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Kerry assures CEOs on US role in Asia-Pacific

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is seeking to assure Asia-Pacific business leaders that nothing will shake America's commitment to the region and that the current government shutdown in Washington will soon be over and forgotten. Kerry told executives at an Asian economic summit in Indonesia on Monday that the ...

  • Updated: 5:01 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, center right, talks with clergy after the Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. The Supreme Court's new term starts tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown

The Supreme Court is opening for business in the midst of a partial government shutdown. The justices take the bench Monday for the start of their new term with important cases about campaign contributions, housing discrimination, government-sanctioned prayer and the president's recess appointments already on tap. Abortion, contraceptive coverage under ...

  • Updated: 3:59 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Gov't shutdown enters 2nd week, no end in sight

The government shutdown entered its second week with no end in sight and ominous signs that the United States was closer to the first default in the nation's history as Speaker John Boehner ruled out any measure to boost borrowing authority without concessions from President Barack Obama. Washington will be ...

  • Updated: 3:43 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to officials during a visit to a tuna packaging factory in Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Kerry said Sunday that a pair of U.S. military raids against militants in North Africa sends the message that terrorists "can run but they can't hide." Kerry, in Bali for an economic summit, was the highest-level administration to speak about the operations yet. (AP Photo)

Kerry pleased with Syria chemical disarmament

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the United States and Russia are "very pleased" with the progress made so far in destroying Syria's chemical weapons stocks. And, he offered some rare, if qualified, U.S. praise for Syrian President Bashar Assad. Kerry, speaking at a press conference with ...

  • Updated: 12:41 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Raids suggest future shape of counterterror bids

The U.S. commando raids in Libya and Somalia suggest the future shape of U.S. counterterrorism efforts — brief, targeted raids against highly sought extremist figures — and highlight the rise of Africa as a terrorist haven. The strikes also raise questions about where to interrogate and try captured terrorist suspects ...

  • Updated: 12:10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
With the government shutdown still unresolved, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., leaves the chamber at the end the day, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at the Capitol in Washington. There has been no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner to Obama: No debt hike without concessions

The United States moved closer to the possibility of the first-ever default on the government's debt Sunday as Speaker John Boehner adamantly ruled out a House vote on a straightforward bill to boost the borrowing authority without concessions from President Barack Obama. With no resolution in sight, Treasury Secretary Jack ...

  • Updated: 3:58 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
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FILE - In this June 27, 2012, file photo law enforcement officers set up a perimeter controls in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on the eve of the expected ruling on whether or not the Affordable Care Act passes the test of constitutionality in Washington. The Supreme Court new term, which starts on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, may be short on the sort of high-profile battles over health care and gay marriage that marked the past two years. But several cases ask the court to overrule prior decisions, bold action in an institution that relies on the power of precedent. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Supreme Court term begins with contentious topics

The Supreme Court is beginning a new term with controversial issues that offer the court's conservative majority the chance to move aggressively to undo limits on campaign contributions, undermine claims of discrimination in housing and mortgage lending, and allow for more government-sanctioned prayer. Assuming the government shutdown doesn't get in ...

  • Updated: 2:55 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013

Boehner: No idea when government shutdown ends

House Speaker John Boehner (BAY-nur) says he doesn't know when the government shutdown will end and says it's up to President Barack Obama to start negotiations. The Ohio Republican said Sunday that he will not allow his GOP-led House to vote on a bill reopening the government without serious talks ...

  • Updated: 10:26 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
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In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, President Barack Obama speaks during a wide-ranging and exclusive interview with The Associated Press in the White House library in Washington, four days into a partial government shutdown. Obama says he doesn't expect Congress to breach the deadline to increase the nation's borrowing limit. He says he's willing to negotiate changes to his signature health care law and to find ways to reduce spending, but stresses he will not bargain until after Congress reopens the government and passes a new debt ceiling. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: Iran 'year or more' from getting bomb

President Barack Obama says U.S. intelligence agencies believe Iran is still "a year or more" away from producing a nuclear weapon, an assessment he acknowledged was at odds with Israel. "Our estimate is probably more conservative than the estimates of Israeli intelligence services," Obama said in a wide-ranging interview with ...

  • Updated: 4:40 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013

How the impasses in Washington might play out

Key lawmakers and aides on Capitol Hill say they don't know how the battles over funding the government and increasing the nation's debt limit might be resolved. In interviews, they lay out several possibilities, all of which face huge political impediments: BOEHNER YIELDS House Speaker John Boehner could pass bills ...

  • Updated: 9:53 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013
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