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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from International Business TimesThe plight of Christians and other minority groups in northern Iraq has taken a turn for the worse, according to reports, as thousands fleeing regions controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, have been robbed of their possessio...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Reuters: PoliticsATLANTA (Reuters) - A former Fortune 500 executive who campaigned as a Washington outsider defeated an 11-term congressman on Tuesday in a key Republican runoff election in Georgia, setting the stage for November's race to fill an open S...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsTahir Alam, who quit his post as head of the Park View Educational Trust, dismisses the findings of the Peter Clarke inquiry, labelling it a report for former Education Secretary Michael Gove
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsLicences to export arms worth millions of pounds to Russia remain in place despite fears Moscow is arming rebels in Ukraine, MPs have said.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsMP Keith Vaz accuses the home office of heavy-handed tactics over the arrest of a minister's ex-cleaner at her daughter's wedding.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsMayor of London attacks homeowners who 'pretend' to care about architecture to stop development
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsThe disability benefits system requires a "fundamental redesign" because flaws in the process are so "grave", a group of MPs says.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from International Business TimesPalestinians walk past the ruins of a mosque, which police said was hit in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City July 22, 2014. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from International Business TimesIn a move that signaled greater unification among the governing bodies of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, or PLO, backed Hamas’ conditions for halting hostilities in Gaza, Reuters reported Wedne...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from CNN.com - PoliticsThe Obama administration announced revisions to the Obamacare contraception mandate so that nonprofit religious organizations can opt out of signing a release form to avoid covering birth control and workers for those nonprofits are able...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsBritain still selling arms including sniper rifles and bomb-proof suits to Russia, MPs find
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsA committee of MPs wants people to send them pictures of piles of rubbish and bad examples of fly tipping in their areas to highlight Britain's litter problem
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsLib Dem MP David Ward is accused of making "vile comments" on social media about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from International Business Times(Reuters) - Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was declared the winner of Indonesia's presidential election on Tuesday, bringing the promise of major reforms to the world's third largest democracy. The Elections Commission, known as KPU, said the Jaka...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsMarina Litvinenko claimed progress on investigation in to spy's death slowed under Coalition because of attempts to befriend Russia
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsPreviously unseen figures reveal that women are even earning less than men in jobs which are female-dominated. Cathy Newman speaks to Labour's Gloria de Piero, the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, about what exactly needs to change
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsTelegraph View Labour needs to explain why Birmingham failed to stop the Islamist practices in the schools under its control
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsThe fear of damaging hard-won party unity is widening fissures within Labour ranks, says Mary Riddell
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK Politics27 of the 49 Conservative MPs who were elected in 2010 now have jobs with the Government or senior roles with the party.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsThe SNP's hopes that the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will promote nationalism are likely to backfire, says Fraser Nelson
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsDavid Cameron bravely carried on with his annual barbecue for Conservative MPs in the garden of 10 Downing Street, just days after many of them were sacked and replaced by rising star female colleagues
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsBaroness Stowell rejects a Conservative offer to pay part of her salary, saying it would be a conflict of interest.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Top StoriesTurning the House into a more tech-savvy operation is a constant challenge.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Top StoriesThe boom years are over for lobbyists, and they don't seem to be coming back.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsRepublicans rallied behind Mr. Perdue after his runoff victory against Jack Kingston on Tuesday night. He will now face the Democrat Michelle Nunn in November.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Top StoriesThe Obama administration will create a new option for certain religious nonprofits.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsUndercover investigators said they were able to buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act using false identities.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from International Business TimesAs the Israeli ground offensive grinds into its second week, the death of two Americans in the Gaza Strip has drawn attention to the presence of U.S. citizens serving in the military of another country.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostFormer Dollar General CEO David Perdue won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Georgia on Tuesday, defeating Rep. Jack Kingston in a close race that went down to the wire. Perdue will now face Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn in...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsRarely has a president been confronted with so many seemingly disparate foreign policy crises at once, but making the current upheaval more complicated is their seemingly interlocking nature.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageRobert Pear, New York Times
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Reuters: PoliticsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials have made almost 200 arrests and seized more than $625,000 in illicit profits in a month-long crackdown on human smuggling in response to an influx of illegal immigration into Texas, the Department o...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostFormer Dollar General CEO David Perdue held a slim lead over Rep. Jack Kingston late Tuesday in the hotly contested Republican runoff for the U.S. Senate in Georgia. More than three hours after polls closed, the outcome was still in doub...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageStephen Stromberg, WP
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Reuters: PoliticsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is developing a method for religious organizations opposed to contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act to opt out of providing the coverage in their health plans without filling...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from International Business TimesA friend of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being held on federal heroin trafficking and gun possession charges. Court documents allege Stephen Silva, 21, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, knowingly received a handgun from...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageAdler & Cannon, Wall St. Jrnl
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostAt Robert A. McDonald’s Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, lawmakers called the job of heading the “broken,” “failing” and “bankrupt” Department of Veterans Affairs all but impossible . The problems are so calcified, Sen. Mark Begich (...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Top StoriesHe acknowledges anxieties about world crises.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsWhile members of the Senate panel praised Robert A. McDonald as an ideal pick to lead the department, they debated whether the agency needed more money to remedy its problems.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageMargaret Carlson, Bloomberg
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostFormer congressman Bob Barr won't be making a congressional comeback this year. He lost by a wide margin Tuesday in the Republican runoff for the U.S. House in Georgia's 11th district. The Associated Press has called the race for tea par...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageJay Cost, Weekly Std
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from CNN.com - PoliticsAaron Miller says Kerry needs the cooperation of Hamas, Israel, Egypt and others if he is to succeed in his peacemaking efforts
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Top StoriesThe former New York City Mayor's announcement is a rebuke of the Obama administration.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsRepublicans in the House and Senate have rejected a Democratic funding plan, saying it did not include any changes to immigration law to address the overall problem.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostFormer New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) is flying to Israel tonight on the Israeli airline El Al to protest a Federal Aviation Administration ban on U.S. carriers flying to or from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. R...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageEd Rogers, Wash Post
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageEvan Osnos, The New Yorker
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsOne federal appeals court panel ruled that the federal government could not subsidize coverage bought by people on the federal insurance exchange. Another said the opposite.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsSteve Inskeep talks to Amy Walter of Cook Political Report about the social media response to his two-part interview with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsVice President Joe Biden has been traveling the country to learn about the best ways to train workers. He announced the results Tuesday as the president signed a workforce training bill into law.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsIf Democrats lose control of the Senate this fall, it likely won't be for lack of campaign money. The prominent female candidates in particular have healthy campaign accounts.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsThe largest union of nurses in California starts contract negotiations Thursday with Kaiser Permanente's hospitals. Talks went smoothly four years ago, but this round will likely be more contentious.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from All News RSS FeedFreedom Partners, a group affiliated with the Koch Brothers, has purchased at least $2.8 million in airtime in North Carolina to boost the GOP's bid to pick up the state's Senate seat, two sources told CQ Roll Call.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from All News RSS FeedBusinessman David Perdue's outsider narrative and personal wealth propelled him to the Republican nomination Tuesday in the Georgia Senate race, defeating Rep. Jack Kingston.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsBusinessman David Perdue has defeated longtime Rep. Jack Kingston, setting up a matchup against Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn that will help determine which party controls the Senate
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from All News RSS FeedUpdated 9:52 p.m. | Former state Sen. Barry Loudermilk thwarted former Rep. Bobb Barr's comeback, capturing a decisive win in Tuesday's GOP runoff.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from RedState
Maybe Lyndon Johnson really didn’t say what he was famously accused of having said about his welfare programs. I would hope so; given that if he were pursuing a bribes-for-votes strategy, then he has miserably failed. This is what typica... -
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedFollow Tuesday's action in the Peach State with the Roll Call Politics Team as they track live results and provide immediate reaction and analysis on the Georgia GOP runoff races.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedAs the Commerce Department moves to allow companies to export mildly processed ultralight oil known as condensate, is there a global market? Yes, and it is principally in Asia, experts say.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedSenate Appropriations Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski plans to introduce a $3.57 billion emergency supplemental spending package on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedRep. John D. Dingell has spent nearly 24 hours trying to wrap his head around the dizzying world of celebutantes. And it ain't working.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedPolice have arrested a Tennessee man who allegedly threatened to kill President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rep. Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., and shoot other national and local officials.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from RedStateThanks to The Blaze and Freedomworks, I was privileged to be invited to liveblog Glenn Beck’s live Common Core event tonight in Dallas/Ft. Worth. Below the fold I’ll be providing regular updates on the event for those who wer...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe initial outcry in Washington over the scale and scope of the child migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border signaled this could be a moment for rare bipartisan action.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsIn a recent Gallup poll, most named immigration the biggest problem confronting the nation. But past periods of heightened worries have been brief — and haven't brought about solutions.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedDoes the system for penalizing infringement of design patents -- basically, protections for how things look -- need to be examined?
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedConservative groups are pushing against a critical-minerals bill the House is expected to vote on Tuesday evening.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedJust when the president and his allies on Capitol Hill were starting to feel like the Obamacare troubles were mostly behind them, an appeals court decision brought another political and legal headache and new uncertainty about the law's ...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedA District of Columbia drivers license should be enough identification for D.C. citizens to board a plane or enter a federal building, according to federal and local officials. So how come there's so much confusion on the topic?
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedIf Rep. John L. Mica had his way, a lot of people who currently inhabit some of the most cherry spots on the House side of the Capitol would be looking for new places to hang their hats come November.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe Senate might just have too much to do before departing for August recess.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedUpdated 5:54 p.m. | "Doing nothing in Congress is not an option," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday, as the clock ticks down out for Congress to provide emergency funding to address the influx of migrant children at...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedDespite soaring U.S. oil production in recent years, the prospect of relaxing the 1970s ban on crude oil exports has looked as faint as ever. Last week, though, it was a central subject at an Energy Department conference.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedOn the same day a federal appeals court upheld an IRS subsidy for Obamacare, GOP lawmakers seized on the opportunity of a conflicting ruling -- Halbig v. Burwell -- to make the point that the 2010 health care law is broken.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedWith all the focus on gridlock in Washington, there are certain areas where Congress ought to be able to find common ground. One such area is the Justice for All Reauthorization Act, which I am proud to co-sponsor.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedSenate Democrats are hoping their use of the "nuclear option" to end a Republican blockade of circuit court nominees last year will help overturn a 2-1 appeals court ruling with the potential to gut Obamacare tax subsidies for millions.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedIn an opinion piece for Roll Call, Greg Saxton, chief engineer for The Greenbrier Companies, a leading railroad industry supplier, argues that the Transportation Department ought to require more robust tank car designs given the risks of...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from RedState
Let me explain the entire good/bad thing. There’s Roger Simon, over at Pajamas Media. I generally call him ‘Good’ Roger Simon, because that way I can distinguish him from the Roger Simon over at Politico, who I used to... -
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsRobert McDonald, President Obama's nominee to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, is appearing before the Senate for his confirmation hearing. He faces the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedBack in March, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced that it would ask the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to get stakeholders together to come up with a plan for the federal...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedBring us your beef, chicken or vegetable Jamaican patty at Sunshine Caribbean Cuisine.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsPensions have long enjoyed strong legal protections, but recent bankruptcy cases suggest this might be changing. As a result, cities and states might ask more workers to accept a little less.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe Federal Aviation Administration Tuesday on is prohibiting U.S. airlines from flying to or from Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport for a period of up to 24 hours.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe airliner-crash tragedy in Ukraine and the fighting in Gaza over the past week have nudged aside what had been the biggest foreign policy story of the summer -- the rise of the Islamic State (aka ISIS aka ISIL) in Iraq. The insurgent ...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedHot off the presses comes the box score for the 53rd Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game, which tells a tale of offensive firepower and creative defensive statistics, combined with an attendance of 8,503 at Nationals Park.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedPolitics is overtaking the Senate floor schedule again this week, with a vulnerable Democrat leading the charge on a bill to give tax breaks to employers who return jobs to the United States.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedA new poll of likely voters in 12 Senate battleground states suggests a populist economic message and focus on women's health issues could help Democrats improve their standing with unmarried women voters in advance of the midterm electi...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedUS and European airlines suspend flights into Israel's Ben Gurion airport after a rocket landed one mile away.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS Feed"The state of hydraulic fracturing as is, is not really good," said Iraj Salehi, a fellow at the Gas Technology Institute, speaking Tuesday at an Energy Department seminar hosted by the Unites States Energy Association.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from RedState
I have to say I didn’t know what to expect when I attended “Does God Love Women Who’ve Had Abortions?” at Netroots Nation. It seemed odd to even have a panel discussing God at an event for the same people who bo... -
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe next time you overhear French tourists visiting your city or town, don't forget to say "Merci beaucoup" to them for doing their part in deficit reduction.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedIt's been a promising year for Republican women who have set out to fix their party's "woman problem," but not good enough for their bank accounts.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedSometimes it takes time away from D.C. to realize this is where you want to be. But how do you get back on the job market after you return? Hill Navigator discusses.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedWith the August recess fast approaching and emergency funding to deal with the border crisis seemingly no closer to passage than it was a week ago, Democrats and Republicans are firing up a new round of the blame game.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedIn a dueling series of federal appellate court rulings today, a separate decision from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., ruled that tax subsidies for health plans are allowed for both state and federally operated ex...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from All News RSS FeedWhite House Press Secretary Josh Earnest expressed confidence that the courts would ultimately uphold Obamacare's subsidies, despite an appeals court ruling Tuesday.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 from RedStateRumors continue to swirl that the Obamas are purchasing a home in Rancho Mirage in an affluent gated community known as Thunderbird Heights near Palm Springs, California. The rumors began last month when it was reported in June that the ...
