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  • Obama nominates Furman as top economic adviser

    06/10/13 05:49 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — For someone with a reputation for seeking varying points of view before staking out a position or offering advice, Jason Furman was once, well, quite the risk taker. President Barack Obama's new nominee to a top White House economic advisory post years ago took the...

  • US officials start talks on arming Syria's rebels

    06/10/13 03:35 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration began discussing Monday whether the Assad regime's rapid military advance across the heart of Syria necessitates a drastic U.S. response, with officials saying a decision on arming beleaguered rebels could happen later this week. Top aides from the...

  • What to look for in Senate immigration debate

    06/10/13 06:02 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Memo to supporters of bipartisan legislation moving to the Senate floor: Make sure you stress that immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally would have to work, learn English, pass a background check and, especially, pay taxes before they could gain citizenship. Emphasize...

  • Judge behind phone records threw out Obamacare

    06/06/13 04:48 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Vinson, the federal judge who approved the Obama administration's secret collection of telephone records of millions of Verizon customers in the U.S., made waves two years ago with a sweeping ruling invalidating President Barack Obama's health care law. The White House...

  • US condemns Syria regime's capture of key town

    06/05/13 08:48 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is condemning the Syrian regime's capture of a strategic border town and says the involvement of Lebanese Hezbollah threatens Lebanon's stability. Syrian troops and their Hezbollah allies captured Qusair Wednesday after a three-week battle. It was a severe...

  • Christie to discuss NJ Senate choice process

    06/04/13 12:35 PM

    CRANBURY, N.J. (AP) — In filling a vacant Senate seat, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie faces a significant choice fraught with political implications for his re-election campaign and, perhaps, a future presidential run. Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg's death Monday presents the state's...

  • AP Source: Obama nominating 3 to US appeals court

    06/03/13 09:01 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to jointly name three nominees to the federal appeals court in Washington, a White House official said Monday, setting up a Senate battle with Republicans who say the influential court doesn't need more judges. The official said Obama plans to...

  • Obama calls for end to mental illness stigma

    06/03/13 05:47 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that he wants to end the stigma of mental illness and enrolled the star power of actors Bradley Cooper and Glenn Close at a White House conference organized in response to the December shootings at a Connecticut elementary school. The event...

  • GOP governors endure early trials, gird for 2014

    06/03/13 11:06 AM

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican governors took over statehouses across the country after the 2010 elections and immediately acted on promises to usher in a new era of budget cutting and conservative labor policies. Public backlash followed just as quickly; they watched their popularity drop...

  • Rick Perry for governor? For president? Both?

    06/02/13 01:04 PM

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry plans to announce any day if he will seek re-election next year. But that decision could depend as much on whether he wants to run for president again in 2016 as it does his desire to stay in the governor's mansion. Already the longest-serving governor in...


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