U.S. Congress

Edward Snowden's not the first to make claims about NSA

2013-06-15 22:47:00

WASHINGTON — Mathematician William Binney worked for the National Security Agency for four decades, and in the late 1990s he helped design a system to sort through the digital data the agency was sucking up in the exploding universe of bits and...

Officials: NSA data-gathering thwarted terrorist plots

2013-06-15 22:49:00

WASHINGTON — Top U.S. intelligence officials said Saturday that information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs run by the National Security Agency thwarted potential terrorist plots in the U.S. and more than 20 other countries....

White House says 'scope and scale' of aid to Syrian rebels may grow

2013-06-16 11:23:00

WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said Sunday that “the scope and scale” of assistance to Syrian rebels will expand, based on evidence that the Assad government is gaining ground in the protracted civil war and that...

F-22 program produces few planes, soaring costs

2013-06-16 05:00:00

When the U.S. sought to assure Asian allies that it would defend them against potential aggression by North Korea this spring, the Pentagon deployed its top-of-the-line jet fighter, the F-22 Raptor. But only two of the jets were sent screaming through...

FBI director defends secret surveillance programs

2013-06-13 08:30:00

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller III strongly defended the government’s secret collection of millions of phone logs and emails Thursday, saying federal judges, Congress and the Department of Justice inspector general’s office...

Democrats seek to avoid repeat of 2010 loss in Massachusetts

2013-06-12 17:09:00

WASHINGTON — Desperate to avoid another Massachusetts special-election debacle, Democrats are pulling out all the stops for Rep. Edward J. Markey in the contest to keep the Senate seat formerly held by Secretary of State John F. Kerry in...

Russia not convinced by U.S. claims of Syrian chemical weapons use

2013-06-14 09:56:00

MOSCOW – Russia on Friday said it was not persuaded by U.S. assertions that Syria has used chemical weapons in the country’s civil war and called the decision to send arms to some rebel groups unhelpful. Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian...

Debt-limit fight heats up with Pay Your Bills measure

2013-06-12 17:45:00

WASHINGTON — As Congress readied for a new battle over raising the debt limit, Sen. Barbara Boxer announced legislation that would prevent lawmakers from being paid if they do not increase the nation's borrowing authority. "It is an American value...

Families on food stamps would suffer while farms get fat

2013-06-14 21:24:00

As a member of Congress, Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) is proud to stand up for the principles of limited government and individual responsibility. The first-term congressman expresses skepticism about such safety-net programs as food stamps, regarding...

Newtown families push for gun control, go back to Congress

2013-06-12 18:56:00

WASHINGTON — Although the drive for tougher gun controls has faded into the background, families of victims in the Newtown school shooting returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to show they are not giving up. Advocacy groups on both sides of the...

Ban on demonstrations outside Supreme Court struck down

2013-06-12 14:45:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s opinions protecting the right to free speech and public protest came back home Wednesday, prompting a judge to rule protesters have a right to carry signs on the court’s marble plaza. Since 1949,...

NSA controversy: Should James Clapper go or stay?

2013-06-12 13:02:00

The revelation that the government has been acquiring vast quantities of telephone records of U.S. citizens has put a bull’s eye on the back of Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who has outed himself as the source of that information....

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks during an event marking the six month anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting at the U.S. Capitol June 13, 2013 in Washington, DC.

2013-06-13 22:53:47

For more than 20 years, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dedicated her public life to working on behalf of the people of South Florida. On January 4, 2005, she was sworn in as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Rep.

2013-06-11 07:40:00

Representative Lois Frankel is an experienced public servant with a strong record of bringing jobs and opportunity to South Florida. After serving 14 years in the Florida state legislature, including as the first woman Democratic minority leader, Lois became mayor of West Palm Beach in 2003.

2013-06-07 00:00:00