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  • Obama: Difference between spying and hacking

    06/18/13 12:16 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is drawing a distinction between China's alleged intellectual property theft and what he calls "standard fare" spying on other countries. Obama says every country engages in intelligence gathering, which he called an occasional source of tension. But...

  • White House threatens veto of anti-abortion bill

    06/17/13 11:02 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is threatening to veto a measure being considered by House Republicans that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. The legislation expected to pass the Republican-controlled House as early as Tuesday has no chance...

  • Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal

    06/17/13 07:16 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision complicating efforts in Arizona and other states to bar voting by people who are in...

  • Immigration splits GOP's national, House interests

    06/17/13 05:46 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party's hope of running stronger presidential races by revamping immigration is about to hit a big hurdle: House Republicans. Many House Republicans are chilly or openly hostile to the bipartisan bill before the Senate, embraced by President Barack Obama. Even...

  • McCain presses Obama on secret emails

    06/17/13 04:51 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday questioned President Barack Obama about his political appointees' use of secret government email accounts at work, saying that Congress cannot tell the American people what its government is doing if it creates a "secret alternate...

  • FBI reaches milestone in Most Wanted fugitive list

    06/17/13 04:46 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has reached a milestone in its 63-year-old program of pursuing its "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives." It has added the 499th and 500th names of fugitives to have appeared over the years on its regularly updated list. The FBI says citizen cooperation has led to 155 of the...

  • Senator wants answers about alleged CIA payments

    06/17/13 04:46 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senator Bob Corker says he's holding up $75 million in U.S. assistance to Afghanistan until he gets answers from the Obama administration about alleged cash payments from the CIA to Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Corker, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations...

  • US sees nothing new in NKorea talks offer

    06/17/13 03:46 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it sees nothing new in North Korea's offer of high-level talks with the U.S. Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday that Pyongyang has made similar offers numerous times over the years. She said Washington would be open to dialogue but it wants North...

  • IRS official contradicts claims about reviews

    06/17/13 02:05 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington scrutinized the very first application from a tea party group seeking tax-exempt status — and dozens of others, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action, an IRS official has told...

  • AP source: US, Cuba to resume talks on direct mail

    06/17/13 01:47 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Cuba will resume talks this week on restarting direct mail service despite a deadlock between Washington and Havana over detainees that has largely stalled most rapprochement efforts, a U.S. official said Monday. U.S. and Cuban diplomats and postal...


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