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37 min ago | The Daily Gazette

House committee takes up tough immigration bill

Challenged by protesters chanting "shame, shame," House Republicans advanced legislation Tuesday to crack down on immigrants living illegally in the United States as the Senate lurched ahead on a dramatically different approach offering the hope of citizenship to the same millions.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator John Hoeven, John Boehner, Representative Trey Gowdy, Zoe Lofgren, Democrat

1 hr ago | Seattle Times

IRS worker: No political bias against tea party

An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not in Washington, according to a full transcript of his interview by congressional investigators released Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Republican, Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings, Democrat, Barack Obama

2 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda

In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York.

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Related Topix: New York, NY, Restaurant Management, Life, Food, Nutrition, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, Democrat, Agriculture, Science

4 hrs ago | WLTX-TV Columbia

Jessie Jackson Jr.

Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has no money to pay a $750,000 fine and wants to serve his prison time first if he and his wife both go to jail, according to court documents.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jesse Jackson, Democrat, Prison

8 hrs ago | CNN

Boehner: No way to get immigration bill to House floor without GOP majority support

Under pressure from House conservatives opposed to comprehensive immigration reform, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday, "I don't see any way of bringing an immigration bill to the floor that doesn't have majority support of Republicans."

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, John Boehner, Republican, Dennis Hastert, US Senate, Senator Dick Durbin

8 hrs ago | Toledo Blade

NSA: Programs foiled 50 terror plots

The director of the National Security Agency said today the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that was echoed by the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Politics, Mac Thornberry, Republican, Mike Rogers, Dutch Ruppersberger, Democrat

11 hrs ago | USA Today

Book raises alarms about alternative medicine

There are serious but often little-known risks posed by some forms of alternative medicine, which is a loosely regulated industry.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Henry Waxman, Democrat

13 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

Intel chief: Lawmakers demanding more info on NSA

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Tuesday lawmakers are worried about the possibility of further disclosures about the government's sweeping electronic surveillance and the impact that could have on efforts to combat terrorism.

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Related Topix: Startups, DLP Mobile, McAfee, US Politics, US News, Republican, Mike Rogers, Barack Obama

17 hrs ago | Seattle Times

House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill

The abortion wars return to Congress in a big way with House legislation to ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US News, US Politics, Trent Franks, Republican, Marsha Blackburn, John Boehner

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WGAL-TV Lancaster

Heimlich maneuver saves congressman's life

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Ted Poe, Republican, Representative Matt Salmon, Representative Tim Scott, Autos

Wausau Daily Herald

Oliver makes case for N.J. woman in Senate

A New Jersey woman's place is in the U.S. Senate. That's one of the messages from Democrat Sheila Oliver, who is running in the special election for the Senate seat of the late Frank Lautenberg.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Rush Holt, US News, Democrat, Frank Pallone, US Senate, Frank Lautenberg, Cory Booker

Seattle Times

Chicago's next US attorney faces urgent dilemma

Chicago's next U.S. attorney faces a dilemma sprung from the twin evils bedeviling America's third-largest city.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, Senator Mark Kirk, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Bobby Rush, Illinois, Senator Dick Durbin, Illinois Government

Seattle Times

IRS official contradicts claims about reviews

An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Republican, Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings, Democrat

Local TV Station KTVZ

Lawmaker: Details on thwarted plots coming

Every new day seems to bring new revelations and reactions to the controversial electronic surveillance programs.

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Related Topix: Dick Cheney, US Politics, Republican, Mike Rogers

The Brainerd Daily Dispatch

Current, former officials back secret surveillance

Top officials from the Obama and Bush administrations say the government's newly exposed secret surveillance programs have been essential to disrupting terrorist plots and have not infringed on Americans' civil liberties.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Republican, Mike Rogers

Northern Michigan News

Glasnost on the Potomac under Obama? Not quite

It's as if the United States has two governments, one open and one very much not.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, George Bush, John Conyers, Democrat

Sun Jun 16, 2013

KOCO-TV Oklahoma City

Menendez: Time to 'tip the scales' in Syria

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Robert Menendez, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

CBS Local

Graham: GOP In 'Death Spiral'; Will Fail in 2016 Without Immigration

Republicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Robert Menendez, Democrat

KMIZ

Rogers: NSA 'is not listening' to Americans' phone calls

The chairman of the House intelligence committee strongly asserted Sunday that the National Security Agency is not recording Americans' phone calls under U.S. surveillance programs, and any statements suggesting differently amount to "misinformation."

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, Mike Rogers, State of the Union

Detroit Free Press

Is your driveway making you sick? Pavement sealant linked to high cancer risk

A professional applicator applies a coal-tar-based sealant to a test plot used to measure emission of polycyclic aromatic carbons into the air in Austin at the University of Texas.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Lloyd Doggett, US News, Democrat, Texas, Geology, Science, Medicine, Pharmacology, Environment