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Tea party vs. old guard in Senate GOP rift
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:49PM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers is in full view again with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of using tactics that might tempt Democrats to change Senate rules that now protect the minority party.
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House immigration group resolves dispute
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:10PM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many could confront voters' questions on the issue.
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Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:53PM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen in his renewed effort to close the prison.
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House backs variable rate student loans
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:39PM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the Republican-led House approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets.
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Anti-war protester shouts at Obama during speech
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:18PM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama was interrupted three times by a woman who shouted about drones and detainees in Cuba as he delivered a speech on national security.
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Senate confirms Obama nominee to key appeals court
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:02PM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court in Washington.
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Wyden: FracFocus 'constructive' tool on drilling
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:52PM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee says a website partially funded by the oil and gas industry is a constructive tool that could be used by federal regulators in requiring public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.
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Obama: Policy in leaks investigations under review
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:47PM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Attorney General Eric Holder will review Justice Department policy on leaks investigations involving the news media.
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Obama endorses more oversight of drone strikes
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:26PM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his administration is willing to consider accepting increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.
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Boy Scouts Voting on Gay Youths, Results Expected Soon
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:20PM May 23, 2013 CommentIt's unclear if proposal to allow gay scouts will pass after divisive debate.
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Pritzker's ties to thrift, tax haven eyed
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:21PM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of commerce is facing scrutiny in the Senate for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the Bahamas.
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Drone Attacks Accidentally Killed Americans, Obama Administration Reveals
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President Barack Obama with Attorney General Eric Holder.
Attorney General: Obama has approved new guidelines for targeted killings.
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Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:16AM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Reading, writing, 'rithmetic — and PE?
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Senator: Assaults let military culture continue
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:39AM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A senator says repeated sexual assaults in the military allow a culture to continue.
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US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:37AM May 23, 2013 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.
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Tea party storm largely inside IRS _ so far
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:34AM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been largely contained within the tax collection agency.
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Obama to push for transparency in face of threats
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:14AM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Amid lingering concerns about his national security policies, President Barack Obama is outlining measures to clarify the deadly use of drones against terror suspects.
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Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13AM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.
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Urban renewal? Big US cities showing strong growth
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:02AM May 23, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year.
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4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:05PM May 22, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy.
