National Politics
National Politics
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Los Angeles picking mayor after low-drama campaign
Citizens of Los Angeles are choosing a new mayor.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Senate debating federal dollars for crop insurance
The farm bill the Senate is considering this week would cut some farm subsidies but also expand government-subsidized crop insurance, a safety net used by many farmers in case of bad weather or lost revenue.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Lawmakers hand Myanmar leader prisoner list
Lawmakers are asking Myanmar President Thein Sein (tane sane) to free nearly 250 political prisoners.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Peace Corps to accept same-sex couples
The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened
The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town
President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas
Leading senators working to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program, officials said Tuesday, resolving one of two major hurdles to committee passage of the landmark bill.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Moniz sworn in as energy secretary
Physicist Ernest Moniz has been sworn in as the nation's new energy secretary.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea
Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate.


