By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON | Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:58pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Environmental groups and a dozen states and cities said Monday they will delay planned legal action against…

By Richard Cowan and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON | Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:48pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A small group of Republican senators worked Monday on a possible border security compromise that would make a sweeping immigration bill more acceptable…

The White House is threatening to veto the House version of a massive, 5-year farm bill, saying food stamp cuts included in the legislation could leave some Americans hungry. The House is preparing to consider the bill this week. The…

WASHINGTON –  President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. “It is transparent,” Obama told PBS’s Charlie Rose…

WASHINGTON –  An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.…