Republican Jolly wins Fla. congressional race
CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Republican David Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink on Tuesday in a Tampa-area House district where President Barack Obama's health care overhaul got its first test ahead of November's midterm elections and both sides spent millions auditioning national strategies....

Obama, Clinton circles overlap in Dem fundraising
NEW YORK (AP) -- Melding 2014 needs with 2016 hopes, President Barack Obama teamed up Tuesday with an ally and fundraiser of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to help the Democratic Party erase a worrisome debt....

Republican Party ups investment in Colorado
DENVER (AP) -- The Republican National Committee is pouring resources into Colorado, adding more than a dozen staffers as a new Senate candidate and sagging poll numbers for Democrats raise GOP hopes of ending the party's decade-long drought on top-of-the-ticket wins in the state....

Intrigue at the top: CIA, Senate feud goes public
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secret reports. Vanishing documents. Whispers of crime, intimidation and cover-up....

CIA accused: Senator sees torture probe meddling
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an extraordinary public accusation, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee declared on Tuesday that the CIA interfered with and then tried to intimidate a congressional investigation into the agency's possible use of torture in terror probes during the Bush administration....

Steady health care sign-ups may miss goal
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Tuesday it's making steady progress on health care sign-ups, but the White House needs something close to a miracle to meet its goal of enrolling 6 million people by the end of this month....

Feinstein shifts tone in calling out CIA search
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein's outspoken criticism of "CIA interference" in a congressional investigation is in sharp contrast to her defense of an intelligence-gathering community that some say trample on civil liberties....

A look at Senate's CIA interrogation report
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate report at the center of the heated public dispute between Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein and the CIA is a detailed investigation of the agency's rendition, detention and interrogation program that the George W. Bush administration started after 9/11 and which ended in 2009....

Europe wants its Parmesan back, seeks name change
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Would Parmesan by any other name be as tasty atop your pasta? A ripening trade battle might put that to the test....

Navy admiral relays concerns about NSA changes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the U.S. government turns over the bulk collection of telephone data to an independent third party, higher costs and delays in identifying potential threats could result, the Navy admiral nominated to be the next head of the troubled National Security Agency said Tuesday....