WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate raced to avert a government shutdown on Friday ahead of a midnight deadline with no agreement on funding in sight and both parties squabbling over who is to blame for the impasse. A bill to fund the federal government through Feb. 16, approved on Thursday night by the ...

WASHINGTON: (APP) President Barack Obama allowed US sanctions against Iran to be renewed on Thursday, but in a surprise move declined to actually sign the legislation that brings the sanctions into force."The extension of the Iran Sanctions Act is becoming law without the president's signature," ...