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14 min ago | WMDT

Russia could stand in way of Obama's nuke cuts

By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US Senate, Republican, Senator Mike Enzi, World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

3 hrs ago | Chattanoogan.com

Westfield Gives Emotional Testimony About Fatal Shooting Of Friend Bernard Hughes

An emotional Timothy Westfield on Wednesday told a Criminal Court jury how he was shot and how his friend Bernard Hughes was murdered almost three years ago at the British Woods Apartments.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

4 hrs ago | Chattanoogan.com

New York Man With Rape Conviction Given 18-Month Sentence In Chattanooga Federal Court

A man who was convicted in the rape of a 15-year-old girl in New York State has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for not registering as a sex offender after moving to Niota, Tn.

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Related Topix: Chattanooga, TN, Federal Prisons, Prison, Niota, TN, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Knoxville, TN

9 hrs ago | The Peninsula

US senator blocks Afghan aid, s...

WASHINGTON: A US lawmaker said on Monday he is blocking $75m in aid to war-torn Afghanistan until President Barack Obama's administration provides information on alleged "secret cash payments" to President Hamid Karzai.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, US Senate, Republican

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Christian Science Monitor

Immigration reform: Senate Republicans appear on the cusp of buying in

Two pragmatic Senate Republicans are working furiously with Senate immigration reformers to strike a compromise on a package of amendments to the bipartisan reform bill, offering up the Senate's most realistic chance of passing a reform bill with the slew of GOP votes that the bill's authors have long coveted.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator John Hoeven, US Governors, John Hoeven, John Boehner, US House of Representatives

Politico

Reid: Gang bill could pass Senate

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Gang of Eight's immigration bill can pass the Senate in its current form, although he's open to border security changes that don't destroy the bill's pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator John Hoeven, US Governors, John Hoeven, John Cornyn

Nooga.com

Sen. Bob Corker attends briefing on NSA surveillance

Last week, several U.S. senators opted to leave Washington, D.C., early rather than attend a closed briefing made by top intelligence officials regarding the gathering of phone and Internet communication records.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Roll Call

Washington Examiner

Edward Snowden: 'Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American'

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden thumped his chest today in response to being branded a traitor by former Vice President Dick Cheney.

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Related Topix: Dick Cheney, Immigration Reform, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Benzinga

With Fannie and Freddie Profitable, Government Eyes Exit

The bailout and government ownership of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has been tumultuous at best.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Realtor Magazine

Senate Working Toward GSE Reform

Congress is preparing to address an issue that has loomed for five years: the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Related Topix: US News, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Jon Tester

WBIR-TV

East TN group pushes for immigration reform

More than a dozen people gathered in Krutch Park Monday to show their support for immigration reforms that don't involve mass deportation and detention.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Knoxville, TN

SFGate

Senator wants answers about alleged CIA payments

Senator Bob Corker says he's holding up $75 million in U.S. assistance to Afghanistan until he gets answers from the Obama administration about alleged cash payments from the CIA to Afghan President Hamid Karzai .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

Reuters

Senator puts hold on some Afghan aid over Karzai 'ghost money'

The Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Monday he is holding up millions of dollars in U.S. aid to Afghanistan until President Barack Obama's administration explains the rationale behind more than a decade of cash payments to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

The Huffington Post

Michael Shank: Iran's Election Win Warrants US Sanctions Rethink

Iran's presidential elections offered a rare opportunity for the world's media spotlight to shift from focusing on Iranian officials, donning white lab coats flanked by metallic centrifuges, to the Iranian people.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican

US News & World Report

Should the Authorization for Use of Military Force Be Repealed?

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force which gives the president wide military powers to pursue al-Qaida and the Taliban.

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Related Topix: US News, Terrorism, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kelly Ayotte, John McCain

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Tennessean

Economic success depends on immigration fix

SmartSpace LLC is a small business I started 20 years ago in Nashville. We own and operate 700,000 square feet of office space -- once-vacant buildings that we repurposed into sustainable buildings where economic activity and jobs thrive.

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Related Topix: Nashville, TN, Small Business, Personal Finance, Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican

InvestmentNews

Berkowitz bets on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Betting on Congress to do anything is about as risky a bet as you can make, but Bruce Berkowitz is willing to make it.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, 9, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Chattanoogan.com

PHOTOS: Thursday Night At Riverbend

Hamilton County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to the 8500 block of Ooltewah-Georgetown Road early Thursday afternoon to check on the well-being of a male resident who had threatened to harm himself.

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Related Topix: Hamilton County, TN, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Chattanooga, TN

Knoxville News Sentinel

Retired DOE official: Management of UPF 'out of control,' cost could top $10B

The latest rendering of the Uranium Processing Facility, the multibillion-dollar production facility to be constructed at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Duncan, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Sports

Nooga.com

Sen. Bob Corker urges caution as U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebel groups

Following a White House announcement that President Barack Obama will authorize his administration to provide arms and training to Syrian rebels, Sen. Bob Corker, a longtime backer of aiding Syrian opposition groups, offered comment and urged the president to exercise caution.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama