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Senate Roll Call: Health Care

3 hours, 4 minutes ago

(AP) The 60-39 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to advance a measure overhauling health care to a full debate.A "yes" vote is a vote to allow the legislation to advance for a full debate. A 60-vote majority was required for approval.Voting yes were 58 Democrats, 2 independents.Voting no ...

Health care bill clears first Senate hurdle

3 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) Sweeping health care legislation has cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on a party-line vote.The 60-39 vote clears the way for a historic debate after Thanksgiving on the legislation. The measure is designed to extend coverage to an estimated 31 million Americans who lack it and crack down on ...

White House

Obama has low-key evening out after long week

5 hours, 4 minutes ago

(AP) President Barack Obama and his family spent a low-key night out at the home of a senior White House adviser after a whirlwind week spent on a presidential trip to Asia.The president golfed for more than four hours Saturday on the course at Andrews Air Force Base, then took first ...

Congress

Levin: More e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect possible

5 hours, 5 minutes ago

(AP) WASHINGTON _ The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.Federal investigators say they intercepted the messages between the suspect, Maj. ...

Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote

8 hours, 41 minutes ago

(AP) In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.Two final holdouts, Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Blanche Lincoln of ...

Landrieu to vote to move ahead on health care bill

11 hours, 17 minutes ago

(AP) Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu says she will vote "yes" on a crucial test vote on the health care bill.The Louisiana lawmaker made the long-awaited announcement in a speech on the Senate floor Saturday. Her comments came just hours before the 8 p.m. EST vote.Landrieu says her vote is to move ...

White House

Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts

13 hours, 17 minutes ago

(AP) The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.The fuzzy line drawn by the administration has ...

Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy

18 hours, 4 minutes ago

(AP) President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.Citing progress on a trip that took him from ...

Federal Government

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

19 hours, 17 minutes ago

(AP) The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.The shooting in busy Nisoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead and inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad. It touched off a string ...

Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan

19 hours, 17 minutes ago

(AP) There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.The U.S. government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a ...

Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan

19 hours, 17 minutes ago

(AP) There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.The U.S. government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a ...

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Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect

19 hours, 17 minutes ago

(AP) WASHINGTON _ The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.Federal investigators say they intercepted the messages between the suspect, Maj. ...

White House

Prosecutors plan commission case in Cole bombing

1 day, 3 hours ago

(AP) Military prosecutors said Friday they plan to seek new charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.The announcement follows Attorney General Eric Holder's decision a week ago to place Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi of Yemeni descent, among 10 high-profile detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ...

Federal Government

Levin: Fort Hood probe may reveal more e-mails

1 day, 4 hours ago

(AP) There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee said Friday.The U.S. government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a ...

Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan

1 day, 5 hours ago

(AP) There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his rampage, a top senator said Friday.Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said Friday after a briefing from Pentagon and Army officials that his committee ...

White House

FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays

1 day, 5 hours ago

(AP) The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.The agency told employees in a briefing memo Friday that air travelers experienced a total of 2,121 delays the previous day due to the equipment outage as well as thunderstorms and other poor weather in the ...

National Elections

Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan

1 day, 5 hours ago

(AP) A Democratic senator says there may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his rampage.Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said Friday after a briefing from Pentagon and Army officials that his committee will ...

Federal Government

Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case

1 day, 6 hours ago

(AP) A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a three-decade-long plot to spy for Cuba have pleaded guilty in federal court.Walter Kendall Myers and wife, Gwendolyn _ both in their 70s _ were caught in an undercover FBI sting operation, arrested in June and held without bail.U.S. District ...

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

1 day, 7 hours ago

(AP) Prosecutors say they'll drop manslaughter charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide contractors charged in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting.In court documents Friday, prosecutors said they have asked that the case against Nicholas Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., be dropped.The request itself was sealed, so it's unclear why the case was ...

Court filings: Accused spy couple to plead guilty

1 day, 8 hours ago

(AP) A retired State Department worker and his wife are preparing to plead guilty to conspiring to send sensitive information to Cuba, according to a Friday court filing.Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and wife, Gwendolyn, 71, were caught in an undercover FBI sting operation, arrested in June and held without bail.They are ...

Court filing: Cuba spy suspect to plead guilty

1 day, 8 hours ago

(AP) The government says an accused spy for Cuba has agreed to plead guilty.Retired State Department official Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and wife Gwendolyn were caught in an undercover FBI sting operation, arrested in June and held without bail.They are accused of three decades of spying for Cuba.According to a criminal ...

White House

Army announces review of how it tests body armor

1 day, 9 hours ago

(AP) The Army says there will be an outside review of how body armor for its soldiers is tested.The Government Accountability Office said last month that the Army made mistakes in testing a new body armor design. And it recommended the process be reviewed before the armor is sent to troops ...

Congress

Sen. Nelson a 'yes' on health care test vote

1 day, 11 hours ago

(AP) Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care.The moderate lawmaker told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., that he would vote with rank-and-file Democrats to move ahead on the legislation.In a statement Friday, Nelson says the Senate should try to ...

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

1 day, 12 hours ago

(AP) The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn't recommend any punishment.Burris was appointed by disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached ...

1 day, 12 hours ago

(AP) Senate ethics committee admonishes Sen. Burris for misleading statements about appointment.

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