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After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority — a full-blown government-run insurance option — Democrats say they are getting close to pushing President Barack Obama's health care bill through the Senate.
BILLINGS — Hundreds huddled in subzero temperatures for hours Tuesday, hoping to spend less than five seconds with a celebrity they described as real and ordinary and a lot like them, but better — enter former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
HELENA — For lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell of Browning, the proposed $3.4 billion settlement of a lawsuit with the federal government over Indian royalties has been "a long time coming." "I spent a lifetime trying to get justice," Cobell said in a telephone interview from Washington, D.C., where the proposal was announced. "It's driven me throughout my life." Since her childhood, the 64-year-old ...
Department of Natural Resources Police aren't sure why they're seeing a 13 percent spike in the number of reported deer hunting violations and a 27 percent rise in fishing violation complaints statewide.
State Rep. Bryan Lentz, D-161, of Swarthmore, introduced legislation Tuesday that would establish a regional airport authority for Southeastern Pennsylvania, which he said could help reduce air traffic at Philadelphia International Airport and bring high-speed rail service to the area.
Russia's top drugs adviser has called on the United States to use its troop surge into Afghanistan to help stem the flow of drugs entering its borders, as heroin addiction reaches epidemic levels.
Barney Frank blows up at people. It’s what he does.
Japan’s prime minister said Wednesday that he wants to present concrete proposals to President Barack Obama next week in hopes of ending a growing rift over an American military air base.
Congress used to raise taxes to pay for America’s wars. Isn’t it time to return to that practice?
WASHINGTON (AP) After days of secret talks, Senate Democrats tentatively agreed Tuesday night to drop a full-blown government-run insurance option from sweeping health care legislation, several officials said, a concession to party moderates whose votes are critical to passage of President Barack Obamas top domestic priority.
The Obama administration plans to announce on Wednesday that it intends to extend the life of the $700 billion financial bailout fund until next October, officials said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama outlined new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to spend our way out of this recession until more Americans are back at work.
A majority of Norwegians consider "impolite" US President Barack Obama's decision to snub parts of the official Nobel Peace Prize programme in Oslo this week, a poll showed on Wednesday.
United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer did not mince any words Monday during his remarks on the opening day of the international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say they may be closer to pushing President Barack Obama's health care bill through the Senate. That's after a tentative deal was struck that would drop a top liberal priority — a government-run insurance option.
WASHINGTON The Senate on Tuesday rejected an effort by abortion opponents to tighten restrictions in the health-care overhaul bill on taxpayer dollars for the procedure, but it was unlikely to be the last word on the divisive issue.
