Tag: Associated Press

North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan said Thursday the Obama administration should delay by two months the period in which individuals can sign up for health insurance through the new government website and when financial penalties begin for those remaining uninsured.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan seeks enrollment, penalty delays for Obamacare

Associated Press · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is visiting Phoenix amid calls for her resignation after the clunky rollout of insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's health law. (AP Photo)

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to visit Phoenix to promote Obamacare

Associated Press · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Bill advances to post ‘In God We Trust’ in Pennsylvania schools

Associated Press · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Mixed bag when US exam scores compared globally

Associated Press · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Wisconsin state Sen. Tom Tiffany is defending his proposal to scale back local governments' authority to regulate sand mines in front of a legislative committee. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Wisconsin senator defends bill scaling back mining regulations

Associated Press · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel uses her mobile phone at the German Federal Parliament Bundestag in Berlin. (AP/Gero Breloer)

National Security

Germany summons US envoy over alleged NSA spying

Geir Moulson · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that individuals can contribute more than $150,000 to a group supporting New York City mayoral candidate Joe Lhota.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York appeals court lifts contribution limit

Associated Press · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Energy and Environment

Sides in Arizona solar power-utility rate issue air ads on TV

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

University of Washington students walk past a statue of George Washington that towers near a west entrance on the campus in Seattle. (AP/Elaine Thompson)

College price hikes appear to be slowing

Kimberly Hefling · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn.,ÃÂ has added his voice to GOP calls in Washington for administration officials to be fired over the rocky rollout of the new health care law.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Minnesota’s Rick Nolan: Firings needed over health law woes

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor is locked in a tight battle against likely Republican nominee Rep. Tom Cotton, with many voters undecided more than a year before the election, according a poll released by the University of Arkansas on Wednesday.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Danny Johnston andÃÂ Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Arkansas poll shows tight race for Senate next year

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Midland University president and Republican Senate candidate Ben Sasse is pictured on campus in this photo from June 5, 2013, in Fremont, Neb. The Senate Conservatives Fund, a national conservative group, has endorsed Sasse in Nebraska's U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, setting him up as the race's tea party candidate. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Nebraska rancher, restaurateur Jim Jenkins to run for US Senate

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am