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Hillary Clinton speaks at Clinton Global conference
The push to create more opportunities for women is the "great unfinished business of this century," Hillary Clinton said Thursday, telling a Chicago audience that "when women participate in peace making and peace keeping, we are safer...
White House criticizes Republicans' rape comment
WASHINGTON -- The White House says comments by a Republican lawmaker about rape show, quote, an "alarming disregard for women." Spokesman Jay Carney was talking about Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks and his assertion that incidences of...
Gov't: LNG export decisions due by end of year
WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says he will move "expeditiously" to review about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas and will make decisions by the end of the year. Moniz, who took office last month, told a House...
Officials: Edward Snowden took NSA secrets on thumb drive
WASHINGTON -- Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used a computer thumb drive to smuggle highly classified documents out of an NSA facility in Hawaii, using a portable digital device supposedly barred inside the cyber spying
Obama to meet relatives of shooting victimes
WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet Thursday with relatives of the victims of the Connecticut school shooting. Friday marks six months since the shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six ed
Health care law's employer requirements
WASHINGTON -- Requirements that medium-sized and large employers offer insurance coverage or face fines are one of the most complicated parts of President Barack Obama's health care law. While most of the estimated 160 million Americans with job-based co
Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake aplogizes for teen son’s slur-filled Twitter, Facebook postings
Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, a devout Mormon and family man, has apologized for homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic comments posted online by his teenage son. The high schooler, Tanner, posted the offensive remarks in February and March. In one message he
Supreme Court plugs up Oklahoma river as water source for Texas
WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma beat Texas at the Supreme Court on Thursday in a cross-border contest over water for the Fort Worth area. In a unanimous decision, the court rejected efforts by the Tarrant Regional Water District to tap into a Red River tributary
New Jersey Gov. Christie Christie 'slow jams the news' with Jimmy Fallon
Turns out Chris Christie has a set of pipes. The outspoken New Jersey Governor appeared on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday night for a hilarious musical performance that broached his controversial decision to call an October special Senate elect
Clinton to focus on children's, economic issues
CHICAGO -- Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is excited to call the Clinton Foundation "my home" for a number of new initiatives at the organization founded by her husband, former President Bill Clinton. The former secretary of state and New...
FBI director defends secret surveillance programs
WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller III strongly defended the government's secret collection of millions of phone logs and emails Thursday, saying federal judges, Congress and the Department of Justice Inspector General's office have all approved th
Senate roll vote on border security amendment
The 57-43 roll call Thursday by which the Senate killed an amendment by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, to the immigration bill. The amendment would have required the U.S.-Mexico border to be under control for six months before any immigrant here illegall
Supreme Court rejects patents for natural human genes
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that naturally occurring human genes may not be patented, but that synthetic ones may be. In a unanimous decision that's a mixed bag for the pharmaceutical industry, the court distinguished between genes fou
Coverage may be unaffordable for low-wage workers
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's health care law is called the Affordable Care Act, but a glitch could make it unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurants, retail stores and hotels. Here's the problem: The l
FBI director defends surveillance programs
WASHINGTON -- FBI Director Robert Mueller is defending the government's collection of millions of U.S. phone records, emails and other information that people transmit online as vital to the nation's national security. In his last appearance as FBI direc
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