HotmailGAO says airline merger would reduce competition
A government review finds that the merger of American Airlines and US Airways would reduce competition on more than 1,600 routes traveled by more than 53 million passengers. Full story
A government review finds that the merger of American Airlines and US Airways would reduce competition on more than 1,600 routes traveled by more than 53 million passengers. Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prospects for U.S. Senate passage of an immigration bill with strong bipartisan support brightened on Wednesday when a group of Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a tentative deal on ways to shore up border security, senators said. Full story
Negotiators say they are close to a deal to strengthen border security provisions in the Senate immigration bill, an agreement designed to draw more Republican votes and significantly strengthen the bill’s prospects of becoming law."There's still work to do but we've had … Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a newly revived federal privacy oversight board pledged on Wednesday to be "as transparent and public as possible" as the board reviews recently exposed U.S. government secret surveillance programs. Full story
Michael Froman, a senior White House economic adviser and classmate of President Barack Obama at Harvard Law School, on Wednesday won Senate confirmation to be the next U.S. trade representative. Full story
A bill replacing pensions for new judges and other elected officials with a 401(k)-style retirement plan — a top priority of Republicans this Legislative session — was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Jan Brewer. Full story
The 60-vote Senate has become the new normal in Washington, and that's created a small skirmish between Republican Senator Lamar Alexander and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Last Word guest host Alex Wagner has more.
CNBC's Eamon Javers reports the IRS is now poised to pay $70 million in bonuses to some employees. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) says the report is accurate. "The priorities at the agency are certainly not the taxpayers," he says.
Senate leaders work on a deal that could seal the passage of immigration. MSNBC's Alex Wagner talks borderline negotiations with MSNBC's Karen Finney and the Huffington Post's Sam Stein.
Conservative Republicans gathered on Capitol Hill to rally against the cost of immigration reform—which they claim will cost taxpayers 6.3 trillion dollars. However, the Congressional Budget Office put out a report contradicting critics who say the reform will cost money; the CBO says it will actual
Democratic strategists Julian Epstein and Jimmy Williams examine the ever-widening holes in the case of Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, versus the White House on the IRS controversy – and why you “can’t accuse someone of lying and covering up when you yourself are lying and covering up.”
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) speaks about pending legislation regarding sexual assaults in the military at a Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 4, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Sen. Mark Udall speaks at a campaign rally for U.S. President Barack Obama on Oct. 4, 2012 in Denver, Colo.
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss talks with supporters as he campaigns on Dec. 1, 2008 in Perry, Ga
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks as Sandy Hook victim Dawn Hochsprung's daughter Erica Lafferty kisses Sandy Hook victim Vicki Soto's sister Carlee Soto , as Tucson, Arizona, shooting victim Bill Badger , Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-CT) , and Sen. Charles Schum
