WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly five weeks after Hillary Rodham Clinton’s marathon testimony on the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, several investigations into the deadly assault and Clinton’s use of a private email account and server are going full bore — and likely will continue into the presidential election year. Republicans on the House Benghazi panel … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department on Thursday told Congress that it needs to act by Nov. 3 or the government will be dangerously close to being unable to pay all its bills. That’s a little sooner than Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said two weeks ago when he set a Nov. 5 deadline. At the … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just hours before a midnight deadline, a bitterly divided Congress approved a stopgap spending bill Wednesday to keep the federal government open — but with no assurance there won’t be yet another shutdown showdown in December. Democrats helped beleaguered House Republican leaders pass the measure by 277-151 — a lopsided vote shrouding … Continue reading
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