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WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation approved by the Senate Wednesday would significantly reduce the disparity in sentences handed out to those convicted of crack and powder cocaine.Currently, a person convicted of crack cocaine possession gets the same mandatory jail time as someone with 100 times t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania lawmaker whose parents recently died of cancer is among the targets of an ad campaign by a conservative group that questions congressional Democrats' interest in preventing the disease.Democratic Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper said was outraged by the ad, part of a wide...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday took to the Fox News Channel, derided by his White House as a wing of the Republican Party, to sell his embattled health care overhaul in an interview punctuated with interruptions from the host and chiding from the guest.Obama sat down wit...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says a nuclear-armed Iran could trigger an arms race in the Middle East, something his administration wants to avoid.Obama told Fox News Channel's Bret Baier that keeping Tehran without a nuclear weapon is one of his highest priorities. Baier asked Obam...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S.-Israeli relationship is not in crisis.Obama told Fox News Channel that Jerusalem's new settlement homes "weren't helpful" in carving out a peace between Israelis and Palestinians. But he also says Washington remains a committed ally for Is...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Group: Idaho first to sign law that would sue federal government over health care reform. Copyright © 2010 AP. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Read more...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated the sister of National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg (TOH'-ten-burgh) for a federal judgeship.Obama on Wednesday tapped Amy Totenberg for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has moved to stamp out a multibillion-dollar tobacco trafficking industry that has enriched criminals and terrorists and made it easier for kids to buy cigarettes online.A bill cracking down on smugglers cleared the House Wednesday and went to President Barack Obama ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama celebrated St. Patrick's Day by welcoming Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen to the Oval Office and joking it's the one day in America when everyone's Irish.Obama also thanked Cowen for Ireland's military cooperation and noted its efforts to help the glob...