Tag: Associated Press

FILE - In this May 17, 2013 file photo, Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-Pa. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gerlach, one of a shrinking number of GOP moderates in the House, has announced he will retire from Congress at the end of his term. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Moderate Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Gerlach to retire

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Group pushes to extend Ohio foster care to age 21

Group pushes to extend Ohio foster care to age 21

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Push for sentencing changes underway in Congress

Associated Press, Henry Jackson · January 4, 2014 4:37 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., shown here during a Sept. 18 Judiciary Committee hearing, is fighting back against the NSA's data-collection programs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Rand Paul says he’s suing over NSA data-collection policies

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, shown here in November 2012, said he will focus this year on reducing property taxes for farmers and personal income taxes for families making between $60,000 and $120,000 a year. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Nebraska governor preparing ‘united front’ on tax cuts

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

$Workers are pictured on a drilling rig near Calumet, Okla., in July 2012. Oklahoma is one of several states that have enjoyed a boom in the energy sector driven in large part by new and improved drilling techniques such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which cracks open fissures in rock formations to retrieve oil and gas. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)$ Energy and Environment

Oklahoma speaker wants to continue drilling breaks

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

In a photo released by Dow AgroSciences, Soybean plants that were grown from soybean seeds genetically engineered to resist a common weed killer are pictured. (AP Photo/Dow AgroSciences)

Energy and Environment

Government might deregulate corn, soybean seeds

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney arrives to his election night rally in Boston on Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Mitt Romney, Rand Paul among Sunday news show guests

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

There's no evidence that older people take away jobs from the young. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Will surge of older workers take jobs from young?

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Jeff Caldwell, 29, a chassis assembly line supervisor, checks a vehicle on the assembly line at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit on May 8. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Auto sales best in 6 years, but demand seen as ebbing

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Joe Manning, shown here Dec. 17, is an outreach worker trained to sign up people in rural Florida to participate in the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson)

Providing health care complicated in rural areas

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Former first lady Barbara Bush listens to a patient's question during a visit to the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, on Aug. 22.

Ex-first lady Barbara Bush leaves Houston hospital

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am