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Common Core a Huge Hurdle to Education Deal
Republicans and Democrats are in rare agreement that there is a deal to be had on sweeping education legislation. But first they face the …
White House preps expansive online privacy bill
The White House is preparing to send a sweeping online privacy proposal to Congress that would restrict how companies like Google and Facebook handle consumer data while greatly expanding the power of the Federal Trade Commission to police abuses — ideas that are likely to incite strong opposition …
PrivacyState Dept. officials meet with House Benghazi panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department officials met Wednesday with a special House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, a day after the panel's Republican chairman complained about resistance from the Obama administration and vowed to "ratchet up" his inquiry.<p>The meeting …
U.S. Dept. of StateSenate Near Finish Line on Keystone XL
The Senate’s weeks-long reintroduction to regular order on the Keystone XL pipeline bill could be over as soon as Thursday.<p>After moving through more …
Keystone XLRepublicans Look to Gain on Obama's Education Blunder
On Tuesday, President Obama dropped his proposal to reform popular college savings plans. On Wednesday, Republicans wouldn’t let him hear the end of …
Mitch McConnellDiminished in Congress and many states, Dems weigh future
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are in retreat in more ways than one this week.<p>As Democratic senators gather in Baltimore to talk strategy and lick election wounds, their party faces diminished powers in Congress, GOP dominance in many states and a shrinking pool of potential candidates …
David PriceCan Hillary Clinton step out of Bill's NAFTA shadow?
<b>Washington (CNN) —</b> Two decades later, Hillary Clinton is still haunted by the ghosts of NAFTA.<p>Labor unions and liberal activists are preparing to highlight free trade — an issue central to Bill and Hillary Clinton's political brand in the early 1990s — if she opts to run for president in …
Bernie SandersGreek PM Samaras forced into U-turn as Syriza closes in on election victory
With two weeks until Greece votes, Antonis Samaras needs a miracle to defeat Alexis Tsipras’s radical left party, say pollsters<p>With elections barely two weeks away and every poll against him, Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras began to sing from a different hymn sheet this weekend, focusing on …
EuropeMerkel presses Putin to exert influence on Ukraine rebels | DW | 11.01.2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a statement on Saturday that she was willing to attend a summit with the heads of state of France, Russia and …
RussiaU.S. Supreme Court to weigh new religious rights case | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will take up a new religious rights case when it considers whether a town in Arizona discriminated against a local church by forcing it to remove signs notifying the public of its worship services.<p>Actors, portraying Joseph (R), Mary (C) with …
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