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Senate panel approves immigration bill

21 mins ago

Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses. Full Story

Ark. treasurer resigns amid charges she took cash

1 hour 44 mins ago

Arkansas' state treasurer resigned Tuesday after being accused of taking at least $36,000 in cash _ sometimes stashed in a pie box _ from a broker who later came to manage a large share of the state's $3.3 billion investment portfolio. Full Story

Details of the Senate immigration bill

17 mins ago

A look at the 867-page immigration overhaul bill approved Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee: Full Story

Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison

44 mins ago

The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. Full Story

House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts

56 mins ago

Republicans controlling the House pressed ahead Tuesday with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of automatic austerity. Full Story

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FBI ID's Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet

90 mins ago

The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers. Full Story

IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

1 hour 42 mins ago

Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. Full Story

McKeon: State didn't ask for help before Benghazi

2 hours 19 mins ago

A senior House Republican says U.S. military forces weren't in a position to help those under attack at a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya because the State Department had failed to ask the Pentagon for help in securing the compound before the raid. Full Story