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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has some good news for Congress this week about the health of the labor market. But lawmakers will likely press her for more information on just how the central bank intends to react to the good news.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is making the case to Congress for President Barack Obama's request for $3.7 billion to deal with a flood of unaccompanied child immigrants that's overwhelming the Border Patrol in South Texas.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House libertarians and liberals joined in a surprise win against the secretive National Security Agency, securing support for new curbs on government spying a year after leaker Edward Snowden's disclosures about the bulk collection of millions of Americans' phone records.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mysteries remain about computer crashes inside the Internal Revenue Service and the government's efforts to recover all the missing data since the IRS acknowledged that it can't produce emails from seven officials connected to the tea party investigation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The five Democrats on the House Select Committee on Benghazi are being counted on to defend the Obama administration's record as November's elections creep closer.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate appears ready to hand a fresh defeat to President Barack Obama by blocking an election-year increase in the federal minimum wage.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA is under pressure from a Senate committee to declassify parts of a congressional report on harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists, but the agency does not give up its secrets easily.

Local leaders are questioning Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney’s judgement after Tuesday night’s budget vote.  Tenney voted 'no' on all 10 budget bills, including the portion of the budget that will fund the Nano Tech Utica project, the key element in the region’s recovery plan...

Funny man Seth Rogen recently testified before the Senate on the serious matter of Alzheimer's disease.

If you think we need new blood in Washington, then Joe Newman is probably not the candidate for you.