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By News on Jun 18, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is reporting progress on President Barack Obama's initiatives to reduce gun violence, but says the most important step would be getting a reluctant Congress to pass new firearms laws....House committee takes up tough immigration bill
By News on Jun 18, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly....House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill
By News on Jun 18, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The abortion wars return to Congress in a big way with House legislation to ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks....Seeking a Syria consensus despite US-Russia divide
By News on Jun 18, 2013
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ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) -- Hunting for a glimmer of common ground, the leaders of major economic powers are declaring themselves dedicated to a political solution to Syria's bloody civil war, even as President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin stake out diametrically opposite stands on which side deserves military support....Obama: NSA secret data gathering "transparent"
By News on Jun 17, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent - even though they are authorized in secret....