Julie Moos -
Updated: Wednesday, May 29 2013 - 3:26 pm
"I've never considered holding public office to be an occupation," she said in a video that lasts a little over eight and a half minutes.
By Michael Doyle -
Published: Tuesday, May 28 2013 - 1:49 pm
A badly damaged Texas man who was sentenced to death for his part in a San Antonio-area gang rape and murder will get a second chance at mercy, under a divided Supreme Court ruling Tuesday.
By James Rosen McClatchy Washington Bureau -
Updated: Friday, May 24 2013 - 3:40 am
When a key House of Representatives panel took up a bill this week that would require annual lease sales and streamline permitting in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, home state Rep. Don Young missed the session.
By Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman -
Updated: Wednesday, May 22 2013 - 9:02 am
The Obama administration’s timeline for who knew what and when about the Internal Revenue Service scandal changed again Tuesday with revelations that the Treasury Department and White House officials had discussed how to stage-manage the release of the explosive information. The latest revelation came as acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller told Congress that he’s responsible for the secretly planted question answered by subordinate Lois Lerner that triggered the scandal that’s now gripping the nation’s capital.
By Renee Schoof -
Updated: Wednesday, May 22 2013 - 4:01 am
The U.S. Senate this week has started to fine-tune the huge, new five-year farm bill, working through votes on a series of amendments that will include a proposal to eliminate federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.