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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsHouse Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, urges Democrats to stop blocking a funding bill that defunds President Obama's recent executive actions on immigration.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe president said the current "patchwork system" isn't working
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsTop congressman says the jihadist ranks -- already the largest in world history -- continue to grow despite U.S.-led airstrikes
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsEthan Czahor, the PAC's chief technology officer, tried to purge his Twitter of offensive material - but the Internet always remembers
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe legislation would authorize the president to act for three years but bans "enduring offensive combat operations"
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsScotland's first minister describes the UK government's "austerity economics" as "morally unjustifiable and economically unsustainable" in a speech in London.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostSenate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) told his staff this week that he will seek election to a sixth term next year, trying to end speculation that he would retire after more than three decades in Congress.Read full article >...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsRobert Peston on UK planning for possible Greek euro exit
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsEd Miliband brands David Cameron a "dodgy PM" in angry Commons exchanges over political donors who had HSBC Swiss bank accounts.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsThe prime minister agrees to look into the case of a severely disabled man from south Wales who faces losing his car under welfare payment changes.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsUnited States Special Forces personnel will continue to operate in Yemen conducting training missions with Yemeni forces, as well as retaining the ability to conduct counter-terrorism operations should they be needed, despite the suspens...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsLabour's use of a pink minibus to launch a campaign aimed at encouraging women to vote, has provoked mixed reaction.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comRolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including David Cameron and Ed Miliband at PMQs, HMRC officials being questioned by MPs about the HSBC revelations and the Commons debate on HSBC Nicola Sturgeon’s ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostThe Republican honeymoon is over on Capitol Hill. A little more than a month after their party took full control of Congress, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are at odds over how ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comWASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of reported sexual assaults involving students at three military service academies went down in the most recent school year, capping a year that saw the military continue to struggle with high-profile cases ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Reuters: PoliticsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama sent Congress a proposal on Wednesday for authorization to use military force against Islamic State that would limit the operation to three years and bar any large-scale invasion by U.S....
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostMILWAUKEE — Scott Walker was gone. Dropped out. And in the spring of his senior year. In 1990, that news stunned his friends at Marquette University. Walker, the campus’s suit-wearing, Reagan-loving politico — who enjoyed the place so mu...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Reuters: PoliticsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed a new 5 percent severance tax on the state's booming natural gas extraction industry, a turnabout from his Republican predecessor who opposed such a tax.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe White House confirmed Tuesday the death of Arizona woman and ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller. For the first time, President Obama also revealed that Mueller was one of the hostages U.S. forces tried to rescue in an unsuccessful mission in...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comScotland’s first minister says alternative approach could result in £180bn more extra being spent on public services by 2020 Continue reading...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Latest NewsREGINA - Three members of the arts community are being identified by friends and colleagues as among the five people killed in a fatal collision on a Saskatchewan highway. Lacy Morin-Desjarlais, Michele Sereda and Michael Green died in a...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Latest NewsMonths after Auditor General Michael Ferguson lacerated the federal government’s inadequate oversight of Nutrition North, a Conservative cabinet minister reiterated it’s up to retailers to make sure food subsidies are passed on to shoppe...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics - latimes.comCalifornia Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he has opened a fundraising account to run for governor in 2018.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsA tour of London is becoming a rite of passage for American politicians with presidential ambitions.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from ABC News: PoliticsGOP's controversial immigration rider threatens DHS funding bill.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comThe fatal shooting of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Tuesday afternoon has prompted uproar around the world, particularly from Muslims in the Middle East who say U.S. media coverage of stories involving Muslims is ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostIn a piece about Marco Rubio's side gig as a professor at Florida International University, WaPo's Ben Terris quotes an exchange between the Florida senator and a student that is deeply instructive about his understanding of how you run ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comWhen terrorists killed 160 teachers and children at a Peshawar school last December, a burst of commentary suggested that Pakistan would now change its ambivalence about Islamist extremism. Two months later, it seems that Pakistan's gove...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Latest NewsWASHINGTON - The United States Congress is set to send a bill approving the privately funded Canadian Keystone XL oil pipeline project to President Barack Obama, who has vowed to veto it. The House is expected to pass the bill easily Wed...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsNew chairman Justice Lowell Goddard tells MPs she hopes the inquiry will start work in early April and give victims a 'voice'
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from NYT > PoliticsWhile most congressional Republicans and some Democrats support the Keystone pipeline, it is not expected to draw the two-thirds majority necessary to override a veto.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostMoveOn.org wants Elizabeth Warren to run for president -- so much so that it has commissioned a poll with the very clear purpose of making Warren's potential candidacy look as good as possible.Mission accomplished. The just-released poll...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from stories: PoliticsALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The Post-Standard of Syracuse on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's response to the city's infrastructure problems. Feb. 10 "Fix your own pipes." That's what Gov. Andrew Cuomo told Syracuse last week during a visit to the Syracuse M...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsFirefighters in England are to stage a further 24-hour strike, the Fire Brigades Union says, in a long-running dispute over changes to pensions.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Latest NewsOTTAWA—New Democratic Leader Thomas Mulcair is hopeful Quebecers with long memories of anti-terrorism efforts will boost their support in the polls in that province.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from stories: PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner challenged Senate Democrats Wednesday to "get off their ass" and pass a bill to fund the Homeland Security Department and restrict President Barack Obama's executive moves on immigration. His ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Daily News - PoliticsThe Senate acquitted President Bill Clinton on two articles of impeachment, perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal wildlife officials say DNA tests confirm a wolf accidently shot by a hunter in Utah was the same one seen in the Grand Canyon area last year. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday the 3-year-old ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsThe judge leading the inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales says she has no links to any person or institution which it might scrutinise.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Reuters: PoliticsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner blamed Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday for an impasse over legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which secures U.S. borders and runs counte...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comUnbelievable. This is what marriage equality is doing to Alabama and every part of the country where same-sex marriages have been legalized. And there's really nothing we can do about it. No one called us for a vote on any of this stuff,...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from stories: PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - For Eddie Van Halen, making music is all about having good ears and a talent for experimenting with guitars and amps to create just the right sound. Now 60, Van Halen told The Associated Press he's ready to get back on ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsHarriet Harman hits the campaign trail in her pink "Woman to Woman" battle van amid a storm of ridicule on social media.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from stories: PoliticsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Evidence that corroborates a crime has no bearing on the sentence an offender should receive, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday as it tossed out part of an Ohio sex assault law. The court's 6-1 ruling, which ad...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comLast week, police pulled over NFL defensive tackle Letroy Guion was while he was driving in his hometown of Starke, Florida. An officer claimed that Guion had failed to keep his Dodge Ram pickup truck in a single lane and that there was ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comThe excruciating death of our pilot, Muath al-Kaseasbeh, at the hands of Daesh/ISIS militants has rallied Jordanians and the world at large. Much like "Je suis Charlie," "We are all Muath" as well. The truth of these proclamations is evi...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from PoliticsPresident Barack Obama explained in an interview with BuzzFeed that he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin views everything through a Cold War lens. BuzzFeed pointed out to the president that Obama had a good relationship with former...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from CBC | Politics NewsAs speculation continues to swirl around Eve Adams, her veteran Conservative strategist fiance Dimitri Soudas and her political future, it's worth noting that this isn't the first time that the newly minted Liberal MP has generated headl...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Latest NewsTall tale-telling politicos, take heed: You could soon find your claims put through the truth grinder by the folks at FactsCan, a newly launched website that aims to provide an independent, non-partisan fact-checking service during the u...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedWest Coast ports opened with a backlog of ships waiting to unload this week, after vessel operations were halted by employers over the weekend.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedWhen managers of cargo terminals at 29 West Coast ports closed their facilities to ships last weekend, they opened the door to a new discussion about when the president can invoke powers under labor law to keep the country's transportati...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedGOP House leaders emerged from a Republican Conference meeting Wednesday with a persistent refrain on Department of Homeland Security funding: The House has done its job; it's time for the Senate to act.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedBusy, busy day in the defense world this Wednesday. To wit:
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedEven a noted Mississippi expert on telehealth describes it as a surprise that her state emerged as a leader in securing payment for medical care delivered by phone and computers in place of face-to-face visits.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedAny House staffers looking to escape the drumbeat of war and Bibi bashing that's engulfed Capitol Hill may want to consider dipping down to Yards Park Wednesday to take advantage of Nando's latest free lunch promotion.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedFour different congressional panels today focus on Government Accountability Office (GAO) efforts to monitor program implementation within the Department of Health and Human Services. The GAO is the main outside agency that examines HHS ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedOn Friday morning, members of Congress will examine the safety of the capital region's Metro system and let local and federal transportation officials know Congress is keeping an eye on the response to the deadly incident at the L'Enfant...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedHouse Appropriations subcommittees today begin the early examination of the fiscal 2016 spending bills. First on the agenda today is the Indian Health Service. However, the head of the agency will be sitting at the witness table in an ad...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from RedState
After winning two bruising electoral battles in the last 3 years, and making structural changes to Wisconsin’s budget with Act 10, you might be forgiven for thinking that Scott Walker would likely rest on his laurels as he prepares... -
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedUnder a bill before lawmakers in Washington State, prosecutors could seek additional prison time if a drone is used to conduct a crime, according to an Associated Press report.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedCount the Port of Portland as another casualty of labor-management strife at West Coast ports.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedSecurity officials are warning Capitol Hill employees to be alert for telephone scams targeting congressional offices, a reminder that Internet calling technology makes phone calls as big a threat to Congress as cyberattacks.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedThe trade association representing U.S. airports is coming to the defense of Open Skies agreements with foreign countries that are under attack from major U.S. airlines.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from RedStateOn today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Allysen Efferson are joined by Jay Cost to discuss his new book A Republic No More , why much of Washington's corruption is actually legal and a big picture view of America's two...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from RedState
So what does a young feminist do when she mysteriously finds herself knocked up and she hates all men, even those she chooses to rut with? And, horror, the baby is a boy. Well, abort it, of course. From HuffPo/UK edition… because t... -
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesParty says February 11 1990 signalled an important turning point in our country's history
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » Politics
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedThe White House has now transmitted draft language to Capitol Hill proposing an authorization for the use of military force against the terror group known as ISIS, setting off what is expected to be a contentious debate about the terms o...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesOne of key issues that emerged was relevance of PAIA as and adequate legislative tool for the issue
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesFormer president says SACP has seized control of the National Democratic Revolution and now dominates economic policy
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsLive blogging the results of the Delhi 2015 assembly election. The post Delhi poll live: Arvind Kejriwal meets President Pranab Mukherjee appeared first on Firstpost .
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsSome staff thought about taking their owns lives, a review finds, as a new law is to be fast-tracked to protect whistleblowers.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesDouglas Gibson writes on how President Zuma could confound his critics and take the wind out of their sails
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG - Like Groundhog Day, the move to privatize the state liquor stores in Pennsylvania is back again. House Majority Leader Dave Reed (R., Indiana) said Tuesday that lawmakers would introduce a bill - similar to one that passed i...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTHORNDALE, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Tom Wolf will kick off a statewide "Schools that Teach Tour" and outline a forthcoming proposal to the Legislature to increase taxes on Pennsylvania's natural gas industry to help boost aid to public schools.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedFull text of President Barack Obama's letter to lawmakers accompanying draft war powers resolution: The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) poses a threat to the people and stability of Iraq, Syria, and the broader Midd...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedEthan Czahor, hired in January to serve as chief technology officer of the former Florida Republican governor's Right to Rise political action committee, had posted messages on his personal Twitter account before his hiring that referred...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie is set to meet with the Chinese ambassador to the United States.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking Congress to formally authorize war against Islamic State militants and says the group could threaten the U.S. homeland if left unchecked. The president is sending Congress a proposed thr...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe story of an NBC News anchor’s trouble with the truth is both common and odd and carries meaning beyond Brian Williams.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsWhat or who was the biggest casualty of this year's Delhi elections? The post Itna sannata kyun hai bhai? Keep it down, Amit Shah tells guests, band at son’s wedding appeared first on Firstpost .
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from RIA NovostiRussian arms are more reliable and effective during crises since they cannot be switched off by manufacturers of weapons systems produced in the US and sold overseas, Greek experts said.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesVC rejects SRC demand that such students, especially those who do not support the Palestinian struggle, should deregister
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsLONDON (AP) - Britain's Labour Party has launched an election campaign targeting women voters but its chosen vehicle, a bright pink bus, has backfired even before it hit the road.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political NewsEgypt is negotiating with Russia to be exempted from wheat export tariffs, Cairo's trade and industry minister said, after a Russian delegation led by President Vladimir Putin visited Egypt this week.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSTaoiseach says ‘if it was a question of money, it would have been fixed years ago’
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsIn a relief for Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and its promoter Naveen Jindal, Delhi High Court today directed a technical committee to review its own decision to change the end-use of two coal blocks earlier alloted to the company an...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedWASHINGTON (AP) — Obama sends Congress draft war authorization that says Islamic State 'poses grave threat'
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsThe opinion pollsters, and especially the exit polls, could not hit the broadside of the barn in the recent Delhi elections. Where did they goof up? The post Election mystery: How did Delhi exit polls completely miss the AAP tsunami? app...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political NewsEgypt's finance minister said there were no plans for now to consider an IMF financing package, after the international lender gave a cautiously optimistic assessment of the country's financial management.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsNitish Kumar was elected as Leader of the JD(U) Legislature Party at a meeting called by Sharad Yadav to replace Jitan Ram Manjhi as Bihar CM. The post Bihar Live: Nitish Kumar, Sharad Yadav, Mulayam and 130 MLAs leave to meet President ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from All News RSS FeedUnited States Deputy Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall will head to a substation 80 miles outside of Phoenix Thursday to celebrate a new 109-mile transmission project which, according to the department, "advances America's e...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesDA PL says the ANC and the EFF are hell-bent on breaking down Parliament
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsThe new Authorization for the Use of Military Force, or AUMF as it's known, bans the use of U.S. forces "in enduring offensive ground combat operations."
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesDept says this is so those who might be found not guilty do not have their futures jeopardised
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsTexas Sen. Ted Cruz is pushing his GOP colleagues to take a hard line on immigration but the strategy could backfire in advance of an anticipated bid for the White House in 2016, Politico reported.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesDA leader says the ANC, by contrast, is racing to entrench a system where the corrupt can use their power to benefit themselves and their cronies
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from RedState
Shades of Fort Hood being declared “workplace violence” to avoid having to call it what is is, yet another in the unending series of Islamic terror attacks. Via Vox Look, the point is this: my first job is to protect the Amer... -
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsSometime as early as April, Philadelphia's beleaguered pension fund will begin sending out $62 million in bonus checks to retirees.
