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• Immigration reform discussions continue today

  April 22, 2013 4:16 AM

  A Senate Judiciary Committee once again takes up the issue of comprehensive immigration reform today. A bi-partisan group of senators called "The Gang of Eight" released their legislative proposal last week, amid the Boston Marathon bombings. The almost 900 page immigration bill has faced growing questions from conservative critics.... more »

• Immigration reform continues in Washington

  April 11, 2013 3:48 AM

  Senators in D.C. are working on a comprehensive immigration bill. It could create a a path to citizenship for almost 11 million undocumented immigrants. Senators hope to finish work on that this week. Yesterday, tens of thousands of immigrants and their supporters rallied at the U.S. Capitol hoping to... more »

• Tax bills for rich families approach 30-year high

  March 3, 2013 12:27 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington is gridlocked again over whether to raise taxes on the rich. But it turns out that wealthy families already are paying some of their biggest federal tax bills in decades, even as the rest of the population continues to pay at historically low rates. A new... more »

• Inscription at Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial still not changed in DC

  August 28, 2012 3:27 PM

  A year after the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opened to visitors in Washington, the group behind the monument is still working with the National Park Service to change an inscription quoting the civil rights leader. Harry Johnson, president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation, said today the... more »

• Future of postal processing centers still up in the air Play Video

  May 15, 2012 7:23 PM

  The U.S. Postal Service continues to look for ways to close the budget gap, and operate more efficiently moving forward. Post offices and processing centers have been on the chopping block. Last week the Postal Service announced it would keep 3,700 rural offices open that they had been previously... more »

• Holmes Middle School nets three-peat in national award

  April 3, 2012 7:16 PM

  Holmes Middle School in Colorado Springs School District 11 has been designated as a Trailblazer School to Watch for a third consecutive time. The award was launched in 1999 as part of a recognition program developed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. It is awarded once every... more »

• Player wins $336 million Powerball jackpot

  February 12, 2012 11:11 AM

  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Lottery officials say someone who played the Powerball in Rhode Island has won the $336.4 million jackpot. The new multimillionaire has not stepped forward and the lottery has not said where the winning ticket was sold. To win, the player had to match all of... more »

• Police: 11 arrested at Occupy DC site

  February 5, 2012 11:58 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities say 11 people have been arrested in Washington's McPherson Square since Park Police began clearing away tents from one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites. David Schlosser, who is a spokesman for the U.S. Park Police, said Sunday that one of those arrested was charged... more »

• Looking at "No Child Left Behind" ten years later

  January 7, 2012 10:33 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Sunday marks the 10-year anniversary of President George W. Bush's signing of the No Child Left Behind education law. The law was cast as a symbol of possibility. It offered the promise of improved schools for poor and minority kids, and students who were better prepared to... more »

• Change of command at Fort Carson

  November 16, 2011 4:06 PM

  The role of Commanding General at Fort Carson has changed hands; Major General David Perkins turned over power to Major General Joseph Anderson in a ceremony Wednesday morning on the Mountain Post. Maj. Gen. Anderson will be in charge of the Army's 4th Infantry Division as well as Fort... more »

• Andy Warhol's art takes stage on National Mall

  September 22, 2011 4:14 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Andy Warhol is about to take over the National Mall in Washington with two simultaneous shows featuring some of his works and themes for the first time ever. On Sunday, the National Gallery of Art opens its first Warhol exhibit with "Warhol: Headlines." It's the first major... more »

• Credible, but unconfirmed terror threat

  September 8, 2011 8:16 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials have received a credible but unconfirmed terror threat having to do with New York or Washington. A counterterrorism official tells The Associated Press that law enforcement officials have been investigating the intelligence since it was received late Wednesday night. The official spoke on condition of... more »

• Local politicians ready to hear Presidents jobs plan

  September 4, 2011 11:34 PM

  After a tense battle over how to handle our federal deficit earlier in the summer, to a flat jobs report just released days ago; politicians are heading back to Washington D.C. this week with a focus on the economy. Colorado Senator Mark Udall spent some of his break from... more »

• Museum aircraft was bought on eBay

  July 12, 2011 4:00 PM

  A World War Two era biplane that was flown by the Tuskegee Airmen and that will soon be displayed at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. came from an Air Force pilot who found the craft on eBay. Cpt. Matthew Quy says he and his wife began looking for a... more »

• NORAD-controlled helicopters intercept aircraft in D.C.-area

  June 18, 2011 3:13 PM

  Two helicopters under command from NORAD were called in to intercept a small aircraft in restricted airspace around the Washington D.C.-area. It happened just before noon (EDT). The two U.S. Coast Guard HH-65 "Dolphin" helicopters diverted the aircraft to Annapolis, MD where the pilot was met by law enforcement.... more »

• Fort Carson deputy commander gets new job

  June 13, 2011 3:58 PM

  FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - Fort Carson's deputy commander is moving to a new job in Washington, D.C., as director of soldier fitness in the office of the deputy chief of staff. The Army announced the assignment for Brig. Gen. James Pasquarette on Monday. Pasquarette is currently in Iraq, part... more »

• New app another tool for workers in wage disputes

  May 21, 2011 12:53 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Workers who don't trust the boss to keep track of their wages can now do it themselves with a new smartphone application from the Department of Labor. But employers worry that the timesheet app, along with other new initiatives, could encourage even more wage and hour... more »

• Colorado closer to filling federal judge vacancy

  May 13, 2011 4:40 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado is closer to getting a new federal judge. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet announced Friday that the nomination of R. Brooke Jackson was unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. The full Senate will vote on his nomination next. Jackson is... more »

• Cheney undecided on heart transplant operation

  May 8, 2011 12:38 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he hasn't decided whether to seek a heart transplant. Cheney tells "Fox News Sunday" that his health has improved since last year, when he was diagnosed with end-stage heart failure. He had an operation last summer to fit his body... more »

• Obama calls for end to oil company tax breaks

  April 30, 2011 5:28 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is taking aim at oil company tax breaks amid rising profits from increasing gasoline costs. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama again urged Congress to end $4 billion a year in oil and gas company tax breaks. Obama says the... more »

• Mourners pay respects to last WWI veteran

  March 13, 2011 5:38 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Friends, fellow veterans and complete strangers are paying their respects to the last American veteran of World War I. The body of Frank Buckles is resting in a flag-draped casket at a funeral home in Washington. Buckles will be buried Tuesday with full military honors at... more »

• Issa pledges to take on White House over spending

  January 2, 2011 10:14 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The GOP's top House investigator in the new Congress is putting the White House on notice that he's going to be aggressive in going after what he considers wasteful spending by the Obama administration. California Rep. Darrell Issa (EYE'-suh) is set to lead the House Oversight... more »

• Local reaction to health care vote

  March 22, 2010 8:13 PM

  A controversial vote in D.C. yesterday ripples, home to southern Colorado today. Here's what several people walking in downtown Colorado Springs said about Congress passing the controversial health care bill: "I was praying that it would fail," said Shirley McPherson. "I thought it was wonderful," said Cle Austin.... more »

• Supporters of immigration reform rally in Denver

  March 22, 2010 8:21 AM

  About 750 people rallied in Denver in support of immigration reform on Sunday. The event at Confluence Park near downtown coincided with a march on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Organizers say tens of thousands of people have traveled from around the country for that event. President Barack Obama... more »

• Health Care Overhaul protests in Colorado

  November 5, 2009 8:20 AM

  Some opponents of the health care overhaul headed for a mammoth House floor debate in coming days are planning Colorado protests to try to stop the bill. Members of the Colorado Tea Party anti-tax group are planning to protest outside the offices of several Democratic members of Congress. The group... more »

• Gifted 14-year-old begins sophomore year in college

  September 1, 2009 1:07 PM

  As the school year gets under way at Howard University, one of the new faces on campus already has done enough work to rise to sophomore standing. And he's only 14 years old. "To me it's just normal, you know," Ty Hobson-Powell said. "I'm just in a different environment.... more »