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WASHINGTON - After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority — a full-blown government-run insurance option — Democrats say they are getting close to pushing President Barack Obama's health care bill through the Senate. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - A top official of the Bowl Championship Series says there are more important things for Congress to worry about than pressing for a playoff system for college football. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - A long-running effort to allow the import of lower-cost prescription drugs faces a new twist — President Barack Obama's administration is raising safety concerns that could effectively scuttle it, even though Obama backed the plan as a senator. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - Franklin Roosevelt, confronted with the worst economic crisis in the nation's history, wrote the book on government jobs programs. Since FDR, presidents have been less ambitious because the economic challenges they faced were less severe. Full Story »
COPENHAGEN — Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, a U.N. climate conference delegate from Bangladesh, says “the world expects a lot from President Obama” and that he “should make sure he does not disappoint the world.” Full Story »
WASHINGTON - A staunch supporter of a public option to expand health care says he's encouraged by a Senate compromise on the troublesome issue. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers want to extend $31 billion in popular tax breaks, including an income tax deduction for sales and property taxes. The problem: how to pay for it. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - In President Barack Obama's hands, the $700 billion financial rescue fund offers a bit of bookkeeping magic: an opportunity to pay down the deficit while also spending more — thereby adding to it. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - The senior American general in Afghanistan is predicting success for President Barack Obama's revamped war strategy and telling Congress it's the best available approach, even though it differs from what he originally sought. Full Story »
KABUL - The No. 2 commanding general in Afghanistan said Wednesday that a NATO-led attack the day before in eastern Afghanistan "possibly" resulted in civilian deaths. Full Story »
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BOSTON - Massachusetts Republicans are getting back the political spotlight they've lacked for the past three years in the special election to fill Edward Kennedy's Senate seat. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama keeps his focus on economic issues Wednesday before an evening departure for Europe. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he will allocate nearly $600 million from the $787 billion economic stimulus plan to help create jobs at 85 community health centers. Full Story »
Barney Frank blows up at people. It’s what he does. Full Story »
In asking Congress for a second major stimulus effort in a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, the President shows a new partisan edge Full Story »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered modest steps to spur jobs and defended his push to get the U.S. economy growing, amid deep public dismay over double-digit unemployment that has eroded his popularity. Full Story »
The same-sex marriage movement appears likely to end a banner year with a string of stinging defeats that opponents say have undermined a core proposition of the movement - that the acceptance of gay marriage is, sooner or later, inevitable. Full Story »
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Martha Coakley will square off against Republican Scott Brown in a special election early next year in Massachusetts for the late Edward Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat. Full Story »
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