During the early morning hours of Thursday, President Obama signed the bill passed by Congress the day before to re-open the government, ending 16 days of shutdown just as the credit extension deadline had been reached.
It was announced on Wednesday by Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican Leader, that a final agreement had been reached by the Republicans and the Democrats in the Senate.
Two Florida girls, one aged 14 and the other 12, were arrested in central Florida after the older girl admitted online over the weekend that she had harassed 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick, who killed herself last month.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young on Monday voted in support of H.J. Res. 80, the American Indian and Alaska Native, Health, Education, and Safety Act, which will provide immediate funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service through December 15, 2013.