Tag: Associated Press

FILE - This May 20, 2013, file photo shows Stephen Tausend, counsel for Senate Judiciary Committee member John Cornyn, R-Texas, arriving for the committee's hearing on the landmark immigration bill with documents related to the panel's work, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The immigration bill may sound simple because a bipartisan group of eight senators drafted it; the White House, organized labor and the Chamber of Commerce all support it; and many Republican political strategists want to show a more welcoming face to Hispanic voters. But simple it won't be. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

What to look for in Senate immigration debate

Associated Press · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

In this photo provided by by Ariz. Rep. Jeff Dial, Gov. Jan Brewer signs a proclamation calling the Legislature into special session, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Phoenix. Brewer acted after weeks of House delays in considering the state budget and her Medicaid expansion proposal. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Jeff Dial)

Ariz. health care fight aligns Obama with ex-rival

Associated Press · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

US Chamber backs tribal energy legislation

Associated Press · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Egyptian officials tried to cool tensions with Ethiopia Wednesday over the new Nile River damÂ project by highlighting its âneighborlinessâ as the Ethiopian prime minister's spokesman insisted that nothing would stop the dam from being completed upstream from Egypt, which is wholly dependent on Nile River water. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Energy and Environment

Ethiopia: Nothing will stop Nile dam project

Associated Press · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

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Quarterbacks, from left, Mark Sanchez, Greg McElroy and Geno Smith practice at Jets minicamp Tuesday in Florham Park, N.J.

Mark Sanchez, Geno Smith jockey for Jets’ starting role

Associated Press · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Maine lawmakers have advanced a proposal to expand health coverage to 70,000 low-income people under a Medicaid expansion, administered as MaineCare in the state. (Photo: Thinkstock)

House moves forward MaineCare expansion plan

Associated Press · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this April 4, 2013 file photo shows an 80-foot thick coal seam at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. From the time coal is blasted from strip mines in remote southeastern Montana to the point where it reaches customers in Asia, the fuel's price gets marked up by five times or more, offering a lucrative emerging market for the companies that ship it overseas. Undervalued coal sales from public lands have cost the U.S. an estimated $62 million in potential lost revenues in recent years, according to a Tuesday report from federal investigators who recommended broad changes to the government's coal leasing program to stem further losses. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

IG: Undervalued coal leases cost US $62 million

Associated Press, Matthew Brown · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Mike Dawkins, of Royal Oak, pumps gas at a Marathon station in Royal Oak, Monday, June 10, 2013. Michigan and other Upper Midwest states are seeing the highest gasoline prices in the continental U.S. But analysts say the worst is over and prices should begin to drop soon. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Guralnick)

Analysts: Midwest drivers to see lower gas prices

Associated Press · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Tony Parker hopes hamstring injury won’t sideline him for Game 4

Associated Press · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

A proposal to eliminate plastic foam takeout containers in New York City was met with criticism by restaurateurs who said a ban on the ubiquitous containers would drive up costs and potentially put them out of business. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Restaurant owners protest NYC foam containers ban

Associated Press · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Gov. Tom Corbett is under pressure to embrace the expansion from Democratic lawmakers, labor unions, hospital executives, advocates for the poor, and even some Republican lawmakers in the GOP-controlled Legislature. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Corbett aide stresses work on Wisconsin Medicaid expansion

Associated Press · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

The Energy Department's inspector general says former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson collected $450,000 in questionable payments from the nation's federally funded nuclear labs after she left office. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)

IG faults payments to ex-Rep. Wilson

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2013 4:00 am