Despite Arizona’s recent spate of bills that would reduce women’s access to abortion and contraception, a Republican lawmaker wants her state to go even further.
WASHINGTON — Top US lawmakers on Thursday hailed news of Moamer Kadhafi's death, saying Libya was now "liberated" and calling for closer ties between Washington and Tripoli as the war-torn country tries to rebuild.
Current TV host Keith Olbermann called Florida state Rep. Brad Drake (R) an "asshole" on Wednesday for introducing legislation to replace lethal injection as a execution method with electrocution or a firing squad. Drake said he got the idea for the bill after talking to someone at a Waffle House.
Puerto Rico Sen. Roberto Arango, the Republican lawmaker whose shirtless photograph appeared on Grindr, a hookup app for men interested in having sex with other men, resigned.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to cut the deficit faced a nail-bitingly close vote in Congress on Thursday as the top Republican lawmaker sought to quell an internal revolt and push his plan to avoid a ruinous default.
