Dianne Feinstein

WASHINGTON-- Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department's handling of the investigation of national security leaks and its failure to talk to The Associated Press before issuing subpoenas for the news service's telephone records.

With top intelligence officials warning that cyber attacks have replaced terrorism as the leading threat against the United States, the White House and lawmakers have spent months discussing how to improve the flow of information between the government and the private sector.

CIA spokesman Todd Ebitz on Tuesday described the new head of the National Clandestine Service as a "talented and effective intelligence officer who has had rich substantive and operational experiences worldwide over the course of his almost 30- year Agency career."

CIA spokesman Todd Ebitz on Tuesday described the new head of the National Clandestine Service as a "talented and effective intelligence officer who has had rich substantive and operational experiences worldwide over the course of his almost 30- year Agency career."

HOUSTON, May 4- Heavy-handed gun laws and a culture disapproving of gun ownership put citizens in a vulnerable position during the door-to-door search for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev last month, NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre said on Saturday.

*Administration mindful of faulty intelligence on Iraq. WASHINGTON, April 25- U.S. intelligence agencies believe Syria's government has likely used chemical weapons on a small scale, the White House said on Thursday, but added that President Barack Obama needed "credible and corroborated" facts before acting on that assessment.

When the top story was General David Petraeus's affair with Paula Broadwell, Sargent straightened the "endless story angles" with an annotated chart depicting the major players in the scandal- from Jill Kelley to Senator Dianne Feinstein, from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa- and plotted the salient interconnections.

WASHINGTON, April 11- After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators aims to roll out a comprehensive immigration bill on Tuesday, giving President Barack Obama new hope that one of his top priorities for 2013 will advance in Congress.

WASHINGTON, April 11- U.S. senators negotiating an immigration bill have reached agreement on wages for foreign farm laborers working in the United States and a limit on visas for such workers, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, April 11- U.S. senators negotiating an immigration bill have reached agreement on wages for foreign farm laborers working in the United States and a limit on visas for such workers, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Thursday.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will leave the commission in coming weeks and the letter to Obama, signed by 37 senators, calls Rosenworcel "a superb candidate" who is "equally respected" by the telecommunications industry, public safety community and public interest groups.

*Bipartisan opposition in full Senate will likely kill it. *Legislation drafted in response to Newtown massacre. President Barack Obama' s bid to renew a ban against military-style assault weapons narrowly won the backing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday and now goes to the full Senate, where it was expected to fail.

WASHINGTON, Jan 28- Agricultural laborers would be on a separate path to U.S. citizenship than other undocumented workers in the immigration reforms proposed by eight senators on Monday that cited the importance of feeding America.

*Senate panel to hold gun control hearing Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Jan 27- The senator leading the charge to revive a U.S. assault weapons ban conceded on Sunday, just days before hearings on gun control open, that winning Senate passage will be tough but said she has been assured she will have the chance to bring it up for a vote.

WASHINGTON, Jan 24- A top U.S. The massacre galvanized public support for tougher gun laws, but also rallied pro-gun rights groups like the National Rifle Association to oppose such action. 'The answer is we don't know, "said Feinstein, who asked Americans to pressure Congress.