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38 min ago | Brandon Sun

Moniz, sworn in as energy secretary, delays action on LNG exports

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will put on hold about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and prices.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Ron Wyden, Democrat, Global Warming

1 hr ago | Seattle Times

Senate panel approves immigration bill

Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Gay/Lesbian, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Democrat, Patrick Leahy

4 hrs ago | Fox News

Senate panel approves weapons for Syrian rebels- Israeli military chief issues stark warning on Syria

The vote by the Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday marked the first time that lawmakers have backed the aggressive military step of arming vetted opposition forces.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Bob Menendez, US News, Republican, Bob Corker

8 hrs ago | EDGE

Will LGBT Amendments Bring Down Immigration Reform?

As the Senate Judiciary Committee continues to hammer out a comprehensive immigration reform bill, some raise concern over the LGBT amendments that would positively impact thousands of same-sex couples, but could also simultaneously jeopardize the measure.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian

12 hrs ago | KTEN-TV Denison

Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death

A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a cellphone controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it remotely.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Patrick Leahy, Democrat, Wedding, Tom Coburn, Republican, World News, Tunisia,

12 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Okla. Senator says tornado aid should be paid for

Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's $3.6 trillion budget.

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Related Topix: Republican, Tom Coburn, US Politics, US News, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Government

17 hrs ago | Patch.com

GOP Nominee: Planned Parenthood 'More Lethal' than Ku Klux Klan

Pastor and attorney E.W. Jackson won the Republican nomination to run for lieutenant governor of Virginia over the weekend, and a YouTube video he made last year with strong words against Planned Parenthood is getting attention.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, George Allen, Republican, Senator Tim Kaine, Manufacturing, Paper, Chesapeake, Chesapeake, VA

21 hrs ago | KTIV-TV Sioux City

Policy, discretion guide media sources probes

It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.

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Related Topix: Robert Mueller, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Associated Press, US Politics, Republican, Lindsey Graham

21 hrs ago | KTIV-TV Sioux City

Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal

Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, George Bush, W., US Politics, Barack Obama, Democrat, Max Baucus

Mon May 20, 2013

Star Tribune

White House says more subsidy cuts needed in massive farm bill moving through Senate

The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week.

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Related Topix: US News, Agriculture, Science, US Politics, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, John McCain, Republican

Philly.com

Panel: Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes

Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Carl Levin, Democrat

KMIZ

Commute bearable after Connecticut rail crash

Commuters who would normally take the train between New Haven, Connecticut, and New York braced for the worst Monday after a derailment that disrupted train service on one of the busiest tracks in the country.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Politics, US News, Democrat, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut, Connecticut Government

EDGE

Gay Adoption Bill to be Reintroduced with Bipartisan Sponsors

A bill that would cut off federal funding to adoption and foster care agencies that discriminate against gay and lesbian couples seeking to parent is making its way to Congress again with bipartisan support.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US News, John Lewis, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Newsday

Gillibrand bill targets high student loans

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is hoping to relieve the debt burden of millions of students who have borrowed to pay for their education -- especially New Yorkers, who average nearly $30,000 in student debt.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, US News, New York, New York Government

WATE-TV Knoxville

KCSO: Knox County man arrested for killing brother

A Knox County man is being charged for the murder of his brother, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.

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Related Topix: Knox County, TN, US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, Republican, Tennessee, Maryville, TN

KTRE-TV Lufkin

Senate committee moves toward vote on immigration

The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US News, Republican, Senator Dick Durbin, Gay/Lesbian, Patrick Leahy, Democrat, John Boehner, US House of Representatives

Sun May 19, 2013

KSL-TV

Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, Barack Obama, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican

CBS Local

Obama Senior Adviser: 'No One In The White House Was Aware' Of IRS Scandal

A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, Barack Obama, Republican, Senator Rand Paul

The Daily Record

Commentary: The loss of trust

Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Lamar Alexander, Republican

KMIZ

Rand Paul claims revealing memo exists in IRS scandal

While the Internal Revenue Service maintains it was not focusing on conservative groups out of political bias, Sen.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, State of the Union