Top 50 Politics News & Stories - July 9
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A televised referendum debate between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling will go ahead in August after a dispute over dates is settled.
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Sacked environment minister Alun Davies writes to five AMs to apologise for trying to find out about their farm subsidy payments.
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The former first daughter focuses on organizations whose goals are in line with the work of her family’s philanthropic foundation.
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Democratic Sens. Patty Murray and Mark Udall fought back today against the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling with plans for legislation intended to restore the contraceptive coverage requirement under the Affordable Care Act. Joined b...
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The precinct level returns in Hinds County bolster the theory that a surge in black, Democratic turnout was decisive in a Mississippi Senate runoff.
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When President Obama arrives in Dallas Wednesday evening, his first order of business will be to huddle with local leaders to discuss a border crisis that a White House spokesman this week described as an “emergent situation.” Read full ...
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DENVER - President Obama acknowledges that Republicans aren't happy with him right now. The reason, Obama believes, is because he gets stuff done. "I gather some of the Republicans in Congress are mad at me for going ahead and doing thin...
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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for corruption during the critical years of rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.
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Senate moderates — especially conservative Democrats — have been the arbiters of whether gun legislation passes or fails in the last few incarnations of Congress. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) sponsored the background...
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People should go to work instead of joining Thursday's public sector strike, David Cameron says, as he pledges to change strike laws.
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Joshua Tucker: The following is a guest post from David R. Mayhew , Sterling professor of political science at Yale University, and Matthew I. Bettinger, a PhD student in political science at Yale University. Read full article >>
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Julian Castro to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, placing the San Antonio, Texas mayor at the top of the agency in charge of housing at a time when the se...
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The retired judge appointed to lead the Government's major review of child sex abuse allegations admitted 'inaccuracies' in similar report two years ago
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Many institutions of higher education are failing at addressing sexual assaults on their campuses, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said today as she released a new report on how colleges and universities are responding to sexual assault ca...
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He'll be in Texas on Wednesday, but President Barack Obama has no plans to visit the border area where tens of thousands of young immigrants have illegally entered the country in recent months to create what his administration labels an ...
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The National Security Agency documents, leaked by Edward J. Snowden, aroused anger among Muslim civil rights groups, which said there was no basis for the spying.
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It being a (warm) Wednesday in July, with Congress getting close to wrapping things up for the summer, it struck us: Just how often is Congress in D.C., doing its thing? And the answer is, a bit above half the time. Unless we're talking ...
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The president flies to Texas today.
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OVERLAND PARK Kan. (Reuters) - A gun violence prevention group sued Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and the state's attorney general on Wednesday, challenging a one-year-old state law on the grounds that it violates the U.S. Constitution b...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's top mass transit official headed to Washington on Wednesday to urge Congress to block a threatened strike on the Long Island Rail Road, the nation's largest commuter railway.
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Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, says sex offenders found guilty of historic crimes are partly to blame for a 1,600 year on year rise in prison numbers
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Women are having fewer children today than in years past and more and more are having their first child unmarried, according to a new Census Bureau report on fertility in the United States. The report, released Tuesday , identifies trend...
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The president-designate of the EU Commission is reported to have told a group of MEPs he will respect the result of Scotland's referendum.
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The president, who is making a three-day Western swing, is confronted with a humanitarian crisis at the southern border.
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Attorney General Eric Holder urged other countries to enact new criminal laws to help prevent possible terrorist attacks by returning Syrian fighters.
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The spotlight today is on Texas, where President Obama will meet with Gov. Rick Perry and other elected officials about the immigration crisis at the southern border.
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The Business Secretary accepts demands by the National Audit Office for a review of Government IPOs in wake of Royal Mail sale
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Education, health care, loans and wages were all on the menu for President Obama Tuesday night. Arriving in Denver to kick off his three-day “the bear is loose” tour, Obama dined with five ordinary Americans who wrote to him about their...
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The senator plans to stay in Washington to vote on the president's HUD nominee.
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CNN's Gary Tuchman profiles one woman who is the legal guardian to over 800 children after their parents were deported.
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The prison sentence for C. Ray Nagin was less than the recommended 15 years, but the judge said that the evidence failed to show that Mr. Nagin had organized or had been a leader of a corruption scheme.
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts legislators passed a bill that would grant people convicted of first-degree murder while under age 18 a chance at parole after serving at least 20 years of their sentence.
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Actor Nigel Havers says attempts to get his aunt to quit as chair of a child sex abuse review are politically motivated.
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This immigration crisis didn't just happen, says Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas.
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On Tuesday, Sarah Palin called for President Obama's impeachment. That prompted us to argue that any such momentum for the "impeach Obama" movement is a bad thing for Republicans -- especially on the eve of the 2014 election. Read full ...
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The House will vote next week on legislation to temporarily extend a Highway Trust Fund.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court will announce as soon as Thursday that it will hear oral arguments in the case over the Keystone XL pipeline 's route in early September, effectively postponing any final federal decision on the controversial p...
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Republicans have not won the state where they nominated their ticket since 1992, when the party renominated the first President Bush in Houston.
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The former New Orleans is convicted on bribery, money laundering and other corruption charges.
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The House will vote on a lawsuit against Obama for alleged abuses of executive authority by July's end.
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Nagin, who became the face of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, was convicted Feb. 12 of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.
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House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) disagrees with Republicans calling for the impeachment of President Obama. Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of Republicans calling for the impeac...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Wednesday that Republicans needed to study President Barack Obama's $3.7 billion emergency spending request for border security before passing judgment on it.
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Downing Street adds its backing as the retired judge appointed to chair a child abuse review rejects calls to "step down" over her family connection with a previous probe.
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At Prime Minister's Questions, Ed Miliband asks David Cameron about the inquiries into child abuse - after MPs query the appointment of Baroness Butler-Sloss
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UK companies were the sole supplier to Syria of three important ingredients in the production of deadly nerve agent sarin, BBC Newsnight learns.
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Ed Miliband calls for David Cameron to "correct the record" over hospital waiting times claims.
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Clinton insists that she donates her speaking fees at colleges and universities.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican House Speaker John Boehner said on Wednesday he welcomes a plan to extend U.S. highway funding until May 31, 2015, from House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp and hopes to see it pass the...
