WASHINGTON (AP) — In the strongest message yet from the U.S. government, the House of Representatives voted 405-1 Friday to condemn Irna’s crackdown on demonstrators and the government’s interference with Internet and cell phone communications.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human rights groups working to end the dying in Darfur fear for the survival of 2.5 million people huddled in refugee camps if the Obama administration doesn’t put on record its plans to bring security to them.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said Friday it is prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying contraband materials to North Korea but will not try to forcibly board them, in accordance with new U.N. sanctions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent legislation to the White House Friday granting the federal government unprecedented authority to regulate and restrict cigarettes, the single largest cause of preventable death.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - President Barack Obama promised graduating midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday that, as their commander in chief, he will only send them “into harm’s way when it is absolutely necessary.“

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s request for continuing military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan easily cleared a procedural test Thursday on its way toward a final vote later in the day.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Illegal immigrants won’t be entitled to medical insurance under the health legislation Congress is working on, a leading lawmaker said Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — There are lots of bridges to cross and roads to travel for lawmakers bent on ending the time-honored practice of funneling money to their home states: at least 6,800 of them.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama pledged “great vigilance” in confronting the swine flu outbreak Wednesday night as it spread coast to coast across the U.S. The outbreak hit 11 states and closed schools amid confirmation of the first U.S. death - a Mexican toddler who visited Texas with his family - and the confinement of dozens of Marines after one came down with the disease in California.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry Monday, bluntly rejecting turnaround plans by General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, demanding fresh concessions for long-term federal aid and raising the possibility of quick bankruptcy for either ailing auto giant.

NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street’s big March rally was officially on hold Monday after the White House rejected turnaround plans from General Motors Corp. and Chrysler.