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Rep. Jo Bonner resigning to take Ala. college post

The Associated Press | May 23 at 9:43 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner announced Thursday that he is resigning from Congress effective in August to take a post with the University of Alabama system.

Senate votes to cut crop insurance aid for wealthy

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press | May 23 at 5:09 p.m.

The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance.

NJ students to help Michelle Obama harvest garden

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press | May 23 at 5:04 p.m.

Schoolchildren from New Jersey shore communities battered by Superstorm Sandy will join Michelle Obama for a garden harvest next week.

Alaska Rep. Don Young, gone hunting in Africa, misses subcommittee oil hearing

By James Rosen McClatchy Washington Bureau | May 24 at 5:43 a.m.

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.

Tea party vs. old guard in GOP Senate rift

By ANDREW TAYLOR and CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press | May 24 at 6:28 a.m.

A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of overplaying their hands and tempting Democrats to change Senate rules that protect the minority party.

Obama's drone policy at a glance

The Associated Press | May 23 at 4:44 p.m.

President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out for Congress and the public the standards that the U.S. will use before carrying out drone attacks.

Obama increases fed share of Sandy relief for NY

The Associated Press | May 23 at 4:44 p.m.

President Barack Obama is providing more Hurricane Sandy disaster relief to New York, increasing the share of public assistance that the government will pay from 75 percent to 90 percent of the cost.

Marijuana is drug most often linked to crime, study finds

By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Washington Bureau | May 24 at 1:04 p.m.

Marijuana is the drug most often linked to crime in the United States, the U.S. drug czar said Thursday, dismissing calls for legalization as a “bumper-sticker approach” that should be avoided.

NOAA expects ‘above normal’ hurricane season

By Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Washington Bureau | May 24 at 5:48 a.m.

Expect another busy Atlantic hurricane season, government forecasters said Thursday.

Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press | May 23 at 6:08 p.m.

President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the country's security but not eliminated a terrorist organization trying to recruit jihadists.

House immigration group resolves dispute

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press | May 23 at 4:24 p.m.

House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many could confront voters' questions on the issue.

US criticized over response to Indonesia attacks

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press | May 23 at 5:34 p.m.

The U.S. expressed concern Thursday over increased attacks on religious minorities in Indonesia, but human rights groups accused Washington of downplaying the problem as it looks to forge stronger relations with Jakarta.

Obama sketches more targeted anti-terror plan

The Associated Press | May 23 at 3:28 p.m.

Out with the "global war on terror." In with more narrowly targeted counterterrorism policies that persistently zero in on violent extremists at home and abroad.

GOP Ariz. rep. who supports Medicaid is threatened

By BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press | May 23 at 7:04 p.m.

A Republican member of the Arizona House who supports GOP Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office, a sign that the rancorous debate over embracing a signature component of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in the state is far from over.

Yemen welcomes Obama decision on Gitmo transfers

The Associated Press | May 23 at 3:24 p.m.

Yemen is welcoming President Barack Obama's decision to lift his ban on the transfer of Yemeni prisoners from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Counting US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen

The Associated Press | May 23 at 3:13 p.m.

President Barack Obama said Thursday that he will engage Congress in exploring a number of options for increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.

Obama administration targets reporters in crackdown on leaks

By Anita Kumar, McClatchy Washington Bureau | May 24 at 8:23 a.m.

First, there was the news that the Justice Department had secretly seized telephone records of reporters at the Associated Press. A week later, reports that the department had investigated a Fox News reporter as a potential criminal for doing his job.

Ruby says her sworn testimony was lies

By COLLEEN BARRY, The Associated Press | May 24 at 7:09 a.m.

The woman at the center of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal has denied in court ever telling a former roommate that she had sex with the then-premier.

Counting US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen

The Associated Press, The Associated Press | May 23 at 2:44 p.m.

President Barack Obama said Thursday that he will engage Congress in exploring a number of options for increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.

Anti-war protester shouts at Obama during speech

The Associated Press | May 23 at 2:44 p.m.

President Barack Obama was interrupted three times by a woman who shouted about drones and detainees in Cuba as he delivered a speech on national security.

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