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Obama: Unclear who is responsible for explosions
WASHINGTON (AP) — A stony-faced President Barack Obama declared that those responsible for the explosions at the Boston Marathon "will feel the full weight of justice," but he urged a nervous nation not to jump to conclusions. Top lawmakers declared...
Tags: Ed Royce, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Republican Party, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Federal Aviation Administration
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Don't play into a paranoid conservative narrative
Are Roman Catholics, evangelical Christians and “ultra-Orthodox” Jews religious extremists comparable to the Ku Klux Klan and Al Qaeda? Yes, according to a PowerPoint slide that was apparently used by the U.S. Army Reserve in a training...
Tags: Ku Klux Klan, U.S. Army, Arts and Culture, Christian Orthodoxy, Separation of Church and State
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Schumer sees deal this week on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday he's hoping for a bipartisan deal by the end of this week on a sweeping immigration bill to secure the border and allow eventual citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living here illegally....
Tags: State of the Union Address, Crime, Law and Justice, Lindsey O. Graham, Television Industry, Migration
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Obama administration pressed for border data
WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee asked the Obama administration Friday to provide data to back up its assertions that the southwest border is more secure than it has been in decades. In a letter to Janet...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Illegal Immigrants, Michael T. McCaul, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Immigration
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'Sequester' budget cuts have not delayed airline flights
Despite predictions that sweeping federal budget cuts would lead to long wait times at the nation’s airports, airline on-time performances did not change significantly during the busy spring break period. When a budget battle between Congress...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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U.S. airline on-time performance stays steady over spring break
Despite predictions by federal officials that deep budget cuts would lead to long wait times at the nation's airports, airline on-time performance did not change significantly during the busy spring break period. But the cuts brought about by the so-...
Tags: Samoa, Britney Spears, Government Debt, Delta Air Lines, Air Transportation Delays
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The trigger and the poison pill on immigration reform
WASHINGTON - Is a bipartisan immigration deal at hand? It's close. Last week, the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce worked out a guest-worker compromise that allows in foreign workers on a sliding scale of 20,000 to 200,000, depending on the strength of...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Migration, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Sequesterville
The musical "Annie" is enjoying another revival on Broadway. The show opened during the Carter administration, when America was in need of some optimism. "The sun'll come out tomorrow," sang Annie, and with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, for a...Tags: Environmental Issues, Music, U.S. House of Representatives, Arts, Arts and Culture
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Budget cuts border security, immigrant detention
PHOENIX (AP) — Marco Antonio Durazo had been awaiting deportation from an Arizona detention center for six months when an officer came to get him from his cell. "Obama doesn't have any money," the officer said. "We found it very funny," Durazo...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Illegal Immigrants, Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt
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Solitary isn't the solution
Solitary confinement in immigration detention centers across the nation is often overused and arbitrarily applied. According to data obtained by the National Immigrant Justice Center, as many as 300 immigrants, or about 1% of all detainees in the 50...
Tags: Prisons, Punishment, Immigration, Migration, Politics
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Obama warns of risks over budget cut uncertainty
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday said looming automatic spending cuts are already affecting the economy, while a top administration official warned that the nation's borders would be less secure if billions of dollars are yanked...Tags: Government Debt, Parties and Movements, Air Transportation Delays, Barack Obama, Dannel P. Malloy
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Obama tries to push stalled immigration talks forward
WASHINGTON — President Obama prodded congressional negotiators to reach agreement on a plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, saying despite delays and disputes he still wants a bill to emerge soon and debate in the Senate to begin...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Illegal Immigrants, Crime, Law and Justice, Patrick Leahy, Migration
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Apr 7, 2013
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Mar 9, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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