8, 2015 3:49 pm

Carly Fiorina is asking why front-runner Donald Trump can't spend more time attacking Hillary Clinton. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Fiorina: Why can’t Trump attack Clinton?

Pete Kasperowicz · September 7, 2015 2:23 pm

Federal workers told to stay home during Pope Francis visit

Pete Kasperowicz · September 4, 2015 7:56 pm

"The factor is can I do it. Can my family undertake what is an arduous commitment that we'd be proud to undertake in ordinary circumstances?" (AP File Photo)

Biden: ‘The honest to God answer is I just don’t know’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 4, 2015 2:34 am

Former Hillary Rodham Clinton aide Cheryl Mills, right, turns to look at House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., second from left, and ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., left, as she speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Gowdy: Testimony from former Clinton aide to stay ‘classified’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 3, 2015 10:49 pm

"This decision was made out of an abundance of caution, following the commencement of military operations out of Incirlik Airbase," the Departments of Defense and State said. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

U.S. lets officials leave southern Turkey as airstrikes pick up

Pete Kasperowicz, Jacqueline Klimas · September 3, 2015 6:43 pm

The VA inspector general said many of veterans have been dead for more than four years.Â (Getty Images)

Confirmed: One-third of the vets on VA’s waiting list are dead

Pete Kasperowicz · September 2, 2015 9:28 pm

Witnesses, from left, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta; OPM Chief Information Officer Tony Scott; Assistant Secretary of Office of Cybersecurity and Communications National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security Andy Ozment and OPM Inspector General Patrick E. McFarland, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

OPM spends $133 million to protect hack victims

Pete Kasperowicz · September 1, 2015 10:11 pm