By Aaron Cahall, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jul. 26--WASHINGTON -- Long Island and New York City projects will benefit from more than $225 million in federal funds next year under a transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations bill passed by the House late Tuesday.

By DAVID B. CARUSO, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK A U.S. congressman is objecting to the city's plan to build a waste-transfer station near La Guardia Airport because he believes the facility will pose a hazard to low-flying planes. U.S. Rep.

By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A handful of U.S. lawmakers have launched an 11th-hour attempt to block the sale of U.S.-made F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan but have garnered little immediate support. Massachusetts Democrat Rep.

By Copyright 2006 Albuquerque Journal BY MICHAEL COLEMAN Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Passing a federal law to help prevent kids and animals from drinking deadly antifreeze could prove tougher than Rep. Heather Wilson expected.

By Paul Eckert, Asia Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President George W. Bush heads to India on Tuesday, few people in the United States will be paying closer attention to the trip than the nearly 2 million Americans of Indian origin.