2 officers released from hospital after Ferguson 'ambush'

2 officers released from hospital after Ferguson 'ambush'
Senator warns Obama: Don’t skip Congress for U.N. on Iran
Military: 2 soldiers' bodies recovered from helicopter wreck
Matt Bai: The real source of Hillary’s transparency problem
Police seek suspects in Ferguson, Missouri, police 'ambush'
Obama budget would shrink deficits by $1.2 trillion over 10 years: CBO
U.S. budget deficit dipped to $192 billion in February
15-year-old boy arrested in kidnapping caught on video
Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson resigns
New Mexico lawmaker under fire for defining rape as 'drunken college sex'
Kerry: Even a Republican president won’t undo Iran nuclear deal
Sarah Palin mocks Hillary Clinton’s ‘convenience’ excuse in email controversy

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 11:15 AM PDT

St. Louis County Police Chief says officers shot in the face and shoulder were lucky.

Senator warns Obama: Don’t skip Congress for U.N. on Iran

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 10:58 AM PDT

In the latest volley of the war of words over the Iran nuclear negotiations, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R.-Tenn.) warned President Barack Obama not to take any deal to the U.N. Security Council while bypassing Congress.

Military: 2 soldiers' bodies recovered from helicopter wreck

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 10:43 AM PDT

NAVARRE, Fla. (AP) — Divers found the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed amid dense fog during a Florida training mission, killing 11 Marines and soldiers, but more bad weather prevented the recovery of bodies and the flight recorder from wreckage 25 feet deep.

Matt Bai: The real source of Hillary’s transparency problem

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 03:06 AM PDT

With Hillary Clinton, we always assume she's holding something back. What was striking during her press conference Tuesday was how little she seems to appreciate this circumstance and her own role in creating it. The truth is that during the Clintons' rise, an America cleaved by generational and ideological change would never have accepted them any other way. But this isn't 1992. Transparency and authenticity are paramount in the social media culture, and the lack of them is fatal.

Police seek suspects in Ferguson, Missouri, police 'ambush'

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 09:51 AM PDT

By Kate Munsch FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, were shot and wounded in what officials called an ambush early on Thursday, in the latest spasm of violence arising from months of tension between African-Americans and the city's mostly white police force. An intense manhunt was under way for a suspect or suspects in the shootings of the officers, who were treated and released from hospital, St Louis County Police said. A 41-year-old St. Louis County Police officer was struck in the shoulder and a 32-year-old officer from nearby Webster Groves Police Department had a bullet lodged near his ear after it passed through his cheek, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said. You don't understand that it's going to happen." The shots rang out as a rally in front of the city's police headquarters was dispersing hours after the local police chief resigned.

Obama budget would shrink deficits by $1.2 trillion over 10 years: CBO

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 09:00 AM PDT

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's fiscal 2016 budget proposal would shrink U.S. deficits by $1.232 trillion over 10 years compared to those expected under current tax and spending laws, the Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday. The deficit reduction, although smaller than that claimed by the White House, is largely due to Obama's proposals for higher taxes on the wealthy, his plans for lower spending on military operations in Afghanistan and net savings from proposed immigration reforms, the CBO said. For fiscal 2016, the first full year under Obama's fiscal blueprint if Congress were to adopt it, the deficit would fall to $380 billion from $455 billion, the CBO's latest forecast under current laws. Under the analysis from the non-partisan CBO, near term deficits under Obama's proposal would be smaller than those forecast by the White House Office of Management and Budget, while deficits in later years are larger.

U.S. budget deficit dipped to $192 billion in February

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 11:02 AM PDT

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit was $192 billion in February, down 1 percent from the same period last year, according to data released by the Treasury Department on Thursday. The deficit was $194 billion in February of 2014, according to Treasury's monthly budget statement. February's budget results were affected by differences in the calendar. If adjusted for timing-related transactions, the budget deficit would have been $194 billion.

15-year-old boy arrested in kidnapping caught on video

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 06:52 PM PDT

SPRAGUE, Wash. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday in the short-lived kidnapping of a 22-month-old toddler that was caught on surveillance video in this small farming town in eastern Washington.

Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson resigns

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 05:54 PM PDT

Chief Jackson's department has been under scrutiny since the shooting of Michael Brown.

New Mexico lawmaker under fire for defining rape as 'drunken college sex'

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 01:49 PM PDT

Republicans are calling on Rep. Kenny Martinez, D-Grants, to apologize for saying that "rape is defined in many ways, and some of it is just drunken college sex."

Kerry: Even a Republican president won’t undo Iran nuclear deal

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 12:41 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly predicts that even a Republican president in 2017 wouldn't nullify Barack Obama's pending nuclear deal with Iran.

Sarah Palin mocks Hillary Clinton’s ‘convenience’ excuse in email controversy

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 11:54 AM PDT

Sarah Palin is critical of Hillary Clinton's explanation that using one cellphone for personal and work-related business was simply a matter of convenience.