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BOCCIA: Ten places to cut waste as Congress considers a budget

By Romina Boccia

Construction crews working on the Russell Street bridge spanning the Big Sioux River channel drive pilings into the ground, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Sioux Falls, S.D. South Dakota Transportation Secretary Darin Bergquist says the state's highways are in good shape and there's no need to boost state highway taxes now. but the situation could change if Congress cuts the federal funding that helps states build and maintain roads and bridges. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)

Official says no need to boost SD highway taxes

By CHET BROKAW - Associated Press

AP sources: Armed Services chairman to retire

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, is concerned about President Obama's announcement outlining his national security policies. "If the speech is anything like what is being reported, the president will go down in history for having retained and defended George W. Bush's surveillance programs," he said. (Associated Press)

ACLU bashes Obama on NSA surveillance

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaves the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, after the final vote on a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill. The measure sailed through the House with no suspense and little dissent — fueled additionally by lawmakers' desire to avoid an election-year replay of last fall's widely unpopular 16-day federal shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes $1.1 trillion spending bill with bipartisan backing

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaves the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, after the final vote on a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill. The measure sailed through the House with no suspense and little dissent — fueled additionally by lawmakers' desire to avoid an election-year replay of last fall's widely unpopular 16-day federal shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes $1.1 trillion bill to fund government

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

** FILE ** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the difficulties plaguing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Federal judge backs Obamacare subsidies in win for administration

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - This Dec. 16, 2011 file photo shows Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Veteran Democratic Moran is retiring from Congress. The 68-year Moran, a former mayor of Alexandria, Va., who was first elected in 1990, has been a staunch supporter of federal civilian employees who have a heavy presence in his district. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Veteran Virginia Democratic Rep. Moran to retire

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. Obama is expected to endorse changes to the way the government collects millions of Americans’ phone records for possible future surveillance, but leave many of the specific reforms for Congress to sort out, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the White House intelligence review. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama manufacturing push off to slow start

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Both sides pledge new effort on jobless bill

By DAVID ESPO - Associated Press

Deal wants Ga. harbor expansion to start this year

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FILE - This Dec. 16, 2011 file photo shows Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Veteran Democratic Moran is retiring from Congress. The 68-year Moran, a former mayor of Alexandria, Va., who was first elected in 1990, has been a staunch supporter of federal civilian employees who have a heavy presence in his district. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Moran retirement adds to Northern Virginia’s loss of clout on Capitol Hill

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013, file photo, a visitor to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum takes in the sight as he walks past the museum in New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called upon the federal government Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, to help support the Sept. 11 museum at the World Trade Center, which is set to open this spring after years of delays but is potentially facing budget shortfalls. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

NYC mayor wants feds to support Sept. 11 museum

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Nuns attend a mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, to mark Epiphany, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. The Epiphany day, is a joyous day for Catholics in which they recall the journey of the Three Kings, or Magi, to pay homage to Baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

NAPOLITANO: Obama mocks Catholic nuns for resisting Obamacare contraception mandate

By Andrew P. Napolitano

FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. Telephone companies are quietly balking at the idea of changing how they collect and store Americans’ phone records to help the NSA’s surveillance programs. They’re worried about their exposure to lawsuits and the price tag if the U.S. government asks them to hold information about customers for longer than they already do. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Spy court judge slams proposed privacy advocate

By STEPHEN BRAUN and KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

Riders attached to the spending bill include language preventing the Postal Service from ending Saturday delivery or closing many rural post offices.

Official portrait paintings bumped off federal budget

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 15, 2013, file photo, Valley Meat Co. owner, Rick De Los Santos stands in a corral area outside the former cattle slaughterhouse he has converted to a horse slaughter facility in Roswell, N.M. A judge in Santa Fe is expected to decide Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, whether the Roswell company can start slaughtering horses. State District Judge Matthew Wilson is hearing a request from Attorney General Gary King to issue a preliminary injunction against Valley Meat Co. King has filed suit against the company, alleging its operations would violate state environmental and food safety laws. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, File)

Bill would effectively ban horse slaughterhouses

By JERI CLAUSING - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: On economy, focus is on executive actions

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

McCrory again defends 12th District election date

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

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