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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Vastly different pictures emerged Thursday of a man charged with attending an Al Qaeda camp in Pakistan, with government attorneys portraying Hamid Hayat as a trained terrorist intent on attacking Americans while his defense described him as a directionless young man prone to wild storytelling. Prosecutors said …

WASHINGTON – A coalition of animal rights groups and people who live near the nation’s three horse slaughter plants sued Tuesday to prevent the Agriculture Department from providing horse meat inspections for a fee. The groups alleged that USDA’s plans to provide the inspections next month violates a law passed …

WASHINGTON – Two leaders in current efforts to reduce special interest influence on Congress once again appeared to be fighting on the same side Wednesday, two days after an unusually fiery falling out. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., testified together at a Senate hearing on lobbying and …