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APNewsBreak: Fla. to probe 2nd sweepstakes chain

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 22nd

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - Fresh off a nearly $300 million racketeering case involving a veterans' charity that benefited from simulated gambling at Internet cafes, Florida regulators will investigate a children's cancer group connected to a similar

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama heckler shouted down

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

By JULIE PACE and JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - President Barack Obama was interrupted by a heckler while giving a speech to an audience of Israeli university students, but he didn't lose his cool. The president was talking about the U.S. being a close ally to Israel when the

See, Washington can get along! The government shutdown that didn't happen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

By David Grant Staff Rest easy, America: Congress is going to make sure the government doesn't shut down just after Easter – even though you've got to continue living under the sequester. The Senate passed what's known as a "continuing resolution" on Wednesday night by a vote of

See, Washington can get along! The government shutdown that didn't happen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

Senate boosts funding for meat inspection

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 20th

By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has moved to provide more money to keep meat and poultry inspectors on the job. The amendment by Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas is aimed at preventing intermittent closures of meatpacking plants across the country that would be

Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 20th

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in broad federal spending cuts and simultaneously avoid a government shutdown next week - and pointedly rejected a call to even reopen White House tours that the Obama

Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 20th

GOP pillories administration's sequester prep

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 20th

By HENRY C. JACKSONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are accusing the Obama administration of poorly preparing for the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts while at the same time scaring people about their potential impact. "Agency after agency acts surprised that a law signed

Budget cuts hurt trade policy, official says

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By JIM ABRAMSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The administration's top trade official outlined President Barack Obama's ambitious trade agenda to Congress Tuesday while cautioning that budget cuts are hampering efforts to negotiate new trade deals and enforce existing ones. The

Budget cuts hurt trade policy, official says

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th