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2 hrs ago | Northern Michigan News

Texas, SD governors court Conn. gun makers

The governors of Texas and South Dakota visited Connecticut on Monday to court gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws this year in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, US Politics, US News, Senator Chris Murphy, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, Rick Perry, US Governors

7 hrs ago | 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, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Bobby Rush, Illinois, Senator Dick Durbin, Illinois Government

7 hrs ago | WNYT NewsChannel 13

NY lawmakers push Amtrak for bike baggage cars

New York lawmakers are pushing Amtrak to add baggage cars to its passenger trains that would be capable of carrying bicycles.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Charles Schumer, US News, Democrat, Warren County, NY, Adirondack, NY, Albany, NY

10 hrs ago | WXOW-TV La Crosse

Remote Mich. village abuzz over shipwreck search

Firefighters are getting a better handle on the most destructive wildfire ever in Colorado, but they're still struggling against hot spots that could threaten homes that have been spared by the massive blaze.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Marijuana, US Politics, US News, John McCain, Republican

14 hrs ago | Northern Michigan News

Left and right already swinging at Ark. senator

The conservative Club for Growth tags Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor as President Barack Obama's "closest ally" in the state.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Mark Begich, Democrat, Mark Pryor, 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Guns

18 hrs ago | WMAL-AM Washington

Rubio: President's Inaction Has Led to - Worst Possible Scenario' in Syria

During an exclusive interview on ABC's This Week , Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio criticized President Obama for not intervening sooner in Syria's civil war, saying the inaction has led to the "worst possible scenario" in the war-torn country.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Republican, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News

22 hrs ago | KMIZ

New report: Britain spied on G-20 delegates

Britain's electronic intelligence agency monitored delegates' phones and tried to capture their passwords during an economic summit held there in 2009, the Guardian newspaper reported Sunday.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US Politics, US News, Democrat, Senator Mark Udall

Sun Jun 16, 2013

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Melanie Servetas lived the American dream. She had a six-figure salary as an executive with Wells Fargo, a Jaguar and a three-bedroom house in sunny Southern California.

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Related Topix: Online Dating, Immigration Reform, Washington DC, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, Democrat

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 House of Representatives, Democrat

Boston Herald

Graham: Without immigration, GOP to fail in 2016

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, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Robert Menendez, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Opinion

CBS News

Video: McDonough on Syria: Not going to rush into a war

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough explains how the "scope and scale" of U.S. aid to Syrian rebels will expand.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Rogers, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Elijah Cummings, John Dingell, Darrell Issa

WHDH

Clinton in Mass. for Markey, Gomez holds town hall

Clinton is scheduled to attend a rally with Markey on Saturday at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, Democrat, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Senator Elizabeth Warren

KFVS12

McConnell to speak Saturday at Republican dinner

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to take some political potshots at Democrats in a speech to Kentucky's GOP faithful at a statewide dinner in Lexington.

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Related Topix: US News, Republican, US Politics, Mitch McConnell

Sat Jun 15, 2013

EDGE

Midwest Takes Center Stage in Fight for Marriage Equality

Just a few weeks ago, it looked as though Illinois might become the thirteenth state to legalize same-sex marriage, but lawmakers failed to secure enough votes on a marriage bill that won't have another shot at a vote until the fall.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, Democrat, Iowa, Gay/Lesbian

KMIZ

GOP: Education system 'congested' with mandates

A Senate committee voted this week to move forward with a Democratic-backed education plan, but Republicans argue the proposal forces the country's school systems to further rely on the federal government.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Lamar Alexander, Republican, Tom Harkin, Democrat, Standardized Testing, Education, Opinion

Seattle Times

Obama trade dilemma: Scant support from Democrats

As President Barack Obama pushes an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading, political trade wars already are forming, and they're with fellow Democrats rather than with Republicans, his usual antagonists.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, George Bush, W., Debbie Stabenow, Democrat

Lincoln Daily News

Senate Dems' answer on health care: Go on offense

Far from reversing course, Senate Democrats who backed President Barack Obama's health care law and now face re-election in GOP-leaning states are reinforcing their support for the overhaul even as Republicans intensify their criticism.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, Barack Obama, Senator Mark Begich, Democrat, Mark Pryor

Kypost.Com

Texas Gov. Rick Perry signs 'Merry Christmas' bill into law

Surrounded by sleigh bell-ringing Santa Claus impersonators, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday signed a law protecting Christmas and other holiday celebrations in Texas public schools from legal challenges - but also stressed that freedom of religion is not the same thing as freedom from religion.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US News, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Rick Perry, US Governors, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Asbury Park Press

Gov. Christie, Bill Clinton bond over disaster policy

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former president Bill Clinton shared a stage on Friday, a Republican and a Democrat getting together to talk about leadership in the face of a crisis.

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Related Topix: Chris Christie, US Governors, Bill Clinton, New Jersey, History in the News, US News, US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Marco Rubio

CNN

Obama nominates several financial backers as ambassadors

He nominated Rufus Gifford, who had served as finance chairman of the inaugural committee, as ambassador to Denmark.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, Democrat, Hillary Clinton