Conservative students stage fake 'immigrant game'
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Democratic Party is condemning a "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game" event planned by the Young Conservatives of Texas on an Austin university campus.
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Duncan faces criticism over 'white suburban moms'
Justice Dept official admonishes nation's bankers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Admonishing the nation's bankers, the Justice Department's No. 2 official says too many financial institutions have failed in their duty to ensure that they run their businesses cleanly.
Kerry says has no specific expectations ahead of Iran nuclear talks
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he had no specific expectations about world powers reaching a deal with Iran in talks later this week that hope to finalize an interim deal on Tehran's nuclear program. The talks between Iran and the so-called P5+1 powers, comprising the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, resume in Geneva on November 20. They will try to reach a first-step agreement to end a 10-year deadlock over Iran's nuclear program.
U.S. official says health insurance website improving
Round-the-clock efforts to improve the troubled federal website, HealthCare.gov, have increased performance across the site, a senior administration official said. Henry Chao, the deputy chief information officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said in written testimony to a House of Representatives committee that the administration is preparing to expand the functionality of the site's consumer shopping subsidy estimation tool.
Justice Sotomayor faults Ala. death sentences
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday that partisan political elections for the Alabama courts appear to be driving judges' decisions to impose death sentences, overruling juries that have voted to send defendants to prison for life.
U.S. Senate approves bill to regulate drug compounding
The U.S. Senate easily approved a bill on Monday that will give the Food and Drug Administration greater authority to regulate companies that compound sterile drugs and ship them across state lines. The bill, which comes in response to a fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 that was tied to a tainted drug, would also create a national set of standards to track pharmaceuticals through the distribution chain to help thwart the introduction of fake medications into the drug supply. The bill, known as the Drug Quality and Security Act, was earlier passed by the House of Representatives and is expected to be signed by President Barack Obama within days.
Kerry: Netanyahu has right to oppose Iran deal
Senators argue against plan on military assault
NRC says it will resume study of Nevada nuke site
WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to a court order, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed its staff to complete work on a key safety report related to a never-completed nuclear waste dump in Nevada.
Correction: 2016-Governors vs Washington story
ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — In a story Nov. 16 about governors vying for national notice, The Associated Press reported erroneously how much unemployment had fallen under Gov. Rick Snyder. It has dropped 2.7 percentage points since he took office as of September, not 6 percentage points.
Obama to brief senators as Iran talks resume
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is preparing to meet with key senators on Iran as the White House pushes Congress to hold off on new sanctions.
