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June 20, 2013 @ 12:24 am
June 20, 2013 @ 12:23 am
Senators closing in on border security compromise
White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars stiffening the bill's border security requirements without delaying legalization for millions living in the country unlawfully.June 20, 2013 @ 12:21 am
House to vote on cuts to crop insurance
The House will vote Thursday on whether to cut federally-subsidized crop insurance that helps farmers when they lose crops or revenue.June 20, 2013 @ 12:18 am
Boehner dances between GOP, Dems on immigration
The immigration protesters advanced on the news conference, poking signs that read "Do Not Reward Criminals" and "No Amnesty!" over the heads of Republicans who had just finished speaking about finding a civilized tone in the year's most difficult debate.June 19, 2013 @ 7:25 pm
Mueller: FBI uses drones for surveillance
The FBI uses drones for surveillance of stationary subjects, and the privacy implications of such operations are "worthy of debate," FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday.June 19, 2013 @ 5:13 pm
Obama making plans to tackle global warming
President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more _ and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in Berlin.June 19, 2013 @ 4:47 pm
US calls out China, Russia over human trafficking
The U.S. accused China and Russia of failing to meet minimum standards in fighting human trafficking, ranking them on a par with North Korea and Syria.June 19, 2013 @ 4:42 pm
Senate backs Froman as next trade representative
Michael Froman, a senior White House economic adviser and classmate of President Barack Obama at Harvard Law School, on Wednesday won Senate confirmation to be the next U.S. trade representative.June 19, 2013 @ 4:40 pm
Oversight board concerned about NSA surveillance
The chairman of the federal oversight board that President Barack Obama said will meet with him to discuss the National Security Agency's secret surveillance program said Wednesday that the group has numerous concerns about the operation and plans to publish a report after a full inquiry.June 19, 2013 @ 4:17 pm
Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating
Students applying for financial aid for the coming school year could find some comfort in a bipartisan student loan compromise taking shape in the Senate that would prevent interest rates from doubling and set a single rate each year for undergraduate students, rich or poor.June 19, 2013 @ 3:28 pm
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.June 19, 2013 @ 3:27 pm
Mueller urges caution on NSA program changes
FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday urged Congress to move carefully before making any changes that might restrict the National Security Agency programs for mass collection of people's phone records and information from the Internet.June 19, 2013 @ 3:05 pm
Dem senator presses Pentagon on Guantanamo feeding
The force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, runs counter to international standards, medical ethics and the practices at American prisons, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday in pressing the Pentagon to establish a more humane treatment.June 19, 2013 @ 2:50 pm
Biden calls for DC voting rights during tribute
Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday used a tribute to 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass to renew the call for equal voting rights for people who live in the nation's capital.June 19, 2013 @ 2:39 pm
